Logan Frederick Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Takeover Rumors Raise Take-Two Stock

Wall Street reports suggest Take-Two Interactive is back on the buyout block. Rumors circulated from unknown sources this morning suggested that buyout talks ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2007

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Nintendo Fires Worker for Blogging

A Nintendo recruiter was fired for hosting a controversial personal blog. On August 31, 23-year-old Jessica Zenner, a contractor for Parker Services who ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2007

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Blizzard Opens Call Center in Ireland

Blizzard improves its European support with a government-backed call center. World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, is set ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 21, 2007

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Bungie Reveals Lessons Learned from Halo 3 Beta

Bungie divulges specifics gathered from holding the Halo 3 beta period. During the CoFesta Forum at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Jonty Barnes, ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 21, 2007

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Zwinky Vends Virtual Goods

Internet conglomerate InterActive Corp.’s children’s world steps onto the microtransaction turf. InterActive Corp., the same company that purchased a majority interest in GarageGames ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 21, 2007

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Sony Acquires Motorstorm Studio

Sony acquires Evolution Studios and its subsidiary Bigbig, the teams behind Motorstorm and Pursuit Force. Sony announced the acquisitions of two major third-party ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 21, 2007

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RadioShack Adds Games to Shelves

Retailer RadioShack initiates a program to sell games for the holiday season to boost profits. Rumors have been circulating since Friday that electronics ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2007

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John Davison’s Family Website Funded

Departed 1UP executive John Davison raises funds for his new venture. John Davison, previously 1UP’s Editorial Director that recently left the company website, ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2007

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Emote Games Grabs $8 Million Investment

Cross-platform developer Emote Games gets venture capital investment. Emote Games, an upstart specialist games production company specializing in cross-platform development, has received an ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2007

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Activision Promotes Chief HR Officer

U.S. Foodservice’s Ann Weiser appointed to head human resources position at Activision. Activision, Inc. recently announced the appointment of Ann Weiser as Chief ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 18, 2007

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PC Gamer Promotes new Editor-in-Chief

Executive Editor Kristen Salvatore rises to the helm of PC Gamer. Future US Editorial Director Jon Phillips announced that Kristen Salvatore, previously the ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2007

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Gameloft Sells 100 Million Mobile Games

Europe’s top game publisher for phones reaches the 100 million unit milestone. Gameloft, a publisher and developer mobile phone games, announced that it ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2007

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