Categories Posted inin Business Nvidia acquires Icera mobile wireless chip maker for $367M Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 9, 2011 3 min Updated with internal memo: Moving deeper into mobile chips, Nvidia said it has agreed to buy mobile wireless chip design firm Icera for $367... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Reviews Spotlight: Osama bin Laden, Thor, Age of Empires, and Monster Tale Posted byby GamesBeat May 9, 2011 2 min Are you curious to know what Thor and Osama bin Laden have in common? Can you explain why publisher Majestic publishes good games that... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How much will Activision say about new Call of Duty on Monday? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 8, 2011 2 min Activision Blizzard has been launching a new Call of Duty game every November for the past few years. So gamers are getting anxious about... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sniping in Section 8: Prejudice makes running away even more important Posted byby GamesBeat May 8, 2011 2 min Something about sniping just makes my heart all warm and fuzzy. Perhaps it's the thrill of toying with the virtual life of an enemy... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Instant video game lets you kill bin Laden yourself Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2011 2 min Kuma Games has created a new episode of its reality-based video game KumaWar where you can kill Osama bin Laden yourself. Based on publicly... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony’s PlayStation Network hack attack repair bill: $1.6 million or $1.25 billion? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2011 2 min Video game fans aren’t the only ones waiting for Sony to say more about the PlayStation Network’s woes. Wall Street is getting a little... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Personal details on 2,500 Sony users appear on web site; Sony removes them Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2011 2 min Personal details of 2,500 Sony users were posted to a web site by hackers. Those people were among the Sony users whose identity was... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Restoring PlayStation Network taking Sony longer than it thought Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2011 2 min Sony’s restoration of its PlayStation Network online game service is taking longer than it thought. The company had hoped to have the system up... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Document shows Zynga may be raising $500M round Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2011 1 min A new document shows that Zynga is raising a new round of funding up to $490 million, according to Inside Social Games. The filing... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony mulling reward for help catching hackers Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2011 1 min With two online game services down and 100 million accounts possibly compromised, Sony is mulling a reward for information leading to the arrest and... Continue Reading 1 min