Posts Tagged ‘games’

PROJECT NATAL SACKS PLAYSTATION MOVE IN READER VOTE

Last week, Sony announced the PlayStation Move , a new motion-based controller to compete with both the Wii and, more importantly, Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal full-body motion controller. That’s why we made the topic of the latest edition of... (Continue reading)

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INSTANTACTION STREAMS FULL GAMES TO ANY WEB BROWSER, GIVES INDIE DEVELOPERS A BUSINESS MODEL (VIDEO)

Look out, OnLive -- you've got company . InstantAction is having their coming out party at GDC , and we stopped by for a lengthy chat about the technology, its future and the hopes / dreams of the company.... (Continue reading)

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PLAYSTATION MOVE: WE TAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE [VIDEO]

If you’re a gamer, you might have heard about yesterday’s news about the PlayStation Move , Sony’s answer to the Wii Remote and Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal motion controller. In a demonstration yesterday, the company showed off the device,... (Continue reading)

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OPENGL 4.0 COMES OUT TO PLAY

With Microsoft becoming increasingly marginalized in areas like mobile media, DirectX is becoming less of a must-use toolset and more of a gaming-specific one. The other side of the coin is, of course, the increasing relevance of standards like... (Continue reading)

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VIDEO GAMES ON-DEMAND FROM ONLIVE ARRIVE IN JUNE

Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman revealed a U.S. launch date of June 17 and a monthly price of $14.95 for his subscription-based, on-demand video game-streaming service. We wrote about OnLive previously... (Continue reading)

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MYSPACE COURTS GAMERS AND DEVELOPERS WITH NEW PLATFORM

One of the many initiatives on MySpace’s upcoming roadmap is a renewed focus on the applications platform, most notably surrounding games. The company announced this morning at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco the launch of a new... (Continue reading)

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MYSPACE CO-PRESIDENTS REVEAL COMPANY’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE [INTERVIEW]

We had a chance to step into MySpace HQ for a chat with new Co-Presidents Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who preside over the News Corp.-owned social network from a shared desk in Beverly Hills. The joint office speaks... (Continue reading)

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PALM LOOKS TO BRING IPHONE GAMES TO WEBOS WITH NEW PDK

Palm has announced the beta release of its Plug-in Developer Kit — or PDK — a new component in the webOS SDK that will make for dramatically better gaming on the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi and all future webOS... (Continue reading)

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MEIZU MSTORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, MR. JELLY ON SALE NOW FOR 29 CENTS

We have some news on the app store that Meizu announced for the M8 a while back . The official name is apparently MStore, and it is indeed open for business with its first paid app, Mr. Jelly, going... (Continue reading)

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PALM UNLEASHES WEBOS PDK BETA ON THE PUBLIC

If you've been looking to get in on some of that red hot game development action that Palm's been all about lately, check it out: among the announcements at this year's GDC , Palm has announced the release of... (Continue reading)

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