According to reports out of Japan this morning (via Andria Sang and Siliconera), Namco Bandai Games has today staged a buyout of D3 Publisher at 62,000 yen (roughly U.S. $684) per share. Citing the synergistic potential of adding the "Ben 10" and rival "Naruto" game publisher as a full subsidiary, Namco Bandai intends to use the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 30, 2008
With companies still caring too much about review scores, and with recent studies showing that advertisements play a far larger role in purchases than any objective scores or grades, the timing was perfect for an example to drive home the “Reviews don’t matter quite as much as people think (most of the time)” debate. That [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
As each new generation grows more and more net-savvy, new steps are being taken to provide safe havens for our impressionable youngsters. Cartoon Network, a company that knows a thing or two about keeping kids entertained, is entering the online fray: Cartoon Network is preparing to launch Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall (appropriately) this fall. On the surface, FusionFall looks like a standard kid-safe MMORPG which leverages CN's portfolio of unique characters, but as we learned during an extended conference with the FusionFall team yesterday, it has the potential to be much more than another single-click-combat level grinder -- and, as parents will be pleased to discover, it employs some fascinatingly extensive technology in the name of child safety.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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