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JUNE 3, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the Gamebryo game engine, disclosed today that the firm has signed on THQ through a master licensing agreement. Tags: emergent game technologies games content gaming video software. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. in additional funding in February.

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JUNE 10, 2013

San Diego-based DriveCam , the firm which develops hardware and services to help monitor fleet driving, said today that it has named Paul J. Pucino as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

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 had previously founded CasualCafe, and also served at WildTangent, SkillJam Technologies and THQ. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , a supplier of video game development software, said Monday that it has raised $12.5M According to Emergent, the round was led by new investor Hopewell Ventures, and also included prior investors Worldview Technology Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Walker Ventures, and Adena Ventures.

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JULY 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Titan Gaming , the online gaming technology firm backed by the who's who of Southern California's angel investors, said today that it has added EA's Keith McCurdy and Affinity Media's Brock Pierce to its board, as well as appointed a number of executives. On the executive side, Titan said it has hired David D.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

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. Zynga , the high flying social gaming firm behind the popular Farmville social game, appears to be ramping up its recruiting efforts in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation software, said Thursday that it has acquired FacePro , a developer of lip sync technology used by art directors. FacePro develops technology which analyzes audio information to automatically drive facial animation. READ MORE>>.

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