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Technology - Video Games
Newsarama.com - This week the fundraising project for a video game currently known as Double Fine Adventure went from rags to riches with the kind of speed previously only seen in a movie montage sequence. Via crowd-sourced funding website Kickstarter, the project raised over 1.3 million dollars in less than 72 hours - well over its goal of $400,000 - and in the process stunned both the petitioners and the larger gaming community. ...
Reuters - Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks -- a model he used at its PlayStation unit -- dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management.
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Cult favorite video game developer Double Fine recently shocked investors by raising over $1 million in 24 hours on Kickstarter for its new adventure game, despite the genre’s supposed death. This has led critics to speculate that crowdsourcing isn’t just the hottest new thing to happen to startups and small business owners since Apple’s App Store; it may also present tomorrow’s most promising new source of venture capital and angel investment.
AP - U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 34 percent in January from a year earlier to $751 million due to the lack of new game titles, according to market researcher NPD Group.
Reuters - Activision Blizzard Inc's quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the video game publisher lost fewer "World of Warcraft" subscribers than it did a quarter ago.
Reuters - Incoming Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape the company by linking hardware and software through online networks - a model he used at the PlayStation maker's computer entertainment unit.
Newsarama.com - I have played an entire mission of Mass Effect 3 and it's had a profound effect on me. Sure, I'm excited about other games coming out this year. SSX is returning, giving me back one of my old favorite franchises. The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite come from teams I know and trust, and should be a great time. Amazing Spider-Man has potential, and I'm excited to play with several of the launch window titles for the PlayStation Vita.
Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc's chief financial officer is leaving the video game publisher to take a post at communications company Polycom Inc, both companies said in statements on Wednesday.
Mashable - With Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld console set for release in the United Kingdom and North America later this month, the picture of what we can expect is becoming clearer.
The Vita will start at $249 in the United States for the wireless-only model, and $299 for the 3G version, according to the PlayStation website. But Vodafone, the Vita's exclusive 3G carrier in the UK, recently announced that 3G version will sell for £279 there, or about $440. The wireless-only version will go for £218.99, according to multiple reports, or about $350.
Reuters - British online gaming company 888 Holdings saw its full-year revenue grow 26 percent as the number of customers gambling on its websites grew, and the company said strong current trading continues into the first quarter.
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