Categories Posted inin Technology Outspark invites game publishers to cash in on casual MMO game portal Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 16, 2009 3 min Outspark, a company that offers online games where many players play simultaneously, has seen rapid growth in the past year and is now opening... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Marketing whiz tries to juice Sony’s PlayStation business in Europe Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 15, 2009 2 min Sony has played executive musical chairs in its game division once again. Andrew House, until recently the chief marketing officer for all of Sony,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Nintendo to launch this summer the long-awaited Wii MotionPlus to improve controller accuracy Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2009 3 min Nintendo announced today that it will launch Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to its flagship console game Wii Sports, and an improved version of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Microsoft revises warranties to cover new E74 defects for Xbox 360 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2009 2 min More stories are popping up about a new flaw in the Xbox 360 dubbed the E74 bug, named for the error code that appears onscreen... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Late to the iPhone, Trip Hawkins’ Digital Chocolate falls in love with it Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2009 5 min We’ve written about how new developers are enamored with the iPhone. But Trip Hawkins (founder of Electronic Arts) admits that his mobile game company,... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Virtual reality via nanobot injection? Ray Kurzweil says it’s the future Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 13, 2009 1 min Virtual reality has long promised a way to create an immersive illusion so convincing you can’t tell the fake from the real. Futurist Ray... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Brightkite, a mobile location-sharing service, merges with Limbo Posted byby GamesBeat April 8, 2009 3 min Brightkite, a social network that lets users share their location on mobile phones, has merged with Limbo, a Silicon Valley company with a rather... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology OTX launches GamePlan online surveys for game publishers Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2009 2 min Game companies have had to steer blind when it comes to marketing research in advance of major video game launches. Too often, research from... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology BioWare’s founders envision Dragon Age Origins as dark heroic fantasy universe Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 7, 2009 5 min Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk are the medical doctors who found a second career in video games. They’re the co-chief executives of BioWare, the... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Sega shows off next big Olympics game, targets Wii and DSi Posted byby GamesBeat April 6, 2009 4 min Sean Ratcliffe, vice president of marketing at Sega of America (pictured below), talked with us about Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games,... Continue Reading 4 min