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RIM buys social gaming company Scoreloop

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion bought social gaming company Scoreloop to help expand its Messenger application, challenged by this week's launch of a similar instant messaging offering from Apple.

Nintendo Wii U a lackluster innovation; gamers dismiss the touch-pad control

Exploring Wii U, Nintendo’s next-gen video game console.

Nintendo Wii U doesn't seem to be appealing to the gaming community. The majority of gamers frowned on the supposedly innovative touch control pad. The confusion seemed to be regarding the brand new screen incorporated on the control pad for Wii U. What is an iPad doing in my game control? was the first reaction of majority of the gamers who previewed the latest offering from Nintendo. Initial reviews on the new console from Nintendo, the Wii U, poured in after the company unveiled it...

Nintendo Wii U: Gamers puzzled with the touch-screen controller, say it's strange

Fils-Aim, president of Nintendo of America, presents the new Wii U controller at a media briefing during the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles

Nintendo Wii U has taken many by surprise. The majority of gamers reacted with a Why the hell do I need an iPad in my controller? Initial reviews on the new console from Nintendo, the Wii U, poured in after the company unveiled it at E3 conference in Los Angeles, with industry analysts and gamers thinking loud: The new tablet-like controller is the strangest piece ever from Nintendo.

An assistant demonstrates the use of the new Nintendo Wii U controller during the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles 08/06/2011

Will Nintendo's Wii U woo hardcore gamers back to the fold?

In a bid to attract a hardcore gaming crowd that has floated to rivals such as Microsoft's Xbox, Nintendo has lifted lid on a new touchscreen controller for its next-generation videogame console Wii U.

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Zynga Gets Tough: Launches Combat Game

The maker of Farmville creates its first combat game, Empires & Allies.

Nvidia Unveils GeForce GTX 560M GPUs For Notebook Gaming

Graphics chip maker Nvidia has unveiled its first gaming notebook graphics processing unit (GPU) in its GeForce 500M Series of notebook GPUs.

Is Sony's NGP 'PlayStation Vita'? Focus on next week's E3

As the much-awaited video-game conference, known as E3, kicks off in Los Angeles next week, the focus is on gaming majors and the new offerings up their sleeves. There have been rumors that Sony will use the E3 platform to name its Next Generation Portable, or PSP2, as ‘Vita’.

Visitors play ''World of Warcraft'' at their exhibition stand at the Gamescom 2010 fair in Cologne

Inside The Economy Of Virtual Currency

A look inside at how virtual currency is shaping the online gaming community.

Former Chinese Prisoner Exposes World Of Warcraft Gold Farming Scheme

A former inmate at the Jixi labour camp in China has exposed a money making scheme going on within the prison: virtual gold farming.

Mango to set high smartphone standards with integrated apps: report

Microsoft, in a report, has given reasons as to why Mango is superior to Windows Phone 7.

Next Issue Media looks to give the gift of profitability

While a number of publishers have spoken of solutions to growing losses in readership and advertising revenue without widespread success, Next Issue Media is placing a rather large bet on the future. The joint venture, which includes Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and Time Inc, has shown to be methodical in its approach to creating its digital product. When Next Issue Media was established nearly 18 months ago, the company provided few details about its business strategy.

PlayStation-certified Xperia Play could be gamers' refuge as Sony keeps ominous silence over PSN outage

There is no word as yet on when Sony's PlayStation Network will be back online. Surprisingly, rumor mills too are silent about Sony's next move. There is talk however that fans experiencing withdrawal symptoms could look at alternatives. That means a hardware sale windfall for Xbox and Wii.

E-Sports Gaming Needs Casual Fans, But Probably Won’t Get Many

If the e-sports gaming industry wants to go mainstream in the US, have a dedicated TV channel, and make it possible for professional players to make good money, it needs casual fans.

PlayStation Network down but Sony records 13 pct increase in PS3 sales

NDP Group report states that Sony Computer Entertainment America recorded a 13 percent increase in hardware sales for the month of April.

Sony downed PlayStation website as security measure; not because of new hacker attack

Sony's official PlayStaion website became inaccessible in Japan on Wednesday while the site was partially inaccessible in select regions in the U.S., triggering panic that another hacker attack had crippled the gaming giant again.

With Sony PlayStation Network Still Down, Users Start To Get Angry

With their PlayStation Network service out for nearly three weeks, gamers are starting to get angry.

'We’re terribly sorry,' Sony says; gives no new data for solving PlayStation glitch

After keeping millions of PlayStation users on tenterhooks over the possible date of resumption of the gaming services, Sony issued another apology on Tuesday, and promised no new deadline for the restoration of the network.

Penn National Gaming Shares Hit New 2-Year High on Q1 Results

Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) touched a new 2-year high of $40.45 on Thursday. The company's first quarter earnings and revenue exceeded Street view as its casinos saw a growth in business, and it raised outlook for the year.

‘iPhone 4S’ in developers' hands as Apple unleashes A5 chip's power to leverage gaming market

Apple is hitching its smartphone wagon to gaming big time, finally! Apple is letting select developers play around with an iPhone 4 which is implanted with an A5 chip rather than the A4 in order that they can bring out the full gaming prowess on the upcoming iPhone 5. If the gaming slant of the iPhone materializes it would go to prove rumors that Apple was delaying the launch for the iPhone 5 for strategic reasons and not so much because of logistical constraints.

A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York

Apple on hiring spree to boost iOS, cash in on smartphone gaming boom

Apple's hawk eye on the gaming scene has been the point of much discussion and speculation. And finally there seems to be some real development. From rumors about acquiring Sony, or eying Adobe or Disney, there are now reports that Apple is hiring executives from gaming giant Nintendo to push its gaming presence.

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