Coming soon to Facebook: more action, battle games By Malathi Nayak

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco-based startup felt sure it had a hit on its hands.

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Women pry open door to video game industry's boys' club By Malathi Nayak

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she could count the number of female developers in the industry on one hand.

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Mobile game companies race to make it to the holiday app charts By Malathi Nayak

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mobile game developers are scrambling to get on Apple Inc's top mobile app charts this Christmas, as seasonal sales are expected to reach an all-time high in a fast-growing market dominated by the iPad and iPhone maker.

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Japan's DeNA says on track for overseas profit in fourth quarter By Mari Saito

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two years after shifting its focus abroad and millions of dollars in aggressive acquisitions later, Japanese gaming firm DeNA Co Ltd says it's on the verge of turning its first profit in its overseas operations, the company's president told Reuters o... ...Read More »

Facebook, Zynga revamp partnership By Alexei Oreskovic and Gerry Shih

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Zynga Inc severed the cozy ties that once bound the Internet industry's closest couple, revising a years-old partnership between the two companies.

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Zynga overhauls upper management as CFO departs By Gerry Shih

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc announced on Tuesday sweeping changes across its upper ranks, including the departure of chief financial officer, David Wehner, as the troubled game publisher sought to revive its business and quell months of management turmoil.

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MGM expects online gaming license, state compacts By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MGM Resorts International Ltd's CEO expects his company to obtain an online gaming license from Nevada regulators this week, and said states are talking with each other to forge alliances to create a viable interactive gambling market.

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Analysts see recovery sprouting at "FarmVille" creator Zynga (Reuters) - Zynga Inc's quarterly revenue beat and its higher full-year earnings forecast show the embattled "FarmVille" creator may be on the path to recovery, analysts said, with at least one brokerage upgrading the company's stock.

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Analysts sees recovery sprouting at "FarmVille" creator Zynga (Reuters) - Zynga Inc's quarterly revenue beat and its higher full-year earnings forecast show the embattled "FarmVille" creator may be on the path to recovery, analysts said, with at least one brokerage upgrading the company's stock.

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Zynga shores up 2012 view after revenue beat, shares jump By Gerry Shih

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc raised the lower end of its 2012 earnings outlook after quarterly revenue beat Wall Street's rock-bottom expectations, driving its shares 13 percent higher.

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