News tagged with role playing game

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

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

'Champions' to unleash virtual heroes and foes

(AP) -- Think you can do better than Stan Lee? Launching next month, the new massively multiplayer online role-playing game "Champions Online" will let gamers create their own virtual superheroes. Sorry, no Spider-Men or ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home

In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3