Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Mario’s World Isn’t Looking So Hot Posted byby GamesBeat July 29, 2011 2 min So, as someone who bought a 3DS for the launch of Ocarina of Time 3D, the recent announcement of a massive price drop was...
Categories Posted inin Business Video Blips: Rage, Oil Rush, Resistance 3, and more Posted byby GamesBeat July 29, 2011 1 min Rage developer id Software knows that a shooter's worth stems from the variability of its enemies. I, on the other hand, adopt the mantra...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture GameStop aims to build PC game sales with new digital games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 2 min In a bid to expand PC hardcore game sales, top game retailer GameStop is launching a new digital PC game purchase method that gamers...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture EA chief: Stereoscopic 3D gaming is a dud so far Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 2 min TV and monitor makers would love to sell more 3D displays. But Electronic Arts isn’t going to help them. At EA’s annual meeting today,...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Sony loses money due to quake and PlayStation Network outage Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 2 min Sony reported a $199 million loss in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30 because of problems including the Japan earthquake and the hacking...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Big Fish launches game for the Amazon Kindle Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 2 min Big Fish Games is launching a game for the Amazon Kindle electronic book reader today as part of a diversification into new markets. The...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Nintendo slashes price of its 3DS handheld to $169.99 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 1 min Nintendo announced today that it has cut the price of its struggling 3DS handheld game player from $249.99 to $169.99. The price cut is effective...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Gate2Play launches Zynga game cards in Middle East and North Africa Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 1 min Zynga plans on taking over the world with social games. But it’s not so easy in places where there aren’t easy payment mechanisms such...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Nintendo posts unexpected quarterly loss and slashes full-year profit forecast Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 28, 2011 1 min Nintendo reported a first-fiscal-quarter net loss, hurt by both slow sales of its 3DS handheld game device and a strong yen. The Kyoto-Japan-based company...
Categories Posted inin Business Bitmob Roundtable callout: Brave new JRPG world Posted byby GamesBeat July 28, 2011 2 min We're rolling along to the next topic in our Bitmob Roundtable series, and it's focused on the Land of the Rising Sun. This whole idea...