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Valkyrie Sky Branches Into Social Networking

With the United States and many wealthy nations pouring billions of dollars into MMO gaming, it is not at all surprising that game developers have begun to expand into these social networking sites as well. From March 9th to March 19th, game portal GameKiss has launched the "My Valkyrie Sky" event, which gives its Valkyrie Sky players the chance to assume the role of a public relations officer in these public media outlets.

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EA Reels in Playfish for $400M

EA Interactive has acquired the social games developer Playfish for $275 million in cash, along with $25 million in equity retention arrangements and $100 million in performance-based considerations through the end of 2011. Playfish was founded in 2007 and now boasts over 60 million active players each month for its ten games, including Restaurant City, Pet [...]

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Order of War Download Code Giveaway

Starting this Friday Steam will be giving away download codes (which allow you to download the game for free) for Square Enix’s Order of War. They will be releasing a download code over the official Facebook page, at which point its a digital free for all. This is not a contest,this is a first-come, first-served grab-a-thon [...]

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Unofficial Xbox 360 Storage Devices Obsolete

Microsoft will begin a preview program for the latest update to the Xbox 360, which then (of course) be rolled out to all users. Aside from the Twitter and Facebook functionality, there is another addition to this update that users need to be aware of. All non-official Xbox 360 storage devices will be locked out. In [...]

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