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GameFly Sells Cloud Streaming Tech, Team To Electronic Arts

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Los Angeles-based game streaming provider GameFly and Electronic Arts said Tuesday that Electronic Arts has acquired GameFly's cloud-streaming technology, but that GameFly will continue to operate its games-by-mail subscription service. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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FabFitFun surpasses $200 million in revenue as it hits million-subscriber milestone

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At least one million people will be receiving the next FabFitFun box as the Los Angeles company surpasses $200 million in revenue and continues its run as one of the startups to watch in the Los Angeles tech community. . “We’re helping their products get discovered.

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3BLACKDOT Snags Machinima Vet For Game Development Effort

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Los Angeles-based 3BLACKDOT --founded by Machina Vets Angelo Pullen, Luke Stepleton, Adam Montoya, and Tom Cassell--said Tuesday that it has snagged another Machinima vet, Marwan Abderrazzaq, to head up game development at the company. He also has previously worked at Electronic Arts, Collective Studios, Activision, and Warner Bros.

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EA Mobile Targets Amazon's Kindle

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Los Angeles-based EA Mobile , the mobile game publishing arm of Electronic Arts, has set its sights on a new platform for its mobile games: Amazon's Kindle. Amazon said the new software development kit program from the firm will be offered as a limited beta to interested developers late last night. READ MORE>>.

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WebVisible In Big Hiring Push In Los Angeles With New Office

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Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps small businesses place online advertising, said this morning it is in a big hiring push, and is immediately looking to hire over 75 employees across sales, IT, software engineering, and product design positions. The firm said it received more than 600 applications from that job fair.

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Fans.lu Ties With Game Development Organization

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Los Angeles-based Fans.lu , a developer of an e-commerce storefront to help game companies sell merchandise such as shirts, hats, posters, and more directly to their gamer fans, said over the weekend that it has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). READ MORE>>.

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Gaikai Names Strategy Head

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Los Angeles-based Gaikai , which develops a cloud-based, game streaming services, said today that it has named Nanea Reeves to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. Reeves joins the firm from Electronic Arts, where she was Senior Vice President/COO Global Online. She also served as SVP of JAMDAT Mobile. READ MORE>>.