News tagged with playing games

First wizards, now pirates for online game maker

(AP) -- For one online game maker, pirates evolved from wizards.

Technology / Software

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Game Review: 'Ninja Gaiden 3' a letdown for fans

(AP) -- If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced you into mouth-frothing aggravation.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook game star Zynga opens online playground

Facebook games star Zynga has opened an online playground where users can enjoy hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook game star Zynga starts online playground

Facebook games star Zynga on Thursday unveiled an online playground where people can share passions for hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Schilling's company launches first video game

(AP) -- A teenage Curt Schilling got a paper route so he could afford an Apple II just like the one his Little League coach owned.

Technology / Software

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Remodeled PlayStation Home opening doors

Sony on Thursday will open the doors of a remodeled PlayStation Home that puts the focus on games in a virtual world that merges console-quality play with hot trends in online social gaming.

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga adding more ways to play games as IPO looms

(AP) -- Zynga is adding more ways for people to play its Web games as it grooms its business for an initial public offering of stock.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties

Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."

Technology / Internet

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile shopping: More buzz than buy so far

When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New Harry Potter project spellbinds cyberspace

Harry Potter fans were abuzz with excitement on Thursday after creator JK Rowling launched a mysterious web site counting down to the announcement of a new project.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Alice' videogame a mad, action-filled Wonderland

A bizarre, action-filled Wonderland opened for videogame lovers on Tuesday with the arrival of "Alice: Madness Returns."

Technology / Software

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

What gamers want: Researchers develop tool to predict player behavior

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method that can accurately predict the behavior of players in online role-playing games. The tool could be used by the game industry to develop new game ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

EA to bring 'Sims' game to Facebook

(AP) -- Major video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. is bringing its popular "The Sims" role-playing game to Facebook.

Technology / Software

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Stark differences in media use between minority and white youth

Minority youth aged 8 to 18 consume an average of 13 hours of media content a day -- about 4-1/2 hours more than their white counterparts, according to a Northwestern University report, the first national study to focus exclusively ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2