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Article | 29/11/2010 Black Ops' total kill count has surpassed the planet's population
It's been less than three weeks since Activision's "Call of Duty: Black Ops" went on sale. The game quickly broke entertainment sales records, with wo...
Article | 12/11/2010 Report: Tetris can cure traumatic stress disorder
Who says video games are a waste of time? Playing Tetris may help reduce memory flashbacks associated with traumatic images, according to a new study ...
Article | 11/11/2010 Qualcomm pushes augmented reality for Android games
Qualcomm has put out a beta version of its Augmented Reality (AR) Extension for Unity Technologies' game development tool, which will allow developers...
Article | 29/10/2010 Nintendo loses grip on handheld gaming, drops into loss
Nintendo reported a 2.01 billion yen (US$24.6 million) net loss for the six months to Sept. 30, as its sales of hardware and software dropped, the com...
Article | 18/08/2010 Sony answers Xbox 360 Slim with 320GB PS3
Not to be outdone by Microsoft's updated Xbox 360, Sony introduced two new PS3 models at today's Gamescom presser, including one bundled with the comp...
Article | 18/08/2010 GamesCom 2010: Sony press conference highlights
Sony unveiled a few unannounced games this year at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, and showcased some of their upcoming titles like Killzone 3 and Motor...
Article | 18/08/2010 Microsoft unveils games for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft unveiled the first wave of games for the Windows 7 smartphone operating system on Tuesday at the GamesCom 2010 conference in Cologne, German...
Article | 13/08/2010 Xbox 360 redesign pays off
Microsoft's revision of the Xbox 360 brought results in July when the console topped the U.S. video game sales ranking for the first time in three yea...
Article | 3/08/2010 God of War: Ghost of Sparta gets release date
As formally announced on the official PlayStation Blog earlier this morning, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, the second handheld epic in Kratos's increas...
Article | 28/07/2010 World of Warcraft expansion gets approval in China
Months after being caught in a dispute between Chinese regulators, World of Warcraft is having a smoother time clearing government hurdles in China. L...
Article | 27/07/2010 Capcom, Namco Bandai developing Street Fighter-Tekken games
At Comic-Con, Capcom and Namco Bandai announced their next major fighting games, as the former company will be creating Street Figher X Tekken while t...
Article | 17/07/2010 Activision, Bizarre announce James Bond 007: Blood Stone
With MGM's financial future uncertain, the next James Bond film probably won't see the light of day for some time, but the rubber-burning minds at Biz...
Article | 15/07/2010 DJ Hero 2 gets its official list of artists
As you're probably already aware, 2009's spin-savvy music sim DJ Hero is getting an official sequel. What you probably didn't know was the long, long ...
Article | 29/06/2010 Sony begins chasing PlayStation subscription revenue
Sony released an update to its PlayStation 3 on Tuesday that brings several new features and launches the PlayStation's first subscription gaming serv...
Article | 2/07/2009 Japanese computer game market sinks 24 percent in first half
Japan's computer game market saw a 24 percent drop in sales in the first half of the year, according to data released Wednesday.