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LeadFerret, the free B2B data site, today announced the launch of their searchable directory of employees at Video Game Companies. Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 LeadFerret users already enjoy free access to over 15+ million business contacts with complete information, including email addresses, social media links, and a vast set of search tools. Today LeadFerret released a specialized search page that allows users to search and see full contact information for contacts employed by...

Move Comes On The Heels Of Up-And-Down First Quarter Results And New Mobile Transition Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 DebitWay's Corporate Blog has reported that gaming company Zynga is losing users by the millions. The social gaming company has lost almost 80 million users since autumn 2012, dropping from its peak of 331 million users to just 253 million this quarter. This news arrived with the company’s quarter one result, which saw the company's value grow by one cent...

Amsterdam Offers Close Proximity to Development Hubs and Hundreds of Chartboost's Current Partners; Dutch Game Veteran Ilja Goossens to Lead Operations SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chartboost, the leading technology platform for mobile games, today announced it has opened its first international office in Amsterdam. The new location enables the company to provide real-time support to the one third of Chartboost developers who are already based in Europe. These...

IMVU Extends Online Social Entertainment to Mobile with the World's Largest Virtual Goods Selection MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IMVU Inc., an online social entertainment destination where members use 3D avatars to meet new people, chat, create and play games with their friends, is celebrating nine years of bringing people together across the globe. Additionally, the company announced it is extending the IMVU experience beyond the desktop with two new mobile...

AUSTIN, Texas, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaming industry veteran Andrew Busey and Chaotic Moon Studios, a top-tier mobile app company, today announced the launch of a new mobile gaming company, Team Chaos. Team Chaos will debut its first title, a collectible card game (CCG), Elements: Broken Lands, available on the App Store today. Elements allows users to engage in hundreds of dynamic quests, battle in competitive online games, and buy and sell cards in the marketplace. The game...

HONG KONG, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports for the following companies: Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX), Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100419/HKM001LOGO ) (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full link to your browser.)...

NEW YORK, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zynga Inc. shares soared to levels on Monday that has not been seen by the stock since last July, on the rumor that Yahoo! Inc. might consider them a buyout candidate. In a report by analyst Blake Harper of Wunderlich Securities Inc., Yahoo may consider Zynga, as CEO Marissa Mayer seeks acquisitions to boost Yahoo!'s mobile and social capabilities. Shares of Zynga closed at $3.93 on Monday, up roughly 10%. Whether bull or bear...

Artist Takes MONOPOLY Money for Art, Paints Oscar Winner's Car as Game Piece LOS ANGELES, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) announces that L.A. street artist ALEC Monopoly will bring the game of MONOPOLY to life at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles, where the artist plans to sell one of his popular pieces for MONOPOLY money and create a designer game piece with Actor Adrien Brody's '64 Pontiac Catalina. "Park Place," ALEC Monopoly's first solo show in...

LONDON, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The shift to mobile has been the biggest trend in the Technology sector in the last year. Technology companies have been looking to adapt to the changing market dynamics. Everyone from social media companies such as Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA), Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) to semiconductor companies such as Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and InvenSense Inc. (NYSE: INVN) have been making the shift to mobile. On...

Entropia Universe All Planets Bulletin GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- /Entropia Universe/ - Entropia Universe AB, operator of the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE), announced today that it will be auctioning a newly discovered moon starting on March 21, 2013. This unique opportunity combines the Entropia Universe Planet Partner and Marketing Partner programs, allowing the winner to operate an estate in a virtual universe which...