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SEATTLE, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Indie developer 4gency announced today that the upcoming orbital strategy game for Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux, Habitat: A Thousand Generations in Orbit, has successfully reached its first funding goal through Kickstarter. With the initial $50,000 achieved, stretch goals have now been unlocked to secure integration of new features, […]

BOSTON, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time in its 41-year history, NOVA––the most popular science series on American television––is inviting audiences not just to learn about scientific discovery, but to take part in it. The latest initiative in the growing NOVA Labs citizen science platform––an RNA Lab available free online at pbs.org/nova/labs––utilizes

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Lambton-Kingsway Junior Middle School are working together to help students learn critical Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills through video game and media development.  AMD is providing access to state-of-the art HP ProBook notebook PCs as part of a mobile lab that can

LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — LOS ANGELES/ATLANTA⎯Mega film, television and music star, T.I. joins media, music, fashion & entertainment mogul and philanthropist, Russell Simmons in a creative partnership with greenROKS, a youth oriented entertainment company. greenROKS is a multi-media platform fusing music, story-telling and technology while developing a brave new world of cool

LONDON, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ZiBear is a smartphone and internet-minded teddy bear that was created to infuse new life into traditional toys. Parents can control this toy to say, answer and quiz anything. ZiBear is one of a kind in that it can literally listen to a child’s question and answer back. Based

BEDFORD, Mass., April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — VoltDB today announced that deltaDNA is utilizing the high-performance in-memory NewSQL database to power its real-time Player Relationship Management platform for F2P games, social casino and real-money gambling. Leveraging VoltDB, the deltaDNA platform empowers game developers and publishers to perform in-depth player analysis on the colossal amounts of data

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — SourcingLine published new research on leading mobile game developers. A companion directory of mobile game developers provides a range of filtering tools to help buyers identify qualified developers that best fit their needs. Photo – https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140421/76935 The leaders for mobile gaming are: Sourcebits, Infrared5, Small Planet Digital, OpenXcell, APPEK Mobile Apps,

SHANGHAI, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and NetEase, Inc. today announced an agreement to license Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Storm™ to a NetEase, Inc. affiliate in mainland China for a term of three years. Unveiled last November at BlizzCon®, Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard’s upcoming free-to-play, online team brawler featuring

NEW YORK, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) today announced that the Company has signed a contract with La Francaise des Jeux (“FDJ”), the operator of the French National Lottery.  Scientific Games will continue to be the primary supplier of instant games to FDJ, the second largest instant game lottery in the

HONG KONG, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME, “Shanda Games” or the “Company”), a leading online game developer, operator, and publisher in China, today announced that Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (“Shanda Interactive”), the controlling shareholder of Shanda Games, has entered into a share purchase agreement with Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: