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A lot of people have said that the Ubuntu Software Center will fail because it's offering something that is not usual on Linux, more precisely applications and games that cost money.
The Ubuntu Software Center store can be consulted online and not only from inside the operating system, so anyone can check what... |
10 February 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Later this month, Microsoft is expected to deliver some more info on the Windows Store that will accompany the upcoming Windows 8 platform. The company already announced plans to unveil some more details on the application portal as soon as Windows 8 Beta is here, and we can now count the weeks until that happens.... |
7 February 2012
09:25 GMT |
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Facebook, the biggest social platform in the world, has introduced a new way for players to discover and engage with social games, creating a unified list for social titles in the news feed of each user.
The new mechanic combines updates from the titles that a player uses on a regular basis and avoids spamming of th... |
1 February 2012
10:30 GMT |
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Valve has manged to become the biggest gaming distribution platform in the world and until recently it was only available for the Windows platform, but now there is hope that a Linux version of Steam will follow. There have been some rumors, for a couple of years, that Valve will start to officially release a Linux v... |
18 January 2012
06:59 GMT |
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Canada-based Video Games Plus (VGP), a major gaming website that commercializes games and console accessories has been breached after the hacker xdev@b4lc4nh4ck managed to bypass their security protocols.
Names, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords belonging to 21,000 of their user... |
17 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Like much of the rest of the world, we tried to resign ourselves to waiting, seeing and reporting what has been going on with the DRM policies of game makers, but things seem to be going more than a bit overboard. One would think that widespread discontent and even bouts of sheer outrage would be enough to make gam... |
14 January 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, the eleventh edition of the series published by Konami, attracted not only the attention of gamers, but also the one of cybercriminals who began relying on its popularity to spread their malicious operations.
GFI researchers came across a YouTube video which advertises a link that offers t... |
11 January 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Besides movies and music, to a lesser degree, games make up the bulk of BitTorrent downloads, if only because of their size. While nowhere as popular as the year's top movies, several games proved very enticing to pirates out there.
TorrentFreak put together a top of the most downloaded games over BitTorrent in... |
4 January 2012
14:41 GMT |
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While Sony showed off a list of games that will be arriving for its PlayStation Vita in February, when the device is going to be released, a leaked internal GameStop document has now given potential Vita owners some more accurate information, including pricing and launch dates for the new titles.
The PlayStation Vit... |
3 January 2012
04:36 GMT |
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Computer scientists have determined that multiplayer online gamers who have friends who cheat are more likely to become cheaters themselves. So likely, in fact, that the team behind a new study on the issue believes it can create an algorithm to identify them.
In other words, the new research demonstrated that cheat... |
23 December 2011
10:02 GMT |
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A week after the PlayStation Vita was released in Japan, Sony has confirmed the pricing for PS Vita games and accessories for regions such as Europe, the UK, Australia or New Zealand, commonly known as the PAL territory.The PlayStation Vita has reached decent sales in its native Japan, and now Sony is getting ready t... |
23 December 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Facebook has unveiled the list of top 10 most popular games on the site. Anyone following the scene would think that such a list would be a pointless exercise, since Zynga absolutely owns the chart when it comes to the number of people that use its games. By active player numbers, Zynga would have the top five spots... |
22 December 2011
09:51 GMT |
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In early 2011, Sony Ericsson brought to the spotlight its first handset to feature PlayStation certification, namely the Xperia PLAY, and it appears that the device has managed to conquer the heart of the crowd. Among the appealing features that the new mobile phone came to the market with, we can count the availab... |
13 December 2011
20:21 GMT |
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December is here and soon the winter holidays, whether it’s Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa or anything in between, will be upon us. While I’m certainly going to spend time with family and run around through shops to get gifts for loved ones, I’m also looking forward to this holiday season because the e... |
3 December 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Sony has admitted that it wants to provide multiple price points for developers that are bringing their experiences to the PlayStation Vita, in order to better rival the existing mobile gaming market on smartphones and tablets.While dedicated handheld games consoles like the PSP or Nintendo 3DS have had fixed prices ... |
2 December 2011
04:28 GMT |
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Right after releasing the controversial Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Activision has talked about the perception of video games in recent years, and how, through the voice of its publishing CEO, Eric Hirshberg, it hopes that they’ll soon be viewed in the same way as movies.The gaming industry has tried to evo... |
25 November 2011
03:12 GMT |
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Sony really wants people to get excited about its upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld platform and has now presented the array of games that are currently in development at third party publishers from all over the world.Sony unleashed lots of details about the PlayStation Vita in recent days, highlighting just what ga... |
24 November 2011
19:31 GMT |
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Well, as we announced last week when we posted the unofficial version of the ATI Catalyst Application Profiles 11.11 CAP 2, it was just a matter of days until they became official. Now you can download the new utility with total peace of mind as it has been posted on AMD's website.The ATI Catalyst Application Pr... |
24 November 2011
09:43 GMT |
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We want to wish all our U.S. readers a Happy Thanksgiving, but also a great Black Friday tomorrow, as a huge amount of retailers from that country are running a lot of stunning deals on all sorts of things, including games, consoles and peripherals.In order to help everybody sort out the best deals this year, we made... |
24 November 2011
06:06 GMT |
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The ATI Catalyst Application Profiles 11.11 CAP 2 utility seems to be ready for launch and we've spotted it on the web. If you're looking forward to test the latest gaming profiles created by AMD, feel free to download the application. The ATI Catalyst Application Profiles 11.11 CAP 2 is offered as is and... |
18 November 2011
02:58 GMT |
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Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, believes the next generation of Kinect games are now being released, as developers can finally take advantage of the sensor's power and deliver upgraded experiences catered directly for it and the Xbox 360 console.The Kinect was launched into sales success... |
20 October 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The latest development version of VectorLinux, 7.0 RC3.4, has just been released and it comes with a lot of updates.Biggest change in VectorLinux 7.0 RC3.4, the latest development version before going final, is the move to Linux kernel 3.0.4, bringing new functionality and speed, at least according to the Robert Lang... |
12 October 2011
10:24 GMT |
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Sony has unleashed more information about its PlayStation Vita handheld console, including the full technical specifications or how it's going to receive more than 100 games during its launch window, after already sharing with fans at this week's Tokyo Games Show details about future games.Sony's PlayS... |
15 September 2011
05:06 GMT |
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Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system has seen its first working build released on the web, in the form of a developer preview one, so we immediately decided to see how the new OS handles games, even in this incomplete version.
The first truly working build of Windows 8 has been released yesterday, and a... |
14 September 2011
10:36 GMT |
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Nintendo is just finishing off its 3DS-centric press conference ahead of the Tokyo Games Show 2011, which kicks off later this week, and made quite a few big announcements about its handheld platform, including a variety of new games that will arrive on it.Nintendo is bent on making its 3DS console a huge success, ju... |
13 September 2011
02:31 GMT |
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Some might say killing is a strong word for ignoring, but, in the gaming world, ignoring something is quite similar to killing it. Electronic Arts, for the purpose of this article, is a placeholder for all the big publishing companies that were formed initially by gamers and lost their way while rising to the top of ... |
10 September 2011
05:11 GMT |
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Google's brand new social network service, Google+, has just received a new feature in the form of games you can play, adding lots of popular experiences like the ubiquitous Angry Birds or Bejeweled, but also more immersive experiences like Dragon Age Legends or Zynga Poker.Google+ is quickly shaping up to be a ... |
12 August 2011
04:35 GMT |
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced an internal reorganization which sees developer BioWare become the fourth major brand, alongside EA Sports, which deals with simulation, EA Play, which is focused on mobile and social titles, and EA Games.
EA has also announced that Peter Moore, the leader of the ... |
5 August 2011
09:00 GMT |
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Nintendo is still releasing plenty of special content for its various platforms week after week, and has just revealed that owners of its devices will be getting quite a few high-quality remakes this week, including Final Fantasy III or Kirby's Dream Land.
First up, Nintendo Wii owners will be able to downloa... |
1 July 2011
03:10 GMT |
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With the rate of teen obesity reaching 18 percent in the United States, experts are constantly looking for methods of reducing its incidence. One of the main reasons why obesity may be running rampant is because teens who play a lot of video games tend to eat a lot more than their peers who don't.Official statis... |
18 May 2011
06:16 GMT |
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Nintendo has revealed that the built-in software of its new 3DS platform is the device's killer app, largely because no current game can convey the new features of the device better than its regular applications.
Nintendo now has its 3DS handheld on sale all over the world, so it has began hyping up its featu... |
31 March 2011
18:01 GMT |
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The Nintendo 3DS is officially out all over the world, and we already posted our initial hardware review, after experiencing what the device had to offer from a purely technological standpoint.
Now, in this software review, we'll check out the applications installed on the device, how they work, if they'... |
30 March 2011
07:30 GMT |
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Google has started courting game developers in the past few months, boasting the capabilities of HTML5, WebGL as well as its Android platform. The company believes it has a lot to offer to game developers, from technology to revenue sources, so it launched the Game Developers Central website to showcase what Google c... |
3 March 2011
08:40 GMT |
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18 games will be available for purchase when the Nintendo 3DS will finally be launched next month in North America.
The Nintendo 3DS will make its debut later this week in its native Japan and a month from now in North America and Europe.
As such, Nintendo is pulling out all the stops in order to ensure that th... |
23 February 2011
17:21 GMT |
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The Xperia Play, aka the PlayStation Phone, has received a few more details today, including what games will be available at the launch for the new mobile phone from Gameloft and how downloading new titles from the PlayStation Suite will work.
The Xperia Play was finally revealed yesterday, with Sony Ericsson show... |
15 February 2011
03:05 GMT |
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Most Nintendo 3DS games will cost around $39.99, according to GameStop's new pre-order list, but some might also cost as much as $49.99, the same as a title for the Nintendo Wii.
The Nintendo 3DS is set to be one of the most anticipated portable game consoles of the year, so GameStop is already taking in pre-... |
24 January 2011
17:21 GMT |
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The Nintendo 3DS is set to receive a steady stream of games after its release, with the Japanese company ensuring that people won't be bored of the new device.Nintendo is set to launch the 3DS handheld next month in its native Japan, and is taking every step to ensure that everything goes off without a hitch.Now... |
11 January 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Zynga's new CityVille game, released for Facebook, has broken popularity records for the social network, reaching a jaw-dropping 84.2 million active monthly users, overtaking another Zynga title, FarmVille.
Zynga revealed CityVille little over a month ago, but the title has already broken Facebook's old ... |
5 January 2011
02:50 GMT |
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A software and video games pirate has just been sentenced to 2 and a half years in federal prison, as well as forced to pay over $360,000 as forfeiture for his actions by a court in Ohio.
It seems that Qiang "Michael" Bi, a 36 year old resident of Powell, Ohio, was the mastermind of a serious games and software pi... |
30 December 2010
17:21 GMT |
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Sony has just decided to showcase the 3D games and the 3D Blu-ray movies that have been released up until now for its PlayStation 3 console, just so you know what to get this holiday season as gifts for loved ones.
You can find 19 games that support 3D technology, from Call of Duty: Black Ops, to Gran Turismo 5, N... |
21 December 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Announced by TheeMahn on November 25th, Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8, a popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, brings to Linux users lots of pre-added games in a 4GB, downloadable DVD ISO image. Being built off Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) by hand, Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.8 is definitely one of the most awai... |
26 November 2010
09:53 GMT |
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Sony has once again updated the North American PlayStation Store with a few new demos and games for both the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Portable, not to mention the usual add-ons for existing games and lots of new songs for music games released on the high definition console.First off, the PS3 users, they can ... |
10 November 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Facebook and its users have a love/hate relationship with games. On the one hand, it's one of the most popular activities on the site, on the other it's one of the most annoying things on the social network. Facebook is now trying to reach a middle-ground with changes in the way game apps can interact with ... |
22 September 2010
04:33 GMT |
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The ten years old Halo saga fans ares celebrating today the release of its latest – “Halo: Reach”, the newest of the popular science fiction game made exclusively for Xbox 360.There are millions of fans that awaited this event and thousands of them attended launch parties held yesterday in London, N... |
14 September 2010
05:54 GMT |
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Educators around the world have yet to decide whether stemming manifestations and simulations of violent behavior in young boys is the right thing to do. As children grow, they tend to start imitating violent forms of behavior. This includes simulating gun fights and killing their opponents, and parents and educators... |
30 August 2010
02:49 GMT |
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Back in April this year, esteemed film critic Roger Ebert decided to tackle the topic of the cultural importance of video games from the perspective of whether they could ever be regarded as art. Clearly, Ebert was convinced from the onset that no game so far could even dream of being considered as coming close to a ... |
1 July 2010
09:53 GMT |
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Backflip Studios, the video-game developer and publisher from Boulder, Colorado, reported some of the ups and downs on the app store, after one year. The headman, Julian Farrior, enforced the idea that free applications were a true gold mine in order to get a significant revenue. And, if one can predict the market ch... |
11 March 2010
04:09 GMT |
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Scientists have recently presented the conclusions of a new study, which appears to indicate that using the virtual reality game technology employed by the popular Wii gaming console may be of use for medical applications as well. At the 2010 International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association, experts... |
26 February 2010
17:11 GMT |
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A recent scientific study has determined that children tend to rely in authority figures when it comes to learning something new, such as the rules of a game, rather than trusting other children their own age. The work, which was conducted by German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropolog... |
22 February 2010
08:37 GMT |
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Over the past few years, more and more parents have voiced criticism towards the fact that their children are spending a lot of time on their computers, rather than playing outside with their friends. But a new study shows that, in fact, the computer-game industry has managed to strike gold when it comes to making ki... |
20 February 2010
05:39 GMT |
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