News tagged with video game machine


New 3-D sensors coming soon to computers, cameras, other gadgets

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

In the science fiction movie "Minority Report," set 50 years in the future, Tom Cruise's character interacts with a computer display by moving his hands in front of it.


Nintendo's annual profit rises 8.5 percent

Technology / Business

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers.





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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations (AP)

'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

Technology / Software

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.


Global sales of Nintendo's Wii top 50 million

Technology / Business

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday global sales of its popular Wii video game console have topped 50 million since it went on sale worldwide in late 2006.


Lakers' Kobe Bryant talks `NBA 2K10' video game (AP)

Lakers' Kobe Bryant talks 'NBA 2K10' video game

Technology / Software

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Kobe Bryant isn't just the "NBA 2K10" cover athlete, he also makes a good mermaid.


The new Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) are packed and ready to go on sale after midnight in 2007 at the Sony Center in Berlin

Sony PS3 tops Nintendo Wii in Japan in March: survey

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.


Tokyo Game Show kicks off with turnaround hopes

Technology / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday resurrection.


Startup lets you play console video games remotely

Technology / Software

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As any a video game aficionado knows, it's easy to pop a game into your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and spend hours working your way from one level to the next. Without the hefty console, though, you're out of luck ...


Action video game players experience diminished proactive attention

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Video game players are often accused of passively reacting to tasks that are spoon fed to them through graphics and stimuli on the screen. A group of researchers from Iowa State University shows that playing lots of video ...


John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game (AP)

John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game

Technology / Software

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- It's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars - Brett Favre and Michael Vick - joining NFL rosters. No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men ...


In search of machines that play at being human

In search of machines that play at being human

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at Carlos III University (Spain) have taken part in an international contest whose objective is to improve artificial intelligence utilized in virtual worlds. The challenge for the participants ...


Leaked video game footage shows terrorist attack

Technology / Software

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Footage leaked from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack.



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