Darkworks SDK transforms 2D games into 3D games, no 3D TV required

Well, wouldn't you know it? 3D seems to be the topic of conversation here at GDC , and Paris-based Darkworks is making a splash by announcing the availability of its TriOviz for Games SDK. In short, this magical software concoction is a post-process effect that allows standard 2D games to be transformed into 3D masterpieces... and you don't even need to buy a 3D television. We were briefed on the tech ...
Japanese hardware sales, Feb. 22 – Feb. 28: Oscar primer edition

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If you've been avidly following the Hollywood scuttlebutt this past week, you've probably heard of an event which is unfolding at this very moment: The 82nd Annual Academy Awards. We know how badly you guys want to be able to talk about the Oscars whilst chatting over your place of business' water cooler, coffee pot or rodeo clown make-up station, so we're here to help you understand the Awards ceremony in terms you'll find easily understandable: The ...
Japanese hardware sales, Feb. 15 – Feb. 21: Stationary Year edition

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We think we can all agree that Leap Years are like, the best thing ever. It's an extra day! An extra 24 hours you can spend doing whatever you want, unless it falls on a work day, in which case, you'll probably spend it working. It augments the month of February, changing it from a truncated, dissatisfying calendar partition into a slightly less truncated, dissatisfying calendar partition.
We had planned out a ton of ...
Japanese hardware sales, Feb. 1 – Feb. 7: Valentiney edition

Most of the younger interns here at the Japanese Hardware Sales Chart institute have had their wills systematically broken down, turning them into unfeeling, number-crunching machines. Still, we think it's important to give them one day a year -- Valentine's Day -- where they're allowed to experience that saccharine emotion known as love.
Of course, we don't allow them to experience it first-hand -- that could lead to all kinds of scandalous behavior. No, we simply show them cutscenes from our favorite love ...
Japanese hardware sales, Feb. 1 – Feb. 7: Valentiney edition

Most of the younger interns here at the Japanese Hardware Sales Chart institute have had their wills systematically broken down, turning them into unfeeling, number-crunching machines. Still, we think it's important to give them one day a year -- Valentine's Day -- where they're allowed to experience that saccharine emotion known as love.
Of course, we don't allow them to experience it first-hand -- that could lead to all kinds of scandalous behavior. No, we simply show them cutscenes from our favorite love ...
Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]
![Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://itoptech.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/466658178esphon7.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
It's astounding that until this moment, three years after the iPhone, the biggest software company in the world basically didn't compete in mobile. Windows Phone 7 Series is more than the Microsoft smartphone we've been waiting for. Everything's different now.
Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is publicly previewing Windows Phone 7 for the first time. The brand new, ...
Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]
![Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://itoptech.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/466658178esphon7.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
It's astounding that until this moment, three years after the iPhone, the biggest software company in the world basically didn't compete in mobile. Windows Phone 7 Series is more than the Microsoft smartphone we've been waiting for. Everything's different now.
Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is publicly previewing Windows Phone 7 for the first time. The brand new, ...
Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]
![Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://itoptech.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/466658178esphon7.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
It's astounding that until this moment, three years after the iPhone, the biggest software company in the world basically didn't compete in mobile. Windows Phone 7 Series is more than the Microsoft smartphone we've been waiting for. Everything's different now.
Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is publicly previewing Windows Phone 7 for the first time. The brand new, ...
Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]
![Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://itoptech.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/466658178esphon7.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
It's astounding that until this moment, three years after the iPhone, the biggest software company in the world basically didn't compete in mobile. Windows Phone 7 Series is more than the Microsoft smartphone we've been waiting for. Everything's different now.
Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is publicly previewing Windows Phone 7 for the first time. The brand new, ...
EA Hasbro games sold eight million units at retail in 2009

Not since The Bushwhackers have we seen such an excellent pairing of two entities. EA and Hasbro's partnership has paid off in dividends, as a recent press release boasts that eight million copies of Hasbro titles have been sold in the US alone at retail last year. The eight million figure applies only to retail releases, not digitally distributed titles across consoles and mobile -- which admittedly have also been successful. ...