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Interview: Majesco Finds Its Secret Sauce on Social Networks
October 4, 2011
OCTOBER 4, 2011 • One of the big winners as the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms took off in recent years was Majesco Entertainment. Despite having released some successful big-budget...
Amazon Kindle Fire Debuts
September 29, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10649" align="alignleft" width="271"] The Kindle Fire is turning heads at $199.[/caption] SEPT. 29, 2011 • Amazon.com introduced its Kindle Fire tablet. The unit is the online retailer's first color...
Flextronics Starts Brazil Production for Xbox 360s
September 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10645" align="alignleft" width="390"] The Xbox 360 is now being made in Brazil.[/caption] SEPT. 28, 2011 • Microsoft announced that its production partner Flextronics Intl. Ltd. is now producing Xbox...
AMD Partners With Happy Cloud
September 28, 2011
SEPT. 28, 2011 • Chipmaker AMD has partnered with Cambridge, Mass start-up Happy Cloud to sign deals with makers of Internet-connected televisions to bring on-demand online distribution of console quality...
Counter-Strike Still Most Played on Steam
September 27, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10637" align="alignleft" width="283"] The latest version of Counter-Strike wasn't enough to wean players off of the classic version.[/caption] SEPT. 27, 2011 • Valve Corporation told Develop magazine that the...
Sony Skimps on 3D Glasses
September 27, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10633" align="alignleft" width="390"] Sony wants movie-goers to pay for these.[/caption] SEPT. 27, 2011 • The Hollywood Reporter reported that starting May 1 Sony Pictures will no longer pay to...
Star Wars: The Old Republic Launches Dec. 20
September 24, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10629" align="alignleft" width="390"] Coming Dec. 20th.[/caption] SEPT. 24, 2011 • During a keynote address at the Eurogamer Expo in London, BioWare founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk...
DC Universe MMO Now Free-to-Play
September 20, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10626" align="alignleft" width="390"] DC Universe is now free to play.[/caption] SEPT. 20, 2011 • Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) announced it was taking its DC Universe MMO free-to-play mode in...