Tagged: Games
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The week in gadgets News
19.12.2011 A look at gadget happenings, as the PlayStation Vita arrives in Japan, The Louvre will use Nintendo 3DS consoles to guide visitors around the museum and the Facebook app for...Tags: Sony, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation, Nintendo, Week in gadgets, Games, Gaming, Japan, Facebook, iPhone -
Dublin digital games firm raises €600,000 investment News
16.12.2011 A Dublin-based start-up called Fantom, which is developing a digital trading cards game for kids, has raised €600,000 in investment in a round led by AIB Seed Capital Fund,... -
Final Fantasy servers hacked, 1.8m accounts suspended News
16.12.2011 Hackers have hit Square Enix, the games developer behind popular online games Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and it is believed 1.8m users’ accounts may have been affected. -
Zynga raises US$1bn in biggest US web IPO since Google News
16.12.2011 Social gaming company Zynga has priced its stock at US$10 per share and raised US$1bn in its initial public offering, which is set to be the largest internet IPO since Google. -
Irish animation company Kavaleer to create 30 new jobs News
15.12.2011 Irish animation company Kavaleer will create 30 new animation jobs over the course of 2012 and it celebrated its tenth anniversary. -
The week in gadgets News
12.12.2011 A look at gadget happenings, as HP makes webOS open source, classic SNES RPG Chrono Trigger arrives on the iPhone, and US consumers buy 1.7m Xbox 360s during November.Categories: Week in Gadgets, Open Source, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, AppsTags: Mobile Gaming, Xbox 360, Gaming, Video Games, Consoles, HP, CEO, Black Friday, PC, OS, Christmas, Microsoft, Week in gadgets, Games, -
Panasonic unveils new apps for Viera TVs News
09.12.2011 Panasonic has released new applications for its Viera TVs along with two updates for its cloud-based internet service Viera Connect. -
Nintendo visionary Shigeru Miyamoto is not retiring News
08.12.2011 Nintendo has denied that Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises, is considering retiring from his role as head of game development. -
Europe’s Nintendo Mii population hits 73.2m News
08.12.2011 There are now 73.2m Nintendo Mii characters on the Nintendo Wii across Europe, which is more than the respective populations of France, the UK and Italy. -
PopCap Games releases new Bejeweled, freemium Bejeweled Blitz News
07.12.2011 PopCap Games is launching a new version of its puzzle game Bejeweled and has released a freemium edition of Bejeweled Blitz for the iPhone and iPod touch. -
Nintendo 3DS gets major system update News
07.12.2011 Nintendo is rolling out a system update for its latest portable console, the Nintendo 3DS, which will let users capture 3D video, access new StreetPass Quests and transfer... -
New Irish firm to take on Netflix and iTunes, creating 80 jobs News
30.11.2011 A new Irish digital site that aims to meet all of consumers' online media needs is planning to invest €5m and create 80 new jobs in the new year to compete with iTunes and Netflix. -
Violent video games are bad for your brains, scientists say News
29.11.2011 After a week of playing violent video games men can lose the ability to control their emotions, a study of the effects of video game play on the brain has found. -
PS Vita launch titles and new features revealed News
24.11.2011 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe unveiled the launch titles for upcoming portable console PS Vita, as well as its AR capabilities and new apps. -
118.5m people play social games every week News
14.11.2011 There has been a 71pc increase in the number of people playing social games each week, with 118.5m people now playing social games at least once a week, according to a new study...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Fairy tale comes true as Ideal Binary raises €750k News
11.11.2011 A Dublin-based software development company that has released a series of iOS book apps based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tales has raised €750,000 in funding from AIB Seed...Categories: Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps -
COD: Modern Warfare 3 breaks first-day sales records News
11.11.2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has sold more than 6.5m units in the US and UK in its first day alone, topping previous records set by its prequels. -
Senior Software Design Engineer – Digital Distribution Jobs
11.11.2011 The Digital Distribution team is responsible for the entire experience of finding, distributing, and playing the best collection of casual games for PC and Mac. This team...