Neowin News Feed for: Massive

Everything we know about The Division's "Falcon Lost" incursion and update 1.1

Chris Schroeder — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:02:02 +0000

Ubisoft Massive talks about Tom Clancy's The Division's first major update, called "Incursions", and how it will improve many aspects of the game as well as add much harder end-game content. Read more...

Tom Clancy's The Division Review: Is this the 'Destiny' killer?

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:18:02 +0000

It only took forty hours of playtime, a couple of very late nights, and a lot of victories and defeats to determine what The Division is - an incredible online shooter with a keen attention to detail. Read more...

Best Buy to layoff massive amount of staff Saturday

Sam Symons — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:31:07 +0000

It seems that we're still not through the worst of the current economy woes, folks. According to Gizmodo, retail chain Best Buy will lay off a lot of staff, beginning tomorrow. The news has come... Read more...

Massive continue work with Activision

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:55 +0000

In more Massive news, Activision have announced that they will continue their partnership with Massive Inc for a further 18 titles. If you've ever played "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock", or "Tony Hawk's Proving... Read more...

A Blizzard hits Massive advertising

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:39:08 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment and Massive Inc today announced a multi-year advertising deal which will see Massive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, deliver advertising on Blizzard Entertainements websites and Battle.net. Blizzard's websites include the popular World... Read more...

Ubisoft buys 'World in Conflict' series

Sam Alderwick — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:08:59 +0000

Ubisoft recently announced that they have acquired the rights to the popular real time strategy series World in Conflict and at the same time its Swedish developer, Massive Entertainment, which will further bulk up the... Read more...

Updated with Patch! Massive Bug Found in VMWare ESX 3.5U2

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:04:14 +0000

Updated with the Express Patch information and download! Click "Read More" for the links!! This was first reported yesterday evening on both the VMWare Community forums and on DeployLinux.com. From what anyone... Read more...

UK sites involved in massive website hack

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:56:24 +0000

Exploit may track back to Fasthosts compromise, but security researchers warn of its difficulty to track and detect. Many specialist UK websites have been used to spread a particularly difficult track form of malware... Read more...

ISPs Suspected of Massive Identity Theft in Korea

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:32:35 +0000

Police are investigating South Korea's two biggest internet service providers, KT and Hanaro Telecom Inc., on suspicion that they broke identity theft laws on more than seven million occasions. The two companies are suspected of... Read more...

Oracle Launches Massive Update To All Five App Lines

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:40:38 +0000

Oracle gathered partners, customers and press on Wednesday to hail major new versions of all five application sets in its software lineup. Oracle E-Business Suite 12, PeopleSoft Enterprise 9, Siebel CRM 8 and JD Edwards... Read more...

Toronto Readies Massive Downtown Hotspot

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:22:57 +0000

Toronto Hydro Telecom's recently installed a six-square kilometer Wi-Fi hotspot in downtown Toronto that will deliver Internet upload and download rates at a consistent 5 Mbps. The Wi-Fi deployment called OneZone is the largest in... Read more...

Massive Deal With Webzen For In-Game Ads

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:31:21 +0000

Microsoft's recently acquired Massive Incorporated in-game advertising company has signed a deal to feature adverts within two future titles from publisher Webzen. Set for release in 2007 and 2008 respectively, the PC versions of... Read more...

Apple Releases Shake 4.1 Universal at Massive Price Cut

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:14:13 +0000

Apple has released Shake 4.1 and dramatically discounted the product's price: from Â£1,999 to Â£329 (including VAT). It's the first Universal version of the compositing software which lets Final Cut Studio editors create sophisticated... Read more...

Microsoft Confirms Massive Inc Acquisition

Fri, 05 May 2006 15:04:26 +0000

Microsoft has officially confirmed its acquisition of dynamic in-game advertising firm Massive Inc, with plans to incorporate ad serving solutions into a range of online and console gaming operations. The acquisition was initially rumoured last... Read more...

Microsoft to Buy Massive Inc in $400m Deal

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:48:03 +0000

Microsoft is set to acquire Massive Inc in a deal estimated to be worth USD 200-400 million, in a move which firmly cements the software giant's belief in the rapidly expanding in-game advertising sector. According... Read more...

Apple Offers Massive iTunes Europe Prize

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:05:49 +0000

Apple has announced a major prize which will go to the music fan who downloads the 100 millionth song from iTunes in Europe. The company says: "Music fans in 17 countries around Europe are clicking... Read more...

Apple Announce Massive Growth in Q1 of 2005

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:44:30 +0000

Apple today announced its first quarter financial results for 2005. In the quarter leading up to the festive period, the company saw net profits of $295m for the quarter, representing an increase of ~350% on... Read more...

HP Announces Massive Share Buy Back Program

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:33:17 +0000

HP, once notorious for lavish and often extravagant expenditure, has announced a massive share buy back program. The company will be spending a whopping $1.3 billion on its shares, amounting to ~4% of shares available.... Read more...

Sega Plans Massive New Arcade

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:23:33 +0000

In another sign of expansion in Japan's arcade business, Sega recently announced plans to build a sizable new arcade and entertainment facility in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. Set for construction in the Minato Mirai 21... Read more...

Atari opens up massive classic-game library

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 05:33:23 +0000

Publisher to release standalone Atari Flashback console and Atari Anthology collection this November. Atari today announced two new products that represent the company's feet-first entry into the classic-gaming boom. This November, Atari... Read more...

HP launch massive storage servers

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:39:54 +0000

HP claims to have launched the storage industries most powerful storage solution. The HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array was setup in partnership with technology from Hitachi. HP is also making a bold claim to have... Read more...

Best Buy staging massive $4.99 game clearance

Tue, 25 May 2004 14:31:04 +0000

ESPN Football, Freedom Fighters, and Jet Set Radio Future are among the titles discounted by the retail chain. However, most titles were sold out by day's end. Cash-poor (is there any other... Read more...

IBM claims massive power cut for 90nm G5

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 06:15:26 +0000

You can see why Apple waited for the 90nm version of the PowerPC 970 before launching a G5-based Xserve 1U rackmount server: the latter's heat dissipation characteristics. While Intel continues to have problems with the... Read more...

Massive Assault Demo

Marcel Klum — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 07:35:57 +0000

Thanks eXclusive for posting this on our forum. Wargaming.net and Matrix Games have released the promised demo of Massive Assault, allowing you to try out this recent 3D global domination strategy game. The... Read more...

LCD monitors in massive shortage

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:39:19 +0000

A VERY no, extremely reliable source explains that there is a drought of LCD monitors in the channel and there seems to be no obvious mirage at the end of the tunnel. This is apparently... Read more...

German police smash massive child porn ring

Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:29:56 +0000

German police have broken up one of the world's biggest child porn networks which linked around 26,500 suspected users of child abuse material in 166 countries across the world. Investigators said members of... Read more...

Microsoft says its own Firewalls have massive holes

Tom Warren — Tue, 20 May 2003 14:59:18 +0000

Just in case you missed a warning on Microsoft's Knowledge Base last week, be aware that its Internet Connection Firewall and its Basic Firewall do not block Internet Protocol Version 6 traffic. And... Read more...

MoD plans massive IT modernisation

Tom Warren — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 02:08:13 +0000

Contract to support and upgrade 150,000 armed forces terminals likely to be worth Â£300m a year The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to put out a tender for a multimillion pound... Read more...

Australia Gets a Massive Pack

Marcel Klum — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:03:55 +0000

Microsoft today announced the details of its Xbox Christmas offer – the 'Xbox Massive Entertainment Pack.' This exciting new pack not only offers massive entertainment, but massive value as well. The pack... Read more...

Neowin massive software give-away

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 09:35:25 +0000

To celebrate Neowin's Birthday we have decided to make a competition to give away over 100 software licences, including: AXIALIS Icon Worksop 5 Object Desktop Customizer XP Internet... Read more...

IBM, Startup Launch Massive 'Grid' for Online Gaming

Marcel Klum — Fri, 10 May 2002 10:41:52 +0000

A start-up, Butterfly.net Inc., and computing giant IBM IBM.N , have created a global network for online video games capable of supporting a million players or more that will be rented to major game publishers,... Read more...

Microsoft could face massive EU fine

Steven Parker — Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:46 +0000

European antitrust enforcers may seek a massive fine from Microsoft and demand that it drop some features from its dominant Windows software, according to a published report citing a confidential European Commission document outlining its... Read more...

Massive search reveals no secret code in web images

Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:11:53 +0000

New research indicates that terrorists are not using advanced computer tools to hide messages in innocuous-looking web images. In February 2001, US agents suggested that terror groups, including Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaida organisation,... Read more...