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Apple iPad 2 Event Coverage
Apple’s Live iPad 2 event is only minutes away. Check here for updates. Apple is not providing a live video feed. Many eager fans are losing connections to the user streamed video and live blogs, if you are having trouble with any of the following live blogs, have no fear, we will be providing updates [...]
Kindle App Now Available For Windows Phone 7 Owners
On Tuesday it was announced that Kindle apps are making their way to Windows and Android-based tablets, Amazon decided to sweeten the deal even further by revealing today that its Kindle app will now be made available to Windows Phone 7 owners. This of course comes two months after the Microsoft phone’s U.S. debut. The [...]
OnLive Teams Up With Vizio For HDTV, Phone, Tablet and Blue-Ray Integration
Our first bit of news from the new year finds cloud gaming service OnLive will now be integrated into all HDTV, phone, tablet and blu-ray players made by Vizio. The company is currently at CES in Las Vegas, where they will be demonstrating the HDTV integration at CES, with the promise of rolling out hardware [...]
Digital Download Game World’s Best DLC of 2010 (Part 1)
2010 has been huge for the Digital Download industry. The scope of digital downloads have changed and so has player expectations. At the start of 2009, Digital Download games were often referred to as mini games and mobile games were all classed, casual games. Now, as we reach the end of the decade, retailers are [...]
Great Android Games that you cannot find on the iphone
If you are an Android gamer it can sometimes feel like the iPhone gets all the love and all the fun new games and all you can do is hope and wonder if those great iPhone games will find their way to the Android platform. However there are a number of great Android games that [...]
EA Shoots For 40/60% Digital to Physical Revenue Split
Speaking to an audience at the Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference yesterday, EA’s Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown noted the important role that PC and DLC plays in the publisher’s revenue. “A principal growth driver has been downloads for extra content, which includes microtransactions for free to play games. This would include Playfish, map packs [...]
BBC America Programming Now Available On PSN
Sony has announced this week that BBC America programming will be available on PlayStation 3 consoles across the United States. To start off the new venture with Sony, BBC America has made the first episode of the American version of “Top Gear” available free of charge (Regularly $1.99SD, $2.99HD) for the first two weeks. Also [...]
SONY SNAP, will it help bring Apple Apps to SONY Devices?
Image via CrunchBase SONY’s SNAP Developer Program is currently in its Beta phase. SNAP, which stands for Sony’s Networked Application Platform, is based on the same framework from the GNUstep community, whose origin dates back to the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT Computer Inc (now Apple Computer Inc.). So, Sony is basing its next generation [...]
Cedemo Video Game Barcode Scanner App Now Available In North America
Last month we broke the news that Cedemo was launching a video game barcode scanner app for the iPhone and Android SmartPhones. The App initially launched only un the UK and France but has just been released in the North American market. The free app allows consumers to make informed purchasing decisions on-the-go by delivering [...]
The Standout Games from Gamercamp Lvl 2
Toronto’s Gamercamp, a two-day celebration of games in Toronto, offered several live demos of indie games during its first day. Two standout titles for me were “Sword and Sworcery” and “Dyad.” “Sword and Sworcery,” coming out for iphone, ipad, and ipod Touch. A joint effort between Superbrothers and Capy “Sword and Sworcery” is a 2D [...]
