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BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — KongZhong Corporation (NASDAQ: KONG), a leading provider of digital entertainment services for consumers in the PRC, was granted three awards at the Golden Plume Awards 2013 ceremony held on January 9th in Hangzhou, China. The Golden Plume Awards, held by the ChinaJoy Committee, also known as the Chinese Industry’s […]

NEW YORK and PAWTUCKET, R.I., Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) and Hasbro, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAS) today announced the successful execution of amendments to their long-term licensing agreements.  The amended agreements provide Scientific Games with access to new channels of distribution, additional brands and extended geographic territories.  The amendments expand the existing

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Organizers have revealed the finalists for the 14th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers. Winners in all categories will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 6:30pm

The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) will challenge entrepreneurs and innovators from coast to coast to create open data applications in just 48 hours and compete for over $30,000 in prizes TORONTO, Jan. 9, 2014 /CNW/ – Hosted by the creators of Canada’s largest competitive hackathon, XMG Studio Inc., and supported by the Government of

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — High 5 Games announced today that it has finalized an agreement with Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) to integrate its remote game server into CaesarsCasino.com in New Jersey. CIE becomes High 5 Games’ first official iGaming partner in the state. High 5 Games, a leading game creator for the

BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Akili Interactive Labs Inc. (“Akili”) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer Inc. to test the ability of Akili’s mobile video game platform (“Project EVO”) to detect cognitive differences in healthy elderly people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. To Akili’s knowledge this is the first

BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — KongZhong Corporation (NASDAQ:KONG), a leading provider of digital entertainment services for consumers in the PRC, successfully released one of its self developed mobile games, Kooky Three Kingdoms, on January 6th to the China market. It was simultaneously released on multiple smartphone game platforms including 360, UCWeb, 91, PP, Peasecod, Duoku

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Future US, a leading digital media group specializing in technology and gaming properties, announced today the winners of their second annual TechRadar Best of CES Awards 2014 sponsored by DTS.  TechRadar editors reviewed the latest and greatest gadgets and electronics CES has to offer and named their top picks

MINECRAFT, Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Bessemer Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in the US, Israel, Brazil and India, today announced that it is extending its global footprint by opening an office in Minecraft. The new facility is now open to the public in Adventure Mode at mc.bvp.com.  Anyone can join

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — 212Db Corp., the premier social platform game development company and home to the interactive social gaming experience Play Gig-it (playgigit.com) announced today its partnership with Artivision (SGX:5NK), the diverse computer-vision solutions and services company. The companies will swap a 4.9% interest in each other, allowing for Artivision to