Valve CEO Gabe Newell: Steam Box controller may measure your heart rate

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Imagine playing an intense horror game and having your gaming experience change depending on how quickly your heart is beating. That could very well be possible with Valve’s new Steam Box controller, as Valve CEO Gabe Newell shed some more details on his company’s first console, the “Steam Box,” a PC designed to connect to your… Read More…

Nintendo sued over 3D patent in 3DS handheld console

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Not only is Nintendo dealing with less-than-stellar Wii U sales, but now the company is being sued over 3D technology used in its 3DS handheld console. Reuters is reporting that inventor and former Sony employee Seijiro Tomita is suing Nintendo over 3-D images he claimed to develop. Tomita says that Nintendo used his patent without… Read More…

GameHouse launches new Facebook casino, expands slots to iPhone and iPad

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GameHouse is placing a bigger bet on casino-style social gaming starting today— moving beyond its existing Facebook slots game to launch a larger casino on the social network, with more than a dozen games. GameHouse also is expanding its original slots game to iPhone and iPad with the release of a new iOS app. It’s… Read More…

Indie gamers unite: An inside look at the Seattle Indies meetup

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More than 50 developers from Seattle’s independent video game scene gathered this week to network and show off their latest projects at the Seattle Indies meetup, an informal gathering hosted at indie game studio 17-Bit. “It’s fun to connect with people who are working on other interesting projects,” said developer Dan Dixon. “We can talk… Read More…

Watch: Jimmy Fallon, self-proclaimed gamer, plays poorly on PS4

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Ah, the perks of being a late night TV host. On his show Thursday night, Jimmy Fallon got a chance to demo Sony’s just-announced PS4 and played a little Killzone: Shadow Fall. “I’m very excited about this,” Fallon said. “I’m a gamer, I’m a geek.” Based on Fallon’s performance on the sticks, it sure didn’t… Read More…

Sony teaches us how to unveil a console without actually showing it

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Sony’s huge, hyped-up PS4 event in New York City concluded Wednesday evening after two hours of dazzling gameplay, awesome features and a sleek new touchpad controller. But we didn’t see the actual console. We didn’t hear a price. And we didn’t learn about a release date. Xbox’s Larry Hryb, a.k.a. Major Nelson, put it nicely:… Read More…

Nintendo wants WiiU.com domain, files cybersquatting complaint

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The latest sales numbers of Nintendo’s Wii U are not good, so maybe a new website at WiiU.com can help the cause. Unfortunately for Nintendo, someone else owns the WiiU.com domain name. And so today the company filed a cybersquatting complaint with the World Intellectual Property Forum to snatch it back. According to domainnewswire.com, WiiU.com was registered back… Read More…

Big Fish CEO Paul Thelen: ‘I’m an idea guy and that can be dangerous as a CEO’

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Big Fish founder Paul Thelen didn’t think he’d become a technology CEO. But after an illness brought his life into sharp focus, Thelen decided to quit his job at RealNetworks and start Big Fish. The 11-year-old company now employs 700, and is making a big push into mobile and cloud-based gaming. In 2011, it posted… Read More…

Valve launches Steam for Linux with big sale

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After nearly two months in beta mode, Valve has released Steam for Linux. You can get the Steam client from the Ubuntu Software Center.  Currently there are more than 50 Linux games on Steam and to celebrate the release, Valve is putting on a big week-long sale with games discounted by up to 75 percent.  Valve… Read More…

Ouch: Nintendo sold just 57,000 Wii U’s in January, report says

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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told Reuters last month that the sales of the Wii U, which debuted Nov. 18, were “not bad.” Well, new numbers show that it’s worse than that. CNET is reporting that Nintendo sold just 57,000 Wii U’s last month, barely 20 percent of what Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (281,000) sold during the same time frame. That’s also… Read More…