22 septembrie 2012. Miezul noptii. Cerul de deasupra Germaniei este acoperit de o cortina scanteietoare de lumini colorate.

The TiVo Premiere will be here real soon so it isn’t much of a surprise to see a Series 3 on Woot. You might want to consider it, too.

A bundle of screenshots just hit the net showing off the latest Direct3D-based mobile games running on a WinPho7 device,

Мало кто сомневается в способности видеоигр развивать мышление.

Dintr-un studiu Nielsen referitor la modul in care americanii isi cheltuiesc banii pe divertisment denumit Nielsen 360 Gaming Report: United States Market -

Everybody knows the NES classic Super Mario Bros. Everybody--your parents, little sister, and even your grandparents should be able to recognize the game by its iconic title.

The explosion of casual gaming over the last few years, primed by companies like PopCap and touched off by Nintendo’s

Atari a anuntat ca Test Drive Unlimited 2 se va lansa in aceasta toamna.

Ignition Entertainment a anuntat ca va lansa in vara lui 2010 jocul Blacklight: Tango Down.

Un studiu realizat de “MCDC” (Marketers & Consumers, Digital & Connected) si derulat de IAB Europe asupra comportamentului

In case you can afford an LCD TV but not one of the good ones (I, for example, still have my Sony CRT-TV from 2004), Mitsumi Electric’s new solution might be of interest to you. The company, which is known for manufacturing controllers for video game consoles, is developing an IC chip that can boost the sharpness of images LCD TVs produce.

Once it’s placed on the image processor or the scaler chip, the so-called MRFX-0001 can boost the color, white balance and sharpness of pictures. Mitsumi says the chip automatically emphasizes flesh colors when the TV shows people or green colors when forests are displayed. The chip can be used for pictures with full HD resolution and a frame rate of up to 60fps.

Mitsumi plans to start shipping the first chips to China- and Taiwan-based makers of inexpensive LCD TVs by year-end.

Sursa: www.crunchgear.com

Dintr-un studiu Nielsen referitor la modul in care americanii isi cheltuiesc banii

What is it with publishers fascination with second-hand sales? Yes, for every used video game you buy on eBay, the publisher sees zero dollars and zero cents, but are they operating at such razor-thin margins that teens auctioning off their old PSP games is worth their attention? You don’t see Ford or GM or Toyota or Honda or anything complaining about used cars sales, do you? (Actually, do you? I know next to nothing about cars.) Electronic Arts’ “Project Ten Dollar” was concocted to battle against the scourge of second-hand video game sales, forcing gamers to pay upward of $10 for DLC that usually comes for free alongside the purchase of a new video game. Turns out, not only does it hurt consumers and retailers, but it hurts publishers in the long run!

Anyhow, the deal is that retailers that specialize in second-hand sales have explained that, the reason why so many people sell their old games is to fund the purchase of new video games. Little Timmy sells Madden NFL 09 for $10 so he can afford Madden NFL 10. Of course, publishers like EA are far too myopic to see this—all they see is the “lost” Madden NFL 09 sale (assuming the game is sold at some point) and not the enabled Madden NFL 10 sale.

It’s but a part of the same ethic that I complained about, quite shrilly, might I add, the other: exclusive DLC is a menace. Why do I have to buy the game from four different stores to get, say, all of the available weapons and armor in the game? To me, rather than being a “value add” (“bonus armor when you buy from us!”), it’s a removal of functionality. “Oh, so if I pre-order the game from Store A, I won’t get the weapons and armor from Stores B, C, and D? Well that stinks. Way to sell me an incomplete game.”

Not that I buy used video games much—I think I bought a used Castlevania for the GameBoy Advance like five years ago.

Sursa: www.crunchgear.com

Primul beta al mult asteptatului StarCraft II va aparea la finalul acestei luni, conform dezvoltatorilor de la Blizzard Entertainment.

As a guy who likes his image quality, I have to say I am shocked, shocked at this ridiculous trend.

It wasn’t too long ago that I whined that these days, old-school de-makes of games are better than the new-school re-makes they’re meant to promote.

There’s no doubt Panasonic really believes in the future of 3D.

Studiourile Crytek au oferit noi informatii despre first-person shooter-ul Crysis 2,

Activision a anuntat ca isi propune ca in fiecare an sa scoata pe piata un nou joc din seria Call of Duty. Asadar, urmatorul Call of Duty, al 7-lea din serie, va aparea in acest an.

Get ready to spend some Gil – it looks like Square isn’t going to ignore the US this time. Square Enix and Microsoft just announced that they are putting together a special Final Fantasy XIII Xbox 360.