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A temp worker at Zynga’s San Francisco studio has been arrested on suspicion of stealing $100,000 worth of equipment and merchandise. Keith Brown, 21, from San Ramon, was arrested at the company’s headquarters on Tuesday, according to District Attorney’s Office spokesman Omid Talai, as reported byThe SF Examiner.The alleged thefts …

Apple’s long promised cloud music service iTunes Match has finally been rolled out in the US, albeit two weeks late. iTunes Match is a key strand in Apple’s cloud strategy, letting music lovers scan their libraries and then replicate them on the cloud. The idea is that they can all …

Mobile gaming to triple in value to more than $17.5 billion, says Analyst firm

The App Store may have shaken the very foundations of the traditional games industry, but Apple isn’t blind to the growing competition it faces. The result, Brand Republic reports, is that the company is looking to hire a digital marketing team for Europe to lead the reinvigoration of its App …

Zynga’s revenue for the third calendar quarter nearly doubled to reach a new record, but the firm’s exorbitant investments continue to squeeze profits. For the three months that ended on September 30th, Zynga made $307 million, driven by in-game advertising and virtual goods purchases. That represents year-on-year revenue increase of …

Gameloft sales during the third quarter of 2011 ended at $56 million, the company has announced. The figure is up 17 per cent from the previous year, with Europe and North America representing 57 per cent of sales. Smartphone and tablet game sales meanwhile grew by 60 per cent year-on-year, …

Survey of over 1,000 votes iPhone and Steve Jobs as the most influential on games

Store needed to develop 'direct relationships with consumers'

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PlayStation group buys out Xperia Play manufacturer