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THQ Revives Korean BBQ Truck

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Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has revived its North Korean-themed food truck, the Pyongyang Express , as it gears up for the release of its first person shooter game Homefront. THQ said it will be serving up heavily subsidized food in Los Angeles and San Francisco from the truck, including fresh tacos, burritos and rice bowls.

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Machinima, THQ Team To Promote Nexuiz

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Machinima , the Los Angeles animated videogame content developer and publisher, and Agoura Hills-based game developer THQ said today that they have teamed on a new, downloadable shooter game called Nexuiz. Details of the link between Machinica and THQ were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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THQ's Homefront Hits Retailers

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Agoura Hills-based THQ said today that its newest gaming title, Homefront, has hit retail stores. THQ has recently been promoting the game through Los Angeles and other parts of California with a rigged up "Pyongyang Express" food truck. The war game--set in the U.S.

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Zynga Ramps Los Angeles Office

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Zynga , the high flying social gaming firm behind the popular Farmville social game, appears to be ramping up its recruiting efforts in Los Angeles. The firm, which said last year that it had selected Los Angeles for an expanded recruiting effort, recently posted a position for a Chief Technology Officer, based in Los Angeles.

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IGN Plans Online Live, On-Demand Gaming Broadcasts

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Los Angeles-based games and entertainment content provider IGN says it is launching plans for a new series of live and on-demand gaming events, focused on games and next generation console hardware, as a result of cancellations of events such as E3 2020 and e-sports events. READ MORE>>.

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Evite Names Tech Veteran Pucino As CFO

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Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite has named Paul Pucino as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, the firm said today. Pucino is a longtime veteran of Southern California's technology industry, having served as CFO of such companies as THQ, Digital Insight, and Tekelec.

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Gamzee Snags Scholz As CTO

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Los Angeles-based Gamzee , the HTML5 game development firm headed by Activision co-founder Howard Marks, has made a high profile hire, saying Monday night that it has hired on Michael Scholz as its CTO. Scholz was most recently at Los Angeles-based GameSalad, where he created the HTML5 game engine for the firm. READ MORE>>.

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