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Rubin: THQ sale “a new start for our company”

Jason Rubin

THQ’s president Jason Rubin remains optimistic about the bankruptcy and subsequent sale to Clearlake Captial, calling it “a new start for our company.” Read More

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Angry Birds maker to talk about building brands at [a]list summit

Angry Birds

Marketing agency The Ayzenberg Group today announced that it’s bringing its [a]list summit to New York early next year, and the company has lined up Angry Birds studio Rovio as one of the key speakers. Read More

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Hunger Games dev: “We are changing the way Hollywood does business”

Funtactix

The business of licensed games is undergoing a fundamental shift thanks to the advent of social and mobile platforms, according to Funtactix CEO Sam Glassenberg, whose company is the developer behind The Hunger Games Adventures, the Facebook game based on The Hunger Games feature film. Read More

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PlayStation 3 hits 30m sales in Europe

PlayStation 3

Sony’s PlayStation 3 has hit 30 million sales in Europe and other PAL territories.
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Capcom slashes profit estimates on weak Resident Evil 6 sales

Resident Evil 6

Capcom has lowered sales and profit expectations for the year ending March 2013 due to weak sales of Resident Evil 6. Read More

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Sony encouraged God of War screenwriters to make “dramatic shifts”

God of War: Ascension

“[Sony], you think they’d be sacred about the origin story and all of that, but they were encouraging us to make it different from those [games] and if that means going in dramatic shifts, they were cool of it. And they’re involved,” said Melton. Read More

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II first-year sales could be down 15%

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops II had a massive launch, generating $500 million on its first day at retail, but retail channel checks point to a franchise that could be on the way down, if you ask Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia.
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