Nintendo Life New Wii U control surfaces online, then is yankedCNET UKBy Joe Svetlik on 20 May 2012, 9:03am Could this be an alternative control for Nintendo's forthcoming games console, the Wii U? It certainly looks that way. A QA tester at TT Games, the company behind Lego Harry Potter, Lego Star Wars, and more, [...]
Bloomberg Nexon Expects 'Robust' Demand for Online Games in ChinaBloomberg(3659), which developed China's second-biggest online game for Tencent Holdings Ltd. (700), forecast “robust” demand from players in the world's biggest Internet market, contrasting with analysts' predictions of weaker growth. and more »
TIME Diablo III and Always-Online Gaming: Bad for Us and Here to Stay?TIMEBlizzard, in its infinite 800-pound-gaming-gorilla wisdom, hath from its lofty baroque tower decreed that Diablo III be played at all times online. Oh, there's a play-by-yourself mode of sorts, one that lets you carve off a chunk of embryonic demigod …Last Night's Diablo [...]
Mainland online games provider opens office in Hong Kong7thSpace Interactive (press release)Hong Kong (HKSAR) – ChangYou.com Ltd, a leading developer and operator of online games in Mainland China, opened its office in Hong Kong today (May 18) to capitalise on the city's diversified online games market in its overseas expansion. and more »
Gamespy.com Elder Scrolls Online main story will be 100 percent soloableNeoseekerThe Elder Scrolls Online game director Matt Firor recently revealed that the 2013 MMO will have a soloable main story. Firor, best known for his work on Dark Ages of Camelot, confirmed this little tidbit during a video interview, during which he …'Elder Scrolls Online' [...]
PC Advisor Last Night's Diablo III Debacle Demonstrates The Problem With 'Always-Online …KotakuThere will likely always be server problems with the launch of any popular, ambitious online game. Something like this happened recently with Star Wars: The Old Republic, for example—players had to wait a good chunk of time to get onto the server of [...]
Bloomberg Tencent Profit Rises to Record on China, Korea Game SalesBloombergTencent Holdings Ltd. (700), China's biggest Internet company, said first-quarter profit rose 2.8 percent to a record after online game sales jumped. Net income totaled 2.95 billion yuan ($467 million) in the three months ended in March, Tencent said …Nexon Expects 'Robust' Demand for Online [...]
Children's publishers join forces onlineFinancial TimesThe Magic Town platform is to be launched on Wednesday by Mindshapes, which was set up by two of the co-founders of Playfish, the UK online games company sold to Electronic Arts in 2009. The aim is to create a hub where children aged from two to six … and [...]
Sci-Tech Today Social Online Games Face Slowing GrowthSci-Tech TodayBy Mike Snider Game developers are facing challenges as social-networking growth peaks, analysts say. Online social games still are growing overall, but the rate of growth is slowing considerably, especially among women and girls. and more »
Evening Standard Official Olympic documents go onlineITV NewsPhoto: The National Archives Government papers relating to the 1908 and 1948 Olympic Games in London were published online today by the National Archives. It is part of a collection that has been released with information on all the games going back to …National Archives take visitors on [...]
