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EA Mobile Targets Amazon's Kindle

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Los Angeles-based EA Mobile , the mobile game publishing arm of Electronic Arts, has set its sights on a new platform for its mobile games: Amazon's Kindle. As part of the announcement, Amazon said that one of the first firms to be creating applications for the Kindle is EA Mobile. READ MORE>>.

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THQ Sells Off UFC Rights To EA

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Agoura Hills-based THQ said late Monday that it has sold off its rights to produce titles for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) brand, to Electronic Arts. According to THQ, the sale resulted in an undisclosed cash payment to THQ, and allows THQ to continue to publish its existing console and mobile titles through March 31, 2013.

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LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation

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The Los Angeles-based mobile game development studio Scopely has become America’s newest unicorn thanks to a $200 million financing which values the company at a whopping $1.4 “The barrier to entry from independent studios is to find product-market fit,” says Driver.

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NewFronts | Monetizing Digital Content [Live]

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Dragon Age / Electronic Arts, Kevin Tancharoen / Mortal Kombat- Warner Bros Interactive and Veronica Belmont’s social media campaign for General Motors. Clients include Home Depot, Sony Electronics, THQ, Virgin Mobile, Levis and Fox.@severshed George Ruiz, ICM, Head of New Media and SVP of Business Affairs, ICM.

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Consolidation is coming to gaming, and Jam City raises $145 million to capitalize on it

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A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out. According to data collected by Newzoo , mobile games revenue reached a record $63.2 That number could reach $81.3 Roughly half of the U.S.

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Jam City is setting up a Toronto shop by buying Bingo Pop from Uken Games

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The Los Angeles game development studio Jam City is setting up a shop in Toronto with the acquisition of Bingo Pop from Uken Games. The Bingo Pop acquisition will bring a gambling game into the casual game developer’s stable of titles that pulled in roughly $700,000 in revenue through October, according to data from SensorTower.