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*Sales of Sweden's Minecraft game hit 20 million. STOCKHOLM, Feb 4- A pool table, a pinball machine, board games and Lego dot the offices of Mojang, the small Swedish company behind the wildly popular Minecraft video game, and one of its founders is wearing a tuxedo and purple tie on a recent "formal Friday".
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Zynga's up nearly 9 percent as it reduces reliance on Amazon's web services and prepares to launch new games. CNBC's Julia Boorstin has the latest on social media stocks.
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Does the U.S. need to revamp its mental health care system? Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress.org and Betsy McCaughey, author of "Decoding The Obama Health Law," share their opinions. "I looked at the last 9 mass killings, and unfortunately, many of those killers had been identified by psychiatrists as being dangerous," says McCaughey.
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Discussing their opinions on whether the U.S. should pass new gun laws, or offer more armed protection at schools and public places, with Karen Finney, The Hill columnist; and Katie Pavlich, TownHall.com.
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NBC's Danielle Lee reports the National Rifle Association says the solution isn't fewer guns, but more of them on campus; and Piers Morgan, host of "Piers Morgan Tonight," discusses just how far he would take gun control, and whether it's time to restore faith in schools.
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Senator Jay Rockefeller introduced a bill to study the impact of violent video games on children. Lars Larson of The Lars Larson Show, says the study is a distraction, and that there is not much evidence.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19- Video game maker THQ Inc said on Wednesday it filed for bankruptcy, and private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group has offered to buy its assets.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19- Video game maker THQ Inc said Wednesday it filed for bankruptcy, and private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group has offered to buy its assets.
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The most popular video game franchise of all time is one Adam Lanza reportedly spent hours playing every day - "Call of Duty," reports CNBC's Julia Boorstin; and Todd Haselton, TechnoBuffalo senior editor, shares his take on how much censorship is appropriate on violent video games.
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You've probably never heard of this Chinese smartphone company, but it's making phones that are in high demand. Could it be the next Apple?
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November video game sales fell 11 percent from the same period in 2011, with blockbuster sales unable to overcome a slide across key categories.
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Zynga has made a bet on online gambling, and reportedly filed for a gambling license in Nevada. How should you play the stock now? Mark Newton, Greywolf Execution Partners, and Paul Hickey, Bespoke Investment Group, weigh in.
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Shares of Zynga rallied after the company filed for a gambling license in Nevada, reports CNBC's Julia Boorstin.
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Zynga's "Texas Hold 'Em" game has 34 million monthly users, but it will be a long road to turn them into paying gamblers, reports CNBC's Julia Boorstin.
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CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports Zynga's stock is popping after the company announced it is applying for a real-money gaming license in Nevada.
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"This is a long shot," said Ken Sena, Evercore Partners analyst, in discussing Zynga filing for a gaming license, and explaining why he has an "underweight" rating on the stock and a $1.75 price target.
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Paul Raines, CEO of Gamestop, talks about opening up 80 pop-up stores in hopes of capturing a big share of holiday shopping dollars.
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CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports the relationship between Facebook and Zynga is no longer exclusive.
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Zynga shares are plummeting more than 10 percent after hours, on news that Zynga and Facebook have changed their terms of service substantially, reports CNBC's Julia Boorstin.
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Nov 26- Nintendo Co Ltd sold more than 400,000 "Wii U" video game consoles in the United States in the first week of its release, the games maker said on Monday. Nintendo, which has gradually ceded ground to Microsoft Corp's industry-leading Xbox 360, needs the Wii U, which comes with a touchscreen controller, to be a hit to turn around years of losses.
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The holiday shopping season is always a crucial one for the videogame industry. But this year the explosion of the number of mobile devices and tablets is changing the game.