AP - If someone had pulled me away from "GoldenEye 007" in the late 1990s to tell me that I'd one day be using my video game system to get in shape, I would have likely drawn James Bond's Golden Gun and shot a hole in that cockamamie theory.

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) launched its "Wii Fit" exercise game in the United States on Monday, hoping to get gamers off the couch and appeal to new audiences such as women and older people.

Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc said on Monday it extended by one month its $2 billion hostile offer to acquire rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc .

AP - News from the virtual world:

AP - One of the best features of Nintendo's Wii is the Virtual Console, a downloadable library of more than 200 classic games. It's a great resource for young gamers who want to see what they missed, and for geezers who wonder if old favorites were as great as they remember.

Reuters - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd (9684.T) said it is considering taking stakes in game developers to combat rising competition from established game publishers and other entertainment companies.

Reuters - Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade. But Ultraman's real battle is proving much harder -- enticing customers back to the nation's arcades.