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One game, any device: Hideo Kojima's vision of a seamless gaming future

One game, any device: Hideo Kojima's vision of a seamless gaming future

June 3, 2011 5:06 PM Matthew Lynley

Hideo Kojima, who created the Metal Gear Solid game series, demonstrated the newest gaming feature from game maker Konami today: the ability to transfer save games between consoles and handheld gaming devices so you can continue your gaming experience on …

Hacker Geohot denies involvement in PlayStation Network attack, blames Sony’s hubris

Hacker Geohot denies involvement in PlayStation Network attack, blames Sony’s hubris

April 28, 2011 11:00 AM Devindra Hardawar

One potential suspect behind Sony’s massive PlayStation Network security breach was 21-year old George Hotz, AKA Geohot, who recently settled a lawsuit with the company over hacking into the PlayStation 3’s hardware. But in a blog post today, Hotz denies …

Hulu Plus drops invites, heads to Sony Bravia HDTVs and all PlayStation 3 users

Hulu Plus drops invites, heads to Sony Bravia HDTVs and all PlayStation 3 users

November 4, 2010 1:22 PM Devindra Hardawar

Even though Hulu’s paid offering, Hulu Plus, doesn’t appear to be a smashing success, the streaming video site is still pushing forward by dropping the need for invites, adding more content, and supporting more devices.

Hulu Plus is heading to …

Netflix streaming video now disc-free on the Nintendo Wii

Netflix streaming video now disc-free on the Nintendo Wii

October 18, 2010 7:05 AM Devindra Hardawar

Nintendo announced today that Wii owners can now watch Netflix streaming video without the need for a Watch Instantly disc.

Instead, Wii owners can download the free Netflix application from the Wii Shop Channel, and install the service directly on …

Netflix's Playstation 3 app goes disc-free, leapfrogs Xbox 360 with 1080p HD video, surround sound

Netflix's Playstation 3 app goes disc-free, leapfrogs Xbox 360 with 1080p HD video, surround sound

October 14, 2010 8:50 AM Devindra Hardawar

The battle for the best Netflix experience in your living room rages on. Sony announced today that Playstation 3 owners will no longer need to use a disc to access Netflix’s streaming service starting October 18, and the console’s Netflix …

Hulu Plus hits Sony's Playstation 3, exclusive until 2011

Hulu Plus hits Sony's Playstation 3, exclusive until 2011

July 14, 2010 2:42 PM Devindra Hardawar

With the reveal of its premium Hulu Plus service last month, video streaming site Hulu announced that it would be branching out to devices other than computers, including televisions, Apple devices, and game consoles. Today, Hulu Plus has finally landed …

Report: U.S. video game sales rise in March, God of War III leads sales charts

Report: U.S. video game sales rise in March, God of War III leads sales charts

April 16, 2010 7:48 PM Devindra Hardawar

Things were looking up for the video game industry in March. Software sales grew 10 percent to $875.3 million from the same time a year ago, and industry revenues as a whole grew 6 percent to $1.52 billion, according to …

Sony's PlayStation marketing machine now selling the digital living room

Sony's PlayStation marketing machine now selling the digital living room

April 1, 2010 10:39 AM Dean Takahashi

The living room is getting awfully crowded now that the Internet has come into it. But Sony is trying to take advantage of all that confusion by pushing the PlayStation 3 as the machine that can do everything.

While Nintendo’s …

Unity Technologies' browser-based 3D engine supports Android, iPad and PS 3

Unity Technologies' browser-based 3D engine supports Android, iPad and PS 3

March 8, 2010 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi

Unity Technologies has been disrupting big budget 3D games with its light 3D game technology. The company’s engine lets game developers create a 3D online game that runs in a browser, without the need for big downloads as with traditional …

Heavy Rain: I just changed a diaper. Can this be a video game?

Heavy Rain: I just changed a diaper. Can this be a video game?

February 26, 2010 7:00 AM Blake Snow

“Did I really just do that?” I ask myself, part way into playing “Heavy Rain,” the new, uh, video game for the PlayStation 3.

Moments before, I faced a unique problem—unique to video games that is. A baby was crying. …

YouTube's spoils, Yahoo answers, Danger, fuddy US companies & more

YouTube's spoils, Yahoo answers, Danger, fuddy US companies & more

November 30, 2006 11:14 AM Matt Marshall

The latest roundup of the action happening in Silicon Valley:

First evidence of YouTube wealth — What do you do with your money, when you get it? One way is to spend $20 million to buy Andre Agassi’s Tiburon estate. …

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