Gaming

Boku Upgrades Mobile Payments Platform; Adds 12 New Publisher Partners
Reuters | 18 minutes ago
Mobile payments provider Boku is gaining traction, seemingly evolving into the chosen platform for social and casual gaming companies that want to make it easier for their users to pay for virtual goods and downloads on-the-go.

Microsoft stands firm in face of possible lawsuit over Xbox Live bans
Canada.com | 45 minutes ago
Microsoft Corp. has responded to a possible class-action lawsuit over banning up to one million Xbox 360 consoles from accessing its online gaming service, arguing the company is well within its rights to ban users from Xbox Live.

Social Sites Less Friendly to Video Ads
Adweek | 1 hour 53 minutes ago
Digital media buyers may want to think twice about where they place online video ads -- as social networking and gaming sites don't measure up to content sites and e-mail when it comes to user engagement.

Adknowledge acquires ad network business of SocialMedia.com - DMNews
DMNews | 2 hours 6 minutes ago
Adknowledge, an independently owned ad network, has acquired the advertising business of SocialMedia.com in a deal whose terms were not disclosed.

Sony to Launch Online Service Next Year - Reviews by PC Magazine
PC Magazine | 8 hours 15 minutes ago
Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

GameStop reports 3Q profit up 12 percent
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) | 19 hours 11 minutes ago
By JOHN AUSTIN jaustin@star-telegram.com Driven by software sales and new video game releases, Grapevine-based video game retailer GameStop Corp.

GameStop reports 3Q profit up 12%
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) | 20 hours 14 minutes ago
By JOHN AUSTIN jaustin@star-telegram.com Driven by software sales and new video game releases, Grapevine-based video game retailer GameStop Corp.

Law firm considers class action suit over sweeping Xbox Live bans
Canada.com | 20 hours 46 minutes ago
Microsoft "conveniently" waited until after the launch of two of Xbox 360's biggest holiday titles before banning up to one million consoles from accessing its online gaming service, says a law firm that specializes in consumer class action lawsuits.

Flickr co-founder tries his hand at another Web startup
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 21 hours 36 minutes ago
B.C.-based Tiny Speck has big plans to tap the Web interactive wave he helped create with an attempt ? still a secret ? to take online gaming to another level

3 Reasons Sony PS3 Sales Are Soaring
CRN | 1 day 3 hours 41 minutes ago
Sony this week celebrated the third anniversary of its PS3 gaming system by pointing to signs of increasing momentum for the product line, including a 70 percent sales gain in October compared with the same period a year ago

China Wants Fewer Monsters, More 'culture' in Online Games
CIO Insight | 1 day 3 hours 53 minutes ago
China Wants Fewer Monsters, More 'culture' in Online Games Online games in China should move away from "lowbrow" content such as monster hunting, Chinese regulators said late Wednesday, highlighting the uncertain regulatory conditions faced by game operators in the country.

Activision Claims 'COD: Modern Warfare 2' Sets Record - Reviews by PC Magazine
PC Magazine | 1 day 4 hours 20 minutes ago
Activision Blizzard said it sold 4.7 million copies of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" for $310 million on its first day, setting a new record for the video game industry.

Where we work for No. 2 (episode 471)
CNET | 1 day 4 hours 47 minutes ago
It's National Toilet Day today, and Justin isn't here to celebrate. Fortunately, we more than make it up with dozens upon dozens of fecal jokes. Mark Licea of The Green Show joins the show today to talk tech and...lingerie?