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    Video game sales rise 28 percent in July (Reuters)
    Reuters - U.S. video game sales rose 28 percent in July from a year earlier, boosted by continued strong demand for Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii console, according to data from research firm NPD on Thursday. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:03:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Nintendo to boost drive in Latin American market (Reuters)
    Reuters - Japan's Nintendo plans a more aggressive marketing campaign in Spanish to corner Latin America's growing games market and tap growing appetite for fitness and sports titles. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:06:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Want to learn astrobiology? Pick up the console (Reuters)

    Game designer Will Wright rests after speaking about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)Reuters - Take a group of scientists and a video game designer and what do you get? Spore, a game that can help teach players some evolutionary biology.


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    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:12:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Lian Li Announces Xbox 360 Replacement Case (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Lian Li announces what may be the first replacement chassis for the Xbox 360. This is a warranty killer, obviously, but will it help defeat Red Rings of Death? -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:27:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    EA sees 20 percent 2008 Europe software sales growth (Reuters)
    Reuters - Electronic Arts, one of the world's top two video game publishers, expects industry revenue to grow by at least 20 percent this year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a top executive told Reuters. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:32:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Rivet Xbox 360 streaming app adds Aperture support (Macworld.com)
    Macworld.com - Cynical Peak Software on Thursday announced the release of Rivet 1.2, an update to its application that helps Mac users stream content to an Xbox 360 video game console on the same network. A free update for registered users, Rivet 1.2 costs $18.95. -- read full article
    Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:00:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Stix takes a stab at motion-controlled PC games (AP)
    AP - Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:14:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Parents Fear Video Games More than Porn, Alcohol (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Parents are more concerned about their children's exposure to video games than alcohol, violence and pornography, according to recent polls. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:07:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Electronic Art sets "Madden" sales blitz (Reuters)
    Reuters - At 70 million units sold and counting, it's the most important sports franchise in video game history, so Electronic Arts pulled out all the stops for its newest release. -- read full article
    Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:42:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Crying Foul over Online Junk Food Marketing (BusinessWeek Online)
    BusinessWeek Online - At age 2, Zameen Rashid is well acquainted with Lucky, the leprechaun who lists the marshmallow clovers, moons, and stars in boxes of General Mills' Lucky Charms cereal. Maybe too well, says his mother, Fahmida Rashid, who frets that too-frequent exposure to food ads in video games, TV shows, and the Web will foster unhealthy eating habits. "Just as you wouldn't expect to see a tobacco ad on a kids' site or show, there shouldn't be junk food ads there either," says Rashid, a 31-year-old resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:08:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Mr. Spock Unveils Preview of Star Trek Online (NewsFactor)

    In this photo released by Cryptic Studios shows the logo for 'Star Trek Online'. After years in development limbo, the 'Trek'-themed massively multiplayer online game will engage, according to game developer Cryptic Studios, who recently announced they secured rights to develop and publish 'Star Trek Online' from CBS Consumer Products after now-defunct gamemaker Perpetual Entertainment set the besieged project to kill. (AP Photo/Cryptic Studios)NewsFactor - It's the year 2409 in the upcoming Star Trek Online massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which was previewed at the annual Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.


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    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:59:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    A Rarity As Of Late: Advantage AMD (Investor's Business Daily)

    Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz leaves the stage during a conference in San Francisco, Nov. 12, 2007.  Ruiz was pushed aside Thursday, July 17, 2008, after six tumultuous years as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the chip maker tries to pull itself out of a deep financial hole caused by a questionable acquisition and a major product gaffe. AMD also reported its second-quarter loss widened as the computer chip maker was hurt by a large asset impairment charge from discontinued operations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Investor's Business Daily - Advanced Micro Devices, which needs a spark, could rack up points with video game players and others with a hot graphics card it plans to roll out on Tuesday.


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    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:51:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    20th-anniversary 'Madden NFL' is better than ever (AP)
    AP - When Electronic Arts announced the retired Brett Favre as its 20th anniversary cover boy, it looked like the notorious "Madden" curse — which had mangled the careers of Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb and Shaun Alexander — was finally broken. -- read full article
    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:48:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Let video games read your mind with headset (USATODAY.com)
    USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Luke Skywalker, eat your heart out. Emotiv's elegant, lightweight EPOC headset is a piece of cutting-edge technology that grants Yoda-like telepathic powers, allowing players of computer games to move items on screen with merely their thoughts. Due for release by year's end, the $299 device will come bundled with an adventure game in which players complete tasks for an Asian sensei. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:17:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Warner Music says music video games must pay more (Reuters)

    Two women play the new video game 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith' before the game release press conference in New York, June 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Warner Music Group Corp, the world's third-largest music company, said on Thursday that video game makers will need to pay more to license songs for music-based video games like "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band."


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    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:39:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
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