GAMING

After making inroads into the enterprise domain as reported by Good Technology, Apple's iconic tablet iPad is fast replacing gaming consoles to become the preferred platform for game developers.

Nintendo announced plans to drop the retail price of its portable Nintendo 3DS system to $169.99 in the U. S. down from the suggested launch price of $249.99 effective Aug. 12.

Research from Nielsen indicates more Netflix users are connecting to the service via gaming consoles.

When 21-year-old Zhang, an average student in college, got set for the Graduate Record Exam in Beijing this year, she felt so unprepared that she skipped the exam entirely.

Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc, reported a narrower-than-expected loss and raised its second-quarter earnings forecast, as it sold more copies of the puzzle game Portal 2 than expected and pocketed more money on digital games.

Women who play online games prefer their gaming sessions over shopping, taking bath and having sex.

A British ticket holder has scooped a staggering $256 million (185 million Euros) jackpot in the Euromillions lottery draw.

Japanese mobile social gaming firm DeNA will seek to expand by buying more game developers, its new chief executive, Isao Moriyasu, said in an interview on Monday.

It is believed this is to restrict second-hand gaming

Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed a new procedure to correctly predict the behavior of players in online role-playing games.

MySpace isn't the only once-dominant social media site trying to reinvent itself. Remember Friendster?

Facebook Inc is on course to generate $1 billion in revenue this year from social gaming, according to Kevin Ryan, a leading Internet entrepreneur and former chief executive of online advertising giant DoubleClick.

Macau, the world's largest gambling market, posted an annual 52.4 percent rise in gaming revenue in June to 20.8 billion patacas ($2.6 billion), the Macau government said on Friday, signaling a ravenous gambling appetite from Chinese tourists.

Gaikai, a privately-held cloud gaming firm whose backers include Electronic Arts and Intel Capital, expects to sign deals with major publishers and video game makers, as the market shifts from console-based games to online titles.

Japanese mobile social gaming firm Gree will aim for 500 million to a billion users worldwide, rivaling Facebook, the company's founder and chief executive said on Wednesday.

Apple's iPad 2 challenger Samsung's sleek 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab, which is now available with US retailers, is probably the best android tablet on the market.

It looks like the Pottermore website, ready for launch in five days, could be an MMORPG, which stands for 'Massively multiplayer online role-playing game'. The speculation is supported by the Pottermore Trademark description as published in Trademarkia.com, which describes it as Providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network; providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest; pr...

If rumors can be believed Microsoft will announce Xbox 720 at E3 2012. An industry source at Crytek was quoted by Videogamer.com, who revealed that Microsoft wants to make its new console announcement ahead of rival Sony and will do so in the next 12 months and 'likely' at next year's E3.

Tropicana Resort is taking a new, sexy strategy to overcome losses

Atlantic City casino has paid out $11 million to two gamblers since April

Apple's iOS 5, unveiled at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) the week by Steve Jobs, will feature the capability to play high resolution 1080p video content on iPad 2. What this means by extension is that the next generation iPhone will also sport this feature. iOS 4 hadn’t given iPhone and iPad users the 1080p playback facility -- they only had the 720p playback. Users could not even sync 1080p content to iOS devices through iTunes. Now that will change with the arrival of iOS 5.