NewsFactor - Sony is feeling some gaming-division woes this week with a double PlayStation 3 whammy. First, Sony's PlayStation Web site fell victim to SQL-injection attacks. Now Sony's PS3 firmware update is turning some consoles into bricks. -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - If "American Idol" and a modern
fairy tale combined to create a video game, you'd get "Boogie
SuperStar" -- Electronic Art's latest game for the Nintendo Wii
system.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The site runs a script that pretends to do an online security scan of your computer and presents a bogus warning message that your PC is infected with malware, researchers said. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board. -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game
console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 for the
seventh consecutive month in Japan in June, a game magazine
publisher said. -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:24:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is looking to maintain recent Xbox sales' momentum in the face of stiff competition from Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii unit. -- read full article
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:32:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - The makers of video game "Rock Band
2" said on Monday the sequel to last year's best-selling
predecessor "Rock Band" will be released for the Xbox in
September, months ahead of key rival "Guitar Hero."
AP - With gasoline prices at $4 a gallon and rising, the leisurely Sunday drive is turning back into a luxury. But there is an alternative: The automotive video game. And the only fuel you need is the electricity that powers your TV and your game console. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:14:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
NewsFactor - In a move to compete with Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony is set to release the PlayStation 3 software update 2.40 on Wednesday. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:53:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to
cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to
$299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported
citing anonymous sources.
CNET - The makers of World of Warcraft are offering players of the online role-playing game an optional layer of security in the form of an electronic token device called Blizzard Authenticator designed to prevent unauthorized access to an account. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:57:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - The makers of video game "Rock Band
2" said on Monday the sequel to last year's best-selling
predecessor "Rock Band" will be released for the Xbox in
September, months ahead of key rival "Guitar Hero." -- read full article
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:48:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
