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| Shanda Games 2Q net income drops 16 percent
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:23:20 GMT AP - Shanda Games Ltd., a Shanghai-based online game company, said Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell 16 percent as revenue from both casual and multiplayer games declined. |
| Military bans video game that 'kills' US troops
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:57:39 GMT AP - Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S. troops in Afghanistan. |
| Summary Box: Gamer from Fort Gay blocked by Xbox
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:39:06 GMT AP - OOPS: Microsoft Corp. had to apologize to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer after suspending him from its Xbox Live service for listing his location as Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive. |
| Xbox blocks W.Va. gamer over town's name: Fort Gay
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:39:17 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive. |
| Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:58:52 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive. |
| Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:57:31 GMT
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| Review: 'R.U.S.E.' brings war strategy to consoles
(AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:28:06 GMT
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| Microsoft to launch Kinect in Japan in November
(AFP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:45:14 GMT
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| PlayStation Move Takes on Stuff, Stuff Shrugs
(PC World)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:19:00 GMT PC World - It's silly season again, and I don't mean the upcoming midterms. Just the looming release of a bunch of new video game stuff, accompanied by crescendoing raves and jeers. |
| Microsoft Announces $400 Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Bundle
(PC Magazine)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:11:36 GMT PC Magazine - Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new Kinect bundle that includes the Xbox 360 250GB and a Kinect game for $399.99. |
| Jack Thompson Tries to Block 'Medal of Honor' Game
(PC Magazine)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:53:02 GMT PC Magazine - Jack Thompson, a disbarred lawyer who has vocally decried violence in video games, said he will try to stop the release of Electronic Arts' upcoming video game, "Medal of Honor Limited Edition". Thompson has sent a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him to stop the game's release. |
| Sony's PS3 Update Expected to Stop Jailbreaking
(PC Magazine)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:05:47 GMT PC Magazine - On Monday, Sony issued what it called a "minor" update for the PlayStation 3, which the company touted as one that added "additional security features". Sony has also said that it plans new updates to Google's YouTube service in its browser. |
| Origin PC Unveils Gaming PC with Built-In Xbox 360
(PC Magazine)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:40:55 GMT PC Magazine - Origin PC on Tuesday introduced its Big O über-class gaming PC with Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console built into the same chassis. |
| Macho Duke Nukem returns after a decade in limbo
(AP)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:14:13 GMT AP - When Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. pulled the plug on the long-in-development "Duke Nukem Forever" last year, most observers in the video-game industry thought they'd seen the last of its titular hero. |
| Latest Sony PlayStation 3 Firmware Blocks PSJailbreak?
(PC World)
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:00:00 GMT PC World - Never mind court injunctions that block sales of a hardware-based PS3 hack designed to let users play pirated games, Sony may already be running interference at the source. |
| Add hip-hop to 'Rock Band' thanks to Snoop Dogg
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:03:06 GMT
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| Take-Two posts profit, raises outlook
(Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:11:50 GMT Reuters - Video game maker Take-Two Interactive Inc on Thursday smashed Wall Street expectations for its fiscal third quarter and raised its forecast for the current fourth quarter, citing strong sales for its "Red Dead Redemption" title. |
| Take-Two posts 3Q profit, revenue soars
(AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:19:29 GMT AP - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter Thursday, reversing a loss as revenue more than tripled thanks to largely to strong sales of "Red Dead Redemption." |
| Sony Shows Prototypes of a Planned 3-D VAIO Laptop
(NewsFactor)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:09:36 GMT NewsFactor - A laptop computer with 3-D video and games. Sony, hoping that could be the Next Big Thing, showed prototypes Wednesday of an upcoming VAIO 3-D laptop at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, and announced plans to launch a 3-D TV channel. |
| Gameworld: Tween players impacting online game development
(Reuters)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:18:48 GMT
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