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Winnipeg game developers creating a new realityCBC.caThis week, some of the city’s best game developers are in San Francisco, trying to catch the eye of backers and investors in one of the most competitive and fast-changing industries in the world. Information Radio host Marcy Markusa tried out the … …read more Source: Game Developers News … Read more
On The Eve Of GDC, A M&A Wave Hits the Gaming IndustryTechCrunchA nice, little consolidation wave is floating through the gaming industry after a relatively quiet year for acquisitions among companies in the U.S. and Europe. What’s changed? It depends on which part of the industry you’re looking at. Half of these … …read more … Read more
Benchmark vendor comes down on Samsung, Sony phones for gaming testsZDNetIn a post to the Primate Labs blog, company founder John Poole, laid out the issue of phone makers’ recent gaming of its benchmarking tests and the results of its in-house investigation. Benchmark vendor comes down on Samsung, Sony phones for gaming … and more … Read more
Game developers plan April 4 showcaseThe Herald-Times (subscription)Free Range Arcade, a showcase of independent game developers, will take place on April 4 at The Lodge, 101 E. Sixth St. The event is being organized by Bloomington game developer Studio Cypher, which aims to create games with a positive social impact … …read more Source: Game … Read more
With ‘No Meaningful Position Beyond Flash’, Gaming Platform Mochi Media Will …TechCrunchThe news comes not just on the eve of GDC, but also at a time when China-based Shanda Games has been the subject of acquisition rumors, with one report claiming Alibaba might pay upwards of $3.2 billion for Shanda Games and its controlling … … Read more
INSIDE GAMING: Boyd deal sparks torrent of speculationLas Vegas Review-Journal (blog)A New York-based hedge fund acquired a 5 percent ownership stake in Boyd Gaming Corp. last week and immediately fueled rampant speculation in the investment community. Scenarios ranged from a corporate takeover to moving the company’s casinos … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From … Read more
AppAdviceA large part of this push is to make the Apple TV a full-fledged gaming console, according to sources close to Apple. To date, most have focused on what effect Apple’s release last year of a game controller API would have on iOS devices. In fact, we’ve … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From … Read more
Crown Casino gaming and liquor inspections facing cutbacksThe AgeOn February 25 the chairman of the gaming commission, Bruce Thompson, in answer to a question from Labor MP Jane Garrett, told a parliamentary hearing that he could not give an assurance that 24-hour inspectors at Crown would continue. ”I cannot give … …read more Source: Gaming … Read more
WhatCulture!As gamers, we love when a great game is followed up by a great sequel but not when we’re given rehashed or cut content masqueraded as a proper sequel. We love when a sequel allows us to revisit beloved settings or characters, but we don’t really like … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From … Read more
Troy Baker talks performance capture: Can anyone be famous in games?Digital SpyIt’s not the first time that this has been done, but such is Troy Baker’s gaming fame that he could be one of the first recognizable video game actors simply because of his appearance. A world where games are bought due to the actors … Read more
Bleeding Cool NewsPossibly even the dangers of AAA gaming will simply cause the market to collapse in on itself as people believed would happen to comics in the 90′s. The only thing that can seemingly be agreed on is that with the launch of the Playstation 4 and the …Gaming Console Sales Data Is Mostly … Read more
Windsor Star (blog)Emmanuel Yousif, a game supervisor, describes the increasingly popular world of computer gaming at the ninth annual No Man’s LAN tournament held at St. Clair College over the weekend. (DAX MELMER/ The Windsor Star). Share; Comments; Email. …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or … Read more
MetroA reader looks back at a lifetime of playing video games and why his hobby often seems more hostile towards being gay now than it did in the ’80s. I’m 36, I’ve played games since I was tall enough to peek over an arcade cabinet. I’ve had most major … …read more Source: Gaming News … Read more
Myo replaces controllers with arm-controlled Oculus Rift gamingJoystiqThe Oculus Rift headset is doing its best to draw players into the virtual realities it hosts, but traditional or motion-assisted controllers are typically used to interact with these virtual worlds. Technic Labs has a different vision for player …Oculus Rift + Myo gesture control armband = pure … Read more
SlashGearI had some free time over the weekend last week, and decided that rather than read that book I’ve been trying to finish or go out for a walk, I’d sit down on my couch, put up my feet, and play some games. As I’ve said here before, I’m a long-time gamer … …read more … Read more
Suddenly, Microsoft Actually Cares About PC GamingMotley FoolIf it wasn’t for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) , it’s possible PC gaming wouldn’t exist: Just about every PC gamer relies on Windows — the majority of PC games aren’t available on alternative operating systems like OSX or Linux. And yet, despite lying at … …read more Source: … Read more
Headlines & Global NewsValve’s new Steam Controller design was officially unveiled on the company’s blog on Friday, just ahead of the Game Developers Conference in California. The developers first showcased the design back in January during the company’s annual Steam Dev …Check Out the Latest Version of Valve’s Steam ControllerWiredA better look at the updated … Read more
What Does the Internet’s Uncertain Future Mean for the Gaming Industry?Motley FoolThe gaming industry has grown substantially in the last decade, and it looks to play a significant role in shaping the future of the Internet. While retailers like GameStop (NYSE: GME ) have been dreading a digital-distribution future, Microsoft … …read more Source: Gaming … Read more
Gaming’s middle-aged crisisEurogamer.netWhen people started writing comic books I’m not sure they all believed that comic books were going to last very long. They certainly wrote them like they didn’t believe that, anyway, as the youthful four-colour energy of a brand new art form was often … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google … Read more
OZYHis entrepreneurial path deposited him in the design and development of mobile games — digital diversions with titles like ShaqDown, ShaqRun, Shaq Sky Slam and the about-to-be-released ShaqDown 2. The audience? Fans of basketball, martial arts, cars, … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” … Read more
Setting Boundaries – The Roots Of Gaming From Primal Play to MMORPGsBleeding Cool NewsWhen considering games we need to know what is game and what is simply play. The latter is massively influential in the development of our skills, both social and logical, and the former setting boundaries in which these skills can be utilized … Read more
17 Innovators Who Changed the Face of GamingComplex.comIn any industry or art form, a select group of individuals will emerge who will ultimately shape the image and effect of the sector or medium. From literature, business, painting, technology, and other cultural hotspots, heroes and heroines have developed. …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google … Read more
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Game developer Kabam reveals its mobile ambitionsSouth China Morning PostWhen entrepreneur Kevin Chou co-founded video game developer Kabam in 2006, the company took another route. Chou, who serves as chief executive, said the company “had about 25 people working above a dim sum restaurant in Mountain View”, a city … …read more Source: Game Developers … Read more
Missing Pieces: Wrapping up the week’s must-know gaming newsPCWorld (blog)Welcome to Missing Pieces, the weekly games wrap-up where we round up all the interesting stories that didn’t quite make it through the dastardly news gauntlet on our site as a standalone article. This week on Missing Pieces, we’ve got frogs doing math … …read more … Read more
App Developers Have a Chance for a Piece of $600 Million Game Developer …App Developer MagazineThe $600 million CYOU Win Plan is broken down in this way: $200 million investment to acquire mobile games; $200 million in mobile game marketing over the next two years; and a $200 million revenue share program for game developers … Read more
Boston HeraldPhoto by: John Wilcox. OLD TIES EYED: The owner of the proposed casino site in Everett apparently invested in a company formerly owned by Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby. 1. Friday, March 14, 2014. PrintEmail Comments … and more …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie … Read more
The DeanBeat: How honest will the Game Developers Conference be?VentureBeatGames are the stuff of fantasy. But making them is part of the real world. At next week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’ll find out just how much the real world is going to intrude on the fantasy image we have of the video … Read more
ForbesAmazon’s upcoming set-top box may be unannounced, unconfirmed and generally unspoken of so far, but most agree that it’s coming, and it will include sort of gaming component. While Amazon’s box certainly wouldn’t be a fully fledged console like the PS4 …Here’s Amazon’s Homely New Gaming ControllerTechCrunchAmazon-developed gaming controller revealedShacknewsLeaked Controller Suggests Amazon’s Set-Top-Box Will … Read more
Hypergrid BusinessWith special thanks to The Khronos Group and The PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA), The Immersive Technology Alliance is being launched at Game Developers Conference in a private session on March 18, 2014 at 9:15AM. The alliance features such names as …The Avengers of virtual reality? Oculus, EA and more form new VR allianceTechRadar UKOculus … Read more
TechCrunchIt looks like a cross between an Xbox controller and an Onlive controller. It’s ugly. Mr. Dave Zatz recently uncovered these photos of the gaming controller for Amazon’s upcoming media streaming device. Apparently this will not ship with the upcoming …Leaked Controller Suggests Amazon’s Set-Top-Box Will Be a Gaming MachineGizmodoThis is what Amazon’s new gaming … Read more
Letter: Why Michigan is fighting ‘charitable’ gamingThe Detroit NewsThe Michigan Gaming Control Board has undertaken efforts to bring some order to what is often called “charitable gaming” or “millionaire parties.” In their current form, these games/parties have in many cases become unauthorized, unregulated casinos. and more …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google News … Read more
Boston HeraldPhoto by: John Wilcox. OLD TIES EYED: The owner of the proposed casino site in Everett apparently invested in a company formerly owned by Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby. 1. Friday, March 14, 2014. PrintEmail Comments … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or … Read more
The Guy Looking To Expose Online Gaming’s Worst JerksKotaku Australia“I am a pretty nasty FIFA player but I really don’t want to invest any more money or time into video games. I’m pretty sure 360 will be my last game console.” But, while he’s still playing, the man behind The Bigot Gamer says he’s still … Read more
