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'NOVA Elite' Released as a… Facebook Game?
Touch Arcade
NOVA Elite actually plays pretty well for a browser-based game, and comes with loads of different items for customizing the look and weaponry of your created character. But much like most free-to-play Facebook games a large portion of this will require ...
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Argentina's MetroGames targets hardcore gamers on Facebook
VentureBeat
Damian Harburger, chief executive and founder of MetroGames, said in an interview his company's goal is to take Facebook games to the next level. That includes real-time game play with better realism and graphics. When a character steals a car in the ...
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VentureBeat
Mark Cuban and Schell Games announce release of Facebook game BattleBall
Techburgher
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks® NBA franchise, and Schell Games announced the public release of BattleBall. BattleBall is a 3D online game now playable on the Facebook social networking platform. BattleBall is available to any of the over ...
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MetroGames' Auto Hustle Builds on Facebook Mafia Theme, Looks for Hardcore Gamers
Inside Social Games
We spoke with MetroGames Lead Designer Joe Gatling about Auto Hustle's prospects on Facebook given its hardcore game angle and evolutions within the Facebook games platform. In particular, we asked Gatling to explain how Auto Hustle would find its ...
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MXP4 launches social music gaming app on Facebook
RadioandMusic.com
Six additional music games are currently in production for Bopler Games. MXP4 CEO Albin Serviant said, "With Bopler Games, MXP4 unites the power of two of the most popular categories on Facebookgames and music. While music pages have historically ...
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Facebook Launches New Feature Asking Users How Often They Want to Discover New ...
Inside Social Games
Up until then stories generated by the in-game actions of friends had clogged the news feeds of people who didn't play games. Facebook then altered the feed such that users would only see App Discovery stories about friends installing games, ...
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Rivet Games raises second round for web, social and mobile games (exclusive)
VentureBeat
Janosov says the company's engineering team comes from the traditional game market. Rivet Games has a scalable backend infrastructure and a 3D asset pipeline that could be used for multiple games. The company will launch a Facebook game in May and a ...
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VentureBeat
Playfish adopts Facebook Credits
GamesIndustry.biz
Casual games developer Playfish is to abandon its own in-game currency in favour of Facebook Credits, making the move well ahead of Facebook's July deadline. Speaking to website Inside Social Games, Playfish vice president CJ Prober said that ...
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'Hunger Games' begins to fill out its cast
Los Angeles Times
Lionsgate, the studio turning Suzanne Collins' uber-popular franchise "The Hunger Games" into a movie series, is going straight to the fans with its casting choices for the film, announcing their selections on the official Facebook fan page. ...
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Major League Baseball Strikes Out on Facebook
TMC Net
"MLB (News - Alert) was providing a live game feed to select spring training games that could be watched directly via the MLB Facebook page," BI wrote, adding that "this was a pretty big step for the league, which generally maintains very tight control ...
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Huge Facebook App Loses 75% Uniques After Facebook Threatens It
The Business Insider
Badoo gets users by spreading quizzes and social games on Facebook and eventually getting them to pay for stuff. Sounds a bit scuzzy but teens enjoy doing that and it's pretty popular. The problem is that to stay popular you have to be viral, ...
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The Business Insider
A Mystical Land Coming To Macs
Inside Mac Games
The browser based title will also soon be released for Facebook users. The game lets players join up with others to fight monsters or engage in activities such as fishing, cooking, or blacksmithing. "There are frequent discussions about the ...
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THQ Announces UFC® Undisputed™ Fight Nation™ Consumer Sweepstakes Featuring ...
Business Wire (press release)
DOS SANTOS via UFC ® Undisputed Fight Nation ™ , the official Facebook game based on the world's leading mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, the Ultimate Fighting Championship ® . Available for download at http://apps.facebook.com/ufcfightnation, ...
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How RenRen's IPO is setting the table for Facebook
CNNMoney
Like Facebook, RenRen started out a social network that encouraged people to use their real identities, then added social games and e-commerce features for outside businesses. And like Facebook, its platform is open to developers creating third-party ...
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App Store chart changes suggest new ranking algorithms
GamesIndustry.biz
The changes are thought to have been made fairly recently, and first evidenced themselves with the rise of the Facebook app to the top of the number one position in the free downloads chart, where previously it had sat in the upper teens. ...
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Zynga buys music gaming company
musicweek.com
However, TechCrunch reported that rather than shutting down completely, JamLegend has been acquired by Zynga, the company behind the highly successful Farmville and CityVille games on Facebook. It is unclear what Zynga will do with the JamLegend gaming ...
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Graham Nardone ('Sims 3: Generations')
Digital Spy
You'll also be able to upload content to The Sims website and Facebook? "That's part of our new Memories system. We've kind of had Memories in previous games, and fans really enjoyed that, but now with all these new life experiences, Sims will have ...
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An Early Look At Serf Wars Before A Big Gameplay Shift
Inside Social Games
When the game launched early last month, developer Meteor Games told VentureBeat that Serf Wars was an attempt to refocus development on Facebook games that straddle multiple audiences, with battle elements to appeal to the male population and a ...
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Inside Social Games
How Facebook is taking over the world
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
Facebook created their own currency: "credits". These have been virtual rewards in Facebook games that when "spent", can give the user extra capabilities or access. What we are starting to see, and will continue to see, is the migration of Facebook ...
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To FB or Not to FB: Seeking that Social Media Medium
Patch.com
Neither of us is interested in spending more than 10-20 minutes on Facebook in a day or have any interest in the games offered. Bejewelled Blitz, Farmville? Not our thing. We use it to keep in touch with family and friends, post or read interesting ...
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Monday Night Football announcement electrifies Detroit Lions' fan base
MLive.com (blog)
When a report that the Lions would play a Monday Night Football game surfaced in the afternoon and was later confirmed when the NFL released their schedule, it instantly became sports topic number one here in The D. Forums exploded. Facebook and ...
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MLive.com (blog)
nerd from Asheville won't be 'Hunger Games' extra
Asheville Citizen-Times
Bring a photo. If you can't make it to Fort Mill, you can also submit photos via snail mail or email. For more information, visit the Facebook page for Artemis Movie Casting. "Artemis" is the production title for "The Hunger Games. ...
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'God disguised as Michael Jordan': The 63-point game turns 25
The Grio
By John Mitchell Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan (23) reacts after slamming the ball during NBA playoff game at the Boston Garden, Ma. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) I know where I was. What the room smelled like. What my Facebook friends today who shared the ...
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NBA Playoffs 2011: Ray Allen Confident Boston Celtics Will Sweep New York Knicks
Bleacher Report
That confidence continued in Game 2 as he scored 18 points and went 4-4 from beyond the arc to help the Celtics go up 2-0 in the series. Now, that swagger has spilled onto his Facebook page, as he posted this shortly after the game 2 victory: "Bring ...
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Bleacher Report
Unfriended: Cyberbullying in Minnesota
Spot.Us
No one predicted the Facebook-enabled Gossip Girl-esque drama that ensued for a week in the fall. Or that students would easily get past administrative blocks to use Facebook, Skype, and play video games during class. At another Southwest-area school, ...
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FrontierVille too slow? Try Zynga's hard drive install
Games.com News (blog)
Then, every time you boot up the game on Facebook, it will load these files locally from your computer rather than over the Internet. This, in theory, will boost the loading speed when not only jumping between homesteads and initially loading the game, ...
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Medically Advanced Loma Linda Is Still Social Media Novice
Patch.com
I never once had anybody ask, 'When are you going to get a Facebook page?' " Rigsby isn'ta fan of the social networking site, and says he "can't figure out what's so exciting." "I see people who are addicted to some of the games on Facebook, ...
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Thunder notebook: Kobe Bryant is top choice, followed by Kevin Durant
NewsOK.com
SI also posed the question to its Facebook fans and the top vote-getters were Bryant (41 percent), Chicago point guard Derrick Rose (23 percent) and Durant (9 percent). One hour before Game 1 tipped off, Denver Nuggets coach George Karl tried to ...
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RockMelt Browser Bringing Social Networking Act to iPhone
PCWorld
I may be unique, but I use my iPhone most often to play games or browse the Web, not check Facebook or Twitter (I get enough of that when I'm sitting at my desk). But if I really do want to check Facebook or Twitter, I can always open the Facebook or ...
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GDC Vault Adds Free 'GDC 25' Videos From McGonigal, Schatz, Siegel
Gamasutra
Finally, in a newly available Social & Online Games Summit video from GDC 2011, Playdom's Scott Jon Siegel presents a City Of Wonder postmortem, explaining how the popular social Facebook title "leveraged [player vs. player gameplay] to add a new ...
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Gamasutra
New Air Penguin game bounces to the top of the charts
Appolicious
The game isn't really perfect. The controls take some getting used to, and some of the platforming seems off. It also has a tendency to crash every now and again, though not too frequently. Game Center, Twitter and Facebook integration are all here. ...
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Nexon Makes List of Most Innovative Companies in Gaming, Expands Popular ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Later this year, Nexon plans to release MapleStory Adventures as a Facebook game. Console Gaming -- Nexon announced that Dungeon Fighter Online is set to be offered on Microsoft's Xbox 360 system, available in English, French, German, Italian, ...
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Rick Phillips, a 300 game, and a friendship beyond years.
OCRegister
She asked me to move over to Facebook.com, as many of the bowlers from our junior years, and others from our Carter Bowl days, were there! When Heather friended me on Facebook, so did long lost Carter Bowl friends Bryan Meek, Ted Kozlowski, ...
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Rivet Games Raises Series B Financing for Next Gen Web, Social and Mobile Games
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Combining the gaming experience with state of the art analytics and modern marketing, we aim to change how games are built and delivered." "Facebook, mobile, open web, PC and even console games are on a collision course where gamers will have multiple ...
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Pacers' Collison aiming for Game 3 return
Yahoo! Sports
The injury came when Collison stepped on the foot of a cameraman. Collison also sprained his ankle back in November and it took three games for him to recover. What are you waiting for? Follow Scoop du Jour on Twitter or Facebook.
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Hunger Games Casting News: Thresh and Rue Cast
Clevver TV
http://Facebook.com/ClevverTV - Become a Fan! The Hunger Games is a little more than a month out from starting production and the casting process is still in full force. ClevverTV has your update right now. Hi everyone -- you're back at ClevverTV. ...
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T-Mobile Launches Free 'Bobsled' Facebook VoIP
BroadbandReports.com
The Facebook VoIP app specifically will be powered by Vivox, who has been offering embedded voice chat within Facebook games for several years. Available for download here, the service allows Facebook's 500 million customers to engage in voice chat, ...
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Social Media Connects with Sports to Provide Real-Time Scores
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
These interruptions do not stop for playoffs, rivalries or everyday games. Scorely.com is taking these interruptions and making them opportunities by providing real-time sports scores straight to Facebook and Twitter. With MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, ...
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AP briefs: Climate change suits | Risky camp games | Military deaths | Fake ...
North Country Public Radio
The New York Farm Bureau's Facebook friends voted for sweet corn more than twice as much as onions, the other main contender for the title. The unscientific poll followed two competing bills introduced in the state Senate seeking to designate an ...
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Sophos Scoffs at Facebook Security
NBC Bay Area (blog)
Facebook should enforce a secure connection all the time including when users are playing games or using apps, to make sure they are safe from hacking. Cluely pretty much covered it all, with much of his emphasis on Facebook's seemingly uncaring ...
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Peyton Hillis Madden NFL 12 cover campaign is working
Examiner.com
... thanks in large part to a strong campaign on Twitter and Facebook and in the blogosphere in and around Cleveland. Hillis is up against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Mike Vick, who is vying for his second appearance on the cover of the game. ...
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Get ready to play the world's largest Pac-Man game
CNET (blog)
... blog post about the creation of the game stated--though that paragraph has since been removed from the post. "We've been watching the moderation closely, so every [crude level] has a short life. We also suspect the Facebook Connect helps reduce this."
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Pokémon 2011 Video Game Championships Dates And Locations Announced
RipTen
Want to stay up to date on the latest Nintendo and Pokémon news, information, and more? Follow me on Twitter @KingNintendoFan or Like Me on Facebook. Be sure to let me know what you think about the Pokémon Video Game Championships! ...
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Casting News Roundup: Two New Tributes Join The Hunger Games; Marion Cotillard ...
ReelzChannel.com
And if the last name Quaid sounds familiar, it should; he's the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan and it looks as if The Hunger Games will be his first Hollywood role. Like yesterday's casting news, the announcement was made via the movie's Facebook ...
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ReelzChannel.com
Huskies Head To Defending Champion UCLA
University of Washington Athletics
The Huskies can also be found on Facebook via the Washington Softball fan page at www.facebook.com/UWHuskySoftball. The Bruins are 29-9 on the year and 5-4 in Pac-10 play. They are looking to become the seventh Pac-10 team this season to amass 30 wins. ...
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University of Washington Athletics
NFL schedule intrudes on college football tradition
Examiner.com
... forced to watch the NFL, in which many games will be played without anything riding on them. Follow Kevin McGuire's college football updates and conversation on Twitter, join the Facebook page and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! By Kevin McGuire.
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