Gaming fans can now enjoy Major League Gaming (MLG) content on their smart TVs with the new MLG.tv app in the Opera TV Store. MLG, a specilaist in eSports, has produced more than 1,000 hours of original content and premier eSports competitions. Through the Opera TV Store on Sony, Samsung, HiSense, and RCA devices in […]
Apple will make gaming central to the Apple TV proposition it is expected to reveal on Wednesday, according to the NYT – though announcement expectations have been disappointed before. The newspaper’s website reports that the new product is expected to have a starting price of around $150, more power for better graphics, a new remote […]
Amazon has launched Amazon Underground, a new app store that lets users play games for “actually free”. The app store, which can be downloaded for Android phones, looks set to take on the “freemium” model that has become popular with games developers. The business model sees publishers offers games for free initially — but then […]
YouTube has launched its spin-off gaming platform in the UK and the US. Branded “YouTube Gaming”, the dedicated app and website focuses exclusively on gaming content, with a greater emphasis on live steams. Gaming videos are already a major draw for YouTube, wiith site visitors spending billions of hours watching them every month. YouTube’s most-followed […]
GameFly, the console game subscription service, is expanding the availability of its GameFly Streaming service on Samsung Smart TVs to now include the US, Canada and eight additional European countries. This expansion grows the number of markets with access to GameFly Streaming on Samsung Smart TVs to 20, adding to recent launches in Brazil, Israel, […]
Time Warner has reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30th. Revenues increased 8 per cent to $7.3 billion (€6.7bn) due to growth across all operating divisions. Adjusted operating income grew 15 per cent to $1.9 billion due to increases at Turner and Warner Bros, partially offset by a decline at HBO. Operating income […]
Xbox One owners will soon be able to use their game console to record and play back live television from free, over-the-air broadcasts with the launch of a plug-in DVR. Speaking at the Gamescom event in Germany, Xbox director of program management Mike Ybarra said the service won’t require a subscription and will be available […]
A authoritative study in the journal Energy Efficiency, and referenced in ‘Display Daily’, states that the Gaming community collectively consume about 75 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2012, the latest year where data can be analysed. Authors Evan Mills (from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Nathanial Mills (from GreeningTheBeast.com) say that around 1 billion […]
Nickelodeon, one of the most widely recognised and distributed multimedia entertainment brands for kids and family, and Nintendo, global leader in the creation and development of interactive entertainment, introduce new customizations for portable Nintendo consoles. Effective immediately, Nintendo 3DS and 2DS’ users are able to add a further level of personalisation to their system. Entertaining […]
Consumers are motivated to play video games because they relieve boredom, provide a challenge, create a more social atmosphere and help to escape reality. A study by Strategy Analytics has found that mobile gaming continues to primarily be for quick entertainment in downtime; in an average week, more time is spent playing mobile games outside […]