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PlayStation 3D Games Specs Are Dual 720p

July 16, 2010

JULY 16, 2010 • Despite having upsold gamers on the joys of full 1080p resolution with the PlayStation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment’s guidelines for PlayStation 3D games on the platform specify a 3D mode of two 720p images. The downgrade is to assure 60 fram.....

FrontierVille Passes 20 Million Users

July 16, 2010

JULY 16, 2010 • Zynga reports that its new title FrontierVille has amassed more than 20 million users, making it the third most popular game from the publisher after FarmVille and Zynga Poker. FrontierVille was launched back in June, and already 6.3 million people.....

Eric Hirshberg Tapped by Activision

July 13, 2010February 16, 2023

JULY 13, 2010 • The advertising executive who helped bring the world the Kevin Butler PlayStation 3 commercials has been tapped to become chief executive of Activision Publishing. Eric Hirshberg will move from co-CEO and chief creative officer of Deutsch, L.A. to Activision Blizzard effective Sept. 7. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reportedly contacted Hirshberg directly about taking the job. .....

Rhode Island Woos 38 Studios

July 13, 2010

JULY 13, 2010 • The state of Rhode Island is wooing 38 Studios LLC with up to $75 million in loan guarantees to move from nearby Maynard, Mass. Rhode Island recently set aside a total of $125 million to attract technology companies to the state. Commercial banks would issue the loans,.....

China Says No to Sex & Violence

July 7, 2010

JULY 7, 2010 • The Chinese government has banned online games companies from using sex, gambling or violence to promote their products. The Ministry of Culture has found that many online publishers have used women involved in sex scandals, or porn stars, to market their games......

Mythos Resurrected by Frogster

July 7, 2010

JULY 7, 2010 • Mythos, the MMO under development at defunct Flagship Studios, will see a release after all. The project was taken on by South Korea’s HanbitSoft, and now will be published in Europe with a free-to-play model by Germany’s Frogster. .....

NASA’s Free-to-Play Games

July 6, 2010

JULY 6, 2010 • NASA has branched out to become a free-to-play game publisher. Moonbase Alpha, available via the Steam service, puts users in a space suit and tasks them with rebuilding a lunar base crippled by a meteor strike. Single and multiplayer modes are supported. NASA’s second title, Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond, is under development by the agency’s Learning Technologies project. .....

Blockbuster Bankruptcy Avoided

July 2, 2010

JULY 2, 2010 • Blockbuster Inc. avoided bankruptcy by winning a crucial one-month reprieve to Aug. 13 on debt payments to its creditors. The agreement couldn’t stop the retailer’s delisting from the New York stock, however. The retailer’s stock has been tradi.....

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