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China's new legislation: Teenagers can't play for more than three hours
China's new legislation: Teenagers can't play for more than three hours
China forces game developers to curb the time teens can play games down to just three hours a week. 31 Aug 2021 - 1 comment
Steam releases 2020 Year in Review, reveals player numbers
Steam releases "2020 Year in Review," reveals player numbers
Steam has revealed their 2020 figures in a post they call "2020 Year in Review." The company's fifth annual review includes some stats, including ...... 18 Jan 2021 - 1 comment
Want to help stop coronavirus? Play this game
Want to help stop coronavirus? Play this game
Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has been spreading for months now, and it has dominated the news for at least a month, as reports from countries around ...... 04 Mar 2020
Google Stadia is ready to launch tomorrow, launch titles nearly doubled
Google Stadia is ready to launch tomorrow, launch titles nearly doubled
Google's try at a gaming platform is right around the corner. Stadia is set to release tomorrow to the public. The search giant has confirmed ...... 18 Nov 2019
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gives you access to all the goodies on Xbox and PC
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gives you access to all the goodies on Xbox and PC
Microsoft launched the new Xbox Game Pass PC at their E3 press event very much as expected. The $5 a month service offers free games to PC gamers, ...... 10 Jun 2019
War between PC gaming stores: Epic promises to stop exclusives, *IF* Steam lowers its own cut
War between PC gaming stores: Epic promises to stop exclusives, *IF* Steam lowers its own cut
During the past year, the Pc gaming giants have been fighting to dominate the gaming marketplace sector. The war started when Epic Games' got ...... 27 Apr 2019
Google's game streaming platform is called Stadia
Google's game streaming platform is called Stadia
Google has revealed that it is introducing a new gaming service to the public later this year. The service called Stadia offer games as streamable ...... 20 Mar 2019 - 1 comment
New technology demoed that takes game lighting to a new level
New technology demoed that takes game lighting to a new level
This years Game Developers Conference, or GDC, is currently under way, and most of the game developers are gathered in Moscone Center in San ...... 22 Mar 2018
Sony promises 100 PlayStation 4 games for 2014
Sony promises 100 PlayStation 4 games for 2014
Sony has made gamers happy by promising there will be over 100 games released for the PlayStation 4 console during 2014. 12 Feb 2014 - 12 comments
PlayStation 4 game sales near 10 million
PlayStation 4 game sales near 10 million
Sony has announced today that nearly 10 million PlayStation 4 games have been sold since launch. 09 Jan 2014
Full list of currently announced PS4 games
Full list of currently announced PS4 games
Set for launch by Christmas 16 Jun 2013 - 4 comments
Samsung, EA team up for new '100% indie' app revenue split program
Samsung, EA team up for new '100% indie' app revenue split program
Developers will keep 100 percent of revenue, for first six months 11 Feb 2013 - 1 comment
Rovio: Five 'Angry Birds' games this year
Rovio: Five 'Angry Birds' games this year
During an interview with BI, Rovio CMO Peter Vesterbacka has noted that the company will launch five new Angry Birds titles in 2012. The ...... 13 Mar 2012 - 3 comments
Redbox offering free video game rentals next week
Redbox offering free video game rentals next week
Popular kiosk rental service Redbox has announced it will offer video game rentals for free next week. Starting on Sunday, February 26th, ...... 25 Feb 2012
Netflix kills game rental idea
Netflix kills game rental idea
During Netflix's quarterly earnings report, CEO Reed Hastings made it clear that the company's possible endeavor in to game rentals is dead. ...... 27 Jan 2012 - 8 comments
Nintendo reiterates: No games for Android, iOS
Nintendo reiterates: No games for Android, iOS
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata makes it clear the company will not get into the mobile games business. Reiterating statements he has made in the ...... 15 Sep 2011
PlayStation Vita has bad battery life, will reach Japan in December
PlayStation Vita has bad battery life, will reach Japan in December
Sony has said today that their highly-anticipated PlayStation Vita handheld will hit Japan on December 17th. For 3G connectivity, Sony has ...... 14 Sep 2011 - 21 comments
New Android powered set-top box to feature subscription game client
New Android powered set-top box to feature subscription game client
Vestel, the company that just showed off their TV with a built-in BitTorrent client, will be selling an Android powered set-top box featuring ...... 08 Sep 2011 - 8 comments
Google+ gets games
Google+ gets games
Earlier this week, Google confirmed the addition of games to the Google+ social network. As an icon (next to Stream, Pictures, etc) is a ...... 14 Aug 2011 - 1 comment
Games in Australia to get R18+ rating
Games in Australia to get R18+ rating
New South Wales government gives in-principle support for new rating. The government is supporting a move to classify certain video games ...... 14 Aug 2011 - 1 comment
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