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Idle Games lays off staff after shifting focus to casino
Lack of uptake in MMO prompts company to concentrate on impending Fresh Deck Poker launch. Social developer Idle Games has laid off 25 staff as it changes its focus from massively multiplayer online...
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PopCap closes Dublin office
96 members of staff lose their jobs as EA-owned developer shuts its Irish branch – European market still “critical” and will be managed from US offices. The Electronic Arts-owned games developer...
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Opinion: A fair deal for social poker
Idle Games CEO Jeff Hyman explains the reasons why the industry should do more to protect consumers One of the biggest and most persistent customer complaints about free-to-play poker is that the game...
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Exclusive: Former Idle Games exec appointed PokerStars’ social head
Fresh Deck Poker GM Mark Buser joins as Stars looks to compete against Zynga Poker with its PokerStars.net app PokerStars has hired Mark Buser, formerly general manager of Fresh Deck Poker from Idle...
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PokerStars head of social Buser departs
Search for new director of social gaming begins with mobile expansion plans looming PokerStars’ director of social gaming Mark Buser has left after one year at the Isle of Man-based operator, Social...
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GSN chief exec Steve Brunell says acquisition of Fresh Deck Poker operator supports the Boston-based social games developer’s ambitions in mobile gaming Boston-based social casino developer GSN Games...
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