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The Nintendo 3DS has been released in early 2011 and the PlayStation Vita from Sony is now out but despite the high profile launches analysts are expecting to see the handheld market continue to decline in the coming years.Peter Warman, who is an analyst of the handheld market, stated, “As long as Apple and Sam... |
19 December 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed what’s next for the marketing efforts of its PlayStation 3, as the company now wants to promote the device as a family-friendly console, which can appeal to younger audiences.The PlayStation 3 was thought, for long, as a hardcore only device, largely because the Wii managed to take over casua... |
7 December 2011
03:23 GMT |
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Nintendo really wants to make its 3DS handheld a platform that can appeal to all sorts of gamers, just like the previous DS, so the company is preparing to reveal some more casual experiences throughout the next year, especially at E3 2012 in summer.Nintendo's 3DS hasn't exactly had the best of start, with ... |
22 November 2011
15:51 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii U is still coming, despite the fact that the Japanese company hasn't revealed anything concrete for quite some time about its next console, so Ubisoft is very confident that it's going to take the casual appeal of the Wii to a whole new level.Ubisoft has quite a few big, triple-A franchises... |
9 November 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has revealed his own views on what the upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console can achieve, including breaking down the barrier currently existing between so-called core and casual gamers.
Nintendo presented the Wii U at the E3 2011 conference back in June, showcasing to the world just... |
1 September 2011
04:30 GMT |
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Players new to the Gears of War series will be greeted with a special multiplayer mode in the upcoming Gears of War 3 title, which will slowly get them acquainted with the online features of the game and to the skilled players that have already enjoyed the first two games, as well as the recent multiplayer beta stage... |
25 July 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is confident that the upcoming Wii U home console will be able to offer a single experience catered both to casual users as well as experienced gamers, thanks to its unique controller as well as through the capability of displaying HD graphics.Nintendo surprised quite a lot of people w... |
20 June 2011
17:21 GMT |
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An investment review coming from Digi-Capital suggests that video game hardware developers might never launch a ninth console generation because of the impact that digital distributed content, online gaming and mobile devices will have on the video game industry.The PlayStation 3, the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360 ar... |
17 June 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Angry Birds is one of the biggest hits, in terms of units moved to player, in the world of video gaming, with its developer rightly picking up a number of end-of-year awards for the title and now Rovio says that the traditional business model linked to home-console gaming is now “dying”, making way for a ... |
14 March 2011
14:01 GMT |
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In the realm of casual games, PopCap's Bejeweled franchise is somewhat of an 800-pound gorilla, managing to attract millions upon millions of players with its multiple iterations, including Bejeweled 1 and 2, as well as Blitz or Twist, not to mention the Facebook versions of such titles.Now, PopCap released the ... |
9 December 2010
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More hardcore games for the Kinect will arrive in 2011, at least according to Microsoft's UK marketing boss, Stephen McGill, who revealed that dedicated Xbox 360 owners will have plenty of reasons to pick up a Kinect in the following months.Microsoft has just launched the Kinect motion sensitive peripheral for t... |
18 November 2010
02:35 GMT |
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PopCap Games, one of the biggest casual gaming companies, has just revealed that it will launch Bejeweled 3, the latest iteration in the hugely popular match-3 puzzle game franchise.
PopCap hit big when it officially launched the first Bejeweled title, offering a new and fresh take on puzzle games, and really send... |
2 November 2010
04:32 GMT |
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Shadows of the Damned is set to span the divide across the hardcore and casual video game categories, has said one of the developers involved in the creation of the new title which will be developer by Grasshoper and published by Electronic Arts.Akira Yamaoka, who is best known for the work he has done on the Silent ... |
18 October 2010
04:38 GMT |
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A report from Lazard Capital Markets suggests that the number of hours that so called core gamers are spending on video games is bigger than ever but that less involved players tend to abandon the console eco system attracted by new gaming possibilities that are less expensive and have attractive business models.It s... |
13 October 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Legacy Interactive has announced the launch of a House M.D. video game, designed using the license of the popular television show that follows Gregory House and his team as they try to diagnose some of the toughest cases in the medical world.The game has been created in partnership with Universal Partnerships & Licen... |
15 September 2010
03:23 GMT |
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An executive working at video game maker PopCap has claimed that hardware maker and video game publisher Microsoft has tried to acquire the company, with the offer worth no less than 5 million dollars.Jason Kapalka, who is the creative director at PopCap, talked to Developer about the offers, saying that, “I do... |
13 September 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Puzzle Quest 2 is the sequel to the gem breaking hit from Infinite Interactive and D3 Publisher that arrived in 2007 for a variety of platforms and it managed to exhibit the same hypnotic abilities of the first game while developing the mechanics somewhat while creating a bigger and more nuanced game world.There are ... |
6 September 2010
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Ubisoft has announced that it is working on a new game called Just Dance Kids, a spin off from their Nintendo Wii based best seller Just Dance. The new game is set to arrive during November of this year and will focus on delivering pop songs that are known to kids as background for dancing routines. The game is also ... |
10 August 2010
04:01 GMT |
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At the first few demos of its motion control system, called Project Natal, Microsoft made a big deal out of the fact that current videogames, like Burnout, were completely controllable through the new peripheral.Players could accelerate, brake and turn without holding any controllers in their hands and the lag was sa... |
11 January 2010
09:23 GMT |
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Activision Publishing announced yesterday that it acquired the rights to publish a range of videogames based on the Zhu Zhu Pets line of toys, one of the few stars of this year's Christmas shopping season. The deal was signed with Cepia LLC, the company that designed the hamster-looking toys, but the publisher d... |
16 December 2009
04:24 GMT |
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A lot of people have wondered why Electronic Arts, as besieged by poor financial performance and by eminent layoffs as it is, would buy Playfish, the second biggest player on the market of social gaming, for the price tag of about 300 million dollars. But John Riccitiello, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, ... |
14 December 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has had a rather tough year, with losses mounting up and with even more people being laid off by the publisher. But the company has managed to shell out about 300 million dollars in order to snap up Playfish, one of the leading players in the field of casual Facebook games.EA is saying that the acquis... |
3 December 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Sony Online Entertainment announced having released a new update for its Free Realms MMO, named Goal Time, set to introduce players to the world of football with the inclusion of a new 3D mini game in which up to four players can take part at the same time and with the addition of a new Soccer Star in-game job. Sony ... |
7 October 2009
03:28 GMT |
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It seems that among European countries, Britain’s inhabitants are those that play online and use videogame consoles the most, according to the United Kingdom National Gamers Survey of 2009. Among those questioned, no less than 73% reported that they are playing videogames regularly and it seems that the trend i... |
30 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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PopCap Games, the company that has made a fortune on the back of casual experiences designed to charm the player with their personality and their simplicity, has announced that it plans to bring two Bejeweled Twist and two Bookworm releases to the Nintendo handhelds. The company is aiming to deliver content for both ... |
24 September 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Sony must be quite pleased with its newest MMO, Free Realms. The game was only launched on the PC in April of this year and John Smedley, who is the president of Sony Online Entertainment, has announced that there are already five million players who are engaged with the free-to-play, micro-transaction-based video ga... |
17 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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World of Warcraft is the biggest subscription-based MMO in the world of videogames at the moment and it's bringing a lot of money in for Activision Blizzard. The company is not giving up on it, as expressed by the announcement of a new expansion called Cataclysm, but for some time now, it has quietly been workin... |
16 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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We all know that BioWare, now part of the mighty Electronic Arts empire, is working on a Star Wars themed MMO that is shaping up to be quite an experience. Initial reports are saying that the game will be fully voiced, a first for the genre, moral consequences will be central to the game, each class will offer the sa... |
9 September 2009
18:01 GMT |
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The gaming industry is a large domain that spans many genres and areas. But one criteria that is now present in almost every domain is the classification of games in either casual or hardcore. This is largely due to the flood of Wii-oriented titles that bring experiences that are much simpler, for people who aren... |
20 July 2009
02:27 GMT |
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Nintendo needs to walk quite a fine line with its upcoming games. Last year, hardcore players were flustered by the fact that the Japanese publisher released titles geared towards more inexperienced players.This year, the announced line up includes titles like a new Zelda game for the Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and a ... |
14 July 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Video games are becoming more and more addictive these days, with many companies trying to find that secret formula that guarantees massive popularity with the fans and, at the same time, develops their loyalty. Two companies that have found ways of achieving this are PopCap and Blizzard, the first being the biggest ... |
9 July 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The gaming industry, despite being quite profitable even though the worldwide recession is still taking a toll on other branches of entertainment, hasn't been spared by the economic downturn and the fact that people aren't spending money on video games like they used to speaks volumes in this sense.As such,... |
24 June 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Bethesda has managed to get quite a bit of attention lately. Fallout 3, the first game in the long running franchise that the company has developed, has been praised by critics and has been commercially successful. The three downloadable content packs that it has released for the game have been solid, even if plagued... |
19 May 2009
16:31 GMT |
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PopCap Games has released Peggle for iPhone and iPod touch, a title nabbing the Action & Arcade Game of the Year award (Zeeby Awards 2008). The highly addictive puzzle game is already available on Mac, PC, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. The iPhone version introduces revolutionary controls and even extra features. Read on ... |
12 May 2009
08:54 GMT |
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PopCap never ceases to amaze. The company, specialized in creating videogames featuring simple and clear mechanisms, like the much talked about Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle, but engaging the player for a huge amount of hours, has released a new videogame, called Plants vs. Zombies, which can be played on the PC or the ... |
5 May 2009
03:56 GMT |
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The new Prince of Persia title released by Ubisoft last winter was meant to be considered as a full reboot of the historical franchise set in the Middle East. It introduced a brand new Prince, and a fresh gameplay mechanic that would cause quite a lot of debates on the Internet.The mechanic was in the form of Elika, ... |
26 March 2009
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300AD has announced the release of a fantasy strategy game for Mac and PC, Be a King. A casual brand of Rake in Grass company, 300AD is an independent firm associating developers and distributors of games. The house has been in the business for more than six years.Targeting casual gamers, Be a King is a fantasy strat... |
10 February 2009
10:41 GMT |
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PopCap, a company that develops and publishes casual games, announces that retail sales for its PC game line up went up by 85.3% in 2008, even as it became one of the top twenty publishers in the United States.During the fourth quarter of 2008, as the credit crunch hit the gaming industry hard, PopCap saw the biggest... |
30 January 2009
03:36 GMT |
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The jeans we've been seeing lately on catwalks and in fashion magazines may be contrastingly different from what we might have been expecting, but that does not mean they’re not refreshing to look at. Those skinny jeans that flatter only the most fortunate of us (mainly the tall and slim women) are to beco... |
26 November 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Corelane has announced its debut in the App Store with the release of Clonyk for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Clonyk is a pure casual game with “refreshing and original gameplay,” and is the very first iPhone title in a series to be launched on Apple's portables.“Corelane is going iPhone! Our v... |
11 November 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Starcraft II is among the most expected titles coming next year, partly because it is the sequel to one of the most successful RTS (Real Time Strategy) titles out there, Starcraft, which is still played on a worldwide level.We recently learned that, because of the huge storylines this title would include, t... |
31 October 2008
14:01 GMT |
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THQ Wireless has announced Pass The Pigs, the iPhone version of the popular dice game. Playable on an iPod touch as well, Pass The Pigs has players winning points by throwing two model pigs across a casino-style table.Surely you're already sold on the short description but this piece really calls for more detail... |
28 October 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Gears of War is one of the most popular new shooter franchises out there. It was developed by Epic Games, Cliff Bleszinski being the lead creative designer behind the series and heavily promoting it. The franchise gained an impressive number of fans after the first game was launched in 2006, and it will soon have its... |
27 October 2008
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Various news outlets are reporting that a Japanese woman, aged 43, has “killed” her husband. The good news is that she only did it online, in the virtual world of Maple Story. The bad news is that the woman has been now arrested by the police, being charged with hacking and other illegal activities.The wo... |
24 October 2008
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Soldak Entertainment, which has recently announced a new RPG game for the Mac, has updated its website to include new entries to the bestiary of Kivi's Underworld. A public beta for the game has commenced, an you're all invited to jump in, and even to preview the game.Kivi's Underworld is a hack and sl... |
24 October 2008
16:31 GMT |
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American McGee, whose previous projects include Alice, Bad Day LA and Grimm, is announcing that it plans to create a racing game with a MMO component called BaiJiu Racer.In an interesting move, the pitch for the game was made directly via a website. As McGee explains, “Traditionally, when I’ve pitched gam... |
22 October 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Game developer baKno, known for its ten-cents-a-game coin solution, has brought a new video game to the Mac platform called Xplorer. The “hide-and-seek” game has players racing to find a randomly generated list of objects visiting impressive locales around the world.In Xplorer, you navigate around the glo... |
13 October 2008
13:41 GMT |
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Game Club Cafe is a casual games portal created and maintained by the independent game developer Codeminion. The portal now features a collection of over 50 titles for Mac. Codeminion is well known for titles like Ancient Quest of Saqqarah and Magic Match.According to Konrad Olesiewicz, Codeminion co-owner, Game Club... |
1 October 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Following the recently signed deal with Atari, Empire Interactive has started to work hard on its ongoing projects to make sure they will hit the stores before the holiday season. The first title that went gold is Animal Paradise, a Nintendo DS exclusive that will be available for purchase on the 23rd of September. T... |
19 August 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Everett Kaser Software has announced the successful port of all its casual PC titles to the Apple Macintosh. With the help of Brad Oliver, Solitile, Fliptile, Sherlock, Knarly Mazes, Descartes, Floyd's Bumbershoot and more are now available to buy. You can either get the games as digital downloads or on CD.Devel... |
15 August 2008
17:11 GMT |
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