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Forbes (blog)
Newcomer Quick Hit Launches NFL Online Game
Forbes (blog)
... utilizing business models pioneered by Facebook games like FarmVille and mass-multiplayer online role-playing games like World of Warcraft. ...

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Online games sector faces challenges and opportunities - analysts
Interfax TMT China (subscription)
The domination of massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG) in the domestic games market will likely decrease, said Chen Chen, ...

Gamasutra
Shanda Games Limited to Acquire Eyedentity Games
MarketWatch (press release)
It is among the top five massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG) in Japan and one of the most successful new online games in China this ...
Shanda Games 2Q Profit Down 16% On Lower Sales, MarginsWall Street Journal
Shanda Says Sales May Fall Second Straight Quarter on Lack of New TitlesBloomberg
Shanda Games 2Q net income drops 16 percentThe Associated Press
Benzinga
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Puzzle Quest 2: Rats, Rats Everywhere
Softpedia
... 2 is that they are pretty tough and, to make things worse, they are way tougher than one would expect after rat experiences in other role playing games. ...

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Of Follow the North Star and Steal Away Jordan: Would You Play a Roleplaying ...
AlterNet (blog)
Ultimately, role playing games are an exercise in theater, friendship, and conviviality. At their root, they–at least for me–are about escaping reality and ...

Gamasutra
Shanda Games 2Q Profit Down 16% On Lower Sales, Margins
Wall Street Journal
Shanda Games makes most of its revenue from massively multiplayer role-playing games, the kind that support thousands of players at the same time. ...
Shanda Games 2Q net income drops 16 percentThe Associated Press
Shanda Games Reports Second Quarter 2010 Unaudited ResultsMarketWatch (press release)
Earnings Preview: Shanda Games (GAME)Benzinga

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Janesville Gazette
Former GM worker driven to start gaming business
Janesville Gazette
Noble Knight Games buys, sells and trades new and used books, board games, cards, miniatures and hobby supplies associated with fantasy role-playing games ...

Earnings Preview: Shanda Games (GAME)
Benzinga
Some of its online games are also Web games, which the Company categorizes as either massively multiplayer online role-playing games or advanced casual ...

SCRAWL (blog)
TGS 2010 Will Be Big, Here's Why
SCRAWL (blog)
... up to the Tokyo Game Show, it was discovered that a few well known developers are working on some pretty big high-definition role-playing games. ...

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: SNDA, HITK, JTX, NTWK, CHP Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Release on ...
Trading Markets (press release)
It offers a portfolio of entertainment content, including massively multi-player online role playing games (MMORPGs), which comprise Latale, Dungeons and ...

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America's children: Addicted to blood
WND.com
These deadly role-playing games not only desensitize and reward players for acts of extreme violence, but are highly addictive. Parental control isn't the ...

TrollandToad.com Named to Prestigious Inc. 5000 List
PR Newswire (press release)
Products include collectible card games (Magic the Gathering, Yugioh, Pokemon), collectible miniatures, board games, role playing games, game supplies and ...

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The Battles Rage On in New Downloadable Content for BioWare's Dragon Age ...
Trading Markets (press release)
BioWare develops high quality console, PC and online role-playing games, focused on rich stories, unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. ...

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Halo: Reach Preview
Planet Xbox 360
... or that while first person shooting gameplay has progressed into the realm of role playing games, team-based zombie killing, plot-based multiplayer, ...

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SCRAWL (blog)
Kitase: Motion control “awkward” for RPGs
SCRAWL (blog)
Although the controller may be awkward in role-playing games, he did say that if the Parasite Eve franchise were to go high-definition, the controllers ...
Kitase: Motion Sensing "Quite Difficult" To Use In RPGsPSX Extreme

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Game Rant (blog)
PAX Prime 2010: Hands On Kindgom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Game Rant (blog)
Ranters, I am not always a fan of role playing games, but I certainly enjoyed the PS2 Kingdom Hearts titles. The combination of Disney and Square Enix ...

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Quick Look: Puzzle Quest 2
Softpedia
... skills and spells that can be used to take out enemies and focusing on different characteristics in the manner of traditional role playing games. ...

VentureBeat
LOLapps thrives as under-the-radar Facebook social game maker
VentureBeat
It started making elaborate role-playing games aimed at hardcore gamers on Facebook. That turned out to be a wrong turn for LOLapps, said Stewart. ...

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GamingBolt
PlayStation 3 needs to survive another 5 years? Remake these games in full HD
GamingBolt
It was survival horror clubbed together with the elements of Role Playing games. It had gorgeous character design, downright scary music and amazing battle ...