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There’s real money in MMOGs
By way of an update to a very recent article on mine, I read with interest that the ‘market for massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) in the West is now worth more than $1bn (£511m)’ While this is interesting news, it’s not surprising to me.
Without wanting to sound like some 50’s Sci-Fi author, prognosticating on [...]
Games developers eye Mac, iPhone?
Initially, the news of Apple’s shift to the Intel architecture was met with a sudden intake of breath, a stifled gasp followed by a largely collective shrug of the shoulders.
So what?
Those who remember, Apple went from the lesser 680×0 Motorola processor family to the beefier PowerPC 6xx series of processors. And the transition was largely [...]
Apple iPhone to play World of Warcraft?
All kinds of commentary has been emerging surround the Apple iPhone, plenty of which writing the iPhone off before it’s even launched. I’m a little more circumspect about this kind of commentary. Sure to catch headlines but often running low-fat on the facts.
Also, there’s still this odd need by some of the mainstream IT press [...]
Apple get casual about gaming
Let’s just get one thing straight: Apple aren’t in a niche, they are a niche in their own right. In fact, they love being a niche. And, they love hunting down any new niche that is close enough to them to make sense bringing into the fold.
Take casual gaming on the iPod, for example:
“’These games [...]
Game over for Xbox, PlayStation, Wii?
As an idea, only two years ago, the thought of there being no future for the likes of the Microsoft Xbox and the Sony PlayStation would have be roundly and rightly derided. After all, home entertainment seemed to be packaged like any other piece of consumer electronics and destined for a place under the TV [...]
