Microsoft tailors Windows Azure for social game developers

inShare  Microsoft said today it is tailoring its Windows Azure cloud development platform for social game developers, making it much easier for them to develop, launch, and support online games. The company will release a new Windows Azure tool kit for social game developers by the end of the week. The announcement shows...

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First Trailer for 'Zen Wars' – New Strategy Game with Online Multiplayer

posted July 19th, 2011 9:00 PM EDT by Jared Nelson in iPad Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games, News, Strategy, Upcoming Games  Earlier this year, angrt birth made a nice sized splash on the App Store with Legendary Wars [99¢/Lite/HD], their unique take on castle defense games that featured fantastic art, humor, and gameplay. Now...

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ALT1 Games USA Starting Troy Online Closed Beta

ALT1 Games USA is starting the closed beta test of Troy Online, a free massive multiplayer online roleplaying game(MMORPG) based heavily on the Trojan War mythos. In Troy Online, players pick one of three classes depending on their desired play...

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Live Gamer acquires Brandport and GamerDNA as it moves into games ads

inShare Live  Gamer, a game e-commerce infrastructure firm, has acquired Brandport and GamerDNA as part of a move into the game advertising business. With these acquisitions, Live Gamer will have more ways to help game publishers make money from their online games. Not only will the company enable publishers to take...

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Hunger Games Motion Poster Online

Though the team behind The Hunger Games has apparently opted not to make a big splash at Comic-Con (there’s always the chance for a surprise or two), the promotion for the film is not slowing down. The latest element to escape into the wild wide web? A fancy motion poster, which you can see over at Yahoo. Yes, Lionsgate seem to like their...

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Game of Thrones Season 2 Cast Grows by a Pair

July 19, 2011 Two major roles for Games of Thrones season 2 have been filled just ahead of when the new episodes are scheduled to begin production across the pond. Per Entertainment Weekly, British actor Stephen Dillane is on board to portray Stannis Baratheon, the eldest younger brother of the late King Robert who has his...

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10 things PopCap boss hates about casual games

A week after orchestrating the sale of PopCap Games for up to $1.3 billion, the company's chief executive, Dave Roberts, unloaded on the casual games industry. Roberts was an opening speaker at the Casual Connect industry conference that's running today through Thursday at Benaroya Hall. Roberts took the opportunity to let loose a string of rants,...

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