Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is by all accounts likely to be the best-selling video game of all time. It could top 7 million units worldwide on its first day alone, an incredible achievement despite the fact that the …
The Obama administration’s progressive support for renewable energy will result in about 1.9 million green collar jobs, according to a new report published by three U.S. universities. It will also elevate the average household income by more than $1,000 and …
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may be the best-selling video game in history, but it will also go down as one of the most controversial because of a …
OnLive showed today that its upcoming server-based gaming service works not only on computers, but also on cell phones.
At a demo at the Wedbush financial conference in New York, OnLive chief executive Steve Perlman showed that OnLive could work …
Lawyers are investigating whether to file class-action lawsuits based on the recent scandal over scam-like offers that have appeared in games and other apps on social networks.
Sacramento-based law firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff has begun investigating complaints about unauthorized …
Social Gaming Network took iPhone games up a notch in June when it launched F.A.S.T., a fast-action 3-D modern aerial combat game on the iPhone.
The game had stunning visuals for an iPhone game, and it shot to the No. …
U.S. video game sales fell 19 percent in October to $1.07 billion as the industry’s sluggish recession-plagued year continued.
The industry saw a brief respite in September when strong sales of Halo 3: ODST on the Xbox 360, as well …
One of the largest problems for startups everywhere is getting the attention of and closing deals with large corporations. Tuesday night’s NextNY meetup brought together a collection of startup professionals for a conversation on how to best sell nascent technologies …
The attention of video game fans has fallen upon Modern Warfare 2, a modern combat game which is on its way to selling more than 10 million units during the holiday season.
But those who are fans of awesome hardcore …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had the biggest opening day of any video game, selling 4.7 million copies in North America and the United Kingdom alone in its first 24 hours. That generated an estimated $310 million in revenue …
Hoping to win over advertisers, Microsoft’s Massive division and market researcher comScore have teamed up to statistically show how effective in-game advertisements are.
Massive inserts ads into games that fit with the context, like ads on billboards in an urban …
Microsoft has dropped what it fondly calls the “banhammer” on a bunch of Xbox 360 gamers by banning them from playing multiplayer games on the Xbox Live online gaming service.
The banning affected thousands of players with “modded” game consoles, …
Microsoft plans to launch its Project Natal gesture-control system for the Xbox 360 in November, 2010, according to a published report.
Microsoft announced the innovative new way to control games in June. The system one-ups the Nintendo Wii, since it …
The graphics chip war always has a moving front. Advanced Micro Devices has the upper hand now over Nvidia, but it may not be able to exploit that advantage to the fullest.
AMD fired a great volley in September as …
Playdom, one of three major social gaming companies, has raised $43 million with a huge valuation that reflects how hot the social gaming space has become.
Techcrunch reported that the deal valued Playdom at $260 million, pre-money. Investors included New …
Advanced Micro Devices released new details on its long-awaited Fusion chips, which combine graphics and microprocessor functions into a single chip in a computing platform that will launch in 2011.
Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager of AMD …
Ken Kutaragi, father of Sony’s PlayStation business, has launched a new Japanese startup called Cyber Ai Entertainment.
The name “ai” is a combination of the Japanese word for “love” and a pun on the English word “eye.” Former Sony executive …
Game startup Ohai is launching a new vampire-themed online world on Facebook as part of an attempt to snare more time and money from social network fans.
Social games have exploded on Facebook this year. But the games have been …
Online sports is always a good bet. That’s why Six Degrees Games has raised $7 million in a second round of funding in a deal led by Time Warner Investments.
The Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based company runs an online sports …
Modern Warfare 2 is universally expected to be the biggest video game of 2009. The game debuted tonight at midnight Eastern time as retailers around the country held midnight events.
The game, part of the Call of Duty franchise but …
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