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  • NeuroSky's headset lets you control games with your mind 17 March, 2010 11:19:00

    Brain training games join the real world with NeuroSky's brain-computing interface headset.
    Your brain has a lot to communicate, but when you're working on a computer or playing a game, all of those thoughts gets distilled into a keyboard or gamepad interface that can be limiting to say the least.
  • Hack lets you control a DSLR camera from a Nintendo DS 16 March, 2010 11:26:00

    Here's how to use a Nintendo DS to program new features on DSLR cameras made by Canon, Olympus and Sigma.
    The folks at the Open Camera Controller (OCC), a system that uses an older Nintendo DS handheld to provide more options to photographers seeking to get the most out of their DSLR cameras.
  • Did video games wreck 1,000 marriages? 16 March, 2010 09:20:00

    An annual report from a Catholic counseling service claims computer games are partly to blame for complicating wedded bliss.
    Troubled home life? Blame the internet if you're using it to do work, view pornography, gamble, and of course, play computer games.
  • Teen hacker admits crashing PlayStation site 02 March, 2010 06:23:00

    Initially, the case started as a grand jury investigation in San Diego
    A 17-year-old honors student from Pennsylvania admitted to crashing Sony's PlayStation site after being banned for cheating in SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals. He brought down the site for 11 days in November 2008 by infecting it with a virus.
  • A quarter of web users regularly play games on Facebook 20 February, 2010 02:06:00

    Majority of social gamers are women
    A quarter of web users play games on social networks, such as Facebook, on a regular basis, says PopCap.
  • Tetris: 100 million mobile downloads and counting 22 January, 2010 10:42:00

    After celebrating its 25th anniversary, the puzzler has reached a new mark: 100 million paid mobile phone downloads since '05
    Who among us hasn't played Tetris?
  • Palm opens up developer program, adds plug-in support 08 January, 2010 08:40:00

    Developers use plug-ins to develop 3D games for the Pre and Pixi
    Palm opened up its WebOS developer program to the public on Thursday, saying it expects to see a flood of new applications developed for the mobile OS.
  • Nielsen: Xbox 360 used most in US, PS2 edges Wii 07 January, 2010 06:54:00

    Nielsen's annual media industry fact sheet offers a look at 'the way gamers were' in 2009
    The Xbox 360 topped Nielsen's top US game consoles ranked by usage minutes (23.1%), polling slightly ahead of Sony's PS2 (20.4%) and the Nintendo Wii (19.0%). No, that's not a typo. I meant to write PlayStation 2. Sony's PS3? Not on the fact sheet, which either means Nielsen didn't want to embarrass Sony, or they've done the rest of us a disservice by failing to include Sony's flagship game and Blu-ray box in their breakout.
  • EA "moves forward" with online Tiger Woods game 06 January, 2010 05:10:00

    Publishing giant Electronic Arts sticks by Tiger Woods, says relationship with Tiger 'has always been rooted in golf'.
    Game publishing giant EA says it'll stick with celebrity licensee Tiger Woods despite recent public scandals. That's the word from EA Spots prez Peter Moore, who blogs that the company was moving forward with its online version of the eponymous video game franchise for PC and Mac set to launch later this month.
  • Dragon Age first expansion named, dated, priced 06 January, 2010 04:15:00

    Dragon Age 'Awakenings' to add party members, spells, abilities, and a brand new area called Amaranthine this March.
    Gear up your Grey Wardens, Dragon Age buffs, because Bioware's dubbed and dated its first official expansion pack, Awakenings, shipping worldwide for Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows March 16, 2010. Armchair conquistadors rejoice, because the expansion adds a new area called Amaranthine--a word that means "undying" or "unfading"--and invites you to probe the origins of the original game's diabolic darkspawn.
  • Independent Games Festival finalists announced 05 January, 2010 07:05:00

    Finalists include a light-based puzzler, a gesture-driven medical adventure and a cartoon-style platformer
    Don't pay much attention to indie games? You ought to, if you're serious about groundbreaking gaming, and here's just the thing to pique your interest: The Independent Games Festival just laid out their main competition finalists for the twelfth annual award ceremony. Up for grabs? $50,000 in prizes, including the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize, named after the eponymous 2000 IGF grand prize winner who died shortly after receiving the award in March 2000 from Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • ISV Q & A : Nic Watt on Nintendo, R18+ classifications and gaming software 17 December, 2009 12:26:00

    Creative director and founder of small software developer, Nnooo, sits down to talk to ARN about some of the challenges and areas of opportunity in the consumer software space
    Nic Watt, founder and creative director of games and application software developer, Nnooo, is on the cutting edge of the industry. The sales model of Independent Software Developer (ISV) is entirely around digital downloads for the iPhone, Nintendo Wii and DS. He speaks to MATTHEW SAINSBURY about the future of digital distribution and the broader gaming software industry.
  • 25% of men have pulled a sickie to play computer games 10 December, 2009 02:45:00

    Women prefer to use sick days to shop
    Nearly a quarter of men have pulled a sickie from work in order to play computer games, says MyVoucherCodes.co.uk.
  • Sony's big plans for PlayStation brand in 2010 19 November, 2009 23:11:00

    New hardware, reduced prices and... comics?
    Sony is hoping to return its PlayStation business to profitability next year with the help of new hardware devices and expansion of its network-delivered services platform, it said Thursday.
  • Cisco computer game lets you play CEO 05 November, 2009 09:54:00

    Cisco created the game for the company’s network certification site, the Learning Network
    If you want to be a CEO but not have any of the real responsibilities of one, you could try to play a new online game being offered by Cisco. The company this week posted myPlanNet, a computer game that lets anyone be a broadband executive making network deployment decisions.
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