Getting Lively

That Google has its sights set on the games industry is no big surprise. If its 2007 acquisition of then upstart in-game ad firm Adscape for a reported USD 23 million wasn't the first major tip-off, or the recent surprise launch of its virtual world Lively, the company's presence at this year's Austin GDC should have brought the point squarely home.

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