October 9-11, Pillsbury team members attended the GDC Online Conference in Austin. Pillsbury has been participating (attending, speaking, sponsoring) GDC Online for over four years and we wouldn’t miss the final year the show will take place in Austin, Texas. The conference brings together industry professionals and game developers for…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Ubisoft Files Lawsuit against BEP Music over Music Game Publisher Ubisoft has filed a $1 million lawsuit against BEP Music LLC in Superior Court claiming that it created an iOS versions of…
In a series of important rulings, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has provided guidance regarding the extent to which private employers may regulate aspects of an employee’s social media activities consistent with the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The NLRA protects employees’ rights to engage in “concerted activity” for…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Video game tax break makes Quebec an industry hub Sixteen years after Quebec’s government made a conscious decision to make the province a hub for multimedia firms and put up the money…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Will Asian online game publishers Nexon and NCSoft buy blockbuster publisher Valve? Nexon and NCsoft, two major Asian online game companies, are reportedly in talks with U.S. gamemaker Valve to buy the company…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Child’s Play: Food Makers Hook Kids on Mobile Games U.S. food companies are reaching children by embedding their products in simple and enticing games for touch-screen phones and tablets. The new medium…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Zynga loses more execs, gains lottery partnership with Scientific Games Social game developer and online poker hopeful Zynga made waves last month with its hiring of former 888.com exec Maytal Ginzburg, but…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Police Embrace Social Media as Crime-Fighting Tool We leave small clues about our lives all over the internet like fingerprints. LinkedIn’s Profit Growth Leaves Social Media Peers Trailing Behind The past two days have…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Bait and Switch? @TextInstagram Transfers Followers to Personal Account The creator of viral parody Twitter handle @TextInstagram is in hot water after he transformed the account into a personal account, @JoshHelfferich. …
This week, a federal judge ruled that poker is more a game of skill than chance. The decision is a victory for poker advocates who are pushing to legalize internet poker in the U.S. The judge relied extensively on the findings of a defense expert who analyzed online poker games.…