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Ubi And Kinect Will Turn Your Office Wall Into A Touch Screen

The Ubi technology utilizes Microsoft’ Kinect camera to track hand movements over a display and input motion commands into existing platforms.

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University Of Chicago To Provide Gaming Collection For Academic Research

A University of Chicago library will begin carrying a selection of classic video games this summer, providing students with access to dozens of influential titles spread across three decades of gaming.

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Job Opening Confirms Skype Integration For Next-Gen XBOX

A recently posted London job opening on the Microsoft Careers website confirms the development of a next generation XBOX with Skype integration. The job opening tasks a lead program manager with running a team to build and support the application through the post-launch period of the yet-to-be-named console.

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Sony Patent For Game Interrupting Commercials Uncovered

Will your gaming sessions be interrupted by advertisements? A recently uncovered patent from Sony suggests the time might be closer than you think.

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US Navy Launches MMO Wargame To Help Brainstorm Energy Solutions

On Tuesday The Navy will begin a three day massively multiplayer online brainstorming game, in which players will earn points for creating and discussing energy solutions.

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PlayThru: A Gaming Alternative To CAPTCHA Bot Checks

Would you rather decipher random illegible letters or make digital pancakes? This week Detroit-based company Are You a Human announced PlayThru, its fun alternative to headache inducing CAPTCHA technology.

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EA Offers Free 90 Day Digital Distribution For Crowd Funded Games

This week Electronic Arts announced it will waive all distribution fees for any completed, crowd-funded game that would like to be sold through its Origin digital distribution service for up to 90 days after the game’s launch.

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Wolfenstein 3D Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Browser-Based Nazi Slaying

Wolfenstein 3D, the grandfather of all first person shooters, has turned 20 years old today. Its creator studio id Software, along with Bethesda Softworks, is celebrating by providing the classic.

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PR And VCs Behaving Badly, or How And Why I Became A Shill For Zynga’s “Draw Something” On Japanese Television

Pics or it didn’t happen, right? Well… it happened. That’s a picture of me being interviewed by reporters from Japanese television station TV Asahi when I was in Tokyo a.

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Draw Something Loses Nearly 4 Million Users, Introduces Sponsored Drawings

OMGPOP, creators of the hot mobile app Draw Something, was acquired for $200 million by casual gaming giant Zynga in late April, but since the acquisition the number of daily users across.

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