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Game dev brands Xbox LIVE as 'too small' for his firm
The chief game designer of Zynga has essentially branded Xbox Live as 'too small' for his successful social gaming firm. Explaining his thoughts, he noted that probably around 30% of people he knows have an Xbox 360, but 100% have Facebook and 100% have a Smartphone. So in that respect Xbox LIVE is pretty small.
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Video: Kinect Hacked To Work On PS3
You are here: Home » Microsoft’s Kinect Hacked To Work On PS3 (Video + Source Code) Microsoft’s Kinect Hacked To Work On PS3 (Video + Source Code) by DUKIO on MARCH 21, 2011 in PS3 SCENE As far as the term “cool” concerned, this one right here exceeds that. Shantanu Goel has working on something that sure will pissed both Microsoft and Sony when his hack shown to be ...read more
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Samsung reveals 55 inch 'naked eye' 3D TV, but it will take 3 years
The good news is that Samsung has revealed a 55 inch 'naked eye' 3D prototype TV. But the BAD news is that it will take Samsung about three years to commercialize their innovation. Therefore we'll all have to make do with those annoying glasses for now. Hopefully a competitor can speed up the process!
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Video: Xbox Live Enforcement Vulcan toolset at work
Sometimes you just gotta know how that sausage is made and, lucky for us, the Xbox Live Enforcement Team understands this. These banhammer-wielding champions of justice produced a video for PAX East showing exactly how their Vulcan toolset works, which you can see in the read more. Vulcan can actually be operated with an Xbox 360 controller, using the colored face buttons to designate levels of ...read more
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Judge: Activision's suit against EA and former IW heads can proceed
A California judge has ruled that the lawsuit filed by Activision against former Infinity Ward studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West can move forward. EA originally filed to dismiss the case after Activision claimed that its rival colluded with West and Zampella while they were still under contract, but California Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle decided today that there was enough evidence ...read more
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iPad two moves about a million units in opening weekend
And the numbers are in. Apple’s latest tablet, the iPad 2, has shifted nearly a million units in its opening weekend. The slimmer, sexier, and sleeker device went on sale on Friday in the United States, and according to analyst estimates, the new piece of tech is outpacing its predecessor by leaps and bounds. According to the report, the original iPad took almost a month to reach sales of ...read more
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Angry Birds downloads soar past 100 million across all platforms
During a panel at this past weekend's South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Rovio exec Peter Vesterbacka told attendees that the company's bird-flinging pig terrorizer, Angry Birds, has been downloaded over 100 million times. As Vesterbacka revealed during GDC, more than 30 million of those downloads have been of the game's freemium Android version, and both the lite and paid ...read more
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iPad 2 jailbreak in just three days?
The iPad 2 has been jailbroken just three days after US release, according to a hacker. Hacker Comex claims to have done so and posted a video as evidence (via VentureBeat). His hack enables unauthorised software to run on iPad 2. His video shows cheeky application Cydia being used - a program that can find and download other apps. "Would've had it yesterday if I didn't have to spend 1.5 ...read more
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Microsoft Zune dead, RIP Microsoft Zune
We first became alterted to this story by the fact that 'RIP Zune' is trending on Twitter. With a bit of digging we saw exactly why! Bloomberg is reporting that weak demand for the Zune branded music players has reported in Microsoft cutting the hardware. Moreover, MS wishes to focus on the evolving smartphone platform.
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PAX East 2011 - NVIDIA Interview Overview
NVIDIA had a overwhelming presence this year on the show floor at PAX East due to their support of their partners. NVIDIA and their partners took up a good part of the expo floor themselves, this speaks to the volume and quality of their products. If you want to hear more about what NVIDIA is pushing this year straight from a NVIDIA PR representative then read on!
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