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Shares in Zynga jumped ten per cent yesterday on news that the social games giant is to launch its own games portal away from Facebook. The City’s interest in Zynga’s new venture drove its share price from $13.43 to $14.49 at end of trading. Zynga.com, which will launch in beta …
Read More »EA goes Global in Sweden for Mass Effect 3 Space Edition
Bioware and EA hosted their own version of the Mass Effect 3 Space Edition event in Stockholm last night. After three days of puzzling together clues on gaming web site Gamereactor, fans gathered in front of the Stockholm Globe Arena for the final piece of the mystery late last night. …
Read More »Virgin begins doubling user broadband speeds
Cable ISP Virgin Media is set to begin rolling out a speed upgrade for customers in 30 towns and cities across the UK. The upgrade, announced in January, will boost 10Mb/sec packages to 20Mb/sec, 20 and 30Mb/sec to 60Mb/sec and 50Mb/sec to 100Mb/sec. Those customers already on a 100Mb/sec package …
Read More »Skylanders licensing business takes off
Would-be licensees are lining up to get a piece of Skylanders, says Activision. 150 licensing execs attended a special Activision event on Tuesday (February 28th) to find out how they can get the rights to make Skylanders cuddly toys, lunch boxes, clothes, back packs and a whole lot more. It …
Read More »Zynga steps up to the plate and becomes a publisher
The mutually beneficial relationship between Facebook and Zynga could soon become more complicated, with the Farmville creator ready to launch an eye-catching games portal that exists outside of the social network. Zynga.com, which will launch in beta this month, will host a range of popular Zynga games as well as …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Disney talks to MCV about its new Marvel Facebook game
With the hugely anticipated The Avengers almost here, Disney has released Marvel: Avengers Alliance for Facebook today. The game is an incredibly deep and expansive look into the Marvel universe, and has the potential to be a major player in the current cavalcade of Facebook games coming from top tier …
Read More »Skyrim dominates the Gullstikka awards
Gullstikka, the awards show hosted by Norwegian distributors and publishers (NSM), celebrated the Norwegian games industry this evening, handing out awards to local and international games their developers. It came as no surprise that Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ended up as the night’s big winner, grabbing four prizes …
Read More »Hyper Island Stockholm offers guided tour
Interactive design school Hyper Island is opening the doors to prospective students on Thursday, March 8th between 17:30 and 19:00. Anyone interested in their programmes and wanting to know more, plus the opportunity meet students and staff on site (and of course happens to be in Stockholm on March 8th) …
Read More »P3 Spel launches Add On
P3 Spel, Sweden’s largest radio show about computer and video games, has just launched the related podcast P3 Spel Add On, which is intended to continue the conversation about games and/or cover separate but related subjects. The new podcast is a little shorter than the radio show, clocking in at …
Read More »New publishing boss for Eutechnyx
UK developer Eutechnyx has appointed a new non-executive director to oversee the worldwide release of its free-to-play title Auto Club Revolution. Dirk Weyel, who previously founded German MMO publisher Frogster Interactive, has been tasked with establishing the studio’s publishing operations across global territories Dirk is a well known, well liked …
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