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Sony wins opening skirmish in new-gen console war

Sony Computer Entertainment president and CEO Andrew House introduces the new PlayStation 4 at the Sony PlayStation E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, Monday, June 10, 2013. Sony is giving gamers their first look at the PlayStation 4 and it's a rectangular black box, just like all the previous PlayStations. AP/Jae C. Hong

Sony’s new-generation PlayStation 4 console scored an opening skirmish triumph over Microsoft’s Xbox One on the eve of the Tuesday start of premier E3 videogame conference here.

Posted: June 11th, 2013 in Gaming,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Microsoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3

Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison speaks at the Microsoft Xbox E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, Monday, June 10, 2013. Microsoft focused on how cloud computing will make games for its next-generation Xbox One console more immersive during its Monday presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Microsoft announced last week that the console must be connected to the Internet every 24 hours to operate, and the system would ideally always be online. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Microsoft has its head in the cloud with Xbox One.

Posted: June 11th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Social game star Zynga slashes staff, closes studios

Zynga headquarters in San Francisco.  AP FILE PHOTO

Struggling social games star Zynga said Monday it is cutting nearly a fifth of its staff as it refocuses on games for mobile devices.

Posted: June 4th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Cyberespionage campaign vs online gaming firms bared

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Online gaming is among the fastest growing digital entertainment in the Internet. The fact that online gaming has millions of active players has brought it within sight of cybercriminals, according to a recent report.

Posted: April 23rd, 2013 in Gaming,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Tablet gamers to spend over $3B on in-App purchases in 2016—study

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A new study into the fast moving Mobile & Tablet Games market has highlighted the pivotal role of tablet devices in the future growth of the sector. The rapid take-up of tablets, combined with the growing acceptance of in-game purchasing and virtual currencies will result in an estimated $3.03 billion of sales in 2016, reaching over ten times the $301 million figure calculated for 2012.

Posted: February 23rd, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Sony bills PS4 console as gaming’s future

Andrew House speaks at an event to announce the Sony Playstation 4 Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Sony unveiled a new generation PlayStation 4 system Wednesday and laid out its vision for the “future of gaming” in a world rich with mobile gadgets and play streamed from the Internet cloud.

Posted: February 21st, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Sony to announce launch of new PlayStation—reports

In this April 11, 2011 file photo, a man operates a Sony Playstation 3 console at an electronics shop in Mainz, Germany. Sony said Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, it is cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 gaming console by $50 in an attempt to drum up demand for the 5-year-old video game console. AP

Sony will this month announce the late 2013 launch of its latest PlayStation console, Japanese media said Thursday, as is looks to its games business in a bid to repair its tattered finances.

Posted: February 7th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

‘Angry Birds’ creator says new studio could rival Disney

angry bird

Finnish mobile gaming company Rovio said on Friday that a movie based on its hit game “Angry Birds” could result in the group establishing an animation studio rivalling global giant Walt Disney.

Posted: December 14th, 2012 in Gaming,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Sanctions block Iran gamers from World of Warcraft

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They’ve vanquished elves, trolls, and all manner of magical monsters. But one select group of online gamers is facing an even more formidable foe: The US sanctions regime.

Posted: August 29th, 2012 in Gaming,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

‘Call of Duty’ video game headed for China

Photo taken from callofduty.com

A free version of the blockbuster video game “Call of Duty” will be offered to players in China, the developers said Tuesday.

Posted: July 5th, 2012 in Gaming,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Angry Birds spreads wings beyond the gaming world

cartoon, june 1, 2012

At Rovio, the future is Angry. The Finnish gaming company behind Angry Birds—with more than 1 billion downloads to date—is now spreading its wings beyond the virtual world.

Posted: June 1st, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Friendster redesigned as ‘social gaming’ platform

Caption: Mikhail Nikolai Galicia, Friendster's COO, introduces the redesigned Friendster now called a "social discovery and gaming platform." Matikas Santos/INQUIRER.net

Friendster is back. This time as a redesigned and reinvented “social discovery and gaming platform”.

Posted: April 25th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Facebook fans get to play out celebrity fantasies

CelebrityMe screenshot image from facebook.com/seismicgames

A trio of console videogame stars joined the online social play revolution with a free-to-play title that lets folks at Facebook virtually live out celebrity fantasies.

Posted: April 3rd, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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