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Zynga launches arcade-style game

Facebook games star Zynga is launching an old-school, arcade-style title that will be free at its new website or at the world's biggest social network.

By AAP | 10 May, 2012 09:15

Tags: Zynga, social networking, games, Facebook

Nintendo to begin digital sales of mainstream titles for 3DS

Nintendo will launch sales of digital versions of mainstream 3DS titles through retailers, beginning with a new Super Mario Brothers game in August, it said Friday.

By Jay Alabaster | 27 April, 2012 13:36

Tags: e-commerce, games, internet, Nintendo

Social gamer Zynga posts winning earnings

Online social games star Zynga has beaten Wall Street earnings expectations with quarterly results showing it gained users and pumped up revenue.

By AAP | 27 April, 2012 09:34

Tags: business, Zynga

Nintendo misses annual sales target for 3DS games console

Nintendo said Thursday it missed its annual sales target for the 3DS handheld game console, despite repeated promises from the company that price cuts and an armada of new software titles had helped the device recover after a slow start last year.

By Jay Alabaster | 26 April, 2012 18:43

Tags: business issues, financial results, games, Nintendo

Nintendo says it has sold 5 million 3DS consoles in Japan, overcoming slow start

Nintendo claims it has sold 5 million 3DS handheld game consoles in Japan, which it says makes the device the fastest-selling game platform ever in the country.

By Jay Alabaster | 21 February, 2012 02:40

Tags: games, Nintendo

R18+ games legislation hits parliament

Minister for home affairs, Jason Clare, has introduced legislation into parliament that will pave the way for an R18+ classification for video games. The state and territory governments will also have to introduce legislation to allow adults only games.

By Rohan Pearce | 15 February, 2012 13:42

Tags: games, R18, R18+, R18 games

Vodafone begins Australian pre-orders for Sony PlayStation Vita

Vodafone has opened pre-orders for Sony's next-generation handheld games console: The PlayStation Vita. The device will launch in Australia on 23 February.

By TechWorld staff | 09 February, 2012 16:26

Tags: games, PlayStation Vita, Sony PlayStation Vita

Dinky Kong to map Aust-NZ digital heritage

A spin-off of the cult game Donkey Kong, "Dinky Kong", will take its rightful place alongside new computer software programs in a collection of trans-Tasman digital heritage.

By AAP | 09 February, 2012 08:52

Tags: Australasian Heritage Software Database (AHSD), Dinky Kong, Flinders University, software

Mac Uni presses start on video games courses

Semester 1 2012 marks the debut of Macquarie University's new programs focussed on the design, development and critical analysis of video games.

By Rohan Pearce | 08 February, 2012 10:29

Tags: games, games developer, games development, Macquarie University

Australian retail, digital gaming markets battle for dominance

Despite the rise of digital games distribution platforms such as Steam and Origin and the growth in massively multiplayer online (MMO)gaming and mobile gaming, the Australian retail game market remains relatively healthy, according to the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA).

By Hamish Barwick | 06 February, 2012 13:30

Tags: gaming, Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA), Microsoft, Telyste

Nintendo: Wii U will launch in time for 2012 holiday season, use touch-card tech

Nintendo said Friday its next-generation Wii U game console will launch in time for the holiday season in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

By Jay Alabaster | 27 January, 2012 16:09

Tags: business issues, financial results, games, Nintendo

Nintendo slashes annual targets for 3DS despite price cuts, software bonanza

Nintendo has slashed its annual sales target for the flagship 3DS handheld, conceding that price cuts and a barrage of software titles were not enough to recover from a weak launch last year.

By Jay Alabaster | 26 January, 2012 22:37

Tags: consumer electronics, games, Nintendo

Interview: Jay Barnson, former senior programmer at SingleTrac, talks about the early days of Sony PlayStation development

I started in October of 1994, almost a year before the launch. It was kinda funny as I'd try to tell people about this console I was developing games for, and they'd ask me, "So is that a new Sega or Nintendo?" I tried to explain that it was by Sony, and they'd dismiss it out of hand, because it was so obvious that Sony had no chance of taking on those gaming console juggernauts. A lot of people were really taken by surprise a year later.

Digital games market to exceed $30 billion: Ovum

The Asia Pacific digital games market will be worth more than $30 billion in 2016, according to Ovum.

By Diana Nguyen | 10 November, 2011 12:00

Tags: digital games, Mark Little, online games

iGEA cautiously backs R18 games classification guidelines

While the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has welcomed the proposed Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games, it is concerned about references in the document to the high impact of games on players.

By Hamish Barwick | 07 November, 2011 09:42

Tags: gaming news, Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA), Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O'Connor, R18 video games classification system

How are video games classified in Australia?

The process of classifying films seems pretty straightforward: Watch it; maybe watch the rude bits a couple of times.

By Rohan Pearce | 31 October, 2011 11:13

Tags: classification, games, R18, R18 games

Nintendo Wii U to launch after March 2012

Nintendo said Friday its new Wii U game console will go on sale during the next fiscal year that begins in April, and the company will look to avoid the problems it has had with its latest handheld.

By Jay Alabaster | 28 October, 2011 15:35

Tags: games, Nintendo

R18 games and Australia's classification revolution

Australia is set to undergo a major change in its classification system that will finally resolve the vexed issue of the absence of an R18 rating for video games if proposals from the Australian Law Reform Commission are adopted.

By Rohan Pearce | 28 October, 2011 11:29

Tags: games, R18

Nintendo 3DS 2Q sales rebound as price cuts kick in

Sales of Nintendo's 3DS handheld game console rebounded over the last quarter as it slashed prices, but the company said it is facing deep financial losses, and doesn't expect a true turnaround for the device until a host of new games are released over the next few months.

By Jay Alabaster | 27 October, 2011 19:35

Tags: business issues, financial results, games, Nintendo

Nintendo to add 3D movie capture to 3DS handheld

Nintendo said Friday that a software update for its 3DS handheld due in late November in Japan will add the ability to shoot movies in 3D.

By Jay Alabaster | 22 October, 2011 00:31

Tags: games, Handhelds, Nintendo, nintendo ds, online services