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No Intrusive Social Features for Wasteland 2

Wasteland 2 will have a number of social features, according to the development team, but they will be limited and non-intrusive, designed to allow gamers to show their friends how they are doing in the game and start conversations about their experiences.A number of the fans who have contributed to the Wasteland 2 K...

26 March 2012
08:58 GMT

PlayStation Vita Launch Event Impressions

Today Sony Computer Entertainment has held launch events for its new PlayStation Vita handheld all over the Western world before the console is widely available tomorrow. I was lucky enough to attend the one in Romania, getting a closer look at the device and some more information from the strategy the manufacture...

21 February 2012
09:09 GMT

3G Powered Social Features Are Crucial for Long-Term Vita Success

The Western launch of the PlayStation Vita is nearly upon us and leading Sony executives believe that one of the main features to ensure the success of the device are the new connectivity features. Shuhei Yoshida, the leader of the Sony Worldwide Studios and one of the main promoters of the Vita, tells IndustryGamer...

21 February 2012
02:41 GMT

The Sims Gets New Showtime Expansion

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is preparing a new expansion for The Sims 3, called Showtime, which will allow gamers to try out a number of new careers while also getting a rich social layer that allows them to stay connected with in-game friends.The new careers are all entertainment relat...

7 December 2011
13:51 GMT

Bing Personalized Search with Social Features from Facebook

Bing users will get a tailored search experience as Microsoft and Facebook have completed the deployment of new social features to the decision engine. The new Bing social layer was announced almost a month ago, when the Redmond company also started rolling out search experience enhancements that it developed in par...

3 November 2010
07:44 GMT

Google Reader Adds People Search and 'Liked' Items

Google Reader may be far from perfect but it is used by millions of people. And while it has had some social features for a while, the possibility to share items for example, it is just now starting to have a social feature that people may actually use. Now Reader lets users search for other people's shared item...

16 July 2009
04:10 GMT

Microsoft Preparing Music Streaming for the Xbox 360

Microsoft seems to be committed to releasing a new music streaming service and one of the targeted platforms is said to be the Xbox 360 home gaming console. The company has begun to talk about the new service and the planned launch date is somewhere in late July.Peter Bale, who is an executive producer for the softwa...

16 July 2009
02:52 GMT

More Android Updates on Their Way

Google seems determined to come to the market with even more updates for its mobile operating system, Android. While announcing the release of yet another platform, this time one aimed at other devices than smartphones, the Chrome OS, Google also makes it clear that Android remains the choice of platform for mobile p...

11 July 2009
04:52 GMT


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