- Emote Announces Participate Social Platform
[11.12.08]
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Online games publisher Emote Games announced Participate, a social platform designed to help game developers build social networking functions and add avatar creation capabilities to their games for use on various devices.
- Image Metrics Splits Into Game, Film Divisions
[11.12.08]
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Facial animation software company Image Metrics separated its operations into video game and film/TV-focused divisions to better address those industries separately. With the restructuring, the company brought in former Havok executive Brian Waddle as general manager of the game division.
- Blizzard Suspends 350K StarCraft, Diablo II Users For 'Third-Party Hacks'
[11.12.08]
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World of Warcraft creator Blizzard suspended over 350,000 StarCraft and Diablo II accounts on its Battle.net service for using "third-party hacks," according to media reports. 7,700 Warcraft III users were also suspended for the same reason.
- Square Enix Signs Deal With Gas Powered Games
[11.12.08]
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Square Enix signed its first publishing deal with a Western developer, set to publish Redmond-based Gas Powered Games’ forthcoming real-time strategy title Supreme Commander 2 as part of a new ongoing "strategic partnership".
- Microsoft's Hryb: Cheater Bans Keep Biz Healthy
[11.12.08]
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A new wave of user bans on Xbox Live, primarily aimed at users with modded Xbox 360 consoles running pirated software, is for the "health of the video game business", according to comments made by Microsoft’s Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb.
- Gears Of War 2 Sells 2 Million In First Weekend
[11.12.08]
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Global sales of Epic’s Gears of War 2 topped 2 million units worldwide after the game’s first weekend on sale, and more than 1.5 million users have logged into the game on Xbox Live. The game was released simultaneously in 20 countries, with more than 20,000 retailers taking part in special midnight opening events.
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