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Finalists Named for 8th Game Developers Choice Awards

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2008 - 12:40pm.

San Francisco - CMP on Wednesday announced the list of finalists for its eighth annual Game Developers Choice Awards, with Valve's "Portal" and 2K Game's "BioShock" each grabbing five nominations each. Other titles receiving multiple nominations included Infinity Ward's "Call of Duty 4," Harmonix's "Rock Band" and Nintendo's "Super Mario Galaxy." Winners will be announced during the 2008 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Feb. 20. A full list of finalists is available from a link below.

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Career Moves: November 14, 2006

Authored by dmw on November 14, 2006 - 10:05am.

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GoFish Corporation, a user-generated video company, today announced the launch of a branded entertainment division and the appointment of three new hires to run it. C.J. Bowden, David Fisch and Lori Macias join GoFish as Vice Presidents of Branded Entertainment. Bowden, Fisch and Macias most recently were co-founders in SlingShot Media, a Los Angeles based start-up. Prior to SlingShot, they spent a combined 15 years at Yahoo.

Career Moves: October 26, 2006

Authored by dmw on October 26, 2006 - 10:19am.

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Groove Mobile, a mobile music commerce platform, announced today that Adam Sexton has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer. In addition to his current marketing and product management role as a member of the Groove Mobile executive team, Sexton's expanded responsibilities will include driving the development of Groove Mobile's off portal business with wireless companies, entertainment companies, and artist managers.

CMP Technology Acquires Events Producer The Game Initiative

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 10, 2006 - 4:46pm.

San Francisco - CMP Technology, a unit of United Business Media and the parent company of the Game Developers Conference, announced on Monday that it acquired The Game Initiative, a producer of video game industry conferences including the Austin Game Conference. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This year's Austin Game Conference, held in September, drew 2,400 attendees and 150 vendors. CMP said the deal will expand its events in areas like online game development and casual games. "We'd like to congratulate The Game Initiative for a phenomenally successful Austin Game Conference this year; we look to continue to grow and strengthen the show and to serve the attendees, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors with a top quality event," said Philip Chapnick a senior vice president at CMP Technology.

CMP Media Posts Guidelines for 2007 Independent Games Festival

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 27, 2006 - 1:39pm.

San Francisco - The Independent Games Festival, part of CMP Media's annual Game Developers Conference, on Tuesday announced the rules and guidelines for its 2007 competition, which will award over $50,000 in cash prizes at the conference next March.

Game Developers Conference to Feature Concert of Game Music

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 20, 2006 - 2:34am.

San Francisco - CMP Game Group, a producer of video game publications and conferences, said on Friday that the closing night of its Game Developers Conference will feature a performance of video game music by Symphony Silicon Valley. The "Video Games Live" production on March 24 will feature music from game franchises including "Mario," "Zelda," "Halo," "Castlevania" and "Final Fantasy."

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