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A new NPD report has found that the number of players gaming online – along with the number of hours spent by those players online – has increased significantly. NPD Group’s Online Gaming 2013 report surveyed over 8,800 US gamers, and found that 72 per cent stated they played games …
Read More »Hack group targets online game companies
Cybercriminals target game companies to steal from online games
Read More »Bigpoint passes 300 million registered users
MMO giant holding competition for new and current users
Read More »GDC Austin: ‘Greater diversity coming to online games’
Free-to-play won't just be strategy games and RPGs, says Kongregate co-founder
Read More »Auto Club Revolution expands to Russia
New partnership expands free-to-play racer across Western Europe too
Read More »iVenture Capital launches Traffic Captain
Mobile and online gaming gets advertising network
Read More »CHINA: Online gaming grows 25%
The online games market in China is worth $5bn after growing 25 per cent in 2010. Pearl Research also forecasts the market will continue to grow and exceed $8bn by 2014. The predictions are part of a new study from the business intelligence firm on MMORPGs, casual games and key …
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Bigpoint boss focusing on the keys to building a global games business at top November event
Read More »Zattikka hires new exec producer
Online and mobile games specialist Zattikka has appointed industry veteran Peter Jones as its new executive producer. Jones joins from Codemasters where he held the position of product development director. He has previously worked at Mirrorsoft, Sega, Acclaim and Virgin Interactive as well as Argonaut Games and Lionhead Studios, giving …
Read More »Kongregate: Virtual goods rising
Free online games aggregator Kongregate says revenues from sales of virtual goods is increasing by 30 percent every month. The privately held firm won’t release actual revenues, but says the market for free-to-play can work with a virtual goods model. San Francisco-based Kongregate pulls together thousands of games from independents, …
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