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EA Exec On In-Game Advertising: "Maybe Those Days Are Over"

… EA Exec On In-Game Advertising: "Maybe Those Days Are Over" … EA's free-to-play general manager says that in-game microtransactions have taken off, while the money from in-game ads haven't. … EA Exec On In-Game

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New Team Fortress 2 Marketplace Pays Out Crazy Money To Content Creators

… New Team Fortress 2 Marketplace Pays Out Crazy Money To Content Creators … Five lucky and creative people … to $47,000 each in royalties from creating custom in-game items for Valve's new peer-to-peer Mann-Conomy … 2. … New Team Fortress 2 Marketplace Pays Out Crazy Money To Content Creators …

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Gamers Spend More On Non-Retail Game Content Than Physical Games

… physical games, and spend an additional $1.74 billion on extra content. … Gamers Spend More On Non-Retail Game Content …

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Zynga's Profits Fall 95%, Everything's Still A-Okay

… Fall 95%, Everything's Still A-Okay … This week the casual game maker announced that its year-on-year profits for the …

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NPD Lists Biggest Money Earners In Game History, Guitar Hero III Tops The List

… NPD Lists Biggest Money Earners In Game History, Guitar Hero III Tops The List … Sure, Call of … still has something to brag about. … NPD Lists Biggest Money Earners In Game History, Guitar Hero III Tops The List …

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LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Review

… this is a lot like the Mega Bloks version of an excellent game. It’s similar enough if you’re desperate, but your money is better spent on the genuine article. … LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars: Not The Game You Are Looking For …

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MLB Facebook Game From EA Playfish Out Now

… Now … EA snuck one through the Major League Baseball/2K Sports exclusivity agreement. Too bad it's a Facebook game … scrubs like Drew Butera until you pony up cash money for real players. … MLB Facebook Game From EA Playfish Out Now …

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Grasshopper Makes iPhone/iPad Game For Japan Relief

… Grasshopper Makes iPhone/iPad Game For Japan Relief … Grasshopper has now entered the world … iPad development with Frog Minutes, a very unique mobile game that was made to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross and its efforts to aid in …

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What has Itagaki Been Doing With THQ’s Money?

… What has Itagaki Been Doing With THQ’s Money? … This insane behind-the-scenes video gives us a look at a day in the life at Valhalla Game Studio. Oddly, this is exactly what we imagined … would look like. … What has Itagaki Been Doing With THQ’s Money? …

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Minecraft Has Made A Lot Of Money

… Minecraft Has Made A Lot Of Money … It's rare that indie game developers see extremely large pay checks. Minecraft … appears to be the exception. … Minecraft Has Made A Lot Of Money

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[Update] Valve Selling Limited Edition Team Fortress 2 Hats For Japan Relief

… Hats For Japan Relief … Valve has just announced how much money Team Fortress 2 fans gave during its in-game hat sale for Japan, and the total is impressive. … …

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Culture Club, Loverboy, Phish, STP Singles Coming To Rock Band

… STP Singles Coming To Rock Band … Consumers can exchange money for access to the downloads, which can then be played on a video-game console. … Culture Club, Loverboy, Phish, STP Singles …

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Strong Black Ops DLC Sales Spike Activision's Digital Revenue

… have been sold, pushing the average consumer spend on the game up to $76, according to Activision. … Strong Black Ops …

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Analyst Firm Predicts Game Sales Will Top $81 Billion In 2016

… Analyst Firm Predicts Game Sales Will Top $81 Billion In 2016 … DFC Intelligence … released a report looking into the future of the video game industry -- and it sees a lot of money. … Analyst Firm Predicts Game Sales Will Top $81 …

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Pre-order Halo Anniversary Edition, Snag A Set Of Armor

… Snag A Set Of Armor … Players who plunk down their money ahead of the game's November release will get a set of MJOLNIR armor for their avatar and a game-changing skull. … Pre-order Halo Anniversary Edition, …

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Report: Zynga Tried To Buy PopCap For More Money Than EA

… Report: Zynga Tried To Buy PopCap For More Money Than EA … If you were impressed or surprised by EA's recent $750 million purchase of casual game developer PopCap, that's nothing. A new report claims … at least. … Report: Zynga Tried To Buy PopCap For More Money Than EA …

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Nintendo Working To Support DLC

… developers to expand the life of their games and make some extra money…unless it's a Wii game. Fortunately, it looks like …

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Stardock CEO Expects To Lose Money On Elemental

… Stardock CEO Expects To Lose Money On Elemental … Stardock is expecting to lose money on Elemental because of its ongoing investment in fixing the game. … Stardock CEO Expects To Lose Money On Elemental …

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'Til All Are One: Facebook Has Its Own Currency

… money for fake in-game money on Facebook, you're about to get turned into a sucker in a brand new way. … 'Til All Are One: …

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Infinity Blade Has Made A Lot Of Money

… Infinity Blade Has Made A Lot Of Money … Epic and Chair's iOS game has blasted past the previous record for most cash made … amount of time. … Infinity Blade Has Made A Lot Of Money