AFP – As an electronic reader, Apple’s iPad has been touted as a possible “Kindle killer” but what has videogame makers buzzing is the potential of the touchscreen tablet computer as a gaming platform. “It’s going to be a really powerful handheld game console,” said Asbjoern Soendergaard, founder and chief executive officer of Tactile...
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AFP – Japanese electronics giant Sony assured millions of users that a system bug halting play on older versions of the PlayStation 3 had been fixed. The company “verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally,” Sony spokesman Patrick Seybold said on the PlayStation blog....
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Reuters – Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) posted better-than-expected results on Wednesday, fueled by its hit holiday release “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” and shares rallied as the company said it would start paying an annual dividend. Activision’s stock rose 4.5 percent in after-hours trading. The world’s largest standalone game publisher by market value...
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Reuters – Consolidation among online gaming firms is set to spark into life in 2010 with a possible deal between PartyGaming and Austria’s bwin seen as the potential catalyst for a wave of takeover activity. “I think 2010 is going to be the determining year,” said one senior executive of an online gaming group...
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