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DreamWorks Sheds GameWorks.


DreamWorks SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch)
SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios)
SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code)
SKG Smith and Kraus Global
 is fleeing the video arcade This article is about video arcades. For other uses of the term arcade, see Arcade.

A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom or a game center in Japan) is a place where people play arcade video games.
 business, selling its 9 percent share in GameWorks, the company that Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947)
Spielberg
 helped found six years ago as a showcase for his passion for designing arcade games You can also check the Killer List of Videogames.

This is a list of arcade games organized alphabetically by name. It does not include computer or console games unless they were also released in video arcades. See Lists of video games for related lists.
.

GameWorks struggled to become a profitable business, quickly expanding and then retrenching. Last fall, the company landed in the middle of a firestorm when Washington politicians chided Hollywood for marketing violent entertainment to children. GameWorks responded by restricting its most violent games to those 16 and older.

Sales at the 13 arcade/restaurants, including three in Southern California, increased 10 percent during the last six months, with revenue up $10 million, company officials said.

After the break-up, which is expected to be complete this-month, Sega Enterprises will own about 45 percent and Universal Studios will have a 35 percent interest, officials said.
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 12, 2001
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