Google's terms of service reveal you won't be able to sell or lend your precious early specs once they arrive or the company will deactivate them. At $1,500, is it just too much to ask? More...
Google has made a bit of a boob(le) and the sent personal information of users who purchased an app to the developer of that app; and it's enough for the dev to contact the users directly. More...
Microsoft has announced a new brand for its own Windows 8 published games called Play, which includes games like Solitaire, Pinball FX 2 and the upcoming Skulls of the Shogun. More...
The Shockwave Player allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser. More...
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. More...
According to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, over half of American adults play video games of some kind. The survey shows that age is the biggest factor,... More...
Play TV, the PVR & digital tuner add-on for the PS3 has been given a release date and price. Play.com have it available for pre-order. They list a £99.99 price tag with a release date... More...
Epic Games has agreed to incorporate GameSpy's suite of online technology into Unreal Engine 3, under the terms that the technology will be immediately available to any publishers or developers that license the engine. PlayStation... More...
On small office and home office networks, Windows XP and Windows Vista cooperate about as well as cats and dogs. But you can teach them to get along. When you combine Windows XP and Windows... More...
For those of you who may not know, Cabal Online is an MMORPG that is purely action based, and one of the usual "Grinders" as it were. Either way, it is a fun game, and... More...
In a sign of the increasing importance of online gaming in today's video game market, The NPD Group's annual study on the online gaming landscape in the U.S. reveals that out of all gamers, 62... More...
TV chairman Michael Grade yesterday admitted the broadcaster had fallen behind its rivals in adapting to the online world but promised to leapfrog them with its ambitious new broadband portal. A video on demand service... More...
Having recently settled various lawsuits over their use of invasive DRM in CD's, Sony has decided to try their luck with pushing more DRM into DVD's which has caused some recent issues in Sony's own... More...
In hopes of stealing a piece of the online gaming industry, Hewlett-Packard's gaming unit "Game On" (part of the company's Technology Solutions Group) is currently developing a gaming technology in its research centers. The company... More...
Gamers on a budget who want to get their massively multiplayer online role-playing game fix will have another option later this year with Mythos. The MMORPG is being developed by Flagship Studios Seattle, the Pacific... More...
Vivid Entertainment Group will become the first adult filmmaker to put out a movie in Blu-ray Disc when it releases "Debbie Does Dallas...Again" in late March, but it's not saying who is helping it make... More...
3Com Monday unveiled its strategy to combat the all-in-one networking approach espoused by rival Cisco Systems via a new Linux-based networking module it will use to integrate a variety of applications with its routers and... More...
That's right, that other big MMORPG Everquest II is still going strong. As you guys may know, SOE just launched the newest expansion for Everquest II a couple of weeks ago - aptly named... More...
Thanks to Bluesnews for the scoop. ArchLord, the MMORPG from Codemasters which almost across the board got horrible reviews, will go "Free To Play" starting January 4th, 2007. But there is a catch -... More...
Sorry for not posting this before today, I took a couple days off from posting news as I was getting a bit burnt out doing near 60 stories in about a week, but I'm back... More...
I figured since it is going to be a slower newsday than it has been lately, what with me spamming gaming news the past couple of weeks or so, that I would post about lesser... More...
Direct from the "It sounded like a great idea at the time" files comes the latest development in video game ratings legislation. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is currently attempting to move the Truth in Video... More...
Neversoft has dropped online play from the PlayStation 3 version of Tony Hawk's Project 8, a key third-party launch title for Sony's next-gen console. The developer has only recently received development kits for the PlayStation... More...
Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of... More...
Apple is asking movie studios to include iPod-ready versions of their films on future Blu-Ray disc releases. CNN claims Apple - who signed up to support the Blu-Ray standard in March 2005 - is using... More...
This forthcoming weekend Valve is giving everyone the opportunity to play their Source-powered WW2 shooter Day of Defeat completely free of charge. Utilising the Steam platform to its full... More...
Sony Online Entertainment's MMOFPS Planetside will, according to plans outlined in a forum post, become subscription free starting sometime in February. The subscription free period will last approximately one year, and will only be valid... More...
Huge uptake for online play of Mario Kart reported as Wi-Fi Connection rolls out Nintendo is claiming massive early success for its Wi-Fi Connection online play system for the Nintendo DS handheld,... More...
EA Games has signed Sean Connery to reprise his role as James Bond in the upcoming "From Russia With Love" set to be released sometime this fall. Sean Connery will record all new dialogue for... More...
Logitech today eliminated a major nuisance for online gamers: connecting a gaming system to an inconveniently located broadband Internet connection. The new Logitech Play Link wireless extension offers one-step wireless. Consumers just plug it... More...
The brain behind Electronic Arts' PSP titles spills some tantalizing details on the PSP's wireless link play and launch titles planned for the US and Japan. In an interview posted on Electronic... More...
With Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory delayed until next year, Ubisoft only has one military action game on its menu for the holidays. Red Storm's latest, Ghost Recon 2, is coming this November for Xbox and... More...
Toshiba on Monday announced in Japan that it's increasing the song capacity of its Gigabeat line of hard drive-based digital audio players. The HDD Audio Player Gigabeat line will top out at 60 gigabytes and... More...
RealNetworks Inc. says it has created technology that allows songs purchased through its online music services to be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod player, just a few months after complaining that Apple was... More...
Bungie and Mountain Dew unveiled on the website that the deadline to win a chance to play Halo 2 has been extended to the end of the day tomorrow, July 21. Mountain Dew is heading... More...
Game Developer Magazine now has its E3 interview online, and Miyamoto confirms what we've all expected. A Game Developers Magazine's online division by the name of Gamesutra has posted its E3 interview... More...
With Microsoft finally ending support for NT Server 4.0 this year its competitors are getting ready for the rebound. Companies like Red Hat, Novell, Sun, and now Apple see this as a big chance... More...
Red Hat and Novell have announced plans to include RealPlayer 10 in their operating systems. The fun isn't stopping there; they're also planning on integrating Real's DRM technology Helix. While this comes as... More...
Network middleware has announced the launch of the first BitDemon 1.0. This software is designed to make the stage of adding networked multiplayer to PC, PS2 and Xbox games easier. BitDemon's network multiplayer software also... More...
After a long talk and the decision of Rockstar's creative director Dan Houser, GTA San Andreas will not have online play for the PS2 Version. The expulsion of the online play for PS2, almost definitely... More...
RealNetworks on Monday released an update to its digital audio and video software that promises support for every major content format and online music download service. The latest version of the RealPlayer... More...
IBM is encouraging developers to build around its new Power microprocessor architecture -- a play it has borrowed directly from the book of Linux. "What we saying to developers is, 'You don't have to come... More...
Intel will stop selling its 802.11 WLAN products in the People's Republic of China because it refuses to comply with the country's home-grown proprietary encryption technology. Beijing has mandated that from June,... More...
Thanks xStainDx. PC makers are gearing up to market notebooks more aggressively to PC gaming enthusiasts. Although PC manufacturers have been selling game-oriented desktops for years, they're now bent on expanding their horizons... More...
Intel will release a new desktop chip next month, kicking off what is likely to be an intense effort to get computers into the living room. Prescott, the code name for an enhanced version of... More...
Microsoft is hoping Magellan can take it where Microsoft Profit and bCentral Finance Manager could not. The destination? Small business accounting, a market dominated by Intuit's QuickBooks. After several failed attempts, the software giant will... More...
Just Play signs Spartan for Europe Just Play announced that it will publish Slitherine Strategies' upcoming turn-based strategy game in a number of European territories next year. New screens inside. ... More...
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will feature backwards compatibility with the PS2 and PSone, ensuring continued support for older software formats in the new hardware. Speaking to Japanese... More...
The latest "Tomb Raider" game has a lot going for it -- a convincing story, game-play elements that are new to the franchise, a beautiful musical score and millions of excited fans that have waited... More...
An ongoing debate rages among strategy game enthusiasts about what kind of game play is better: "real-time" or "turn-based." Like its name suggests, turn-based games, such as chess or the classic PC... More...