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Report: 1.2M Non-iPad Tablets Sold So Far In 2011
Report: 1.2M Non-iPad Tablets Sold So Far In 2011
While sales of non-iPad tablet computers in the U.S. have been steadily increasing throughout 2011, the market is still dwarfed by Apple's market-creating device.
Nov. 22, 2011
Call Of Duty Elite Hits 1M Paid Subscribers In Six Days
Call Of Duty Elite Hits 1M Paid Subscribers In Six Days
Activision revealed today that it has already sold over 1 million premium memberships for its Call of Duty Elite service, despite the issues that have plagued the service since its launch.
Nov. 22, 2011
GDC 2012 Debuts Diablo III, Jetpack Joyride, Resident Evil Sessions
GDC 2012 Debuts Diablo III, Jetpack Joyride, Resident Evil Sessions
GDC 2012 has revealed its first batch of sessions, featuring a look at the art of Diablo III, a Jetpack Joyride postmortem, and a breakdown of the animation in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
Nov. 22, 2011
Indie Royale Bundle Expands, Debuts Optional Blind Pre-Orders
Indie Royale Bundle Expands, Debuts Optional Blind Pre-Orders
Sister site IndieGames.com co-created game bundle site Indie Royale is instituting a pre-order system, starting with its third offering, the "Really Big Bundle", also revealing more than 350,000 games sold so far.
Nov. 22, 2011
Behind The Scenes With Certain Affinity's Crimson Alliance
Behind The Scenes With Certain Affinity's Crimson Alliance
In an in-depth postmortem in this month's edition of Game Developer magazine, Certain Affinity examines how it battled production problems and even player expectations with its action RPG Crimson Alliance.
Nov. 22, 2011
Ico: Castle In The Mist And The Crossover Between Games And Literature
Ico: Castle In The Mist And The Crossover Between Games And Literature
The English translators for Japanese novel Ico: Castle in the Mist offer their unique perspectives on the areas of overlap between literary works and Japan's fantasy game industry.
Nov. 22, 2011
Family Buyout Sees China's Shanda Interactive Going Private
Family Buyout Sees China's Shanda Interactive Going Private
Chinese MMO operator Shanda Interactive will soon be a family business, after a joint takeover by CEO and Chairman of the Board Tianqiao Chen, his wife, and his brother.
Nov. 22, 2011
Kinect Gets Nearsighted With Windows-Specific SKU
Kinect Gets Nearsighted With Windows-Specific SKU
Microsoft will soon introduce a Windows PC-specific version of its motion-sensing Kinect peripheral, with updated firmware allowing the depth camera to "see" much closer than before.
Nov. 22, 2011
iOS Sees First Subscription-Based Game Portal Via Big Fish
iOS Sees First Subscription-Based Game Portal Via Big Fish
An agreement between Apple and Seattle's Big Fish Games will see the first all-you-can-eat, subscription-based gaming portal for iOS devices, through a feature typically reserved for magazines.
Nov. 22, 2011
Doom 3 Source Code Released To Public
Doom 3 Source Code Released To Public
Following slight rewrites from id Software's John Carmack to avoid potential patent infringement, the source code behind Doom 3 was made public on Tuesday for open source use.
Nov. 22, 2011
More than 150 data breaches uncovered in Norfolk and Suffolk, England
More than 150 data breaches uncovered in Norfolk and Suffolk, England
A Freedom of Information request has uncovered more than 150 breaches of the UK Data Protection Act (DPA) since 2008 at police departments, city and county councils, and hospitals in Norfolk and Suffolk, England.
Nov. 22, 2011
Krebs on Security website servers hit by DDoS attack
Krebs on Security website servers hit by DDoS attack
The dangers of reporting on matters of a darker nature in the world of IT security were thrown sharply into focus today when security researcher Brian Krebs revealed he had experienced a sustained DDoS attack on his news servers.
Nov. 22, 2011