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Article | 29/05/2012 Diablo 3 being called "Big Pineapple" in China to dodge sales ban
Vendors on one of China's largest e-commerce platforms are resorting to calling the hit PC game Diablo 3 "Big Pineapple," which sounds similar in Mand...
Article | 28/05/2012 GameStop pitches Android tablets to gamers
As gamers are slowly abandoning their portable consoles in favor of smartphones and tablets, it might come as no surprise that GameStop, the top U.S. ...
Article | 28/05/2012 NES mod lets you play classic games on your smartphone
Ever wished there was a way of playing your favorite NES titles on a present-day device, like your smartphone? If you still happen to have your old NE...
Article | 12/05/2012 MediaTek and Gameloft team up to put more games on phones
Semiconductor company MediaTek and Gameloft have joined forces to develop games for phones based on MediaTek's chipsets, they announced on Friday.
Article | 10/05/2012 PopCap Games CEO: Android still too fragmented, China helping company innovate
Android's increased fragmentation across hardware devices and OS versions, and its lack of a central app store, have left game developers disappointed...
Article | 10/05/2012 Angry Birds reaches 1 billion downloads
Rovio announced today that its Angry Birds games have been downloaded more than one billion times, an astounding accomplishment for a simple slingshot...
Article | 10/05/2012 Angry Birds maker Rovio plans for amusement parks in China
Mobile game publisher Rovio is planning to build theme parks in China revolving around its hit product Angry Birds, months after a local amusement par...
Article | 3/05/2012 Lenovo-backed firm sidesteps hardcore gamers, with Chinese video game system
The Lenovo-backed company behind China's newest homegrown video game system is aiming for product sales to reach hundreds of thousands of units over t...
Article | 2/05/2012 German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox
Motorola Mobility won an injunction on Wednesday preventing distribution of Microsoft products including Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany, but it can...
Article | 2/05/2012 Japan's Gree to buy U.S. mobile game maker Funzio for US$210 million
Japanese mobile game provider Gree said Wednesday it will buy California-based developer Funzio for US$210 million.
Article | 1/05/2012 Angry Birds Space rockets to 50 million downloads in 35 days
Angry Birds Space has broken a new record: it's the first app to hit 50 million downloads in just 35 days, which is two weeks faster than the previous...
Article | 27/04/2012 Nintendo to begin digital sales of mainstream titles for 3DS
Nintendo will launch sales of digital versions of mainstream 3DS titles through retailers, beginning with a new Super Mario Brothers game in August, i...
Article | 26/04/2012 Nintendo misses annual sales target for 3DS games console
Nintendo said Thursday it missed its annual sales target for the 3DS handheld game console, despite repeated promises from the company that price cuts...
Article | 25/04/2012 Skype app released for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld
Internet telephony operator Skype has released an app for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld game console.
Article | 24/04/2012 Motorola wins round at ITC in Xbox patents dispute
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Microsoft infringed on patents of Motorola Mobility in its Xbox games console.