Reuters - British rock band the Who will play a private show at a historic theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday to help promote the "Rock Band" videogame, a source involved with the event said.

AFP - Sony Online Entertainment is letting comic book lovers be first to try an online videogame that lets players invent superheroes that could go on to thrash even Superman.

AFP - Hot French videogame maker Ubisoft is launching titles geared for girl athletes in a bet that it's not just boys that love sports both real and virtual.

AFP - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Consider it "Star Wars III and a Half" — complete with a pivotal plot twist.

AP - A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design.

AFP - Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are waging battle at the Electronics Entertainment Expo, each claiming to be the true king of videogame consoles in a booming multi-billion dollar industry.

Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it will launch a PlayStation 3-based video distribution service later on Tuesday, taking aim at a stronghold of Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360.