GREE (TYO:3632), Japan's $4.7 billion online media giant and regional rival to U.S.-based internet companies like Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) and Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) stepped further into America soil on Monday with another developer acquisition, this time of California-based mobile game developer App Ant Studios.
Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, had a good week: its shares vaulted 15 percent after CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared at a forum in San Francisco where he acknowledged mistakes. Now, with Instagram tucked in and commitments for search and mobile, is it a time for another look at half price?
Soon after Apple Inc. announced the iPhone 5, customers who preordered the phone online saw their shipping dates pushed back, from Sept. 21 to as far as October, because of high demand. However, it now appears the company may be able to ship on the expected date after all -- at least to some customers.
Sean Smith, one of the four Americans killed in Libya, was a longtime "EVE Online" player, and hugely influential in the game's online world.
All the details on the demo release for FIFA 13, the latest installment of EA Sports' video game series.
Gearbox Software’s latest, “Borderlands 2,” is out next week, and millions of gamers are set to go looking for loot, find themselves in frantic gunfights and listen to the awful wub-wub of dubstep.
Enemies and weapons that will appear in “Halo 4” were revealed over the weekend, providing even more of an insight as to what players can expect in the next installment of the franchise. The Promethean enemies and new set of weapons appeared in a NeoGaf forum by user Garrett 2U, according to Halo Council.
Square Enix’s cloud-based gaming portal Core Online was born out of a “selfish” need to grab more gamers, according to the company. While Square Enix would obviously want more people to enjoy their various titles including the upcoming “Hitman: Absolution” and “Tomb Raider,” the company also offers browser-based versions of games like “Mini Ninjas” and “Hitman: Blood Money.”
Amazon officially announced its next-generation Kindle Fire release on Thursday, unveiling a brand new tablet with improved specs and battery, HD visuals and 4G LTE connectivity. However, there is one characteristic no critic or analyst had predicted: the tablet’s name.
“Assassin’s Creed” has always incorporated swift and acrobatic combat into its gameplay mechanics, and the upcoming “Assassin’s Creed 3” release looks even more fluid. However, a recent YouTube video brings the energy out of the game and into real-like parkour.
Amazon unveiled its next-generation Kindle Fire at a press event on Sept. 6 in California alongside a fresh paper-white E-reader. Referred to as the Kindle Fire HD, the device boasts visual upgrades, a faster processor and longer lasting battery than its predecessor.
The release date for the most recent “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” DLC came on Sept. 4, and the correctly rumored “Hearthfire” add-on gave players more opportunities to flesh out their character in the “Skyrim” universe.
After slaughtering countless green piggies in the quest to secure the stolen eggs, the birds of Rovio’s smash hit (no pun intended) “Angry Birds” will be taking a back seat to the pigs this time around with the game’s sequel.
The release date for Halo 4 is still a ways away, but the ending of the game may have been leaked, according to the Official Xbox Magazine. A new video documentary has revealed segments of what could be a legitimate Halo 4 script.
“Skyrim” players using PS3 have been eagerly anticipating the release date for the “Dawnguard” DLC. However, they may be waiting for a day that will never come, according to Bethesda.
The Pirate Bay has long-struggled with criticism that users are afforded with relatively low security while downloading BitTorrents. After Demonoid's demise, a new virtual private network could erase those concerns for online pirates.
"Madden 13" is sure to be one of the most popular games of 2012 and one that's almost as popular through illegal BitTorrent sites as it is at Game Stop. Online piracy has continued to grow and effect the bottom line of major game titles, just don't expect anyone downloading the game to feel bad.
“The Elder Scrolls” franchise is taking a new direction with its upcoming release. Straying from the single-player worlds of “Skyrim, “Oblivion,” and other previous titles, Bethesda Softworks is now venturing into the MMORPG territory with “The Elder Scrolls Online.”
A second hacker wanted in connection to LulzSec’s attack on Sony Pictures has been arrested by the FBI according to VentureBeat.
The World of Warcraft pact 5.0.4 has just been released, and it is expected to bring a host of new features to arguably Blizzard’s most widely perceived RPG. The patch notes for the 5.0.4 update includes everything from class changes to the addition of cross real zones.
Eurogamer details the contents of Treyarch’s upcoming “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” special editions, currently available for pre-order at various retail outlets.
On September 4, 2012, “Skyrim” players looking to dedicate even more time to the world of “The Elder Scrolls” are in luck – “Hearthfire,” the latest piece of DLC will be hitting Xbox 360.
Fans have been waiting for more information on the Zombie Mode for “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” and it seems that Treyarch is finally getting ready to make some more announcements. The developer has begun teasing fans on what’s to come in this zombie-shooter portion of the widely successful military shooter franchise.
Just one week before Motorola’s September 5 event, the specifications for its new Droid RAZR M 4G LTE phone have been leaked, according to Mashable.
The Wii U will be released Nov. 18, if one is to believe a slip of the tongue from a representative of game accessories maker PDP at a GameStop manager's conference in Texas, Kotaku reports.
Famed game developer Peter Molyneux is known for his boastful hucksterism, sometimes making promises for his games that just never materialize. He’s currently working on a game that’s been recently retitled “Curiosity” that allows players to tap a cube in the hopes of accessing its mysterious contents, which Molyneux says is “life-changing,” according to Kotaku.
Rumors come via Tapscape, that the game might not even launch for current-gen consoles, instead making the jump to the next iteration of Microsoft’s Xbox or Sony’s Playstation.
According to VentureBeat, Microsoft is courting former OnLive employees now that the game-streaming company has entered a period of restructuring that caused layoffs for multiple employees.
According to OXM.uk, the next Xbox might be closer to release than most people think. Currently codenamed “Durango,” the new Microsoft console is said to include a packed-in version of the Kinect motion-control system that has revolutionized body-scanning/reading technology.
Partnering with Rock The Vote, the developers of the smash-hit mobile game “Infinity Blade” have created “Vote!!!” which encourages players to choose either President Obama or rival candidate Mitt Romney and duke it out for the White House.
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