<![CDATA[Kotaku: Myspace]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Myspace]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/myspace http://kotaku.com/tag/myspace <![CDATA[Bobby Kotick Didn't Buy Myspace & Friendster is Now a Social Gaming Site]]> Activision boss Bobby Kotick didn't buy Myspace. Someone else will for a measly $35 million (considerably less than the $580 million IGN owner News Corp. paid in 2005). Furthermore, also-dying social network Friendster is now a social gaming hub. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5816833&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Activision's Bobby Kotick Wants to Buy...MySpace]]> According to "three people familiar with the matter", Reuters is reporting that a group of investors including none other than Activision boss Bobby "What, Me Worry?" Kotick is in talks to buy dying social networking site MySpace. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5810548&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Farmville, World of Warcraft Are Divorce Lawyers' Latest Weapons in Court]]> Social sites and massively multiplayer online games aren't just a great place to catch up with friends and be entertained, they're also a great place to dig up dirt on a soon-to-be ex, according to an article in USA Today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5576262&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ultima Creator, NCSoft Exec Returns to Gaming]]> After a two-year break from gaming, and a short trip into space to visit the International Space Station, Ultima creator and former NCsoft executive Richard Garriott is back, this time as the technical director of a social media company. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5473773&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish]]> And you thought you spent a lot of money on Pet Society. EA just spent $300 million on leading social network game creator Playfish, the team behind Pet Society, Restaurant City, and Country Story. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5400333&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rockstar Challenges MySpace Music Artists To A Beaterator-Off]]> Rockstar wants to see what MySpace Music artists can do with Beaterator, and they're providing the PSPs, the games, and a $5,000 prize for the best track. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5374459&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MySpace Looking to Transform Into Gaming Platform]]> MySpace, seemingly in a losing battle with Facebook, is looking towards gaming now as a way to reinvigorate the service, according to parent company News Corp. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5321961&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Square Enix Dives Into MySpace Gaming]]> Square Enix sinks to the very depths of casual gaming with the launch of Dive II Hunt: Sorbet's Great Adventure, a java-based game on the company's MySpace page. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5203593&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Shenmue Fans Plan Toy-based Direct Action]]> Power to the people! In a move straight ou tof the Jericho fan playbook, disgruntled Shenmue devotees are planning a mass protest to try and convince SEGA to resurrect the franchise. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5097959&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[PopStar Guitar Adds More Early Teen Favorites]]> As much as I like to make fun of XS Games' PopStar Guitar for even existing, I can't shake the feeling that if I were 20 years younger or so I would really get a kick out of their track listing. They've just revealed five new original master recordings for the game, two from Fall Out Boy, one from Paramore, and two from the All-American Rejects, joining a lineup packed with tunes from The Jonas Brothers, Hannah "Stop Calling Me That" Montana, Maroon 5, and Three Doors Down. The track list reads like an iTunes shopping list for creepy internet men who want to pretend they're 14-year-old girls on MySpace. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5064386&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A MySpace For DC Universe Online]]> Looks like SOE's DC Universe Online just wants to hook up and share animated gifs and befriend bands online. Well, at the very least, DCUO now has an official MySpace page, full of interesting info, extras like wallpaper downloads and buddy icons, and even some (small) screens. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5021610&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Moore Aims EA's Space Lasers at ESPN, Nike, Facebook and MySpace]]> We apologize. It's only rumor that EA is in possession of gigantic space lasers. However, if EA were in possession of said space lasers, Peter Moore would be aiming them straight at big sports business entities like ESPN and Nike, and community entities like MySpace and Facebook.
There is a great opportunity to take EA Sports and turn it into a general sports brand that can compete not only with Take-Two and Konami and the other usual suspects in the videogame world...[but also] to look at ourselves in a different way and compete with the likes of Nike and ESPN to win the hearts and minds of a very desirable demographic group, which is the 14-to-34-year-old male worldwide.
So how do you do that? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=296575&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Help Master Chief, Win a PS3]]> All alone with a splitting migraine in Kotaku Tower while my daymates are getting drunk gathering the latest hard-hitting stories from the Games Convention in Leipzig, I crave any sort of humor I can find while plugged into the vast database of gaming goodness we have in KOTAKUVAK 2000, our AI research supercomputer, so when I ran across this internet ad found by a reader while trolling MySpace it elicited in me a titter, and in my condition a titter is worth a thousand words. Nice to see Microsoft and Sony put their differences behind them and let the cross-advertising loving begin. Thank you Sardu, for spreading the love. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292898&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gaming Makes MySpace and YouTube Its Bitch]]> Every day, millions of people log into MySpace to make bitchy comments and troll for naked pics in between surfing YouTube for more Charlie the Unicorn remakes. MySpace and YouTube are two of the biggest time-wasters on the internet in the US today, but according to research and analysis company Parks Associates, there is an even bigger one. Gaming. In a report entitled "Casual Gaming Market Update" the company found that while 19% of adult internet users spent their time on social networking sites and 29% watching short films (does porn count?), 34% spent their time playing video games. Hooray, we're a statistic!
"Despite the growing popularity of YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook, gaming remains the king of online entertainment, driven largely by casual gaming activities," James Kuai, a research analyst at Parks Associates, said in a prepared statement.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=291296&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Official Wii MySpace Page]]> I must be getting old because outside of the music industry, I don't really see how people use MySpace as a promotional outlet. I find myself becoming "friends" with Domo-Kun and television shows, but I'm not really sure how that makes anyone money. It just sort of makes me look like I never leave the house. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=265182&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA's Burnout Bandslam]]> EA is teaming up with Virgin Records and MySpace.com to hunt for the hottest unknown music artists in the EA Burnout Bandslam competition. From now until March 14th, hopeful bands and artist can upload their song to the MySpace page for the contest, submitting themselves to the jibes and ridicule of over 80 million MySpace users worldwide, as well as countless sexual predators. The top winners in both the US and Europe will receive a demo contract with Virgin and a chance to have their music appear in a future Burnout game, while the runner-ups get a sweet-ass Les Paul guitar. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=236174&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Nintendo Veep Proselytizes Wii on MySpace]]>
Thanks to a tipster I stumbled upon this fun little post from Ninteondo Veep George Harrison about his personal feelings about gaming after 40. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=206385&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MySpace Scratches Horny Male Gamers Where They Itch...]]>
... their crotch! And with one single banner, every male Kotaku editor immediately opens a MySpace account: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=189653&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mario & Luigi Take On MySpace Top 8]]>
Mario and Luigi, doubled-up on a scooter, opine on the deplorable state of MySpace Top 8 People lists. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=186450&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Luigi Doesn't Have Many Friends]]>
A funny MySpace clip (don't stop reading) with the Mario Bros.? Believe. Brian Ashcraft More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=176904&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[MySpace, Scarface Team Up To Launch Music Careers]]> Publisher Vivendi Universal Games and MySpace's record division, aptly named MySpace Records, have partnered to use Scarface: The World Is Yours to launch a budding, unsigned artists career. The MySpace community will vote on March 20th on the top 200 of the 48,000 (!) submissions to determine who makes the cut for the single open slot on the Scarface soundtrack. More »
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