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Murdoch’s plans to cut off Google will increase his revenue

— gamesbrief.com — Rupert Murdoch has taken aim at Google for “stealing his content”. Google has riposted by saying that news content “is not a big part of how we generate revenue”. Observers have argued that Murdoch doesn’t get the Internet and will destroy his own business. But maybe he just gets it better than ... (more) Murdoch’s plans to cut off Google will increase ...

Will Wright

Microsoft

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gamesbrief.com - 4 hours ago

Updating the technology

— gamesbrief.com — I spend the weekend updating the website. Upgraded Wordpress. Optimised the database. Stripped out a bunch of unnecessary plugins/widgets. I also spent ages hunting down the bug that stops the “previous posts” button from taking to you a page full of previous posts. Couldn’t solve it. ... (more) Updating the technology

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gamesbrief.com - 5 hours ago

How to work more efficiently with colleagues, clients and suppliers

— gamesbrief.com — Disclosure: Huddle is a client of mine and I love what they do, so I wanted to share it with you. I think their service – making it easy to collaborate online – is incredibly valuable to games developers. But this is part recommendation/part advertisement. So if that puts you off, ... (more) How to work more efficiently with colleagues, clients ...

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gamesbrief.com - 3 days ago

Modern Warfare is the largest media launch ever, beating books, movies and other games

— gamesbrief.com — I’m breaking a rule here. I don’t usually just rehash press releases without any analysis. But the Modern Warfare announcement that it has grossed an estimated $550 million in the first five days is pretty impressive. As the release says, “ Modern Warfare 2 ’s launch beat all previous ... (more) Modern Warfare is the largest media launch ever, beating ...

The Movies

Activision

Call of Duty

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Grand Theft Auto IV

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Death of the PlayStation: Why Sony’s “evolving” televisions spell the end of ...

— gamesbrief.com — Sony has announced plans for a television service that evolves . In the Financial Times today, Sony CEO and Chairman Sir Howard Stringer said “Sony will have a one-to-one relationship with … customers to offer subscription services, cloud storage of personal content as well as ... (more) Death of the PlayStation: Why Sony’s ...

Sony

PS3

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Death of the PlayStation: Why Sony’s “evolving” televisions spell the end of the console

— gamesbrief.com — Sony has announced plans for a television service that evolves . In the Financial Times today, Sony CEO and Chairman Sir Howard Stringer said “Sony will have a one-to-one relationship with … customers to offer subscription services, cloud storage of personal content as well as ... (more) Death of the PlayStation: Why Sony’s “evolving” ...

Sony

PS3

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Gamesbrief’s Weekly Tweets for 2009-11-20

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Gamesbrief’s Weekly Tweets for 2009-11-20

— gamesbrief.com — Just posted: Modern Warfare is the largest media launch ever, beating books, movies and other games http://tinyurl.com/yadqvz9 # Just posted: Death of the PlayStation: Why Sony’s “evolving” televisions spell the end of the console http://tinyurl.com/yfp4rjh # Facebook bans Tattoo ... (more) Gamesbrief’s Weekly Tweets for 2009-11-20

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Social gaming comes of age: Social gaming companies trouser half a billion dollars in just one week

— gamesbrief.com — For anyone who thinks that social games are not real business, last week proved them so wrong. Between 10th and 17th November nearly every major social games company raised money or was bought, and one or two smaller ones as well. And when those sums add up to nearly half a billion dollars, ... (more) Social gaming comes of age: Social gaming companies ...

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Australian’s largest studio, Krome, lays off staff

— gamesbrief.com — Krome Studios, the largest developer in Australia with over 400 employees has laid off an unspecified number of staff. The redundancies were said to be “necessary as we position Krome for the future”, said CEO Robert Walsh said in a statement to Gamespot . He added “We’re also actively ... (more) Australian’s largest studio, Krome, lays off staff

Krome Studios

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Australian’s largest studio, Krome, lays off staff

— gamesbrief.com — Krome Studios, the largest developer in Australia with over 400 employees has laid off an unspecified number of staff. The redundancies were said to be “necessary as we position Krome for the future”, said CEO Robert Walsh said in a statement to Gamespot . He added “We’re also actively ... (more) Australian’s largest studio, Krome, lays off staff

Krome Studios

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gamesbrief.com - 6 days ago

The tipping point: How Moshi Monsters hit exponential growth and has topped 6 million users

— gamesbrief.com — At the Games Gone Wild event earlier this year, Michael Acton Smith of Mind Candy showed a pretty amazing slide. Mind Candy are the team behind Moshi Monsters which has well and truly reached its tipping point. The beta launched in March 2008, It reached one million users (no mean feat) in ... (more) The tipping point: How Moshi Monsters hit exponential ...

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gamesbrief.com - 10 days ago

Did GTA IV really cost 30% more per copy than Modern Warfare 2

— gamesbrief.com — Modern Warfare 2 has not only shattered all records for day one sales for a video game, it did it despite the furore over Activision’s price. Which turns out to be much cheaper than Grand Theft Auto IV. Activision has just announced that Modern Warfare 2 has sold an estimated* 4.7 million ... (more) Did GTA IV really cost 30% more per copy than Modern ...