You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bu...... China tightens supervision of online games (AFP)
Game sales lift GameStop 3Q profit 12 percent (AP) AP - GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, said Thursday that sales of new hot-selling games helped boost its third-quarter profit nearly 12 percent and offset a sales decline for video game hardware. Sony pushes back profit margin target, eyes 3D TV (Reuters)
Review: Old Italy lives in 'Assassin's Creed II' (AP)
US PS3 Sales Leap 70% in October (PC World) PC World - After years of third-stringing it, Sony's beleaguered PS3 may finally be rallying, according to sales data cited on Sony's US PlayStation blog. The company's American division reports year-over-year October hardware sales lifted nearly 70 percent, and says its online PlayStation storefront clinched record revenues, with downloads up 60 p...... Sony Plans PlayStation Expansion (PC World) PC World - Sony is hoping to return its PlayStation business to profitability next year with the help of new hardware devices and expansion of its network-delivered services platform, it said Thursday. China Wants Fewer Monsters, More 'culture' in Online Games (PC World) PC World - Online games in China should move away from "lowbrow" content such as monster hunting, Chinese regulators said late Wednesday, highlighting the uncertain regulatory conditions faced by game operators in the country. China wants content, values censored in online games (Reuters) Reuters - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to enhance socialist values in their games and hire specialized staff to monitor content. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AFP - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year.
AP - Italian crime families have become a staple of video games over the last few years, starring in such hits as "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," "The Godfather" and "Mafia." And don't get me started on "Mafia Wars," the browser game that's consuming half of my Facebook friends.
