As the rest of the tech world scrambles to assess the implications of the recently announced 5,000 layoffs at software giant Microsoft, news has come in that might potentially spell the end of the company’s nearly 30-year-old Flight Simulator series. Microsoft confirmed Friday that the software giant has shuttered ACES Studios, the developer of the [...]
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Xbox 360 Outsells Playstation 3
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console has sold over 28 million units worldwide, 8 million more than the Sony Playstation 3. According to figures from Microsoft, the Xbox 360 is ahead of the Playstation 3 by one million units in Europe and by 7 million in the US. However, both consoles are being outsold by the Nintendo [...]
National Geographic Opens Gaming Division Doors
The National Geographic Society was founded in 1888 and is one of the largest non-profit academic and educational institutions in the world. Its stated goal is “To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the World’s cultural, historical, and natural resources.” It runs seven print publications, has an online news outlet, and [...]
Electronic Arts Wants to Help People Get Fit, Too
Following in the footsteps of Nintendo’s popular “Wii Fit,” the video game publisher known for the “Madden” football games is jumping into fitness software targeted mostly at women. Electronic Arts Inc. on Thursday announced a new line, EA Sports Active, that runs on the Nintendo Wii console and aims to complement, not compete with, Nintendo’s [...]
Gaming to be UK’s biggest money earner in 2008
Psst. Don’t tell anyone this. For God’s sake don’t let the Daily Mail catch wind of it. Games are getting quite popular indeed. Yep, those flashing, bleeping, murder-simulating, mind-rotting games are actually so popular now that this year, revenue from games software and hardware sales is expected to overtake sales of music and video combined.