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Does Professional Gaming Have a Future? 116

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 11, 2009 @06:41AM from the fatal-one-thank-you dept.

mr_sifter writes "Three years ago, celebrity gamers such as Fatal1ty were bagging millions in prizes, and TV channels were queuing up to broadcast games on TV. Professional gaming looked set for the big time. It never happened, and in the current economic crisis, sponsors and media organizations are cutting costs, resulting in the closure of many pro gaming competitions (as we recently discussed) and a down-scaling in prize money. This feature looks at whether pro gaming can bounce back, and whether it will always be a PC sport, or if pro gaming on consoles is the future."

Rockstar Games Develops Connection Between Flash Gaming, Nintendo DS 61

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 11, 2009 @02:12AM from the sweet-when-can-i-play-wow-on-my-pager dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's been a long-talked-about but never fully realized aim of developers, publishers and format holders to create a game that runs on multiple platforms, but connects and exchanges assets between them — e.g. you play a game as an FPS on a console/PC but control it as an RTS on mobile devices. Now, Rockstar Games seems to have cracked it, on a small scale, with news that a new Flash game will allow PC gamers to generate in-game cash — true to form for GTA-creator Rockstar, it's through 'money laundering' — that is then transferred to its new Nintendo DS title, Chinatown Wars. GameSpy's online technology seems to be responsible for this latest gimmick, but most interesting is the idea that this could allow an interface between platforms like the iPhone and consoles as well. How long until an indie developer creates an MMO that has different interfaces for PC and mobile?"

Comment Re:Easy solution (Score 4, Informative) 799

by arthexis on Wednesday June 21, 2006 @10:56PM (#15580191) Attached to: AOL Tries New Tactic to Keep Customers

Calling AOL should be the first step always. I work as a rep for a credit card center, and we get AOL calls all the time. If you haven't contacted AOL first, there is not a quick way for us to just stop the charges, since there is always bureucracy involved. It's faster for all the involved parties to just keep a firm "No, thanks" at AOL's rep.

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