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Internet memes meet Call of Duty in Photoshop Wars
September 5, 2012 8:00 AM
Sam Barsanti
Photoshop Wars will finally help the internet determine who can make the best funny pictures.
Capcom reveals ResidentEvil.net, a social network and accompanying smartphone app
August 14, 2012 6:54 AM
James Pikover
Capcom is launching a web hub for Resident Evil 6 that will connect gamers and allow them to compete in special events.
Poker site CEO arrested on new Ponzi scheme charges
July 3, 2012 8:45 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Ray Bitar, Full Tilt Poker’s CEO, was arrested yesterday on new charges that the poker czar has been involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Bitar had been avoiding arrest by living in Ireland; he was taken into police custody Monday as …
Nintendo hires a networking chief to shore up a weak spot
June 28, 2012 11:04 AM
Dean Takahashi
Nintendo of America has hired Duncan Orrell-Jones as its new senior vice president of network business, a job that the company sorely needed to fill.
The former Disney Interactive veteran is in charge of online strategy for Nintendo’s 3DS and …
Epic’s Tim Sweeney predicts the next 20 years in gaming technology
February 9, 2012 3:23 PM
Dean Takahashi
Editor's Pick
As chief executive of Gears of War developer Epic Games, Tim Sweeney has been on the forefront of video game graphics for a couple of decades. So the DICE Summit, which is giving him a high honor today, turned to …
GFACE unveils its new cloud based social gaming network
February 3, 2012 9:27 AM
Dan Crawley
Crytek, the developer behind Crysis and Far Cry, is backing a new social gaming network called GFACE. Created by a “small team with big ideas”, GFACE promises to deliver high quality free to play multiplayer games directly to your browser, …
Virgin Gaming hits 1M registered users and $7M in prizes awarded (exclusive)
January 26, 2012 4:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Virgin Gaming, the online tournament gaming division of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, is announcing today that it has snagged more than a million registered users for its prize-based online gaming tournaments.
Virgin has awarded more than $7 million in cash …
Sony plans to redesign PlayStation Network
July 5, 2011 9:19 PM
Matthew Lynley
Sony is planning a redesign of its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), following a hacking attack that brought the network down for nearly a month, according to reports.
The original layout for the PSN and the PlayStation store …
Sony finally brings PlayStation Network fully online in Japan
July 5, 2011 10:54 AM
Matthew Lynley
Sony has finally brought its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), and its associated services online in Japan — the last region where the network was still partially offline after being taken down in the wake of a hacker …
Next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live later this month (video)
June 16, 2011 11:05 AM
Matthew Lynley
Activision Blizzard announced Thursday that it will publish the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox Live at the end of this month.
But what Activision Blizzard did not announce was when — or if — …
Can Trion pull off a third-person shooter MMO?
Get ready for a new experiment in online gaming: A game universe that’s tied directly into a television show.
Trion Worlds on Wednesday showed off a preview of Defiance, a persistent open-world shooting game that takes place in the same …
Sony offers free games after bringing PlayStation Network back online
Sony is offering two free games and a host of other goodies to PlayStation Network (PSN) users to compensate for bringing its online gaming network and store down for nearly a month after hackers broke in and stole sensitive information.…
And we're back: Sony's PlayStation Network is now online in U.S. and Europe
Parts of Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) have finally come back online in certain areas around the world — including the U.S. and Europe — after hackers were able to break into the network, forcing the company to bring it offline …
Lenovo-based Eedoo video game system revealed in China
Lenovo is backing a new video game system that is expected to launch in the second half of this year in China. The iSec system has Kinect-like motion controls and is aimed at a mass market consumer that doesn’t buy …
Sony in 'final stages of internal testing' to bring Playstation Network back online
Sony has entered the final stages of internal testing to bring its beleaguered online gaming network, the Playstation Network (PSN), back online after a massive hacker intrusion forced the company to bring it down.
Sony brought the network down last …
Online game service OnLive hires a chief operating officer from Pandora
OnLive, the online gaming service, has hired as its new chief operating officer Etienne Handman from cloud-music service Pandora.
Handman replaces Mike McGarvey, who becomes OnLive’s chief strategy officer. The new hire reflects OnLive’s need to have both a technical …
