Commissioned by Doritos, the survey of 2, 052 people found that 49% of women play video games online, compared to 50% of men.
As ever, you can listen to BBC Radio Scotland's coverage of all the games online, and the old-fashioned way on the radio.
John Riccitiello, president of Electronic Arts, says that probably two or three times as many people are playing games online as offline.
The survey suggested that 2.5 million workers will spend about three hours each watching games online during the tournaments first two days alone.
"On a regular basis I'm hearing people saying, 'I'm buying less games because I'm spending more time on individual games online, " says Mr. Vorhaus.
The US firm said the new support jobs partly reflected the switch to buying games online rather than boxed games bought on the High Street.
People watching tournament games online last week slowed the Genesee Intermediate School District network so much that it prevented students from viewing online material at school.
His parents, John and Karol, and Todd watched most of his games online, traveling down to American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi once to see him play in person.
We looked at the success of first-person shooters this generation and asked ourselves what were the core reasons why those games have been so much more popular than racing games online.
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Fifty five percent of women who play online games indicated that they are happier in their life because they play online games and 50% feel that online games make them feel smarter.
Meanwhile, FATV will continue to broadcast one or two games per round up to the fifth round via the Football Association's official website and will continue to host games online in the future as the project expands.
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With more females playing games online, the typical stereotype of an average online gamer being an introverted, overweight teenage boy who spends most of their time indoors playing computer or console games, has been blown out of the water.
Some other lesser known ones include the Anarchist Federation, the Dracula Society and The Dreamcast Junkyard - a blog dedicated to the community of gamers who continue to play Dreamcast games online, despite the fact they were officially discontinued in 2002.
The gaming company is doing this to promote the 35th anniversary of the 2600's original release, as well as its latest creation, arcade.atari.com, which is an HTML5-driven, multitouch-supported hub that lets you play eight classic Atari games online (including Pong and Centipede).
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Since a large number of people will be consuming college basketball content from their offices on Thursdays and Fridays during the NCAA Tournament, Capital One will also unleash a series of digital advertisements featuring Barkley and Baldwin, which people will see while watching the games online.
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Forty nine percent of both females who play online games and females who do not play online games work out or play sports at least once per week or more.
He has had a solid success on his second trip to the plate as the founder and CEO of online game accelerator Sichuan Xunyou Network Technology, a company that supports up to 4, 000 online games in an online game market that has spawned billionaires such as Chen Tianqiao of Shanda Games, Ma Huateng of Tencent and William Ding of Netease.
The percentage of online games revenue derived from MMORPGs has declined in the past several years, but the combined massively multiplayer online games segment of MMORPGs and advanced casual games will remain critically important throughout our 5-year forecast period.
Furthermore, both games require online connectivity even for games who prefer to play solo.
Some sites, such sas Kongregate, rely on developers to contribute online games and share online ad revenues with game developers.
With the rapid development of the Chinese Internet industry, users spend more time and conduct more activities online, such as downloading applications, playing games, online shopping, etc.
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Heroes is one of the fastest-growing online games ever, the online world's equivalent of such out-of-nowhere hits as Harry Potter in books and The Blair Witch Project in film.
The9's business is primarily focused on developing and operating high-quality games for online game market.
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"Over a third of families will play games together online, " Williams said.
Even social networks like Facebook and Bebo are getting a makeover as developers hard-wire casual games into online social networks (see "Facebook's Winning Game").
For many kids, electronic devices are the quickest and easiest way to get this stimulation, whether that is through games, online research, or interacting with their friends.
Designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing, CrystalVoice technologies also enhance voice communications for VoIP solutions such as Skype.
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Others, however, are experimenting with putting flash-based games entirely online.
Designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing, CrystalVoice technologies also provide a compelling voice communications option for VOIP solutions such as Skype.
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