Reuters - As top video game makers
gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, they
will be touting hot titles, new online offerings and,
potentially, console price cuts to drum up gamers' support.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is set to cut
the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to $299 from
$349, a source briefed on the matter said on Friday.
Reuters - Summer blockbuster
movies no longer end with the closing credits with rising
numbers of licensed video games being spun off from Hollywood
adventures, putting the gamer in the starring role. -- read full article
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:29:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday it would
offer its users hundreds of popular casual online games as free
downloads backed by revenue from advertising integrated into
the games.
Reuters - Ireland should reform outdated gambling
laws that outlaw casinos and could benefit from an effective
ban on Internet gambling in the United States if it had the
right legislation, a government committee said. -- read full article
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:14:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Version 2.41 corrects defects in v2.40, released about a week ago, that caused some PlayStation 3 systems to stop working. -- read full article
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:41:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
AFP - Videogame colossus Electronic Arts has said an online Scrabble game customized for Facebook will be released this month to challenge the popular unauthorized version Scrabulous.
USATODAY.com - If you see your nephew or daughter waving a plastic wand like a crazy person at the TV, rather than calling a shrink, you might want to dial your broker. Novel types of controllers, like the motion sensitive wand used to move on-screen characters on the Nintendo Wii console, have shown investors that video games have burst light years beyond the dark basements of geeks. -- read full article
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
PC Magazine - PlayStation 3 owners who had to suffer through the long weekend without the perks of the recently released and then pulled 2.40 update can officially end their gnashing of teeth. -- read full article
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:59:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
AFP - Ubisoft said Tuesday it has bought Canadian special effects studio Hybride Technologies in a move that will wed the French firm's hot videogames with Hollywood films.
Reuters - Activision Inc
shareholders approved a deal on Tuesday to merge with French
telecommunications and media group Vivendi SA's games
unit, creating a public company called Activision Blizzard.
Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic
Arts Inc said on Tuesday it complied with a
regulator's request for more information on its Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc bid, moving a step closer to
buying its rival.
AFP - Videogame colossus Electronic Arts has said an online Scrabble game customized for Facebook will be released this month to challenge the popular unauthorized version Scrabulous.
