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A Look Back at the Videogame Reviews of January
02.01.12

Consoles and PC's have had a slow month interms of new AAA quality games arriving for your respected platform. While January got off to a slow start, it quickly recovered to bring us high quality tittles through digital distribution. Plenty of great downloadable arcade tittles were made available through XBLA, PSN and Steam, giving us many hidden gems on the digital marketplace. Let's look back at the games we reviewed over the past month.  

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Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg Discuss The Adventures of TinTin
12.21.11

Inspired by the upcoming film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, The Adventure of Tintin – The Game combines mystery, exploration and humor as it follows the intrepid reporter Tintin, his faithful companion Snowy, and his inseparable friend Captain Haddock in search of a treasure lost in the wreckage of “The Unicorn”. Now mobile gamers and console gamers can join in on the fun as they experience an authentic adaptation of the environments and cutting-edge technology used in the movie itself while navigating through an immersive 3D adventure game. Jackson and Spielberg discuss the new movie in the video below.

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Gameloft Taps Into Hollywood with Harry Potter and Immortals Mobile Games
07.09.11

One of the leading global publishers of digital and social games has a full line-up of portable interactive experiences coming out this year. Among the big games is a pair of Hollywood licensed games based on Immortals and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Gameloft also is bringing hit Ubisoft franchises back to mobile with Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Driver. Other key titles include LEGO Batman, Gangstar Rio: City of Saints, and Wild West Guns. Gameloft executive Samir El Agili talks about the new line-up of 3D games for new 3D phones like Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D and AT&T’s LG Thrill 4G in this exclusive video interview below.

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Global Video Game Industry Sales Expected to Top $112 Billion by 2015
07.08.11

Despite a recent string of down months in U.S. video game sales at retail this year, a new report from research firm Gartner paints a very rosy picture for the global video game industry. When adding in revenues from burgeoning online, mobile and digital gaming sectors, Gartner estimates that worldwide spending on the gaming ecosystem will exceed $74 billion in 2011, up 10.4 percent from the $67 billion spent last year. By 2015, spending is expected to reach $112 billion.

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Supreme Court Rules Video Games Granted First Amendment Protection
06.27.11

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that underscored constitutional protections for video games, developers, and video game industry artists. At issue was a 2005 California statute restricting the sale and rental of computer and video games. The ESA, the lead party in the case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association/Entertainment Software Association, argued that the statute presented unconstitutional limitations on expression, and the U.S. Supreme Court agreed, holding the California law unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

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AT&T Brings 3D Gaming and Video Capture to Consumers with LG Thrill 4G
06.25.11

At the 2011 3D Entertainment Summit, part of CE Week in New York, Vice President of Marketing for LG Mobile Phones, Tim O’Brien, delivered remarks on technology’s important role in the evolution of entertainment. Illustrating how 3D enabled mobile devices will be the next step in the natural evolution of entertainment, O’Brien declared that user-generated content will fuel the overall 3D experience. O’Brien added that with the launch of LG THRILL 4G; all consumers will have access to this next-generation technology, breaking former accessibility, technology and content barriers.   

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Gamerlive.tv and NVIDIA Partner to Bring E3 2011 to Gamers in Stereoscopic 3D
06.03.11

LOS ANGELES– For the first time ever, GamerLive.TV will broadcast 3D video coverage of the E3 Expo, the premier game trade show in the U.S., to gamers and tech enthusiasts around the world.  The high-quality, stereoscopic 3D video will be viewable via the YouTube video player for users with NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ PCs.

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Sprint Offers The Green Hornet 3D Movie Free with HTC Evo 3D Launch this Summer
06.01.11

 

Nintendo 3DS is getting some competition this summer from Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D. Announced at International CTIA Wireless 2011 and recipient of the coveted Best in Show honor from Laptop Magazine, HTC EVO 3D is America’s first 4G phone with a 4.3-inch qHD 3D display for a glasses-free 3D viewing experience. A video demo of the phone can be seen below.

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Louisiana Targets Video Game Developers with Big Tax Credits
05.28.11
NEW ORLEANS – Post-Katrina, Louisiana courted Hollywood with major tax rebates and film and television production has skyrocketed. Now the state is looking at video games as a new way to bolster its economy. The state’s Digital Media Incentive program provides a tax credit of 25% of qualified production expenditures for state-certified digital interactive productions in Louisiana and 35% tax credit for payroll expenditures for Louisiana residents. Electronic Arts has already opened up shop in Baton Rouge and now Gameloft is opening a studio in New Orleans.
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Gameloft Prepares to Launch New Studio in New Orleans
05.13.11
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana government is wooing video game companies from around the globe, hoping its major cities become technology hubs. Electronic Arts was the first on board last year, setting up shop in Baton Rouge on the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU). Now, Gameloft is hiring for a new studio that could open as early as this year. Gameloft makes games like Star Battalion for Xperia PLAY, which can be seen in the exclusive video demo below.
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Adage Technologies Explores Which Phones Are Best for Video Game Development
05.08.11
According to Patrick Emmons of Adage Technologies, the need for businesses to “go mobile” is certainly not a secret anymore. As the world of smart phones and tablet PCs grows, so does the need to reach those potential clients or customers. For many years, businesses concentrated on optimizing their website for mobile browsers. But as many are already aware, mobile applications are the next step toward maximizing an online presence. The problem, however, is that the people companies want to reach are all using different devices. Unlike mobile-optimized websites, which are accessible on most mobile browsers, applications must be developed individually for each platform.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY Gamers Get Free Copy of Gameloft’s Asphalt 6
04.02.11
Verizon Wireless is preparing to launch the world’s first PlayStation certified Android phone with Sony Ericsson’s Xperia PLAY in the U.S. With the phone already available internationally, Sony Ericsson has revealed the launch titles for the smartphone. Everyone who picks up the new phone with get a free download of Gameloft’s Asphalt 6 racing game installed on the device. Check out the new phone in this exclusive video preview.
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GDC 2011: Gameloft Using Gears of War 3 Technology to Develop New Mobile Games
02.28.11
SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of digital and online games, has signed a long-term, multi-platform licensing agreement with Epic Games that enables Gameloft to incorporate Unreal Engine 3 in four new games, two to be released in 2011 and two in 2012. The new games will be developed for the next generation of Android and Apple smartphones and tablets, as well as set-top boxes and PlayStation Network. Unreal currently powers Epic’s hit game, Bulletstorm, and the upcoming Gears of War 3. Gameloft most recently demonstrated Asphalt 6 on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play at Mobile World Congress 2011.
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Mobile World Congress 2011: Verizon Wireless Gets First Dibs on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play this March
02.13.11
BARCELONA, Spain – Gamers waiting for the PlayStation Phone will be able to jump into games like The Sims 3, Guitar Hero and a multiplayer-exclusive FIFA 10 this March when Verizon Wireless launches the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Sony Ericsson unveiled the new device and a full line-up of games to celebrate the start of Mobile World Congress 2011. There will be 50 games available at launch, including 10 from Gameloft. Sony did not disclose the pricing on hardware or games at the press conference.
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Gameloft Offers Free iPhone/iPad Games to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
05.09.10

Gameloft, one of the largest iPhone/iPad game publishers and developers, announced on its blog and Twitter page that it will be giving away ten of its iPhone/iPad games free, one every day for ten days starting Monday, May 10th thru May 21st excluding weekends. Gameloft's "iPhone Happy Hour" promotion is to celebrate Gameloft's 10th anniversary.

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