Online gaming is changing the way children and adults spend their spare time. Reading as a hobby seems to be on its way out, and gaming is what has caught the attention of the youth of today. This has led to speculation that the Indian gaming industry is likely to grow from Rs.4 billion to over Rs.14 billion in the coming year. Popular online games with an Indian twist are what are dominating the internet... 

Though gaming is not such serious business in India, it is gathering steam with the introduction of new games and game developers are all set to take online gaming to a new level. Mr. Rajesh Rao, Chief Executive Officer or Dhruva Interactive said that Indian society did not endorse online gaming and it is only since the last few years that children have discovered the virtual world of gaming. Many... 

Online games like Farmville, Poker and Angry Birds besides other forms of smartphone gaming seem to be taking the younger generation away from any forms of physical exercise. Smartphones and tablets today has made it possible for serious gamers to access these games from the confines of their homes. Jeffrey Jiang, director of Singapore based Touch Dimensions said that this will affect 90% of gamers... 

Recently Sony Ericsson launched their state of the art gaming phone, Xperia Play in India. In order to promote their new phone, Sony Ericsson has now teamed up with Zapak.com and created a mobile gaming tournament in India. Promoted as The Master of Games, Sony Ericsson mobile gaming tournament will cover a total of 11 Indian cities and will last over a month starting 24th this month. Participants... 

Electronic Art’s has stated that they are not behind the removal of Crysis 2 from Valve’s Steam online digital store, instead it was Valve itself. According to a statement released by EA Arts, “It's unfortunate that Steam has removed Crysis 2 from their service. This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.” “Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping... 

Rovio founder Peter Vestebacka’s interview to TechCrunch stuck to the success of Angry Birds. He went on to mention that Angry Birds now boasts of 250 million downloads across all platforms. In fact this successful phenomenon boasts of sale of three million plush toys and 30 million T-shirts, which really speaks a lot about this bird talk. Projects in the lineup include Angry Birds Wine & Dine,... 

After the recent multiple security breaches at Sony with numerous global successful hacking attempts, it’s now been found that British game company, Codemasters' website too has been breached. The DiRT 3 maker first made an in house damage assessment before going public with information abbot the hacking attempt. Not to be taken lightly, the breach has compromised data. This includes data that encompasses... 

Earlier today, Sony Corporation, announced that they will finally be able to restore their Qriocity online music service today in different parts of the world except in Japan. Due to the cyber attacks which killed the network of Sony PlayStation and Qriocity, Sony was forced to shut down these services. Sony will take some more time to restore the same in Japan and will announce as and when the services... 

Hundreds of hackers around the world have hacked Microsoft Kinect and developed new ways of using the device which help them in their daily lives. Matt Bell, 31, is one such hacker, who uses the MS Kinect camera to shoot images from different angles as Kinect is the only consumer device that can catch images in 3D. Just like Bell, others too have managed to hack Kinect in order to harness newer applications.... 

Nintendo is all set to launch a new gaming console called WiiU. Nintento said WiiU would be ready between April to December 2012 and though the company has not given any indications as to the cost of WiiU, speculations are that it should be in the price range of $299. A 6.2 inch touch screen the WiiU will show high definition detailing which will be an upgrade from its earlier Wii. The company in a...