Tag Archives: Virtual economy

Zynga CEO Makes Sudden Departure

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Zynga CEO Don Mattrick has abruptly left the company, to be replaced by his predecessor, company founder Mark Pincus, according to a press release from the company. The company made the announcement...

Why MMORPGs Continue To Be Big Money Makers In China

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In my 12 years of analysis on the games industry in China as managing partner of Niko Partners it has become clear that Chinese gamers can be very passionate about PC online gaming.  PC online...

A Colorado Software Firm Is Programming Your Next Professor

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The current generation of students understands that we are still within the Wild West era of online education; a Daedulus-like “sea change” characterized by increased anonymity and — for learning...

Snapchat Poaches Google Engineer, Because…. Private Cloud

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An interesting piece of news the other day that Peter Magnusson, one of the tzars of Google's Google App Engine (GAE) platform has left Google. Not only that but he’s gone to work for one of GAE’s...

‘Candy’ Crush Saga’ maker King Digital plans IPO

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NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of the blockbuster mobile game "Candy Crush Saga" will attempt to raise as much as $500 million in an initial public offering. King Digital Entertainment PLC, which also...

World of Warcraft drops 30% Today at Best Buy

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With still over 7 million subscribers, the World of Warcraft will probably never go away entirely. However, with the upcoming April 4th MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, new players are likely to be...

Disney layoffs will reach Hundreds

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Disney's Interactive unit is planning to layoff several hundreds of employees, according to the Wall Street Journal.The news wasn't expected, considering Disney Interactive's successful launch of "...