It looks like Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has led a buyout of the company from its previous controlling shareholder, Vivendi. Activision Blizzard purchased 439 million shares from Vivendi for $5.83 billion while Kotick’s...
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SimRacing Expo Frankfurt 2026 Sees Record Attendance
The 2026 SimRacing Expo saw a record attendance of 29,580 people over three days at Frankfurt Messe. 2027’s show promises to be...
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The Media Indie Exchange (The MIX) Announces Date and Time for...
The Media Indie Exchange (The MIX) today officially announced the broadcast date and time for its upcoming autumnal online...
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PAX Unplugged Philly 2026 Reveals Exhibitor and Content Lineup
Show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade go analog this December as they reveal the exhibitor and gaming lineup for PAX Unplugged...
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Universal Studios Hollywood Dazzles with Festive Décor and...
Universal Studios Hollywood shines this holiday season, inviting guests to experience a joyous celebration throughout the theme...
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Coffee Stain Big Break Indie Game Showcase is Happening Next Tuesday
Coffee Stain’s ‘Big Break’ Indie Game Showcase is Happening Next Tuesday! The Big Break Showcase – spotlighting indie games...
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July 23, 2013 — After three days of deliberations, a jury in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California today ruled in favor of Robin Antonick, the original designer and developer of Electronic Arts’ (NASDAQ: EA) best...
PLYMOUTH, MI – July 23, 2013 – Stardock is pleased to announce that it has secured the rights to the classic PC franchise Star Control with the intent to develop a new Star Control game. Development on the new game will begin this year with a...
July 18, 2013 — Steve Berman, managing partner of law firm Hagens Berman and co-lead counsel in a class-action lawsuit filed by former college athletes against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Electronic Arts...
Hamburg, July 16th, 2013. Today, online games publisher InnoGames and Development Studio Ticking Bomb Games announced the discontinuation of the pirate-MMO Kartuga. Simultaneously the companies’ partnership was disbanded. Regardless of its...
Washington, DC – July 8, 2013 – The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today that Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Tencent have joined the trade association. They increase ESA’s membership to 37 companies, and bolster its...
July 2nd, 2013 — gamigo AG acquires 100% of the Austrian company Airwin Entertainment GmbH from A1 Telekom Austria AG. The company hereby expands its Online games portfolio to mobile games. Airwin Entertainment was founded in 2011 and has...
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – July 2, 2013 – CCP Games, the world’s leading independent developer of massively multiplayer games, today announced it has hired Sean Decker as its new senior vice president of product development. Decker will lead the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 1, 2013 – Zynga Inc. a leading provider of social game services, today announced that the Company has appointed Don Mattrick as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective July 8, 2013...
July 1st, 2013 — More than 48,000 video game industry professionals, investor analysts, journalists, and retailers from 102 countries converged in Los Angeles last month to experience the future of interactive entertainment at E3, the...