role-playing games

Disney Unveils Combat Game on Facebook, Based on Marvel Superheroes

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 9 at 9:47 am PT

For its first foray into social games, Disney is leveraging Marvel’s superheroes for a combat role-playing game.

Electronic Arts Acquires Another Social Game Company as Zynga’s IPO Nears

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 5:33 pm PT

Electronic Arts has acquired a small social games company, KlickNation, in its ongoing quest to challenge Zynga as the dominant game maker on Facebook.

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Chinese Action–the Virtual Kind–in U.S. Stocks

Juliet Ye, Reporter, China Journal, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 19, 2009 at 9:31 am PT

Sohu.com, one of China’s largest Internet companies, hopes U.S. investors like its hack-and-slash videogames enough to give it as much as $120 million. The Beijing-based company filed this week for an initial public offering of American depositary shares for its online game subsidiary, Changyou.com, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company started its road show presentations for investors in Hong Kong Wednesday, and will issue the price of the deal in the coming week, said company executives.