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• New Online Game Teaches Kids About Dairy Farming

  
  World Dairy Diary — Authority: 432
  Online games featuring farming are popular on social networks. Now, the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program have introduced Operation Dairy, a new interactive online game that helps teach kids about modern dairy farming.The game was created by Philadelphia-based Singularity Design. ...
  9 hours ago

• EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force (AP)

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 146
  This came from Yahoo News AP - Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry. Go to Source
  1 day ago

• Electronic Arts Cutting 1500 Jobs

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 136
  Video and computer game maker Electronic Arts is planning to cut 1500 jobs, or about 17% of its total workforce.  The cuts are a reaction to  sharp drops in consumer spending on entertainment.  EA recently acquired online game maker Playfish and is shifting its focus away from traditional “pay then play” games ...
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• Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Definitive Overview

  
  Game Hub — Authority: 419
  I didnt spend my hundred hours of gaming time on Call of Duty 4 on the single player campaign and nor do I expect to spend more than the anticipated 8-10 hours playing the Modern Warfare 2 single player.  Its all about the multiplayer and heres all of the key information you need on the Modern Warfare Modern ...
  4 days ago

• Up and down the online game value chain

  
  ICO Partners — Authority: 108
  It’s well known that online games have been shortening the value chain, threatening the roles of middlemen such as publishers, distributors and retailers, and enabling developers to get in direct contact with players. However, as some very interesting discussions pointed out a few months ago, acquiring users ...
  4 days ago

• Activision posts 3Q profit, backs 2009 outlook (AP)

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 146
  This came from Yahoo News AP - It’s been a rough year for the video game industry, but Activision Blizzard Inc. reported a profit for its third quarter because of a lower costs and a good response for games such as “Guitar Hero 5″ and “World of Warcraft.” Go to Source
  5 days ago

• Get Your Netflix Discs For PlayStation 3 By Tomorrow!

  
  DLB-Network — Authority: 140
  Only a few days ago, Netflix announced that they were partnering with Sony to bring their service to the PlayStation 3. They sent out emails today notifying users that their Netflix streaming disc was shipped out and could be at their door by tomorrow. For those who don’t know you will have to stream Netflix [...]
  5 days ago

• EA CEO sits with Fox Business to talk video games

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 494
  Electronic Arts Logo Fox Business sat down with EA’s John Riccitiello where he discussed everything about EA. He spoke about the upcoming holiday season and how he is confident that EA will see a jump in sales for Christmas season. They also talk about The Beatles: Rock Band, online market in China, Bioware, ...
  5 days ago

• Self-Pixellation

  
  Digital Cortex — Authority: 108
  In his recent work “Papercraft Self Portrait”, 3D artist Eric Testrole did something really cool for Halloween. He pixellated his own head! It was kind of inspired by big-head mode seen in videogames. I really wanted to get the faceted geosphere look with wireframe. He’s been a character designer in the ...
  5 days ago

• From Altair to Ezio

  
  Game Hub — Authority: 419
  Theres two big events in November and the release of Assassins Creed 2 is one of them.  Theres a lot of hype surrounding the release and from everything weve seen so far it looks like its going to be another shiny gem in Ubisofts crown of quality titles.  The video here shows you Ubisofts Developer Diary of how ...
  6 days ago

• MW2 is GameStop’s Most Pre-Ordered Game of All Time

  
  DLB-Network — Authority: 140
  Many people will be getting their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in exactly on week on November 10th. So many people in fact that GameStop has even made a statement that this game is the most pre-ordered game in their stores ever! “As of today, the number of pre-order reservations we’ve taken [...]
  1 week ago

• Assassins Creed II- DaVincis Arsenal

  
  Game Hub — Authority: 419
  As you are probably well aware, it is the famous Renaissance Master, Leonardo DaVinci, who will be providing you with much of your equipment in your time as Ezio, the main man of Assassins Creed II. Of course, we all know about The Glider, but what we might not know so much about are the weapons, so here are four ...
  1 week ago

• NOTED: Bars and Taverns keep 24 percent of losses for Video Gambling in Oregon

  
  PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis — Authority: 128
  Im always interested in how people get paid for gaming... the Oregon Lottery Commission has voted to keep the payout for bars and taverns that host video gambling at 24 percent of player losses. I SUSPECT that this is 24 percent of player deposits, not in-game losses which could be much higher and would make it ...
  1 week ago

• Eurogamer Leeds Expo: Summary

  
  Game Hub — Authority: 419
  Brendan Griffiths takes a look at some of the best upcoming games at the Leeds leg of the Eurogamer Expo including: Aliens Vs Predator, Avatar, Bayonetta, Dante’s Inferno, Dark Void, God of War III, Heavy Rain, Saboteur and Split/Second. It’s not often that UK gamers get to go to an expo; it’s even less often ...
  1 week ago

• MIGS Talk – Cinematics Sans Cutscenes

  
  Game Anim — Authority: 106
  With two weeks to go from today, I thought I should plug that I’ll be speaking at the Montreal International Game Summit , with the talk entitled Cinematics Sans Cutscenes . Here is the abstract: Cutscenes are a divisive subject amongst videogame developers. We rely on them as a relatively production-safe ...
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• Educational Video Games With a Mix of Cool and Purpose - NYTimes.com

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 443
  On a brighter note, in the gaming domain The difference in many of today’s educational games is that they are online and social, allowing children to interact and collaborate to achieve common goals. Unlike the stand-alone boxed games of the 1980s and 1990s, the newest educational games are set up like ...
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• When Internet use becomes a problem - The Boston Globe

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 443
  Sign of the times The trouble signs are all there. They don’t sleep enough, they don’t eat right, they’ve lost touch with their friends, and their school performance has dropped off a cliff. Their worried parents bring them to the doctor, fearing drug abuse or depression, but the evaluations come up ...
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• VanCity Allie – a Vancouver girl who lives and breathes the West Coast

  
  ILovePhotoBlogs — Authority: 438
  This the blog of a 24 year-old Vancouver girl who loves and writes about everything “Vancouver” and West Coast. What can you expect? Lots of her photos, coverage of the Vancouver video game industry, the Canucks hockey team, snowboarding and surfing spots and gear, computers/video games/gadgets… and other ...
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• Grand Theft Auto’s ‘Next Stop’ Teased in Game Manual

  
  DLB-Network — Authority: 140
  Grand Theft Auto IV’s Episodes from Liberty City is releasing on disc for the Xbox 360 tomorrow (contains The Lost and Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony on two discs). Some who managed to get it early took a look inside the instruction manual to see a very interesting advertisement made by Rockstar Games. It [...]
  1 week ago

• GameStop Hiring 15,000 Seasonal Employees

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 136
  If you’re 16 years old or older, have a passion for computer and video games, and have some retail experience, then GameStop wants you!  The company is filling 15,000 seasonal job openings nationwide.  This will increase the workforce at GameStop and Babbage locations by over 40% as the company prepares for the ...
  1 week ago

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