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Electronic Arts Announces Purchase of PopCap Games
Electronic Arts announced what had been rumored for the last few weeks, as they have purchased PopCap Games for $650 million, plus another $100 million in stock and multi-year earn outs.
With this move, Electronic Arts …
Redbox to add game rentals in June
Today Redbox announced the addition of game rentals to their ubiquitous self-service boxes found at supermarkets and gas stations across the US.
Wii, 360 and PS3 games will be included, priced at $2/day (DVDs currently go …
The Darkness II Comic Available on Free Comic Day
Every year, comic stores around the country take part in Free Comic Day. On this day, a selection of comics are available free of charge to customers that go into their favorite comic store. 2K …
RAGE Novel Set To Expand Universe
Del Rey Publishing has picked up the rights to release a new novel set in the id Software universe of RAGE this fall. With the new novel, Bethesda and id are looking to expand the …
PopCap Games Raises $200K for Japan Earthquake Relief
Our good friends over at PopCap Games sent us word on the results of their recent sale that had all the revenue go to the Red Cross disaster relief fund for those effected by the …
Civilization IV “Baba Yetu” Takes Home Grammy Gold
Christopher Tin found himself on the right side of Grammy gold when he took home the grammy for “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)” for his tune “Baba Yetu”. Now what makes this extra special to …
Spyro returns in hybrid toy/game technology orgasm
Spyro’s latest reinvention will bring him back to toy aisles as well as video games, as part of a unique toy/game hybrid called Skylanders. Coming from Activision, this is “new entertainment franchise” mentioned in the …
Raptr Hits Six Million Users And Adds $15 Million in Funding
For anyone that has followed me on Facebook over the last year or so, you probably know about Raptr. It is the gaming client that tracks the hours that you play your games, and will …
Notables from the Activision 4Q/2010 Financial Conference Call Today
So, for most of the evening, I have been reading through all the numbers and notes from the Activision Blizzard fourth quarter 2010 financial statements that were released today. Partially, I was reading as a …
Silent Hill Downpour: New Screens
There was a time when the release of screens would send fan communities off into drooling, anally-retentive messes where they deconstruct environments, obsess over character clothing and complain that the second L in the logo …
Charity Child’s Play Breaks Donation Records Once Again
Another year, another record-breaking total at awesome gaming charity, Child’s Play.
Child’s Play is a community-based gaming charity that provides toys, books and – naturally – games for sick children all across the world. Since 2003 …
PlayStation Phone Coming Spring 2011(?)
And we finally have a date. Well. Ish.
Following rumours and speculation abound, 1Up are reporting that – according to today’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper – we’ll be seeing the PlayStation phone as early as spring 2011 …
More Dead Space 2 – Excavations Trailer
I wouldn’t mind all the trailers they keep releasing if I didn’t know that I still had a month to wait. Right now, it’s nothing but slow water torture – torture that’s further compounded by …
“It Gets Better” say LGBT EA employees
In a wonderfully frank exchange, lesbian, gay, bi and transgender employees of EA give an honest and often incredibly moving stories of their lives, from everything from school to bullying to coming out to loved …
Big Changes (and Delays) at Square Enix
Here’s hoping you weren’t holding you breath for the latest installment of the Deus Ex franchise. Square Enix have today announced that DE: Human Revolution is to be delayed until at least Q2 2011.
“We have …
The VGA Winners: Who was robbed?
Not that I put a lot of stock into the VGAs – it’s pretty apparent that the nominee list caters to a particular type of gamer – but let’s go over the nominees and winners …
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