Logan Frederick Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Green Monster Hires Executives

Green Monster Games hires a President and Senior Vice President. Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s new studio, Green Monster Games, has recruited ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 20, 2007

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Arkadium and Hearst to Build Casual Games

Casual game developer Arkadium to build games based on Hearst brands. Casual and adver-gaming developer Arkadium and magazine publisher The Hearst Corporation have ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 20, 2007

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Clover Staff Forms New Studio

Clover Studios employees found new company, Seeds. Employees from Clover Studios, which was closed by Capcom in October, 2006, have started a new ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2007

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Google Acquires Adscape

Google acquires in-game advertiser Adscape Media. Technology news site RedHerring revealed that Google purchased in-game advertising agency Adscape Media for $23 million. Adscape ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 19, 2007

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Mercedes-Benz Opens Virtual Brand in Second Life

Mercedes-Benz offers Second Life participants the chance virtually test drive new cars. Only days after Toyota announced their entrance into Second Life, car ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2007

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Carl Icahn Sells Take-Two Shares

Famous investor Carl Icahn cuts back on his Take-Two holdings. Billionaire and corporate raider Carl Icahn announced back in August 2006 that he ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2007

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Planet Moon Expands Beyond PSP

Planet Moon Studios to developer for additional platforms beyond the Playstation Portable. Planet Moon Studios, once an exclusive developer for the Playstation Portable, ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2007

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Former Take-Two Executive Pleads Guilty of Options Backdating

Ryan Brant, ex-CEO of Take-Two, pleads guilty and settles options backdating cases. Less than a month after an investigative committee uncovered problems with ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2007

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Webzen Licenses Huxley to The9

Webzen licenses its new massively-multiplayer game to The9 for Chinese distribution. Korean developer Webzen announced that it has licensed it’s new massively-multiplayer online ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 14, 2007

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Marc Ecko Forms New Game Division

Marc Ecko starts games division Mark Ecko Entertainment. Marc Ecko, a fashion designer and the founder of Mark Ecko Enterprises, announced that he ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 14, 2007

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Sony U.K. Sales Head Resigns

SCE UK’s head of sales leaves the company mere weeks before the launch of the Playstation 3. Kevin Jowett, the Commercial Director of ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2007

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Toyota Sells Scion in Second Life

Toyota sells new Scion vehicles in the popular virtual world Second Life. Car manufacturer Toyota hosted a virtual press conference to announce the ...

By Logan Frederick Legacy AuthorFebruary 13, 2007

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