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PlayStation 4 Heads to China
May 27, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11854" align="alignleft" width="319"] Oriental Pearl's radio and TV tower in Shanghai. The firm is blasting off via a joint venture with Sony to market PS4s in China.[/caption] MAY 27,...
GameStop Shifts Impulse Digital Game Distribution Course
May 21, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11845" align="alignleft" width="400"] GameStop is looking to significantly increase the number of stores under its retail technology brands such as Simply Mac.[/caption] MAY 21, 2014 • Three years after...
Tencent Mobile Game Revenue Triples in First Quarter
May 15, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11837" align="alignleft" width="400"] Speed Up (天天飞车) is one of Tencent's most popular smartphone titles.[/caption] MAY 15, 2014 • In first quarter financial reporting Tencent Holdings Ltd. announced that its...
$399 Microsoft Xbox One without Kinect
May 13, 2014
MAY 13, 2014 • Starting June 9 during this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Microsoft Corp. will distribute a new $399 Microsoft Xbox One SKU without a Kinect motion...
NTT Docomo Sets 5G Trials
May 13, 2014
MAY 13, 2014 • The dominant mobile phone carrier in Japan, NTT Docomo, Inc., is initiating technology trials to prepare for the introduction of 5G networks in 2020. Participating with...
Nintendo Financial Results Disappoint
May 8, 2014
MAY 8, 2014 • For the fiscal year ending March 31, Nintendo financial results reported a net loss of ¥23.2 million ($227.8 million). Most worrisome is that in a year...
Destiny Franchise Has $500 Million Price Tag
May 7, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11804" align="alignleft" width="400"] Activision CEO Bobby Kotick discussed the investment in Destiny on the Entertainment: The Big Picture panel at Milken Institute Global Conference.[/caption] MAY 6, 2014 • Activision...
China Mobile Carriers Publish Games
May 6, 2014
MAY 5, 2014 • The three major China mobile carriers – China Mobile Ltd., China Telecom Corp., And China Unicom Ltd. – have agreed to jointly publish 100 smartphone games...