Search Results for 'Games'

Freemium games for Xbox 360?

The world of mobile gaming and console gaming might soon converge on one area of the market: Freemium games. Speaking to VentureBeat in an interview published yesterday, Todd Harris, chief operating officer of online-game developer Hi-Rez [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Video Games are About Entertainment, Not Technology

Back in the Nintendo 64/PlayStation 2 days, there was a large outcry amongst internet newsgroups and video game magazines around the world for video games to be accepted as an art form. Games had moved from the 2D world to glorious 3D, me [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Gamestop says next-gen consoles won’t have anti-rental tech

A video game retail company says that next-generation gaming consoles will not have an anti-rental system that will lock out games if the console detects that the game was not purchased as new. According to rumors, the next Xbox will be h [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

New games the key to Aristocrat Leisure's profit

GAMING machine supplier Aristocrat Leisure expects global volatility and currency headwinds to continue, but says the release of new games in 2012 will help boost underlying profit. Aristocrat today booked an annual net profit of $66.14 m [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Sony PlayStation Vita handheld games console

When the Sony PlayStation Vita arrives in North America on February 22nd, it'll face stiff competition. Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have become powerful, cheap and ubiquitous. And with great, inexpensive games readily [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Xbox 720 preventing used games from playing would be 'fantas...

A little over a week ago, it was rumored that the next-gen Xbox could contain technology to prevent used games from being played on the console. Despite it being only a rumor, gamers took to the internet to voice their displeasure. B [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Sega launches wee-ly good games console in Japan

A new computer game could soon be coming to a men's bathroom near you after Tokyo games computer company Sega launched its latest console, the 'Toylet'. The Sonic the Hedgehog creator has developed the new urinal-based games m [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Console games likely to stage comeback in 2012

Japan's game industry in 2011 was characterized by the growth of social network games for mobile phones and smartphones from companies such as Gree Inc. and DeNA Co. But console games are likely to stage a comeback with Nintendo Co.&# [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Ministry of Defence Improves War Games for Console Generatio...

Andrew Poulter heads up the technical team behind the war-game and said that while back in the 80s and 90s, military simulations were state of the art, today they have fallen far behind commercial alternatives in terms of graphics and plo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Lord British: games consoles 'fundamentally doomed'

The creator of the popular Ultima RPG series has forecast that the games console is heading for extinction. Richard Garriott - aka Lord British - is a respected figurehead in the games industry and he reckons the future is bleak for conso [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

World's first pee-powered games console launched

The device, which is installed above urinals at the Exhibit bar in Balham, is the brainchild of Gordon MacSween and Mark Melford, the owners of the game's maker, Captive Media. The device was inspired, they told thinq_, by an apocryph [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas Warning On Games Consoles

Cheshire Police Officers are pointing out that paedophiles may use gaming networks to contact and groom children, in the same way that they use other parts of the internet. They say parents need to be aware of the danger and to take ne [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

10 Console Games That Can Transform to MMO Gaming

Way before online gaming began, there was no way of sharing the multiplayer experience except for inviting friends over and sharing controllers or keyboards, connecting via HyperTerminal (does anyone still remember this?!), or talking abo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Games Consoles Become Most-Viewed Online TV Method For TV’s

Games consoles have this week been listed as the most popular platform on which people watch online TV through their TV sets, suggesting that the ability to connect mobile devices (such as tablet computers and smartphones) and desktop bro [...]