According to a study by Nielsen, game consoles drive an increase in overall time spent in front of a TV set, helping to balance a slightly lopsided TV time scale in which women historically spend more time watching TV than their male counterparts. In a blog post, the measurement and information specialist notes that in […]
PlayJam, operator of the largest games network on Smart TV, has announced a deal to extend its social and monetisation platform APIs to Marmalade, the powerful cross-platform tool that enables app developers to create without compromise. From November this year, developers using the Marmalade SDK to create native games in C++ for Smart TV will […]
Sony is to launch a new smaller, lighter version of the PlayStation 3 console on September 28th The updated console is half the weight and volume of the original machine and will be available in two specifications: one with a 500GB hard drive, and the other, a budget version with a 12GB flash memory. The […]
Nintendo’s “Wii U” game console will have innovative TV and video features when it launches in November as it plays catch-up with Microsoft and Sony and aims to lure gamers back from the Internet and mobile devices. This first new Nintendo home console in six years will allow users to make personal TV and video […]
In Q1 2012, Americans spent nearly 35 hours per week watching video across screens and close to another five hours using the Internet on a computer. Amercians spend 1 hour 38 minutes per week on gaming devices and among owners of gaming devices that have the ability to stream video content (also referred to as […]
Playcast Media, the cloud gaming service providers, has announced new technology partnerships with some of the largest companies in the set-top market: Cisco, Pace and AirTies which represent a total new install based of over 100 million households worldwide on top of the existing partnerships with Samsung and Sagem. The partnerships include an integration of […]
Playcast Media, a cloud gaming service providers, has announced an agreement with NVIDIA to run its streaming service on the NVIDIA GeForce GRID cloud gaming platform, and that the first implementation will be done for Bouygues Telecom Bbox games service in France. Utilising Playcast’s streaming technology running on NVIDIA’s GeForce GRID, the service will allow […]
Playcast Media, a cloud gaming service provider, has announced an agreement with NVIDIA to run its streaming service on the NVIDIA GeForce GRID cloud gaming platform, and that the first implementation will be done for Bouygues Telecom Bbox games service in France. Playcast’s patented virtualization technology enables the most cost-effective cloud gaming service in the […]
Sony’s has lowered its full-year earnings forecast as it battles a strong yen and declining sales of LCD TVs and games consoles. The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant reported a quarterly loss of ¥24.6 billion (£202m) compared with a ¥15.5 billion loss a year earlier. Tokyo-based Sony lowered its earnings forecast for the business year […]
PHXX, a platform development company with expertise in new media and gaming, and Red Stallion Interactive (RSI), a publisher devoted to distributing interactive entertainment across the Middle East North Africa region, have announced their strategic alliance to develop and market the existing PHXX Reach Gaming Platform, enhancing the online interactive content portfolio for Middle Eastern […]