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- EA Buys Korean Online Game Developer J2M; Shanda Invests In Two Chinese Gaming Firms
- Three gaming related deals in Asia:-- Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has increased its presence in Korea, after buying mobile gaming arm of Hands-On earlier this year: it has now bought J2MSoft, a Korean developer of PC and online games. J2M develops free-to-play online games which are monetized through micro-transactions...
- External links 2008-12-03
- EA Buys Korean Online Game Developer J2M; Shanda Invests In Two Chinese Gaming Firms
- Three gaming related deals in Asia:-- Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has increased its presence in Korea, after buying mobile gaming arm of Hands-On earlier this year: it has now bought J2MSoft, a Korean developer of PC and online games. J2M develops free-to-play online games which are monetized through micro-transactions...
- External links 2008-12-03
- DST Creates Russian Online Powerhouse By Merging Mail.ru And Astrum
- Digital Sky Technologies DST, the Russian firm that recently paid $200 million for a two percent stake in Facebook, is playing puppet-master yet again. It’s merging Mail.ru, one of Russia’s most popular online portals, with massively-multiplayer online MMO game developer Astrum Online Entertainment, according to Vedomosti via Quintura. It...
- External links 2009-09-10
- China Bans Foreign Investment, Tech Partnerships In Its Online Games Industry
- More U.S. gaming companies and VCs are looking to the Chinese online gaming model—micro-transactions, virtual goods and subscriptions—as a source of inspiration and potential investment. But as far as actually owning a piece of a money-making company like Tencent, consider it forbidden, as Reuters reports that the General Administration...
- External links 2009-10-12
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- Gravity Develops Markets for 'Ragnarok Online' With Its Blue Ocean Strategy
- SEOUL, South Korea -- Gravity Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRVY)(the "Company"), an online game developer and publisher, has announced that the Company is going to commence open beta testing for the French version of Ragnarok OnlineTM in the francophone countries in Europe, including France on January 12, 2007. The Company has...
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- NTN's QB1 Interactive Football Game Enables World Bowl '99 Viewers To Play Along With the Pros Via the NFLeurope.com Web Site
- CARLSBAD, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 25, 1999-- A Record 172 Countries Will Receive Game Broadcast, Allowing Football Fans Around the World to Go Online and Test Their Prediction Skills Through QB1 NTN Communications, Inc. (AMEX: NTN), an Internet games provider and interactive television network operator, and the National...
- Research articles 1999-06-25
- Friendster Sold, Finally, To Malaysia's MOL Global
- The long and colorful saga of an independent Friendster is over, for now. As expected, it has been acquired, by the Malaysian company MOL Global Pte. More to come…MOL Global to Acquire Friendster MOL Retail and Payment Channels and Leading Online Social Network Combine to Form Massive Content Distribution...
- External links 2009-12-10
- Watch Those Rules & Regulations With European SEM Campaigns
- In my last column I addressed cultural differences within European countries. The main point was that Europe may be one continent, but you cannot treat every European the same way—there are many cultural differences among people in different countries, and in some cases, even within a single country. This is...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Digital economy bill promises action on piracy, games and ITV regional news
- Bill offers illegal filesharing clampdown, tougher rules on video game age ratings and powers for Ofcom over ITV regional news A clampdown on unlawful online file-sharing, a push for the switchover to digital radio in 2015, tougher laws to stop children getting hold of violent video...
- News items 2009-11-18
- U.S. Consumers Less Willing to Pay for Online News
- BCG interviewed 5,000 people in nine countries to gauge their interest in paying for online news content. Consumers in Finland were most likely to pay for news at 66 percent, but readers in the United States and the U.K. were least likely at 48 percent. Italians, meanwhile, were willing to...
- News items 2009-11-17
- Swine flu fears inspire new video game
- LONDON - Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game. In an effort to raise awareness, Dutch researchers have created a game that challenges players to control a new pandemic. "It is actually what is happening now, what is happening...
- News items 2009-08-17
- ESPN Mines For Gold In Torrent Of iPhone Downloads
- In less than a year, ESPN iPhone apps have been downloaded more than 4.5 million times—more than 2.2 million of the free ESPN (NYSE: DIS) ScoreCenter alone since its June debut. Most of the downloads are for ad-supported versions but twice in the past couple of weeks the Disney...
- External links 2009-09-22
- War game 'evokes the atrocity of terrorism'
- A BLOCKBUSTER video game has caused a classifications storm by putting players in the shoes of terrorists. Footage from the upcoming game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been leaked online, showing a scene where the player shoots civilians in an airport. The realistic graphics show a first-person view...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Investors Would Be Wise to Wait for Perfect World Patiently
- J Clinton Hill submits: Perfect World PWRD is an online game developer and operator in China and is regarded as a bellweather for China’s online gaming export industry. It exports games to approximately 60 countries and has licensed them in 11 countries to leading operators. Domestically, China has over 338...
- External links 2009-07-21
- PRESSLINK FULFILLS PROMISE OF DIGITAL FREE PRESS AT SUPER BOWL XXIX; Single Online Location Brings News Media Unprecedented Speed and Content Choice from 4 News Agencies; Plus Exclusive NFL Photos
- MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--January 30, 1995--PressLink last night began a new industry tradition when four major news agencies, Agence France-Presse, Allsport, Knight-Ridder/Tribune and Reuters, along with NFL Photo in an exclusive agreement, cooperated to provide game-time Super Bowl content at a single online location. PressLink's thousands of subscribers in 60 countries were...
- Research articles 1995-01-30
- Global cyberwar: Installed in your PC at home, the office and government
- It starts out as banter on Internet Relay Chat IRC; on one end, a teenager programs a small program called a botnet, and instructs it to begin pinging your IRC client with lots of packets. You find a little botnet script yourself and retaliate. The war begins, albeit 1 versus...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Fliqz CEO Discusses State of Online Video Industry
- When a fellow named Adam Wilbur won Major League Baseball's promotional contest celebrating the 100th anniversary of the song, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," last year, he got to lead the crowd at the All Star Game in Yankee Stadium in the singing ritual that occurs in...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- Apple Takes Early Lead WIth iPhone Store; Will Developers Dedicate Resources To New Platforms?
- Apple has not only been successful at selling millions of iPhones, but its application storefront has been a runaway hit, too. Launched in July, the App store is available in 60 countries, and is stocked with about 8,000 games, social networking sites, and other reference tools. The number of...
- External links 2008-11-22
- Columbia Students Launch MBA Odyssey
- Columbia Business School wants up-and-coming world leaders to connect with peers and Fortune 500 business magnates through the launch of ODYSSEY, a competition between students from the top 15 MBA programs around the world. Held at Columbia March 27-28, 2009, ODYSSEY 15 students come from seven countries and...
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- 6 Ways Twitter Lists Are Changing the Game
- We knew Twitter lists were going to be big for Twitter. We knew they were going to greatly increase the usefulness of the service, and for many, even the enjoyment. What we didn't know, however, was that right out of the box, we would see so many different uses for...
- News items 2009-11-04
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