AP - Since fans lined up at midnight nearly three years ago for the release of the last "Halo" video game, a recession struck the economy, President Barack Obama took office and "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" became the best-selling shooter game of all time. When the prequel "Halo: Reach" debuts Sept. 14, it will land on a very different world.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:12:06 GMT
PC World - August 2010 video game sales slumped an unsettling 10 points, a decline led by a softening handheld market and a drop off in demand for Nintendo products. Both Microsoft and Sony managed gains in year-on-year console unit sales, though the Xbox 360 led the PlayStation 3 by over 100,000 units.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:10:00 GMT
AFP - US videogame sales slid again in August as the industry hoped that hot titles and new motion-sensing controllers due out in coming months would reverse its fortunes.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:38:42 GMT
Reuters - Actress Milla Jovovich returns to movie theaters with "Resident Evil: Afterlife," the fourth installment of the successful video game-to-film horror franchise -- only this time she is in 3D.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:49:05 GMT
PC Magazine - Would you like to feel old? The PlayStation gaming console celebrated its 15th birthday Thursday, and Sony published a trip down memory lane to celebrate.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:09:09 GMT
PC World - You've just signed up for Xbox LIVE. You're entering your personal information, and when you get to the city and state fields, you tap in 'Intercourse, Pennsylvania'. A couple days later you get an email from Microsoft notifying you that your account's been suspended. Why? Because you violated the online gaming service's code of conduct by using a term with overtly sexual connotations.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:44:00 GMT
Reuters - Video gamers are used to immersing themselves into virtual worlds so filmmakers turning video games into movies are aiming to keep them as involved, by adding 3D.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:04:02 GMT
AP - Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:05:25 GMT
AP - Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:38:00 GMT
AP - Shanda Games Ltd., a Shanghai-based online game company, said Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell 16 percent as revenue from both casual and multiplayer games declined.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:23:20 GMT
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