http://www.cdrinfo.com/ Keep current with all the new technical news and information published on the CdrInfo.com Web Site. en-us 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:07:02 GMT The International Trade Commission (ITC) on Thursday said that Microsoft's Xbox entertainment system did not violate a patent owned by Google's Motorola Mobility. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36801 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:56:09 GMT Electronic Arts' Need for Speed Rivals, a new action/racing game built on the Frostbite 3 game engine, is coming to Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and PC on November 19, 2013 and will also be released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this year. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36799 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:27:46 GMT EA's action blockbuster Battlefield 4 will be available this holiday for early-adopters of the next-generation hardware systems: Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36772 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:45 GMT The next generation of Microsoft's entertainment console is the Xbox One, unveiled today and set to "light up a new generation of games and entertainment," according to Mircrosoft. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36768 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:12 GMT Sony is testing a new technology that will provide users a faster stream whenever they rent a movie from the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36767 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:13 GMT With less than 24 hours before the next Xbox or "Durango" is revealed, let's summarize the rumors that have been circulating online for many months now related to Microsoft's new device. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36753 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:40 GMT The next title in SEGA's 'Sonic the Hedgehog' franchise will be exclusive to Nintendo's Wii U home console and Nintendo 3DS portable system. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36730 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:55:49 GMT Nvidia's SHIELD partners are moving up the pre-order date for the new open platform gaming portable and you can now pre-order a SHIELD today. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36728 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:42:38 GMT Sony today announced Gran Turismo 6 (GT6), the latest version of PlayStation's best-selling franchise, will be released in Holiday, 2013. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36699 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:43:49 GMT Nvidia said it will start shipping a hand-held gaming device in June for $349, a bid to challenge console makers like Sony and Microsoft. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36681 Tue, 14 May 2013 04:14:41 GMT Samsung Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group, has invested in Ubitus, a Taipei-based company of cloud gaming solutions. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36676 Wed, 08 May 2013 05:25:04 GMT Sony is strengthening its presence in Brazil with the local manufacturing of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system as part of its commitment to invest in the growth of the gaming industry in the country. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36633 Tue, 07 May 2013 04:49:18 GMT The Walt Disney Company and Electronic Arts today announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36625 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:48:53 GMT A major software update to Nintendo's Wii U console is now available for download. According to the company, the update will offer better performance and faster load times - both considered as major knocks against Nintendo's latest game console. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36543 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:23:38 GMT Nintendo will not host any large-scale presentations at this years E3 game show, as the company will mainly focus on sofware presentations and will not unveil any new hardware. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36520 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:23:12 GMT Microsoft will unveil the highly-anticipated next-generation Xbox on May 21 following months of speculation the company would announce a new video game console this summer. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36514 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:31:57 GMT Nintendo returned to profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 as a lift from the weak yen offset sales struggles caused by software delays for its latest home console Wii U. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36507 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:35:04 GMT European 3DS owners have the chance to download four titles for the price of three, via Nintendo's "So Many Games!" promotion running until July. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36491 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:47:10 GMT Microsoft is offering all Xbox 360 gamers free Xbox Live Gold status, but for this weekend only. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36462 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:58:49 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia (SCEJA) will release a system software update version 1.71 for "nasne" soon in Japan, allowing Users to copy and back up data from their PlayStation Vita to "nasne". http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36386 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:32:59 GMT Once again, Apple is rumored to be planning to make a game controller, which will launch as soon as next month. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36250 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:48:05 GMT Razer's Edge Gaming Tablet will soon come preinstalled with Steam software. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36237 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:03:14 GMT Intel today announced several tools and initiatives targeted at software developers, including new rendering extensions for Intel HD Graphics and the Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers toolset. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36227 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:10:29 GMT Mozilla and Epic Games have worked together to bring the Unreal Engine 3 to the Web. With this port, developers will be able to explore their possibilities when it comes to bringing their gaming titles to the Web. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36225 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:10:18 GMT Electronic Arts unveiled gameplay footage of the upcooming "Battlefield 4" game during a Tuesday event in San Francisco. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36223 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:22:46 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today introduced several titles from its independent developer portfolio for all PlayStation platforms, including the PlayStation 4 system. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36201 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:52:55 GMT Microsoft's Xbox system doesn't violate patents owned by Google 's Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36180 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:37:26 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Unity Technologies have partnered to offer the Unity development environment for PlayStation with optimized deployment for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) and PlayStation Mobile (PSM). http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36163 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:19:59 GMT Online game publisher Zynga relaunched its website on Thursday. This time users can play online games without first signing on to Facebook. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36161 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:31:34 GMT Microsoft's next-generation 'Durango' Xbox console will feature a large hard disk to hold games along with a Blu-ray disc, although play from the optical drive will not be supported, according to information from an Xbox Development Kit (XDK) posted online. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36136 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:59:47 GMT Electronic Arts on Monday announced that chief executive John Riccitiello is stepping down and that the US videogame giant would make less money than initially expected this quarter. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36114 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:32:31 GMT Electronic Arts (EA) will be offering players who buy and register the latest version of SimCity before 26 March a free game from a selection offered by Ethe company. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36096 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:05:03 GMT EA's SimCity game has been reportedly hacked, allowing gamers to play the game offline almost indefinitely. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36087 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:26:35 GMT EA will be offering gamers a free game in an effort to curb their anger after a series of technical faults shut out some "SimCity" gamers for days, triggering an outcry on social networks and Internet forums. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36028 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:15:49 GMT Amazon late Thursday temporarily suspended the sales of EA's new SimCity video game due to problems related to the game's online registration process. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36020 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:57:44 GMT NVIDIA today announced support for Sony's PlayStation 4 with the NVIDIA PhysX and NVIDIA APEX software development kits (SDKs). http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=36012 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:59:00 GMT Microsoft has added some new technology to the Kinect game controller that developers will be soon able to incorporate into their apps. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35999 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:25:11 GMT Sony said on Monday that it would sell all the shares it owns in Japanese online game provider DeNA Co Ltd to Nomura Securities. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35964 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:08:56 GMT Sony today unveiled its next generation game console, the Playstation 4 (PS4), which was described as "a bold step forward for Sony and Playstation," offering new hardware, software and network capabilities along with easy access, mobility, social interaction and connectivity between devices. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35844 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:37:15 GMT Ubisoft began selling computer games made by Electronic Arts, Warner Brothers and other rivals at its online Uplay shop. In turn, Electronic Arts added Ubisoft hits to its Origin network. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35832 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:01:51 GMT Sony on Monday announced that PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) 3G/Wi-Fi model and Wi-Fi model, currently available at a recommended retail price (RRP) of 29,980 yen and 24,980 yen respectively, will be both available at an attractive new RRP of 19,980 yen starting February 28, 2013. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35802 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:21:24 GMT Sony's new gaming console, expected to debut Wednesday at an event in Manhattan, will let people play games streamed in real time over the Internet, a report claims. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35801 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:08:40 GMT A second photograph of what it seems to be a game controller for Sony's upcoming Playstation 4 entertainment device appeared oonline on Friday. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35793 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:13:21 GMT Android developers that are comfortable with the Microsoft Visual Studio will now have a convenient platfom to work: NVIDIA Nsight Tegra, a Visual Studio Edition that give these developers a familiar set of tools to code for Android. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35785 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:27:47 GMT Sony will this month announce the late 2013 launch of its next-generation PlayStation console, Japanese media said Thursday. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35714 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:06:42 GMT Microsoft has no plans to release the 'Halo 3' game on Steam, despite the fact that stubs for Microsoft's popular game series were discovered during a scrape of the Steam database. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35698 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:28:39 GMT Sony will this month host its first Playstation meeting in two years, sparking speculation the Japanese consumer electronics giant is preparing to unveil the successor of the PS3 game console. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35657 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:27:15 GMT Nintendo President Satoru Iwata ruled out price cuts for the company's new Wii U home console, despite the weak sales. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35639 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:34:23 GMT Nintendo cut its earnings outlook and forecast annual losses, as the sales of its new Wii U games console lost momentum. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35625 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:23:10 GMT China is reportedly close to lifting a ban on video game consoles, the China Daily newspaper reported on Monday. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35588 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:07:13 GMT SEGA on Thursday acquired all of shares of THQ Canada Inc. and some IPs owned by THQ Inc., a parent company of THQ Canada, reinforcing its PC game development capabilities in the U.S. and European regions. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35566 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:04:44 GMT Sony today unveiled a new online store in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil that enables PlayStationNetwork and Sony Entertainment Network users to discover and purchase games, movies, TV shows, and more from the web. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35563 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:18:23 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited has received a monetary penalty of £250,000 ($396,050) from UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35547 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:59:01 GMT The latest Xbox 720 rumors tie in with previous information and indicates that Microsoft is to seeing the next Xbox reinvented as an all-around set-top box. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35527 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:20:20 GMT The US operations of Atari have filed for bankruptcy protection. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35518 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:24:38 GMT Sony is rumored to chhange its classic of its game controller at the upcoming PS4 game console. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35515 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:14:50 GMT Amazon has made available an app for its Instant Video video-on-demand and Prime Instant Video subscription VOD services to the Nintendo Wii. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35472 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:41:26 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ) will release the "God of War: Ascensionspecial DUALSHOCK 3 Bundle Pack" for a limited offer on March 14, 2012 in Japan. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35466 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:27:50 GMT International Data Corporation (IDC) today published a new forecast on the video game console market. The study details demand for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony game console hardware and associated physical game software in four global regions through 2016. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35423 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:55:55 GMT Razer will send its 'Project Fiona' PC gaming tablet concept into production and retail distribution this year as the "Razer Edge" in North America and Asia Pacific. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35422 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:46:48 GMT EA SPORTS has teamed up with Monster to release all-new gaming headphones in February 2013. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35418 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:37:09 GMT Microsoft has aknowledged an issue related to Halo 4 SmartGlass and is working on a fix set to arrive in 'the coming weeks'. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35348 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:17:07 GMT In a move that could eventually have a negative result for Sony, the Japanese company has applied for a patent that describes a technology that would effectively eliminate the ability to play used games on the PlayStation 4. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35337 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:25:17 GMT The Consumer Electronics Show is just around the corner but Microsoft has instead posted a live countdown to June 11, the opening day of the Electronics Entertainment Expo. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35327 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:21:49 GMT Xbox Live members affected by a recent outage of the Cloud Saved Games feature will be given an additional month of membership. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35308 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:19:49 GMT On Dec. 20, Nintendo introduced Nintendo TVii, a free, integrated service that combines what you watch and how you watch into a second-screen experience on the new Wii U GamePad controller. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35254 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:51:13 GMT Video game maker THQ Inc said on Wednesday it filed for bankruptcy, and private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group has offered to buy its assets. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35242 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:50:02 GMT PlayMemories Studio for PlayStation 3 has been updated to include the ability to output images on Sony's 4K TVs. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35240 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:16:55 GMT Now on Xbox, sports fans have a new way to connect with fellow fans and compete on Xbox LIVE with the new Sports Picks app. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35216 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:46:50 GMT Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) have partnered for investment in the social game developers Kabam Inc., the games maker said on Tuesday. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35146 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:30:29 GMT Microsoft has released a new SkyDrive app for Xbox 360, allowing Xbox users to access their favorite content with a single ckick whether they are using the web, their PC, their phone, or even their big screen TV. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35140 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:34:52 GMT The first Android games console, the ARCHOS GamePad, has been made available by ARCHOS. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35103 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:19:18 GMT Nintendo will start shipping Wii U consoles with the latest firmware installed along with Nintendo Wii Fit U next year. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35095 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:42:11 GMT Activision Publishing announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide retail sales, according to Chart-Track retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35086 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:23:28 GMT Facebook has pulled together the list of the 25 top rated social games, based on games that launched in 2012 and received the highest star ratings from players and engagement levels over the course of the year. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35078 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:50:05 GMT Google's Motorola Mobility cannot use some of its patents to block sales of Microsoft products, U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35065 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:24:06 GMT A patent filed by Sony more than a year ago a year ago related to a Hybrid Separable Motion Controller" was published at the U.S. Patent Office web site last week. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35043 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:09:13 GMT Microsoft's Xbox 360 was once again the most popular game console during the week of Black Friday, followed by Sony's PS3 and the new Nintendo Wii U device. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=35031 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:56:47 GMT Nintendo's Wii console is getting a new look and a new price. The Wii Mini coming exclusively in Canada, in December, priced at $100. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34986 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:17:04 GMT Microsoft has just released a mandatory system update for the Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34983 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:38:30 GMT Nintendo estimates that it has sold more than 400,000 of its new Wii U game console in its first week on sale in the U.S., the company said Monday. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34979 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:18:25 GMT A mini version of Nintendo's Wii game conslode is reportedly on the way, aiming to provide another way into the Wii's catalogue of games for wallet watching shoppers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34975 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:22:57 GMT Amazon launched the Amazon Instant Video app for Nintendo's Wii U home console, giving owners of the new console access to movies and TV episodes available to purchase or rent from the Amazon Instant Video library. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34944 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:43:29 GMT Nintento warned against the Wii U lengthy firmware update being interrupted as the newly released console could be otherwise be damaged. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34920 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:22:35 GMT Sony has released the newest software update (V2.0) for the PlayStation Vita, adding support for PlayStation Plus. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34918 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:52:36 GMT Microsoft has updated the ESPN on Xbox app to include ALL of ESPN’s live network programming through WatchESPN including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Buzzer Beater and Goal Line. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34910 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:21:35 GMT The editor in chief of Xbox World leaked some details of Microsoft's next-geneation console, the Xbox 720, in honor of the magazine's final issue. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34897 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:02:05 GMT Hulu has developed a game section on its web site, offering U.S.-based gamersinformation, game reviews and trailers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34891 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:39:53 GMT Black Friday is just one week away and both Sony and Microaoft are gearing up to offer the best deals to gamers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34890 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:18:13 GMT Activision said that the latest Call of Duty franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of the year, achieving an estimated sell-through of more than $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours of its release. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34888 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:35:44 GMT Nintendo's Wii U console - the first new home video game system in six years - arrives in the U.S. on Nov. 18, hoping to change the landscape of games and entertainment with its new Wii U GamePad controller. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34887 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:03:33 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that the cumulative sales of the PlayStation 3 system reached a milestone of 70 million units worldwide as of November 4, 2012. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34881 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:47:04 GMT Although Microsoft last week said that graphics software DirectX 11.1 will be exclusively avalable on Windows 8, a patch would add some parts of the new software to not Windows 7 SP1 systems. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34875 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:21:28 GMT The blockbuster video game franchise "Call of Duty" returns on Tuesday with a futuristic new instalment in which activists use social networks to threaten the United States. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34826 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:55:36 GMT Microsoft has confirmed that graphics software DirectX 11.1 will be exclusively avalable on Windows 8 and not Windows 7. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34805 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:06:17 GMT Microsoft is reportedly making a 7-inch Surface tablet focused on gaming, possibly called the Xbox Surface, according to various reports. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34757 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:09:41 GMT Almost five years since "Halo 3" launched, the "Halo 4" game title will hit retail stores worldwide on Tuesday, Nov. 6. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34724 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:32:10 GMT Gift seekers looking to keep their loved ones entertained and energized this holiday season will have the option to choose from two new Nintendo Wii bundles. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34639 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:04:21 GMT Crucial security information of Sony's PlayStation 3 has been leaked online, making it easier for users to play pirated games on the device. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34632 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:35:23 GMT Nintendo has revised its annual profit outlook Wednesday by almost one-half as diminished console sales weighed on earnings. The company now hopes that the launch of Wii U console will reboot earnings growth. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=34628