Faster Forward Archive: Gaming
Kinect breaks sales record
Well, that was quick. The Kinect has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest-selling consumer electronics device. The hands-free game controller, which went on sale in November, sold 8 million devices in its first 60 days on sale.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 10, 2011; 4:38 PM ET |
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Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, raises $42 million from investors
Those Angry Birds are just unstoppable. News came out this morning that Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, has raised a whopping $42 million from investors.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 10, 2011; 12:46 PM ET |
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Angry Birds, Facebook to team up in May
Initial reports stated that Angry Birds would hit Facebook next month, but Rovio's Peter Vestabacka told the Next Web that the game will hit the site in May. Vestabacka, whose title at Rovio is the Mighty Eagle, said he wasn't sure rumors about an earlier launch date got started.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 8, 2011; 9:34 AM ET |
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Sony bumps PSPGo back to $200
The price hike is more than a little baffling.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 7, 2011; 1:08 PM ET |
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Judge says Sony can see visitors to hacker's site
A judge has said its okay for Sony to get the IP address of every user who has visited a Web site containing a hack for the PlayStation 3.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 7, 2011; 12:04 PM ET |
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Angry Birds coming to Facebook
Angry Birds, that highly addictive game from Finnish company Rovio, is coming to Facebook next month.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 7, 2011; 10:17 AM ET |
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