The NPD Group has reported an increase in online gaming. The report states the amount of players in the U.S has increased along with the time spent playing. The numbers of self-reporting gamers playing online games stands at 72 percent of…
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NPD Group Reports Increase in Online Gaming
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Posted in Business / Industry, Games, News
Posted in Business / Industry, Games, News
Ouya’s App Store Goes Live for Developers
Ouya‘s app store is officially live for developers, meaning they can now upload games on it. Ouya’s Kellee Santiago wrote: “Devs, as of today, any game you upload to Ouya on http://devs.ouya.tv will be available for real on Ouya when units start to…
Tagged with: Android, App store, developers, gamer, games, June, Kellee Santiago, kelleesantiago, kickstarter, Ouya, Ouya's App Store, Santiago, Video Games
Posted in Announcements, Game Consoles, Games, Internet, News
Posted in Announcements, Game Consoles, Games, Internet, News
Leland Yee Claims Gamers Don’t Have “Credibility” in Violent Video Game Debate
Leland Yee, the man behind the anti-game legislation in California, (which was struck down in 2011 by the Supreme Court), has stated that gamers don’t have any credibility when it comes to the violent video game debate. Apparently only those who…
Tagged with: California, gamer, games, Leland Yee, San Francisco Chronicle:, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, video game, Video game controversy
Posted in Business / Industry, Games, News
Posted in Business / Industry, Games, News
American McGee Apologizes for Harsh EA Criticism
American McGee recently apologized over the harsh criticism towards EA‘s Alice: Madness Returns marketing. Apparently he posted the following on his official blog: “Allow me to expand on my original post while at the same time making a correction (call it…
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Posted in Games, Internet, News
Posted in Games, Internet, News
Petition to the White House to Remove DmC: Devil May Cry from Shelves
In a recent turn of events, the most idiotic thing ever has been pushed forward as a petition to the White House. Apparently someone petitioned to remove DmC: Devil May Cry from store shelves. The petition was both posted, and removed…
American McGee Says EA Wanted to Fool Gamers With Alice Marketing
American McGee, the creative director for A:MR recently stated that EA wanted to fool gamers with their Alice: Madness Returns marketing. Basically EA wanted the game to be marketed as a horror game, instead of what it actually is. This was…
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Posted in Business / Industry, Games, Internet, News, Trailers / Videos
Posted in Business / Industry, Games, Internet, News, Trailers / Videos
Halo 4 is One of the Most Expensive Games to Date
Video games are big business. In recent years, video games have moved from being a relatively niche-market product to a multi-billion dollar industry. The competition in the video game market is fierce, and game manufacturers are eager to provide the…
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Posted in Games, Guest Posts / Sponsored, News
Posted in Games, Guest Posts / Sponsored, News
What it Means to Be a Casual Gamer
More often than not, the term “gamer” is packed with a presumption that the person who is playing the games have to be some type of hardcore gamer. This may have been the case in the past, but it’s becoming…
Tagged with: Board game, Browser Based, Casual game, Downloads, Facebook, game, gamer, People, Puzzle video game, Recreation and Sports, video game, Video Games, Women
Posted in Games
Posted in Games
Windows 8 Release Date Confirmed
The release date for Windows 8 has been revealed. As previously reported, Windows 8 was speculated to be released during late October. With the newest report, the OS will be released on October 26th. The new OS has been optimized for…
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Posted in Internet, News, Smartphones, Technology
Posted in Internet, News, Smartphones, Technology
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut DLC Release Date Announced
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut DLC has a release date. The DLC will launch on June 26th for both Xbox 360 and PC, whilst the PS3 users will have to wait until July 4th. The add-on will ”expand upon the…
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Posted in Announcements, Games, News
Posted in Announcements, Games, News
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