Seattle tech vet Matt Hulett named CEO of ClickBank

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Matt Hulett, the Seattle startup veteran who was most recently president of RealNetworks’ video-game division, has been named the CEO of ClickBank, a Boise-based digital content creation, distribution and marketing platform. Hulett, the former AdXpose (Mpire) CEO and Expedia Corporate Travel president, announced his departure from RealNetworks’ GameHouse unit a month ago for an unspecified… Read More…

GameHouse launches new Facebook casino, expands slots to iPhone and iPad

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GameHouse is placing a bigger bet on casino-style social gaming starting today— moving beyond its existing Facebook slots game to launch a larger casino on the social network, with more than a dozen games. GameHouse also is expanding its original slots game to iPhone and iPad with the release of a new iOS app. It’s… Read More…

Tech Moves: GameHouse taps Keela Robison; NanoString hires biotech vet Bruce Seely

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Keela Robison is returning to her roots. After stints at Amazon.com and WhitePages, Robison is returning to RealNetworks’ and its GameHouse unit. Robison, who will serve as vice president of operations, will oversee the unit’s mobile and downloadable games business. She worked at RealNetworks as a general manager from 1998 to 2004 before moving on… Read More…

RealNetworks posts wider loss, new CEO cites progress

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RealNetworks today posted first-quarter revenue of $67 million, a decline of 23 percent, with a quarterly loss of $17 million — slipping further into the red as all of its three major divisions saw their sales decline. Despite the result, RealNetworks CEO Thomas Nielsen, who took over last year, expressed confidence in the company’s prospects… Read More…

Tech Moves: Cray taps Microsoft GM as CTO; Weber names creative director; etc.

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William Blake, the former general manager of parallel computing platforms at Microsoft Corp., has been named senior vice president and chief technology officer at supercomputer giant Cray Inc. Blake has more than three decades of high performance computing experiencing. He’s served on Cray’s board since June 2006, but will step down from that role this summer…. Read More…

GameHouse president Matt Hulett joins board of Yapta

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Yapta has named GameHouse president Matt Hulett to the board, part of an ongoing transformation of the Seattle startup from a consumer travel company to one focused on business-to-business services. Hulett has very specific experience in that arena, formerly serving as president of Expedia Corporate Travel. “The opportunity for Yapta to penetrate the corporate travel… Read More…

Tablets are the new game consoles, and other game industry predictions for 2012

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Guest Commentary: The video game industry is changing like never before. Here are my best attempts at peering into the crystal ball for 2012: Prediction #1:  Tablets are the new game consoles Tablets and smartphones are already becoming the mass market console gaming platform of choice.  I personally play more core games on my iPad than… Read More…

GameHouse: Women who play online games have more sex

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A new survey commissioned by GameHouse, the RealNetworks video-game division, finds that women who play online games are more social than those who don’t and also have sex more frequently than their non-gaming counterparts. Social scientists may forever debate the question of cause and effect on this one. But on a more serious note, the… Read More…

GameHouse first to pilot Facebook Credits outside Facebook

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Facebook is beginning to expand its Facebook Credits system beyond its own social networking site with a new initiative called Facebook Credits for Websites. Seattle-based GameHouse, the RealNetworks games division, is the first publisher to use the new system. GameHouse is testing Facebook Credits with versions of UNO Boost and Collapse! Blast on GameHouse.com —… Read More…

GameHouse chief: EA’s PopCap deal is ‘huge validation’ for sector

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Given the timing, EA’s blockbuster deal to acquire Seattle’s PopCap Games for between $750 million and $1.3 billion is destined to be Topic No. 1 in the hallways at next week’s Casual Connect game conference in Seattle, as the rest of the industry figures out what it means for them. As a follow-up on yesterday’s… Read More…