Actor LeVar Burton goes digital with RRKidz reading app
LeVar Burton earned fame as an actor in TV series such as Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow. Now he hopes...
How a viral trailer set up Dead Island as a triple-A game release next week
Dead Island is one of the most anticipated games of the fall gaming season. It comes out next week — and you probably wouldn’t...
After three pivots, Playhaven finds a niche in monetizing mobile apps
Playhaven started life as a gamer’s social network. Then it morphed into making communities for mobile games. Now, after its third pivot, the company...
Otoy’s cloud tools can render stunningly realistic video (exclusive)
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OnLive passes its first test as a cloud-based Deus Ex: Human Revolution shines (review)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Well, you can put those fears to rest. Human Revolution is the first in what looks like a series of fantastic blockbuster titles on the launchpad this fall. The game looked gorgeous and blazed along at something north of 50 frames per second on OnLive — slightly better than the kind of performance you’d expect from a high-power PC or an Xbox 360.