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Fans.lu Ties With Game Development Organization

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David Padula has served at Activision and Paramount Pictures; Derek Padula has worked as a game designer at Electronic Arts, Activision, and Seven Studios. is the brainchild of David Padula, Derek Padula, and Dave Delaney, who have created a platform to help developers monetize their games through merchandise sales.

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Zynga Ramps Los Angeles Office

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Zynga said in the listing that the CTO will be instrumental in growing and scaling the organization. Southern California has a long tradition of computer gaming experience, with such firms as THQ, Activision, Blizzard, EA, and many others maintaining development studios in the region. Zynga's headquarters are in San Francisco.

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Activision Gobbles Up Major League Gaming

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Santa Monica-based Activision has reportedly acquired e-sports organization Major League Gaming , in a deal worth $46M. According to leaked documents sent to shareholders of Major League Gaming, the deal is split between $31M in cash immediately, plus $15M held in escrow.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Gamzee

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Gamzee (www.gamzee.com), a new game company founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, announced a seed round of funding. We organized the resurgence of the company, then I left in 1998 and started a business in distance learning. What is Gamzee all about?

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Technology Outlook

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Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Technology Outlook: A Panel of CIOs Discussing Major Trends, How They're Leveraging New Technologies, and How They're Making their Firms More Competitive Today's IT organizations are experiencing major paradigm shifts. VP of IT Strategy and IT Program Mgmt - Activision-Blizzard Tom Schwaninger ?

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A Night of Innovators

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Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision and co-chair of StartEngine (LA's largest incubator), served as guest editor for the 2012-2013 edition of our annual Innovation issue, and he subsequently embraced our event by offering to serve as co-host. See [link] (more)

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine. A 20-year industry veteran, having co-founded juggernaut Activision as well as Acclaim Games. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.