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Top UK retailers have taken to social networking service Twitter to promote their latest games offers and communicate with customers. High Street and online giants including GAME, Gamestation, HMV, Amazon and Play are already using the service, with many working the social networking website to gather feedback from its customer …
Read More »Games vet blasts Twitter buzzwords
The game industry fails to understand the core properties and potential of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. That was the view offered by Mike Mika, an industry veteran of twenty years having been involved in over 120 game projects. In boardrooms across the world, people are using Facebook …
Read More »Twitter hits WoW and Champions Online
Revolutionary social networking tool Twitter is to get in-game support in two of MMO’s biggest names – Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and Cryptic’s upcoming Champions Online. Offworld reports that new add-on TweetCraft will allow WoW players to send and receive Tweets in-game and upload screenshots using Twitpic. It will …
Read More »Industry vet blasts Twitter â??buzzwordsâ??
Widespread naivety on the true value of social network integration, says Mika
Read More »The Social Swing
Industry vet Mike Mika on the convergence of social media
Read More »Rare continues to open up, joins Twitter
The once-secretive British dev jumps deep into the community with an unrestrained Twitter feed
Read More »Developer completes ultimate bandwagon jump with Twitter game
Indie outfit Itch now responsible for an online Twitter game where users are â??capturedâ?? for points
Read More »MICROSOFT: Xbox teams up with Last.fm, Facebook and Twitter
Microsoft has announced new deals with online music station Last.fm and social networking site Facebook – the latest in a major week of content partnerships that has also seen it team up with TV service bSKYb. In addition, Xbox 360 will also be introducing Twitter compatibility. On top of this …
Read More »Twitter the E3 hype machine of choice
Few things get the hype juices flowing as readily as E3, but this year has seen many of gaming’s big names turn to communications revolution Twitter to crank up the excitement ahead of their big reveals. For instance, in the last few hours alone we’ve had the likes of: Sony …
Read More »New GTAIV episode announcement imminent
Rockstar is gearing up to unveil the second instalment of GTAIV’s downloadable content, just days after reports suggested that the company will not be showing any new content at E3. There has hitherto been mixed messages concerning the arrival of GTAIV’s next episode. Back in March, a Take-Two earnings announcement …
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