Kyle Laughlin

Nov 16

You-Be-The-Terrorist Videogame Sales Reach $600 Million In 5 Days -

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In one week, Activision and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has raked in more cash than any form of entertainment for sale.

Any form!

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Nov 12

Modern Warfare 2 sells almost 5M copies on launch day -

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We all knew that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was destined to smash industry sales records, but the pace at which the game is reported to be selling is absolutely shocking. By…

Modern Warfare 2 sells almost 5M copies on launch day -

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We all knew that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was destined to smash industry sales records, but the pace at which the game is reported to be selling is absolutely shocking. By…

Nov 10

Move Aside, Vampire Wars. City Of Eternals Is A Real Game. -

We first wrote about Flash MMOG startup Ohai back in January. There wasn’t anything to look at, but the company had raised $6 million in funding and had assembled a small but impressive group…

Nov 09

Mobile Location Is Charting a Quick Path to Growth -

Location is a core element in mobile applications and smartphones. We take our mobile devices with us everywhere we go. Their location, and the context in which we use them, changes…

Sep 24

10 Best iPhone Apps For Sports Fans -

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As football season kicks off and baseball season wraps up, now’s a good time to check out some of the great new sports apps for the iPhone and other mobile devices.

From real-time…

Sep 19

Interview: Playfish COO de Halleux On How Facebook Has Changed Gaming Forever -

Not much differentiates one hot new social gaming startup from another. Sure they have different games—and maybe even slightly different business models—but for the most part, they make their money…

Sep 15

Google FastFlip Is A Gigantic Step Backwards -

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Essentially what Google’s new FastFlip provides is a means to quickly browse though mini-screenshots of the participating publishers’s sites — mostly magazine publishers along with NYTimes,…

Sep 08

Monopoly City Streets: Google Launching Online Version of Monopoly -

monopolycitystreetsThis could be very addictive: Google is teaming up with board game maker Hasbro to launch a Google Maps version of Monopoly. Monopoly City Streets, which launches Wednesday, allows…

Sep 07

New blog post: China's Shanda plans $800 mln US IPO for games unit (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) http://bit.ly/ieD2T -

New blog post: China’s Shanda plans $800 mln US IPO for games unit (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) http://bit.ly/ieD2T