The Chinese video game industry generated $13 billion this year, with PC titles pulling in the most
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With all the censorship, state control, and game bans, it's very easy to forget that the Chinese video game industry is, well, rather robust. $13 billion robust, in terms of revenue, this year alone, according to information revealed over the weekend at the China Game Industry Annual Conference. That's not very far off the US revenue figures for last year, which stood at $14.8 billion.
Over $8 billion, the majority, of this kingly sum comes from online client-based games with browser games not far behind, bringing in $2 billion in revenue. Including those browser games, PC titles account for more than 80 percent of the Chinese game industry's revenue over the last year.
Wii U Gamepad reverse engineered for PC streaming
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I was probably a bit too hasty when I picked up a Wii U just after launch, last year. I always feel that way after buying a new console. With the early days usually having a library that evokes a ghost town, it's never long before I go back to spending all of my time with my stalwart PC.
Yet I never regretted my purchase, because I simply adore the Wii U Gamepad. It's full of potential, cruelly limited to use with only the Wii U, but now three hackers have reverse engineered the controller to allow them to stream PC games to its lovely little screen, presenting their findings in a lecture which took place yesterday.
Belated Christmas prezzies from AirMech
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Christmas might be in the rear-view mirror, but apparently that doesn't mean that the annual gift-giving is quite over. Colourful free-to-play RTS, AirMech, is doling out the seasonal gifts to its pilots, and you only need to log in to receive your special package for the jolly fat man.
If all you got for Christmas this year was a pair of novelty socks, this might cheer you up.
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