811 articles on Gaming

  • Hands-On: Nintendo's Demon Training Purports to Build Your Brain's RAM
    Given the success of the adult-orientated cognition-testing Brain Age games on the Nintendo DS, which have sold nearly 35 million units worldwide, it was only a matter of time before Nintendo brought the series to 3DS. Five-Minute Demon Training will be released in Japan next week, and Nintendo has released a playable demo of the game's most intimidating play mode: "Demon Math."
    07.18.12
  • Windows Azure Quietly Puts Its Pieces Into Place
    Winning, for Microsoft, won¿t be about beating Amazon or VMware in the specific territories of public cloud computing. No, winning for Microsoft is remaining present in many positions, exerting influence and working on a much, much bigger picture, writes Alexander Haislip.
    07.18.12
  • Games for Change: Teaching With Portal, Fixing Brains With iPhone
    For a few years now, there has been great deal of interest in using videogame technology to improve health and education. So far, there haven't been any blockbusters in this space outside of "exergaming" titles like Wii Fit. I attended the Games for Change Festival in New York last month, and what I saw there gave me reason to believe that there will be some big hits for education and health videogames in the near future.
    07.17.12
  • How to Steam Penguins: The Valve Linux Blog Goes Live
    If you have ever dabbled in Linux or Steam and wished for the two to combine forces, look no further. The Linux Valve blog went live on July 16 - watch this space for open source game development news.
    07.17.12
  • VMware 'Replaces CEO' On Flight To The Clouds
    VMware is on the verge of a major shakeup that will see the company replace CEO Paul Maritz and spin-off Cloud Foundry, its highly-regarded open source cloud-building platform, according to reports citing unnamed sources.
    07.17.12
  • Hands-On: Microsoft Office Finally Gets Serious About the Cloud
    With competition coming from Google's Drive products and Apple's iWork and iCloud integration, Microsoft is finally getting ready to step up its game with the company's immensely popular Office suite. Microsoft officially unveiled Office 2013 and Office 365, the latest versions of its productivity suite at an event on Monday.
    07.16.12
  • Sony's New DSLR Has Mass Appeal
    Sony's new A57 is aimed at serious enthusiasts who are more interested in the outcome than the process. The camera delivers some high-powered DSLR features in a package that's intuitive enough for less-experienced shooters. And at a print-worthy 16.1-megapixels, it won't be fighting for supremacy only in Facebook photo galleries.
    07.12.12
  • Sony's New DSLR Has Mass Appeal
    Sony's new ¿57 DSLR camera is aimed at serious enthusiasts who are more interested in the outcome than the process.
    07.12.12
  • BioWare Revives Ultima as Free-to-Play RPG
    The Electronic Arts studio BioWare (Mass Effect) will develop Ultima Forever, a new entry in the long-dormant Ultima role-playing game series, it said Thursday. The "cross-platform action RPG" will be part of Electronic Arts' Play4Free system, in which all games are free to download with an option to pay later. Players are invited to sign up for beta testing, which requires an EA Origin online account.
    07.12.12
  • Why Microsoft Should Screw Its Hardware Partners
    If Surface is to be a hit, Microsoft can¿t just position it as yet-another-iPad or Android competitor. It needs people to think of the Surface as a real mobile computer. It needs people to buy Surfaces instead of laptops. That means competing with its traditional partners like HP and Dell and Acer. And the thing is, not only is this Microsoft¿s best play, there¿s not even a downside to it.
    07.11.12
  • Incompetent or Shrewd? 7 Tech Companies That Leaked Their Own Secrets
    Not only inside sources leak secret information to the press. Oftentimes companies themselves -- and sometimes their partners -- will unwittingly reveal secret product launches through their own digital slip-ups. Here are some egregious examples from the last year.
    07.10.12
  • MLB 12 The Show Predicts National League Win in Midsummer Classic
    In anticipation of tonight's All Star Game, Sony Computer Entertainment America simulated the Midsummer Classic on the Playstation 3. Using the game, MLB 12 The Show, SCEA predicted that the National League will be victorious by a close score of 3-2, pushing the NL's streak to three straight.
    07.10.12
  • Geek Diversity Is at the Heart of Imagine Cup
    The overall winners of the 2012 Imagine Cup being held in Sydney will be announced on Tuesday. But, in the meantime it is worth reflecting on the breadth of the value of this world wide program. I have been hanging out and meeting students and participants in Sydney the last few days, and what has struck me is the diversity of the existing and emerging developer community.
    07.10.12
  • Microsoft Officially Announces Windows 8 for October
    Windows 8 will officially launch to the public by the end of October and the code will be ready by the first week of August, at which point the company will ship Windows RTM (Release to Manufacturer) to its OEM partners.
    07.09.12
  • Watch the Emerging Geeks: Imagine Cup 2012 Begins
    Over in Sydney, Australia students have gathered from around the world to compete in the 2012 Imagine Cup. GeekDad has covered this event for a few years now, but this is my first time attending and before competition begins I am inspired.
    07.07.12
  • Windows 8 for $39.99 -- Are You In?
    This week, Microsoft announced that most Windows users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $39.99. For anyone that doesn't usually buy upgrades, that is a significant cost break compared to what it usually costs (around $50 to $100). Now, before you jump on that deal, consider the following¿
    07.06.12
  • Where in the World Is Google Building Servers?
    Google turned the hardware world on its head when it decided build its own servers in tandem with various manufacturers in Taiwan and China. Rather than buy gear from big-name server makers such as Dell and HP, it streamlined the process, going straight to Asia -- where all the Dell and HP gear was being built. The move was so successful, others followed, including Amazon and Facebook. In a way, Google shifted an entire market to Asia. But now Google has apparently moved elsewhere.
    07.06.12
  • Imagine Cup Alumni Spotlight: GINA Helps First Responders Worldwide
    The Imagine Cup's tagline is, "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems." It's an ambitious goal, and one that is smartly conceived for a global competition. It focuses competitor's projects into something that has humanitarian implications instead of purely commercial. And everyone's take on what real-world challenges are important are going to be different and in many ways, local. The projects I get the most excited about are the ones that take on the humanitarian angle and succeed. One example of that success is demonstrated by the Czech team, GINA, who competed in the Imagine Cup world-wide finals in Poland in 2010.
    07.06.12
  • Cheat Your Way Through Final Fantasy VII on PC
    Square Enix will re-release its classic 1997 role-playing game Final Fantasy VII through its downloadable games store, it said on Thursday. But it's not just dumping the previously existing PC port of the game. It's adding a few new features, including the ability to cheat.
    07.05.12
  • Nintendo: Online Community Key to Wii U Software Sales
    Nintendo's next game console, the Wii U, will rely on downloadable games and the Nintendo Network to drive profits, president Satoru Iwata told shareholders during a recent meeting in Kyoto, Japan. Such online services will be key to maintaining "momentum" in the console market, as the Wii U, the 3DS, and "future" Nintendo platforms will all be connected to the same network.
    07.05.12
  • A Peek at Wii U
    As a new parent a decade-and-a-half ago I decided that I was going to raise my children in a commercial-television-free/video-game-free household. At the time, the American Pediatric Association was suggesting that children under 2 watch no television/have no screen time at all and that children over 2 receive no more than 1-2 hours of quality ...
    07.05.12


 

 

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