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Montreal-based indie incubator raises $1.4 million

Montreal-based indie incubator raises $1.4 million

Successful developers to receive seed funding, shared office space and dev tools

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Apple sheds £80bn in value in two months

Apple sheds £80bn in value in two months

Valuation of world's richest company drops by 20 per cent despite impressive sales of iPhone 5 and iPad mini

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Activision Blizzard Q3 revenue climbs to £530m

Activision Blizzard Q3 revenue climbs to £530m

Ten million sales of Diablo III and strong Skylanders performance raises full-year expectations to nearly £3bn

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DeNa acquires 20% stake in Rage of Bahamut dev

DeNa acquires 20% stake in Rage of Bahamut dev

Purchase expected to be completed on December 28th

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Ubisoft reports £26m loss before major games hit

Ubisoft reports £26m loss before major games hit

Publisher raises full-year sales forecasts to £1bn

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THQ stocks dive 50% after Q2 report

THQ stocks dive 50% after Q2 report

Poor performance, game delays and possible sale of company spook investors

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Kickstarter CEO: We'll never sell

Kickstarter CEO: We'll never sell

Founders will also not consider implementing equity funding in future, says Perry

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Making premium games? 'You're dead', says Oscar Clark

Making premium games? 'You're dead', says Oscar Clark

Free-to-play consultant encourages new generation of developers to forget traditional monetisation models

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EA meets Q2 predictions

EA meets Q2 predictions

Company claims non-GAAP profit of $49m, but GAAP figures paint a darker picture

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Disney swoops in to acquire LucasFilm for $4bn

Disney swoops in to acquire LucasFilm for $4bn

Walt Disney Company paying $2bn in cash in deal that includes developer LucasArts and a new Star Wars 7 film

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Halo 4 is Microsoft's most expensive game ever

Halo 4 is Microsoft's most expensive game ever

Flagship Xbox series is a 'three billion dollar franchise', claims Phil Spencer

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Apple amasses $36bn in revenue during record quarter

Apple amasses $36bn in revenue during record quarter

World's richest company rakes in $8bn in profits as it sells 27 million iPhones

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Gree shells out $175m for Pokelabo

Gree shells out $175m for Pokelabo

Mobile card game developer becomes latest major acquisition for mobile gaming firm

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Zynga weighed down by OMGPOP purchase

Zynga weighed down by OMGPOP purchase

Social gaming giant plans 150 total layoffs

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Nintendo reports $350m loss as finances improve

Nintendo reports $350m loss as finances improve

Sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware and software weaker than expected in overseas markets

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Facebook revenue rises by $300m year-on-year

Facebook revenue rises by $300m year-on-year

But social network reports net loss of $59 million in last quarter

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Xaviant buys 50% of Blue Mammoth

Xaviant buys 50% of Blue Mammoth

Dungeon Blitz developer to use cash to expand title and fund future games

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SingStar could go free-to-play

SingStar could go free-to-play

Message pop-up in Viewer app suggests switch to new business model

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Finnish F2P mobile dev making $500k a day on iOS

Finnish F2P mobile dev making $500k a day on iOS

Tablets 'are the ultimate game platform', says Supercell exec

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Mergers and acquisitions shatter records in 2012

Mergers and acquisitions shatter records in 2012

Total transaction value worth $3.4 billion so far this year; Games investment down significantly

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Nexon acquires Japanese mobile dev for $500m

Nexon acquires Japanese mobile dev for $500m

Gloops developing ten new titles for Mobage platform targeted at Europe and North America

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Minecraft XBLA averaging 27,000 sales a day

Minecraft XBLA averaging 27,000 sales a day

Four million copies of Xbox 360 version sold in five months

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EA acquires Swedish online tech firm ESN

EA acquires Swedish online tech firm ESN

Cloud and web service provider to work with DICE on Battlefield 3

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Tiga: Late payments damaging games industry

Tiga: Late payments damaging games industry

UK trade body calls on industry to sign up to Prompt Payment Code to help protect businesses

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Blizzard considers F2P Starcraft 2 multiplayer

Blizzard considers F2P Starcraft 2 multiplayer

But developer currently unsure how to successfully monetise game, says lead designer

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