By Kelly Faircloth 4/09 4:15pm

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EA Is Even Less Popular Than Bank of America, Which Is Pretty Bad

Does anything rouse anger quite like gaming? Consumerist has just concluded its tournament for the worst company in America, and for the second year in a row, Electronic Arts took the top spot. That means Consumerist readers hate EA even worse than Bank of America, a company that’ll basically pick your pocket if you let your bank balance drop below a certain threshold. It wasn’t even close: 78 percent of voters picked EA. Read More

By Nitasha Tiku 11/15/11 8:57am

Venture Capitalism

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Live Gamer, a New York-Based Platform For Selling Virtual Goods in Video Games, Just Picked Up $8.5 M.

Live Gamer, the robust e-commerce platform that helps publishers monetize video games, just announced an $8.5 million VC investment from Charles River Ventures and Kodiak Venture Partners, reports TechCrunch. According to its Crunchbase profile, that represents the company’s fourth investment round, bringing the company’s total funding to $36.3 million.

The startup, which is headquartered in New York City, already boasts high-profile partnerships to power micro transactions for gaming companies like EA, Sony, Real Networks, and THQ. Live Gamer’s platform lets publishers manage the merchandising and analytics of virtual goods. It also helps control support for in-game currency, payment gateways, virtual item gifting and more. Read More