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Social gaming giant buys game engine firm Dextrose to create Zynga Germany

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After what even Sony admits as being a slow start across the globe, the PS3 has finally found its stride and is quickly catching up on its console rivals in the sales race – and EA reckons it could yet catch Xbox 360 in the UK hardware market. We could …

Developers given early access to get to grips with Microsoftâ??s upcoming smartphone

While Konami’s PES 2011 looks to greatly improve on last year’s effort, publishing rival EA believes that FIFA 11 will help the company increase its market share in the sector even further. Over the last couple of years, FIFA has been an excellent performer and we continue to grow market …

EA has had a really good year in Europe in terms of market share. What were the key drivers?We had an excellent start to the year. Army of Two, Dante’s Inferno and in particular Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sold really well. It shows our strategy to focus on fewer, bigger …

Metal Gear man gave Spanish studio MercurySteam creative freedom

Speaking at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference today, Zynga’s CTO Cadir Lee has revealed a number of stats and details which show what an impressive infrastructure and vast operation it runs. The numbers include:* 10 PER CENT of the world’s internet population has played a Zynga game* 215 MLLION monthly users* Zynga’s …