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Teens may not be done with Facebook just yet, says study
For the last few years, some analysts have been heralding the downfall of Facebook as the social network of choice for teens, as more and more young people migrate to newer formats like Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and so on. But a new survey by the Pew Research Center shows Facebook is still going strong at all ages, ...
Lego is set to take on Amiibo and Skylanders with Lego Dimensions
The Lego Group has teamed up with Warner Bros Interactive and TT Games to create Lego Dimensions, a line of game-toy hybrids in the same vein as Skylanders, Nintendo Amiibo, and Disney Infinity. The 83-year-old Danish company is no stranger to creating insanely collectible toys or popular video games, so the mashup seems to be an obvious choice. ...
Twitter drops the #Discover tab in favor of Trending Topics
Lately, Twitter Inc. has not been scared to try new things, as the microblogging service has added and tweaked several features such as “While you were away,” improved retweet quotes, and so on. Today, Twitter made another change to its mobile platform by replacing the old #Discover tab with a new trending topics feature. “Trends are ...
US sanctions against Russia mean no World of Warcraft or Hearthstone for Crimea
Russia’s annexation of Crimea was considered to be an illegal action by the United Nations, and the allegations of Russian involvement in conflicts within Ukraine over the last year have only made matters worse. Rather than threatening military action against a former superpower who still has access to nuclear weapons, the U.S. and other countries ...
Facebook launches a standalone version of Messenger for web browsers
Facebook Inc has taken another step forward in its long term plan of spinning out Messenger into its own platform. Today, the social network announced the release of a standalone Messenger client for web browsers, which provides a cleaner, more streamlined chat experience free of the main site’s plethora of alerts and game invites. “Today, we’re launching Messenger ...
World of Warcraft’s new game time tokens tank in value, dropping 25% in one day
Fans of World of Warcraft (WoW) were excited when Blizzard Entertainment announced that the powerhouse MMO would be getting an in-game subscription token that could be exchanged for one month of game time. The tokens, which launched yesterday, can be bought with real money and then sold for gold, WoW’s in-game currency. The idea behind this system is to give ...
NerdWallet study finds 22 U.S. cities where women out-earn men
NerdWallet, a website aimed at offering users personal finance advice, conducted a study of the overall difference in wages between men and women in the United States using government census data. While the study found that women still earn less than men in most parts of the country, it also discovered a total of 22 ...
The old video game advertising model is “broken,” says Ninja Metrics CEO
The video game industry is expected to pass over $100 billion in worldwide value by 2017, and as the industry has grown, so has the advertising market surrounding it. Earlier this year, for example, a few mobile game developers forked out several million dollars for high-profile Super Bowl ads. But it is incredibly difficult for ...
Info leaked for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, spoiling Square Enix’s livestream event
When Square Enix kicked off a three-day interactive livestream leading up to a big announcement from one of its Western developers, fans almost immediately began speculating that the new game could be the next entry in the Deus Ex franchise. Now, a series of leaked images and a Game Informer cover have confirmed the new game, Deus Ex: ...
Nintendo is bringing the Pokemon-like “Yo-Kai Watch” series to the West
In the mid to late 1990s, Nintendo Co Ltd’s Pokemon series was a multimedia powerhouse that took over handheld games, television cartoons, and even trading cards. Now it appears that Nintendo may be trying to recapture some of that magic by bringing Level-5’s powerhouse Yo-Kai Watch series to Western audiences. Yo-Kai Watch follows a young ...
