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Microsoft offers $100 to customers who trade in their PS3 for an Xbox One

Microsoft is passing out a new ad campaign image. It highlights the gist of a new trade-in program it’s offering for potential Xbox One gamers. As the ad suggests, you’ll earn $100 if you bring your PlayStation 3 into a Microsoft store and trade it in towards an Xbox One. Further investigation lead us to this link… Continue reading Microsoft offers $100 to customers who trade in their PS3 for an Xbox One

$200,000 worth of virtual ships destroyed in largest EVE battle ever

EVE Online has its own economics, politics, and trade systems, built almost entirely by players in the ten years the game has been running. It also has its own wars, as huge alliances vie for control of tracts of space in the massively multiplayer online game. One such conflict came to a head yesterday in the… Continue reading $200,000 worth of virtual ships destroyed in largest EVE battle ever

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Rumors of potential Amazon game console continue to spread

No matter how many times Amazon denies that it’s developing a set-top box, the rumors continue to pop up once every six months or so. VG 24/7 is reporting that the company is still working on an Android games console that’ll retail for “below $300.” Based on gossip from game publishers, the latest indication is that Amazon’s product team… Continue reading Rumors of potential Amazon game console continue to spread

Nintendo plans to release unnamed “mini-games” on mobile devices

Mario may fall short of triple-jumping his way to smartphones and tablets, but he and other iconic Nintendo characters could dip their toes into mobile devices with game demos. The company intends to utilize Android and iOS devices to market its console games, according to Japanese business publication The Nikkei via Dr. Serkan Toto.  No, Nintendo classic… Continue reading Nintendo plans to release unnamed “mini-games” on mobile devices

Chinese e-commerce giant launches its own mobile game service

Following the announcement of its intention to branch out into mobile gaming earlier this month, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched today its first batch of games on its Taobao Mobile marketplace app, as well as its messaging service Laiwang. Android users can now visit ‘Game Center’ on the updated Taobao Mobile app to download the single game available there or ‘Come Play’ on… Continue reading Chinese e-commerce giant launches its own mobile game service

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One of the rarest games in existence sells for $99,902 on eBay

There rare, and then there’s RARE. The NES’ Nintendo World Championship game is considered one of the most sought after possessions of a video game collector. So how much does one of the rarest video games ever go for? You’d be surprised. An auction has just ended for an NES cart of Nintendo World Championship, and it sold for… Continue reading One of the rarest games in existence sells for $99,902 on eBay

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Microsoft considers moving GPU power from the Kinect to the Xbox One

Microsoft is struggling to boost the Xbox One’s hardware potential and make the console even more manageable for the developers. The Xbox One’s hardware specifications are slightly less than PlayStation 4 and lately a lot of users have been complaining about it because of the next-gen games running on lower frame rate on Xbox One.… Continue reading Microsoft considers moving GPU power from the Kinect to the Xbox One

What are the applicable benefits of video games in real life

AsapSCIENCE on YouTube answers just about any kind of question you can imagine, from questions like whether or not plants think to the question we’ve all asked ourselves sometime in our lives, what would happen if we stopped sleeping? This week, AsapSCIENCE asks, “Can video games make you smarter?” You still get it, don’t you? That… Continue reading What are the applicable benefits of video games in real life

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