by Ozzie Mejia, May 14, 2013 1:00pm PDT
by Steve Watts, May 14, 2013 12:15pm PDT
Nintendo did not infringe on patents held by Motiva LLC in making the Wii controller, the United States Court of Appeals has ruled. In January, the International Trade Commission said that Motiva was only using its motion control patents to sue, and ruled in favor of the Nintendo. The Court of Appeals decision upheld that ruling.
Read more: 'Motiva was never close to launching a product' »
by Alice O'Connor, May 14, 2013 11:30am PDT
by Alice O'Connor, May 14, 2013 10:45am PDT
By today's standards, an MMORPG running for over two years before going free-to-play has been pretty successful with the subscription model. So well done, Rift. Developer Trion Worlds today announced that it will switch the MMO to F2P on June 12, a respectable 25 months after launching. It'll do the usual microtransaction stuff, of course.
Watch: Developers stoked for the switch »
by Alice O'Connor, May 14, 2013 10:00am PDT
by Steve Watts, May 14, 2013 9:15am PDT
by Steve Watts, May 14, 2013 8:45am PDT
Twitch TV, the game-centric video streaming service, is available as an Xbox 360 app starting today. That means Xbox Live Gold subscribers can kick up their heels and watch streaming videos on their nice large screens with minimum fuss and muss.
Read more: Part of Xbox reveal roll-out »
by Alice O'Connor, May 14, 2013 8:15am PDT
Nvidia's Android-powered handheld codenamed Project Shield will launch this June at the price of $349, now named simply Shield. Yes, that's $100 more than a PlayStation Vita. The big selling point is that it can stream proper PC games from your computer as well as running regular old Android games, but how much is that worth to you?
Watch: Borderlands 2 played streaming on the handheld »
by Alice O'Connor, May 14, 2013 7:15am PDT
Nintendo dropped a Pokébomb this morning, with news including confirmation that Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are set in the new region of Kalos, whose capital Lumiose City boasts an awfully Eiffel-ish tower. The publisher lifted the wraps off another four new Pokémon, with the most exciting being the ridable Gogoat. It's a goat which goes.
Watch: For serious, you ride a goat »
by Steve Watts, May 14, 2013 6:30am PDT
Insomniac's first multiplatform game, Fuse, is out in just a few weeks. When it hits on May 28, the company will be setting foot into uncharted territory, launching a new property on multiple consoles, and right on the cusp of a new console generation at that. CEO Ted Price recently talked to Shacknews about the game's very public makeover, the cooperative focus, and its future plans for multiplatform development.
Read more: 'Fuse will continue to be multiplatform' »
by Steve Watts, May 14, 2013 6:00am PDT
by Andrew Yoon, May 14, 2013 1:30am PDT
by John Keefer, May 13, 2013 6:00pm PDT
Not much has been said about the WWE franchise after publisher Take-Two snapped it up from the remnants of the THQ bankruptcy, but we finally know the new edition of the game will be coming on October 29 to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Read more: Multi-year deal with the WWE »
by Steve Watts, May 13, 2013 5:30pm PDT
by Steve Watts, May 14, 2013 12:00am PDT
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