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by Published on March 19th, 2012 23:16- Categories:
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"We've been speaking to Blizzard from day one. They are without doubt the kind of company we can help"
Gaikai Inc.
Gaikai's David Perry believes that his game-streaming service can help bring down the high user acquisition costs associated with massively multiplayer online games.
Speaking to GamesIndustry International, Perry said online ads for games such as Blizzard's World of Warcraft are expensive and create too much friction - when ads could be replaced with links to stream a demo of a game directly in the user's browser.
"We believe we can really help get the cost of players down in terms of bringing more people in at a lower cost than publishers pay today," said Perry. "That's one of the reasons we made Gaikai in the first place. I was in the MMO space and thinking 'goodness we have to help solve this' because it's so expensive to get players to come and try your games."
You'll see us doing more and more MMOs, it's a very important part of this puzzle.
David Perry, Gaikai
"We have our favourites that we've been going after," he added. "We've been speaking to Blizzard from day one of the company. They are without doubt the kind of company that we can help because they run Google ads all over the internet to try to drive traffic into their game. And our position is, instead of doing that, why not put the game there, wherever it is, and that person can play the game.
"You're not moving the person and you're not having to pay to move the person around anymore, it's right in front of them. Each MMO company, when they think through their funnel and acquisition costs it just makes sense. "
Gaikai announced a couple of weeks ago that it has struck a deal to stream demos of Dungeons & Dragons Online and The Lord of the Rings Online, part of an early move into the MMO space for the cloud gaming company.
In press demonstrations the Gaikai team has often used World of Warcraft to demonstrate the service, most notably streaming the fan-favourite to iPad and on social networking site Facebook.
MMOs have been on the agenda for a long time, revealed Perry, but various obstacles have held up bringing online RPGs to the cloud.
"It's taken longer than we thought because of discussions on how to handle patching and all that kind of stuff but we're finally out now.
"You'll see us doing more and more MMOs, it's a very important part of this puzzle. Those games are some of the biggest titles there are, I don't know if you're ever going to download such a big game onto your iPad. There's a problem there. This bridges the gap."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...sts-down-perry
...by Published on March 19th, 2012 22:32- Categories:
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Linux 3.3 has been released. The changes include the merge of kernel code from the Android project. There is also support for a new architecture (TI C6X), much improved balancing and the ability to restripe between different RAID profiles in Btrfs, and several network improvements: a virtual switch implementation (Open vSwitch) designed for virtualization scenarios, a faster and more scalable alternative to the 'bonding' driver, a configurable limit to the transmission queue of the network devices to fight bufferbloat, a network priority control group and per-cgroup TCP buffer limits. There are also many small features and new drivers and fixes.Here's the full changelog"
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/0...ux-33-released ...by Published on March 19th, 2012 22:27- Categories:
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At last count, Activision Blizzard pegged the number of World of Warcraft subscribers at 10.2 million. It takes a massive amount of gear to host all the different game worlds, or realms, as they're referred to. Each realm is hosted on its own server, and in late 2011, Activision Blizzard began auctioning off retired server blades from the days of yore to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. They sold around 2,000 retired Hewlett-Packard p-Class server blades on eBay and donated 100 percent of the proceeds (minus auction expenses) to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which seeks to advance the treatment and prevention of catastrophic diseases in children. This article has a look at one of those retired server blades
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/0...rcraft-servers ...by Published on March 19th, 2012 22:16- Categories:
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Lenovo could be the first company to launch a Windows 8 tablet with the tablet prepared for release by October according to a source cited by The Verge.
A number of firms have been put in the frame for building Windows 8 'slates', including Asus, HP and even mobile giant Nokia. However Chinese manufacturer Lenovo appears to believe they'll be first to the market.
No specifications are available but it's very likely the tablet will be based on Intel's latest Ivy Bridge mobile processor. Some hints might be taken from devices that Lenovo showed off at CES.
Once such Windows 8 device Lenovo showed off at the January show included a 13.3-inch hybrid ultrabook with a touch screen called the IdeaPad Yoga 13 (pictured). The firm said the Yoga 13 was slated for arrival when Windows 8 launches.
Of course an actual Windows 8 slate would probably be smaller than that unless the smartphone supersize disease is coming to tablets too.
The Lenovo tablet would be, we take from the report, based on the x86 version of Windows 8 and not the so-called Windows on Arm variant.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...-tablet/028101 ...by Published on March 19th, 2012 22:08- Categories:
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Exec claims the tablet market is still wide open.
Dell's attempt to tackle the tablet market with its Android-powered Streak range resulted in poor sales and the discontinuation of the devices.
Now, the firm assures Reuters it can bounce back and battle the iPad with a new line of Windows tablets, as Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice claims the tablet market is still wide open.
However, "wide open" seems to be an overstatement as Apple sold 15.4 million iPads in Q4, almost four times the number of nearest rival Amazon's Kindle Fire, which bagged four million.
During the interview, Felice, says: "We're very encouraged by the touch capability we are seeing in the beta versions of Windows 8. We have a roadmap for tablets that we haven't announced yet. You'll see some announcements for the back half of the year."
The exec assures that Android isn't out of the question, while "the back half of the year" could be an attempt to capitalise on the usual sales spike ahead of Christmas.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...he-ipad/017441 ...by Published on March 19th, 2012 22:07- Categories:
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RIM hints that new OS will hit the tablet late this year.
This is hardly earth shattering news: BlackBerry 10 OS is based on the same QNX platform that already powers the current Playbook OS.
But now TechRadar has coaxed the following comment from Rob Orr, RIM's VP of product management.
"We've said publicly a number of times that our first BB10 handset will be available towards the end of 2012, and that's still firmly the case.
"At some point after the launch we'll bring BB10 to our PlayBooks, yes."
Hardly the most concrete of statements, but it will buoy those who believe the PlayBook is a fine device that's been dragged down unfairly by a poor reputation.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...laybook/017444 ...by Published on March 18th, 2012 19:20- Categories:
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Terry Cavanagh, indie-game maniac behind VVVVVV, Chat Chat and At a Distance, has started a new website with a title to make an SOE enthusiast blush: Free Indie Games. Guess what it offers? Free indie games, as chosen by Cavanagh based on their newness, goodness, freeness, indieness and gameness.
Currently, Free Indie Games "highly recommends" Wither, Game Title: Lost Levels and Dys4ia, but recent titles we find intriguing include Nausea andSocially Awkward Conversationalist. But they're all free, so really, every single one is quite intriguing to begin with.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/fr...n-by-terry-ca/
...by Published on March 18th, 2012 19:10- Categories:
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Need something to sate that Windows 8-lust Microsoft stirred up with its Consumer Preview? Then take a gander at this in-development vehicle control app shown off at the company's Redmond campus as part of this year's Worldwide Public Safety Symposium. Developed by Modularis, an outfit known for their enterprise, federal and OEM automation solutions, the Metro-style application turns its host slate into a virtual controller, granting users remote access to door locks, sirens, lights, as well as the ability to pull cloud-based data -- courtesy of Windows Azure -- from multiple cars to determine GPS location. And, as you'll see in the video after the break, it also has the unintended and wholly amusing benefit of freaking out innocent passers-by.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/17/w...key-frightens/ ...by Published on March 18th, 2012 19:00- Categories:
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On the heels of the Diablo III release date announcement, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has come out to predict the game will sell five million units in its first year of availability.
"Our street-high FY12 EPS estimate of $1.05 assumes first year unit sell-through of 5MM for Diablo III, and assumes that over 1MM of the units incorporate the World of Warcraft 'annual pass' deal which allows WoW players who commit to a one-year subscription to receive Diablo III for free," Creutz said in a statement published by CVG.
Earlier today, Activision Blizzard announced a May 15th release date for the highly anticipated action RPG. The first two Diablo games in the series (along with their expansions) have sold over 20 million units to date.
Creutz went on to discuss some projections regarding a few other Activision Blizzard franchises.
"We also expect Call of Duty to maintain its dominating FPS leadership position, and we believe that the company has a great opportunity to build on its initial success of its Skylanders franchise. Finally, World of Warcraft Western subs continue to appear to be stable vs. year-end levels. We think ATVI shares can outperform the market by 20% over the next 12 months."
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/analy...ear-one/092900 ...by Published on March 18th, 2012 15:32- Categories:
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 motion sensor Kinect is being used in a US department store to help female customers find the perfect pair of jeans.
A post on the Kinect For Windows blog reveals that Bloomingdale's in Century City, Los Angeles, debuted the Bodymetrics Pod earlier this week. Developed by London-based Bodymetrics, it uses eight Kinect sensors to produce a 3D map of a customer's body shapes and chooses a pair of jeans that both fits and flatters. The process takes less than five seconds.
Bodymetrics CEO Suran Goonatilake said: "Body-mapping is in its infancy. We're just starting to explore what's possible in retail stores and at home. Stores are increasingly looking to provide experiences that entice shoppers into their stores, and then allow a seamless journey from stores to online. We all want shopping experiences that are personalised to us - our size, shape and style."
The technology is only being shown off at Bloomingdale's for three days. Those trying it out will be able to sign up for a Bodymetrics account, and the company eventually intends for its technology to be used in the home, with users able to virtually try on clothing and order it online - smart stuff given that an estimated 40 per cent of clothing purchased online is returned because it doesn't fit.
This is the first time Kinect's body-mapping capabilities have been used at US retail, and follows Microsoft's release of a commercial version of the Kinect SDK as it seeks to expand the device's reach far beyond videogames into the business world. Hundreds of brands have signed up to use Kinect in their commercial activities.
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