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Smartphone manufacturer HTC has made two strategic investments that could pave the way for mobile-based cloud gaming. The Taiwanese phone manufacturer has purchased a $40 million stake in OnLive, and has also wholly acquired London-based Saffron Digital. OnLive’s business is built on the premise of streaming high-end gameplay, via servers, …
Read More »Darkspore due in March
Darkspore will arrive in stores before the end of this year’s first quarter, EA has revealed. The PC action RPG game will be released on March 29th according to a new developer diary trailer. Darkspore allows players to take control of powerful aliens and upgrade them with thousands of body …
Read More »Direct2Drive offers digital rentals
Digital download website Direct2Drive has introduced a new game rental service. Consumers can pay $5 to access five hours worth of game time from a select range of titles – including Konami’s Silent Hill Homecoming, Codemasters’ Race Driver Grid and Dtp’s Divinity II. If users decide to purchase a full …
Read More »Facebook Credits to turn compulsory for devs [Update]
All developers to soon pay a 30 per cent cut
Read More »Capcom: ‘Gamers have abandoned handheld consoles’
Smartphones are usurping traditional games hardware, says Capcom. The firm told MCV that more and more gamers are leaving PCs and handheld consoles for smartphones, and as a result Capcom Interactive has invested in a number of upcoming titles due for release on iPhone this year. The casual gamer that …
Read More »Angry Birds cartoon in the works
The Angry Birds will soon be flying onto screens in a new animated form. Rovio CEO Mikael Hed has announced the company has begun work on an cartoon series based on its best-selling iPhone game, according to the New York Post. We have been looking at that for quit a …
Read More »100m users flock to CityVille
CityVille has reaffirmed itself as the most popular Facebook game ever by attracting over 100m users. The casual title developed by Zynga now has 100,064,578 monthly active users, putting it ahead of the firm’s other big Facebook offering FarmVille. This has 57m monthly users. CityVille launched on December 2nd and …
Read More »EA helps publish Funcom MMO
Age of Conan developer Funcom has reached an agreement to co-publish its latest PC MMO with EA Partners. The upcoming action title – The Secret World – allows players to create and progress their own character without the restrictions of classes and levels. It’s the third MMO from Funcom following …
Read More »Intel tricks: Optimising for Intel Atom devices
Intel software engineer Orion Granatir on how to get the most from the small but mighty processor
Read More »Facebook IPO debate as value jumps to $50bn
Goldman Sachs and DST investment points to 2012 IPO
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