Sony sells 160,000 PS Vitas in first week of US holiday season
Sony sold over 160,000 PlayStation Vitas during the opening week of the holiday shopping season in the U.S., a key test for its flagship handheld game.
View ArticleNintendo reveals early Wii U prototypes
The original concept for Nintendo's new Wii U game controller?
View ArticleMicrosoft puts SkyDrive app on Xbox360
A new SkyDrive app for Microsoft's Xbox 360 allows users to upload content to Microsoft's cloud storage service from PCs and mobile devices, and then view it on the game console.
View ArticleMicrosoft gives Xbox 360 SkyDrive app, file sharing
The SkyDrive UI on the Xbox offers cross-platform access to apps, photos and videos. Microsoft also plans to deliver more than 40 new apps by next spring.
View ArticleNintendo's Japanese launch of Wii U may be lagging original Wii
Sales of Nintendo's new Wii U game console appear to be lagging those of its famous predecessor in Japan after its opening weekend, though the company says both sold out and comparisons are largely...
View ArticleIDC: Total PS3 sales top Xbox 360
Sony's PlayStation 3 game console passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 in total sales in December, according to a report from research firm IDC.
View ArticleAfter rumors, Microsoft announces purchase of R2 Studios for its Xbox business
Microsoft has acquired id8 Group R2 Studios to boost its Xbox team, in a deal that unnamed sources leaked to some media outlets last week.
View ArticleNintendo to combine portable, home console dev teams
Japanese gamemaker Nintendo will combine its hardware teams for portable and home-based consoles, the first major change in its development structure in nearly a decade.
View ArticleSony PlayStation event set for February amid PS4 rumors
Sony will hold a PlayStation event in the U.S. later this month amid widespread speculation it is gearing up to launch the PS4.
View ArticleSony's PlayStation 4 announced after long wait
After a seven-year wait, Sony's PlayStation 4 has finally been announced.
View ArticleSony PS4 to sync with iOS, Android for dual screen gaming
Gamers on the new PlayStation 4 will have a lot to keep track of.
View ArticleZynga to let users play games without Facebook
Zynga's network of users has historically been tightly linked to Facebook's social graph, but now the gaming giant is looking to branch out.
View ArticleAI programmers struggle to makes games 'imitate life'
Artificial intelligence, a field of programming employed by video game developers to make characters smarter and improve their decisions, still has a ways to go before it actually yields intelligent...
View ArticleFacebook woos serious gamers
If 2012 was the year of arcade, casino and hidden object games on Facebook, such as "Diamond Dash," "Bubble Witch Saga" and "Bubble Safari," the social network hopes 2013 will be the year of more...
View ArticleGame developers employ AI for more adaptive play
Instead of charging directly at the player in the craggy martian landscape, as they might do normally, the aliens zigzag to take cover behind boulders and outcrops of rock, adjusting their approach as...
View ArticleNintendo President: Lack of games hurting Wii U, but more titles coming
Nintendo's President said a lack of compelling titles for the Wii U is hurting sales, and promised to improve the console's lineup this year.
View ArticleMicrosoft turns room into video game with IllumiRoom project
The IllumiRoom project from Microsoft Research turns a living room into a video game with projected images that extend and complement the main television screen. The realistic effect, if...
View ArticleKinect sensor modified for wheelchair gaming
By modifying a Microsoft Kinect sensor, a research project at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference demonstrated how gamers in a wheelchair could interact with motion games.
View ArticleNvidia's Shield gaming handheld to go on sale May 20 for $349
Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ship to customers until the end of June.
View ArticleMicrosoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One
Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype.
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