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American Game Designers See Salaries Increase 7 Percent in 2008

April 30th, 2009

$79,000 is the average pay for workers in the industry, not bad scratch… for those who still have jobs.

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Disney Buys Into Hulu

April 30th, 2009

Disney Buys Into Hulu
The online video streaming site Hulu has proven a hit with folks who just can’t get enough current and archived video programming from Fox and NBC—now, Hulu as picked up another major player was the Walt Disney Company has reached a deal to bring its content to Hulu, as well as take an ownership stake in the joint Fox/NBC operation. Disney is the parent company of the ABC broadcast network; the move means that of the major U.S. broadcast networks, only CBS programming won’t be included in Hulu’s offerings.

“Disney has sought to meet the constantly evolving viewing habits of our consumers, and today’s Hulu announcement is the ne

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Canada Put on ‘Priority Watch List’

April 30th, 2009

The Mounties just haven’t been doing their job and now Canada is on a IP violator list with China, Thailand and Russia.

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Sony Launches Free Realms Virtual World

April 30th, 2009

Sony Launches Free Realms Virtual World
Does the world need another virtual world? Sony seems to think so: after a closed beta period, Sony has launched Free Realms, a browser-based virtual world (but still Windows-only) tied to its Free Realms trading card game. Free Realms tries to blend the open-ended nature of many existing virtual works (like Second Life) with quests, items, leaderboards, and other goal-oriented activities more common in MMORPGS like World of Warcraft. In Free Realms, users can have pets, work at jobs, race around, play games, explore the world, and (of course) customize and deck out their avatars.

Players of the trading card game Free Realms will r

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News: Canada identified by US as significant piracy target

April 30th, 2009

The United States has for the first time identified neighboring country Canada as being amongst the worst offenders of copyright piracy, according to the US Trade Representatives (USTR) office.

In a statement issued today, the USTR announced that it has placed Canada on the Priority Watch List of offending nations for the first time.

“In this time of economic uncertainty, we need to redouble our efforts to work with all of our trading partners - even our closest allies and neighbors such as Canada - to enhance protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights,” said Ron Kirk of the USTR.

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News: Pachter: Holiday release schedule will hurt Ubisoft

April 30th, 2009

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has released a report downgrading Ubisoft shares from “Strong Buy” to “Buy,” citing a crowded holiday season release schedule.

While the report indicates that Wedbush believes Ubisoft’s fiscal year 2010 product line compares “quite favorably” to the publisher’s succesful releases in fiscal year 2008, timing its releases during the competitive holiday season will limit its potential revenue gains.

According to the report, shares must grow by 23 per cent in the second half of the year in order for Ubisoft to hit its revenue target of EUR 1.1 billion.

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Leaf Trombone tops 100,000 online performances

April 30th, 2009

iPhone music game finding favour among players



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Trivial Pursuit (iPhone)

April 30th, 2009

Does all you could expect and then some

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Bombs Away coming soon from Cobra Mobile

April 30th, 2009

Play as a WWII bomber pilot and blow things up

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Apple Ramping Up to Design Its Own Chips?

April 30th, 2009

Apple Ramping Up to Design Its Own Chips?
Technology darling Apple looks to be assembling a team of seasons industry veterans to design its own chips, potentially in a move to keep its products differentiated from the rest of the consumer electronics market…and help the famously secretive company keep its product plans under wraps. About a year ago, Apple acquired low-power microchip developer P.A. Semi, and recently engaged in a battle with IBM over hiring Mark Papermaster as the new senior VP for Devices Hardware Engineering—meaning he’s over

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