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Xbox One will force gamers to stay online after all

Xbox One will force gamers to stay online after all
  • Posted June 7, 2013, 8:30 AM by David Tom | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft
  • For a console that has yet to be released, the Xbox One is garnering a lot of negative press from the media and its once loyal fans. To make matters worse, Microsoft described a few new features slated for the…

Weekend Open Forum: Do you prefer single or multiplayer gaming?

Weekend Open Forum: Do you prefer single or multiplayer gaming?
  • Posted May 10, 2013, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in WOF, Gaming
  • The video game industry as a whole has evolved more than I could have ever imagined since I got started with the NES back in the mid 1980s. Back then the concept of multiplayer didn’t even exist. If you wanted to play a game with a friend...

Ubisoft and EA pair up, offer each other's games online

Ubisoft and EA pair up, offer each other
  • Posted February 22, 2013, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Gaming
  • Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are teaming up, each company planning to offer the other's library of games across their respective Origin and UPlay services. The move could be interpreted as a shot fired across Valve's bow -- the mind behind…

Blizzard talks Diablo 3 facts, nerfing and buffs for legendary items

Blizzard talks Diablo 3 facts, nerfing and buffs for legendary items
  • Posted May 29, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming
  • In an article posted on Battle.net, Blizzard talks about its Diablo 3 character-nerfing philosophy, discusses a couple of upcoming patches and shares with us some interesting facts regarding Diablo 3. Interestingly, the blog-style post follows a hastily deployed hotfix which…

Final Combat: China's Team Fortress 2 clone

Final Combat: China
  • Posted March 28, 2012, 7:30 AM by Eric Jou | Filed in Gaming
  • Whenever I visit an internet cafe in China, be it Shanghai, Beijing or wherever, it always surprises me how many of the games available are MMO's or bad rip-offs of western games. Normally I would scroll past the Chinese fare…

Korea bans kids from late night gaming, they don't listen

Korea bans kids from late night gaming, they don
  • Posted January 3, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • It's been just over a month since South Korea banned minors from late night gaming, but the regulation has reportedly done little to change habits. Introduced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Ministry of Gender Equality (MGEF), the "Shutdown Law"...

Search and email remain the top online activities

Search and email remain the top online activities
  • Posted August 10, 2011, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • The Internet has evolved in ways that most of us would never have conceived a decade ago, but the most popular online activities for adults have remained unchanged for years. A new study by Pew Internet & American Life Project…

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