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Article | 14/05/2013 Nvidia's Shield gaming handheld to go on sale May 20 for $349
Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ...
Article | 6/05/2013 Kinect sensor modified for wheelchair gaming
By modifying a Microsoft Kinect sensor, a research project at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference demonstrated how gamers in a wheelchair ...
Article | 30/04/2013 Microsoft turns room into video game with IllumiRoom project
The IllumiRoom project from Microsoft Research turns a living room into a video game with projected images that extend and complement the main televis...
Article | 25/04/2013 Nintendo President: Lack of games hurting Wii U, but more titles coming
Nintendo's President said a lack of compelling titles for the Wii U is hurting sales, and promised to improve the console's lineup this year.
Article | 27/03/2013 Game developers employ AI for more adaptive play
Instead of charging directly at the player in the craggy martian landscape, as they might do normally, the aliens zigzag to take cover behind boulders...
Article | 26/03/2013 Facebook woos serious gamers
If 2012 was the year of arcade, casino and hidden object games on Facebook, such as "Diamond Dash," "Bubble Witch Saga" and "Bubble Safari," the socia...
Article | 26/03/2013 AI programmers struggle to makes games 'imitate life'
Artificial intelligence, a field of programming employed by video game developers to make characters smarter and improve their decisions, still has a ...
Article | 22/03/2013 Zynga to let users play games without Facebook
Zynga's network of users has historically been tightly linked to Facebook's social graph, but now the gaming giant is looking to branch out.
Article | 21/02/2013 Sony PS4 to sync with iOS, Android for dual screen gaming
Gamers on the new PlayStation 4 will have a lot to keep track of.
Article | 21/02/2013 Sony's PlayStation 4 announced after long wait
After a seven-year wait, Sony's PlayStation 4 has finally been announced.
Article | 1/02/2013 Sony PlayStation event set for February amid PS4 rumors
Sony will hold a PlayStation event in the U.S. later this month amid widespread speculation it is gearing up to launch the PS4.
Article | 16/01/2013 Nintendo to combine portable, home console dev teams
Japanese gamemaker Nintendo will combine its hardware teams for portable and home-based consoles, the first major change in its development structure ...
Article | 10/01/2013 After rumors, Microsoft announces purchase of R2 Studios for its Xbox business
Microsoft has acquired id8 Group R2 Studios to boost its Xbox team, in a deal that unnamed sources leaked to some media outlets last week.
Article | 10/01/2013 IDC: Total PS3 sales top Xbox 360
Sony's PlayStation 3 game console passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 in total sales in December, according to a report from research firm IDC.
Article | 12/12/2012 Nintendo's Japanese launch of Wii U may be lagging original Wii
Sales of Nintendo's new Wii U game console appear to be lagging those of its famous predecessor in Japan after its opening weekend, though the company...