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In this current economic situation, developers and publishers alike are forced to downsize their staff. The general perceptions of a recession-proof industry are incorrect. Fortunately, while the major players in the video game industry are taking difficult hits, the independent studios are quietly toiling to develop new titles.
Hi-Rez is developing a new MMO called [...]

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ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Entertainment Arts Research Inc. an Atlanta-based video game publisher and interactive entertainment virtual world developer founded in 2000 by Professor Joseph Saulter, today announced a multimillion dollar series A funding. EAR is in pre production on an original third person action thriller IP called Fire Wire District 22 driven by artistic creativity and advanced [...]

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 Delta Air Lines March for Babies Team partners with March of Dimes to raise $10,000 and giveaway 25,000 SkyMiles and $250 in prizes
 
ATLANTA (April 29, 2008) – Delta Air Lines March for Babies Team and the March of Dimes Georgia Chapter have partnered with Game for Charity to launch the first-annual online game tournament.  For [...]

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(San Francisco, CA)— ITVS Interactive (Independent Television Service) and PBS’s Emmy® Award–winning weekly series Independent Lens today published FATWORLD, an online video game created by Atlanta-based independent game studio Persuasive Games, about the politics of nutrition. FATWORLD explores the relationships between obesity, nutrition and socioeconomics in the United States.
In the last two decades, obesity has [...]

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National MS Society Georgia Chapter and the MS Society Georgia Chapter launches online gaming tournament to raise $50,000 and giveaway over $5,000 in prizes.
ATLANTA (December 4, 2007) – The MS Society Georgia Chapter and Rezilio, an Atlanta-based game developer launches the worlds first not-for-profit casual game tournament. Game for Charity’s patent-pending method and technology allows [...]

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Rezilio’s new game Lightning Bugs is today’s Featured New Online Game at BigFishGames with over 25,156 players today.  
 
If you’ve time, go play the five-minute game and keep up our rankings.  BigFish is one of the largest online game distributors in the world.  
 
Go to:  http://www.bigfishgames.com/online-games/ 
Click on “Online Games” tab 
Enter your email address (they don’t spam and [...]

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National MS Society and the Cochiti Indian tribe are hosting online gaming tournaments to raise more than $150,000 
 
ATLANTA (November 19, 2007) – Game for Charity announces two online charity game tournaments live with National MS Society and Cochiti Indian tribe. Game for Charity’s patent-pending method and technology allows not-for-profit organizations the ability to utilize casual [...]

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Atlanta Business Chronicle
by Justin Rubner
A new Atlanta Internet company is looking to marry the worlds of charitable giving and video games.
The company, Rezilio Inc., has just raised its second round of angel capital and in November will launch what could be the first provider of online games aimed at charity campaigns.
Rezilio is [...]

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The organizers of Game Developers Conference 2008, to be held in San Francisco next February, are now accepting submissions to present lectures, roundtables, tutorials and poster sessions at GDC 2008, with submissions due by October 1st.
GDC 2008, which is run by the CMP Game Group (as is Gamasutra.com) will take place at San Francisco’s Moscone [...]

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