Blogs Posts in Online Gaming category; 78 blog posts

McKinney: Online Gaming Far from Inevitable

Senate Minority Leader John McKinney is taking issue with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's assertion that online gambling is inevitable in Connecticut. "I'm going to be looking at what we can do to prevent this from happening,' [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Online gamers the winners as FTSE falls

Online gaming stocks were the big winners on Wednesday, as investors bet that the US government could relax its approach to internet gambling. Bwin.Party was the top performer among the mid-cap stocks, rising 23% to 160p on the first trad [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

House eyes online gaming

A House panel chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack talked enthusiastically Tuesday about the legalization of interstate Internet gambling, including popular online poker games, as way to find new federal tax revenue. “To stand in the w [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Superhero online game City of Heroes launches as free-to-pla...

City of Heroes, an online role-playing game run by NCSoft, will now use a freemium model that makes money off the sale of premium goods in lieu of requiring all players to pay a subscription fee. All City of Heroes players can now play [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Facial Recognition Software in Online Gaming and Crime Preve...

Facial recognition technology is becoming entrenched in our society; a part of everything from social media to law enforcement. How does the software determine identity with a photo, anyway? Points of Recognition Each face is unique, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Wooga online gaming company wins $24m of funding

The funding was led by Highland Capital Partners, Tenaya Capital and existing investors Balderton Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures also participated. The group and its investors declined to provide detail on what the new investment val [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Online Bingo Bonus: The Ultimate Gaming Fantasy

Bingo Bonus launch a brand new players lobby, which now includes daily free bingo games for all registered and funded players. BingoBonus.com is an online gaming website where individuals can register and play online bingo games, and cas [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Perfect World 3Q Profit Down 26% On Online Game Weakness

Perfect World Co.'s (PWRD) third-quarter profit dropped 26% on weakness in its online game operations. Still, its American depositary shares rose 1.7% after-hours, to $32.01, as the Chinese online-game developer's results topped [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Turbulenz raises $5M for online game platform

Scheduled for a 2011 launch, the Guildford, England-based company’s platform lets developers rapidly create and publish online games. In contrast to current game middleware (software tools), this technology has been designed from t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Gaming Discussion - Black Ops: Online gaming subject to addi...

Those inquisitive enough to scour the retail box for the Wii edition of upcoming release Call of Duty: Black Ops will have noticed a slightly distressing text in which a guideline reads “Online gaming is subject to an additional fe [...]

Posted On : Nov, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Atari Games Online Initiative Launched

Following the release of Blade Kitten, Atari has revealed plans to expand its presence in the gaming sector. The company has officially unfurled a new platform on the web dubbed Atari Games Online. Fondly called as Atari GO, this i [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Online Gambling Company Forfeits $33 Million Obtained from I...

Online gambling company Sportingbet PLC has made a deal with Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office to forfeit $33 million derived from illegal gambling proceeds the company provided to customers in the United States. Preet Bharara, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Online Games - Can We Make Money Playing Them?

When we refer to online games we are normally referring to video type games that we play on a computer via the internet. Some video games are played over the internet using mobile phones and video consoles, but generally speaking online [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Stealing veggies online a harmful game that undermines value...

CHINA'S press authority has tightened controls over online games twice in two months, sending the clear signal that the negative impacts of online games on society have grown too big to be neglected. A circular jointly released by China's G [...]