Categories Posted inin Business Sony claims it has shipped 4.1M PlayStation Move units, but doesn’t give sell-through number Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2010 2 min Sony said today that it has shipped 4.1 million units of its PlayStation Move motion controller to retailers around the globe. But, as is...
Categories Posted inin Business Could Mickey Mouse be the next video game star? Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2010 11 min Warren Spector describes himself as one of Mickey Mouse’s biggest fans. He has a lot of company, too, and therein lies the potential for...
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga links FarmVille and other games with American Express rewards Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2010 3 min Membership has its privileges — even in the virtual worlds of social games. Zynga, the maker of FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and other social games,...
Categories Posted inin Technology Bing Gordon says Kleiner Perkins is staffing up for the coming tech boom Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2010 2 min Bing Gordon, a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, says that his venture capital firm has to gear up for the coming tech...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Pac-Man CE DX is the New Crackness Posted byby GamesBeat November 30, 2010 3 min Remember when the little yellow circle thing ate the little pellets and went waka-waka? Those were good Pac-Man times, right? Remember a bunch of...
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft says 2.5M Kinect motion-sensing units sold in first 25 days on market Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 29, 2010 2 min Thanks to strong demand over the Black Friday weekend, Microsoft said it has sold more than 2.5 million units of its Kinect motion-sensing system...
Categories Posted inin Business Hidden Gems: Games Forgotten Are That Much Sweeter Posted byby GamesBeat November 29, 2010 2 min Counter-Strike: Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes is one of my favorite games of all time. Falling through the cracks of PC gaming, it was more...
Categories Posted inin Business Brazil social game player Vostu raises $30M from Accel and Tiger Global Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 29, 2010 2 min Vostu, a social game maker focused on the Brazilian market, has raised $30 million from Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management. Vostu, which is...
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo says its sold 1.5M Wii and DS game systems during Black Friday week Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 29, 2010 2 min Nintendo sold 1.5 million Wii console and DS handheld video-game systems during Black Friday week, according to the Japanese company. The announcement by Nintendo’s...
Categories Posted inin Business Reviews Spotlight: EA Sports Active 2, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Knights in the Nightmare, and Eternal Sonata Posted byby GamesBeat November 29, 2010 2 min Remember when you rearranged your furniture so you could have enough space to play with Kinect, only to find your living room is pathetically...