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Article | 24/10/2012 Zynga lays off workers, closes Boston studio
Zynga is cutting about 5 percent of its workforce, and is "sunsetting" 13 of its older games, the company's founder and CEO Mark Pincus said Tuesday i...
Article | 2/12/2011 Electronic Arts buys social gaming company KlickNation
Electronic Arts is continuing to expand its presence in the social gaming business with the acquisition of KlickNation, the video games company said T...
Article | 11/11/2011 Sony launches beta SDK for Android and PlayStation gaming program
Sony is hoping developers are interested in working on games for its PlayStation Vita and Android-based devices, as it launched a beta test Thursday o...
Article | 26/08/2011 Wing Commander 1 & 2, Dungeon Keeper 2 hit Good Old Games
The two Wing Commander games come together for US$5.99. These are the really old-school Wing Commander games, before Mark Hamill, Malcolm MacDonald, a...
Article | 7/07/2011 Mass Effect 3 collector's edition content revealed
Several Mass Effect fans were quite happy to learn that promotional content and trailers for Mass Effect 3 will feature "FemShep" as well as the male ...
Article | 30/06/2011 Japan's gaming market sinks 16 per cent in first half
Japan's console and portable gaming market sank 16 per cent in the first six months of the year as new software failed to make a splash and sales of h...
Article | 29/06/2011 World of Warcraft is now free-to-play (mostly)
Following the news of Team Fortress 2's free-to-play plans, Blizzard is introducing a new, extended trial period into World of Warcraft. Previously, n...
Article | 20/06/2011 Reports: Sega customer database hacked
Video game company <a href="http://www.sega.com">Sega</a> had a database hacked and sensitive information on about 1.3 million customers has been comp...
Article | 8/06/2011 Nintendo Wii U extends screen, stops short of mobile gaming
Nintendo promised to offer gamers more content and new kinds of interaction with the introduction of Wii U, a handheld gaming device that pairs with t...
Article | 7/06/2011 Kinect voice control seaches content, integrates with TV
Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 will be able to receive voice controls, letting users control their television and search for content, the company ann...
Article | 26/05/2011 DiRT 3's online mode currently unusable for PS3 owners
The continued absence of the PlayStation Store means that PS3 gamers hoping to engage in some online competition with CodeMasters' new racer will be s...
Article | 19/05/2011 Gaming firms must sail past China's pirates to cash in
Although the game was developed in the U.S., the concept behind Plants vs. Zombies knows no cultural bounds for Chinese fans like 27-year-old Sai Na.
Article | 19/05/2011 Plants vs. Zombies heads to China with new game versions
PopCap Games is releasing new versions of its Plants vs. Zombies title in China, with the aim of raking in more revenue from a major market that is cu...
Article | 18/05/2011 Duke Nukem Forever demo available June 3
Gearbox has announced that the demo for the long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever will be available for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from June 3... but only for Fir...
Article | 16/05/2011 PlayStation Network and Qriocity back for users outside Asia
Millions of PlayStation users are once again able to shoot, fight and race their way through online worlds after Sony resumed online gaming service la...