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British inventor claims game industry should not be put ahead of 'tangible technology we can export'
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Social gaming company to support new payment methods
Read More »Warner reveals pair of free-to-play Hobbit titles
Upcoming Hollywood outing The Hobbit is to get the free-to-play game treatment. Warner has revealed a pair of titles – The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth for mobiles and Hobbit:Armies of the Third Age for web browsers. Both are due for release in autumn of this year, with the film itself …
Read More »Four tips for porting your game to the web with Native Client
Google's Colt McAnlis explains how developers can successfully port 3D titles to browser
Read More »Google Chrome becomes the world’s most popular browser
Having launched three and a half years ago, Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for the first time to become the world’s most popular browser. That’s according to Statcounter, whose numbers show that Chrome had a higher average traffic number than IE for a seven-day period (May …
Read More »Valve launches remote Steam download service
Steam users can now initiate downloads and manage their games through a web browser or mobile device. A new Steam Beta client has gone live which, once installed, lets users download titles while they’re out which will become ready to play when they get home. Players have to make sure …
Read More »Live action Halo 4 web series green-lit
Microsoft has reportedly made its largest investment” ever in live-action video for a new Halo 4 web series. The series, called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, will air on Machinima in the run-up to the release of console shooter Halo 4 on Xbox 360 in early November, Variety reports. There …
Read More »Microsoft’s Web TV plans put on hold
Microsoft’s discussions with media companies to create a new online TV and movie service have been put on the backburner. Sources close to the talks say the company withdrew its interest after deciding the licensing costs were too high for its planned business model, according to Reuters. One media executive …
Read More »Square says user info was not compromised in web hack
No personal information was accessed following the recent security breach of Square Enix member servers in Japan and North America. This is despite the publisher revealing last week that up to 1.8 million accounts may have been compromised, with information including customer names, phone numbers and e-mails. As a result, …
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