Sony’s NBA 07 is one of several launch titles on display at the Sony Store. PodTech’s Rio Pesino went one-on-one with Sony’s Alex Armour to discuss some of the unique features of Sony’s basketball game during the Sony PS3 Launch [See the full post…]

PodTech’s Rio Pesino got his game on with Sony’s Sheila Bryson at the company’s Playstation 3 Launch event at the Metreon in San Francisco. In this podcast, we go hands-on with the PS3 interface and Bryson gives her thoughts on [See the full post…]

Hundreds of people are lined up outside the Sony Metreon in San Francisco, hoping to buy a Sony PS3 gaming console, which will go on sale across the country at midnight. With so many people already in line, even before [See the full post…]

NVIDIA partnered up with America’s Top Model Adrianne Curry to show off the power of its new GeForce 8800 graphics cards. During NVIDIA’s Reality Redefined Event, in San Jose, Calif., a virtual version of Curry was on display on PC’s [See the full post…]

NVIDIA showcased its new GeForce 8800 graphics processors at its Reality Redefined event in San Jose, Calif. Ujesh Desai is the general manager of NVIDIA’s GForce Graphics. He spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the highly-anticipated product release and what [See the full post…]

Mark Cuban, chaiman and president of HDNet, gave his thoughts on the YouTube/Google deal during his keynote address at the 2006 CEA Industry Forum in San Francisco. The owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks also gave talked about the future [See the full post…]

Richard Wirt, vice president and general manager of Intel’s software and solutions group, delivered his insights on software threading during his keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum.

In the video game world, there is this idea that games are just for boys. That’s not the case in today’s gaming realm. Recent reports have revealed that 20-percent of “hardcore” gamers are women and that two-thirds of roughly 117 [See the full post…]

Remedy Entertainment’s action-thriller video game Alan Wake was shown running on Intel’s quad-core CPU’s at the Intel Developer Forum. Remedy Development Director Marcus Maki spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about playing the game on quad-core processors in part one of [See the full post…]

Remedy Entertainment’s action-thriller video game Alan Wake was shown running on Intel’s quad-core CPU’s at the Intel Developer Forum. Remedy Development Director Marcus Maki spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about playing the game on quad-core processors. Maki also talked about [See the full post…]

Intel’s Andy Keates shared his thoughts on alternative battery technology during the “Meet the Mobility Experts” networking event at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. PodTech’s Rio Pesino asked him about the importance of alternative battery power, where the [See the full post…]

Ultra Mobile PCs were on display today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, CA. Intel’s Pankaj Sinha and Rochelle Whelan met with PodTech’s Rio Pesino to discuss how the technology compares to PCs and laptops, as well as [See the full post…]

Advertisers are using the Internet to place up-to-date ads in video games. “Dynamic Advertising” is designed to implement fresh, new ads in games. Justin Townsend, CEO of in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about dynamic ads [See the full post…]

Will mobile games ever be at the same level as portable gaming devices such as the Nintendo DS or Playstation Portable (PSP)? At CTIA Wireless 2006, PodTech’s Rio Pesino asked Martha Ng, Business Development Manager of mobile game maker Funmobile, [See the full post…]

Japan-based mobile game developer Cell is bringing its popular flash-based mobile games to the United States. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Cell’s Wataru Anzai about flash-lite games, their popularity in Japan and what he says separates their games from the [See the full post…]

Video game developer Hudson, well known for its Bomberman series, showed off some of its new games at CTIA Wireless 2006 in Los Angeles. John Greiner is president of Hudson. He spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the rapid growth [See the full post…]

News Corporation President and Chief Operation Officer Peter Chernin opened the second day of CTIA Wireless 2006 in Los Angeles with this keynote address. In it, he discusses the evolution of mobile content so far, discusses News Corp.’s recent purchase [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Nintendo has received its first batch of CPU’s for the Wii gaming console. Named “Broadway,” the chips are manufactured by IBM and are key to Wii’s architecture. IDC Senior Industry Analyst IdaRose [See the full post…]

The release of Sony’s next-gen gaming console, Playstation 3, has been pushed back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia. The PS3 was previously scheduled to launch worldwide in November. PodTech’s Rio Pesino talked with [See the full post…]

Research analyst firm Wedbush Morgan Securities released a report predicting modest growth in video game sales. The company also raised its expectations for the Nintendo Wii and downgraded its prediction for the Sony Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. WMS’s Michael [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, August 30, 2006 (PodTech News) — Video game developer Rockstar Games, maker of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series, is causing quite a stir with its latest game, Bully. Jayne Hitchcock is president of Working to Halt Online [See the full post…]

The Entertainment Software Association has announced that it is “scaling down” the E3 Expo, which was the largest game trade show in the country. The ESA wants the event to be more “personal.” Exactly what does that mean, you ask? [See the full post…]