Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Monthly game sales show gains by Microsoft, but Nintendo dominates Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 12, 2008 2 min The torrid growth of the U.S. video game industry came down to earth in August, but the industry still eked out 9 percent sales...
Categories Posted inin Technology Facebook’s virtual economy may be making up to $100 million this year Posted byby GamesBeat September 9, 2008 3 min [Editor’s note: We’ve been tracking the growth of games on social networks. Here’s the latest look at how much Facebook and third party game...
Categories Posted inin Technology DEMOfall 08: Sims Ops Studios debuts cute social game creation tool Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 8, 2008 2 min Sim Ops Studios debuted a cute tool for creating 3-D games in a web browser. The Wild Pockets platform gives ordinary users the tools...
Categories Posted inin Technology Q&A with Will Wright on the launch of Spore Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 6, 2008 8 min Will Wright is the rock star of the video game industry. His games are almost always hits and have generated billions of dollars in...
Categories Posted inin Technology Xbox 360 defects: an inside history of Microsoft’s video game console woes Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 5, 2008 37 min When his fourth Xbox 360 video game console died in April, Chris Szarek wasn’t surprised. The Chicopee, Mass. gamer was accustomed to the hardware...
Categories Posted inin Technology Grand Theft Auto IV tops 10 million sold Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 5, 2008 2 min “Grand Theft Auto IV” is on its way to breaking records, despite a feared slowdown in sales. Take-Two Interactive reported that it has sold...
Categories Posted inin Technology Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2008 2 min Microsoft cut Xbox 360 prices on all three of its console versions today. The $50 to $79 price cuts mean that Microsoft will have...
Categories Posted inin Technology Nintendo revises its financial forecasts upward yet again Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 29, 2008 1 min Okay, this console war is getting really boring. Nintendo is thrashing everyone else. Today, the Japanese company revised upward its financial forecasts for the...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Webcarzz raises $4 million to create online car game for boys Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 29, 2008 1 min Many of the successful online games for kids — from Club Penguin to Neopets — are appealing to girls. But Webcarzz is going after...
Categories Posted inin Technology Roundup: Nvidia battles recall flyers, Google dives deep and the Internet is broken again Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 27, 2008 2 min Here’s the latest action: The Internet is broken — This is starting to sound like a broken record. Didn’t we just write about the...