Tagged: Games
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Interview: Barry O’Neill of StoryToys about its latest digital creation for kids (video) News
19.10.2012 Gaming industry supremo Barry O’Neill talks about StoryToys, a new app company that combines games and education technology into beautiful products for children.Categories: Software & Web Development, Games/Entertainment, Education, Digital Media, Digital Business, Development, Design, Apps -
OteetO to launch Texas Ask’Em Poker app at Dublin Web Summit News
16.10.2012 Irish social games developer OteetO is set to launch the mobile app version of its popular Texas Ask’Em Poker game at the Dublin Web Summit this week. -
Spoiler alert: Halo 4 leaks three weeks ahead of launch News
15.10.2012 The highly anticipated fourth instalment of the Halo video-game series has apparently leaked three weeks ahead of its release date and the game’s creators are none too pleased.Categories: Games/Entertainment -
Viral videos of the week - 14/10/2012 News
14.10.2012 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features some good choreography to recreate video games, a very special MinutePhysics... -
How Sir Alan Sugar’s retweet lead to sweetheart deal between Digit and publisher Penguin News
11.10.2012 A simple retweet by Sir Alan Sugar on the arrival of Digit Games Studios in Dublin led to the signing of an agreement between Digit and Penguin, which has acquired the world... -
AOL gets serious about mobile gaming, overhauls Games.com News
09.10.2012 AOL has announced an overhaul of its online gaming platform to turn it into a cross-platform experience with a mobile-first mentality. -
May the birds be with you: Angry Birds Star Wars coming 8 November (video) News
08.10.2012 Rovio has hit upon a merchandising goldmine in the form of Angry Birds Star Wars, set for release on 8 November (and perhaps developed a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away).Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Zynga expects to report a Q3 loss of between US$90m and US$105m News
05.10.2012 Social gaming giant Zynga is expected to report a loss of between US$90m and US$105m for its third quarter on revenues of between US$300m and US$305m. -
Bad Piggies shoots to No 1 in App Store three hours after release News
28.09.2012 Just over three hours after it launched in the US, Rovio’s Angry Birds spin-off Bad Piggies reached the top spot in the iTunes App Store, with a launch that could rival the...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
Would-be developers invited to compete for PlayStation internship News
25.09.2012 Meath man Stephen Nally has been selected by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) as the Irish judge in a Europe-wide competition to win a month-long internship at Tarsier... -
Gaming in the classroom (infographic) News
25.09.2012 Video games in the classroom may seem counterintuitive, but consider games in which students zap cancer cells and engage with strategy and simulations to learn about science and... -
Move over Angry Birds, now it’s the Bad Piggies’ turn to play (video) News
20.09.2012 If you play any of the games in Rovio’s wildly successful Angry Birds series, you’ll know that pigs are the egg-stealing bad guys. But now, in its ‘piggest’ game ever, Rovio is...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
BBC Worldwide digital entertainment chief to lead ITLG panel in Hollywood News
20.09.2012 A stellar cast of some of the leading digital entertainment professionals in the world will join the panel at the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG)’s Innovation in...Tags: BBC, Warner, Sony, Dylan Collins, Activision, Microsoft, Google, Disney, Lucasfilm, ITLG, Movies, Games, Hollywood, Silicon Valley -
Heineken’s Star Player app gives Irish fans chance to win UEFA Champions League tickets News
19.09.2012 The 2012/2013 season of the UEFA Champions League got off to a flying start last night and now Heineken, sponsors of the tournament, are challenging Irish fans to test their...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Apps -
‘Bacon number’ searches on Google let users play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon News
14.09.2012 Even if you’ve never played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, you will likely become addicted to Google’s new Easter egg, which reveals an actor’s ‘Bacon number’ – the number of... -
Nintendo’s Wii U console to launch in US on 18 November and in Europe on 30 November News
13.09.2012 Japanese electronics player Nintendo has revealed that its much-anticipated Nintendo Wii U console will launch on 18 November in North America followed by 30 November in Europe,... -
Arkadium redesigns classic games for Xbox Games on Windows 8 News
07.09.2012 Windows 8 will be here in less than two months, but to make sure the fancy new operating system and its touchscreen capabilities still comes with some old favourites, Microsoft...Categories: Games/Entertainment -
Naked ‘Prince Harry’ stars in new online game (video) News
06.09.2012 Prince Harry’s recent naked Las Vegas hotel room adventures have inspired a new online video game, where players help the stripped-down royal escape a hotel before being caught... -
Zynga revamps FarmVille with FarmVille 2 News
06.09.2012 Zynga has taken the wraps off its first game to be built entirely in 3D, FarmVille 2, which may well be an effort to woo Facebook users back to playing its games on the social...