PC Magazine - At the Gamefest 2008 event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that all Games for Windows Live multiplayer features are now free. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:57:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
TechWeb - InformationWeek - If it passes a peer review, the creator will receive up to 70% of the total revenue generated by the game. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:53:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
NewsFactor - Nintendo's Wii may be in the lead, but Sony is looking to reach the 150 million sales mark for its PlayStation 3 video-game console within the next few years. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:46:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - Video games sold in New York state
must clearly label ratings for violent content under a law
signed on Tuesday, which rights groups criticized as likely
unconstitutional. -- read full article
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:11:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
USATODAY.com - This year's downscaled E3 video game expo drew about 4,500 gamemakers, analysts, retailers and journalists to L.A. last week - less than a tenth of E3's size two years ago - even as the industry grew from $10.5 billion in 2005 to $18 billion in 2007. -- read full article
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:02:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will turn to
users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the
types of games available on its console, taking a page out of
the strategy books of Facebook and YouTube.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The package costs $2,999 and includes the 17-inch XPS M1730 powered by a 2.5-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:02:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
AFP - US videogame giant Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday extended anew the deadline on its two-billion-dollar offer to buy "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive.
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:18:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Led by Sega's "Super Monkey Ball," seven of the top 10 paid applications from Apple's App Store are video games. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. -- read full article
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:43:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
AFP - Videogames are getting smarter with virtual enemies improvising during battles, storylines shifting based on moral choices and in-game characters sending players text messages for help.
CNET - As planes packed with video game industry people start heading out of Los Angeles in droves after this week's E3 convention, the question is, What really transpired during the confab? -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:46:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
