Blizzard has revealed its latest extension of the World of Warcraft video game series, with a new collectable card range. Called Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, the digital/physical game will be based upon a range of cards that players ...
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Disney has just announced its Infinity video game that works with physical figures, and other games publishers have hinted at introducing something like Skylanders. Do you welcome the competition? Oh definitely. We think we've invented a ...
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Children have played with toys from their favourite stories for decades, whether it's pretending to be super heroes or collecting Moshlings in real life – or while playing Moshi Monsters online. The difference now is that children ...
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Tactus Technologies, a spinoff company from the University at Buffalo, has developed a first-of-its-kind virtual reality training program for forklift operators, a product that company officials expect will reduce work-related injuries and ...
Artificial intelligence, a field of programming employed by video game developers to make characters smarter and improve their decisions, still has a ways to go before it actually yields intelligent characters. "There are AI games with ...
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National retailers’ separate toy and video game buying departments should be more closely aligned, says Namco Bandai. The company, which is launching its Tekken Card Tournament online game and physical cards, believes better ...
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IDG World Expo today announced the full agenda and lineup of speakers for its 2013 Game Marketing Summit (GMS) event. This year's speakers include top video game marketers, developers and technology providers. Featured speakers at the ...
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Upcoming Skylanders rival Disney Infinity has been delayed by one month. The game and figures had been due for release on Friday, June 28th in the UK, but it will now arrive on Friday, August 23rd. Furthermore, the move comes not due to ...
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Video game developer Siobhan Reddy is out to inspire women gamers after being named Australian Woman of the Year in the United Kingdom. Ms Reddy, 34, received the award at a ceremony in London on Wednesday night. Earlier this year the ...
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The 'toys to life' video game category is about to get a lot more interesting, with the announcement that Pokémon figures will enter the fray. First there was Skylanders, then Disney Infinity was announced, and Hasbro has dabbled ...
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The Princeton Review -- one of the nation's best-known education services companies -- today issued its fourth annual report naming the schools with the best programs to study video game design. The report, "Top Schools to Study Video ...
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Howrad Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, is retiring as chairman in June. He announced his departure in New York in a ...
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Revenues generated from sales of toys based on video game properties have risen 28 per cent year-on-year. £77 million was spent on branded toys and merchandise in the UK last year, up from £60 million in 2011, MCV reports. ...
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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The US Video Game Industry Outlook to 2017 - Transition from Console to Online and Mobile Gaming EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report titled "The US ...
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Leveraging an asset—a Hollywood movie studio—that competitors like LG and Samsung must envy, Sony is planning a summer launch of a new distribution system that will allow Ultra HD TV owners to download 4K movies to a new ...
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