| Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games Updated : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:29 GMT Study Finds Online Activities Help Teens' Development (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Online games, social-networking Web sites, and chat rooms are empowering and motivating for teens and help with their development, according to a study released Thursday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting. The study covered three years and 5,000 hours of observing teens online. Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:29 GMT Idle Game Consoles Costing Consumers $1B/Year (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Feeling the pains of your monthly utilities a bit more in these troubled economic times? You might want to think about switching off your gaming system every so often. Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:22:48 GMT 'World of Warcraft' Has Rivals Racing for New Worlds (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds. Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:54:55 GMT Sector Snap: Activision, EA decline (AP) AP - Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. declined Friday after October's video game retail sales report from the NPD Group showed a disappointing performance in the music genre. Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:06:30 GMT National Geographic Launches Video-Game Division (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - National Geographic on Tuesday announced a new twist for the science and educational organization -- video games. Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:01:02 GMT "World of Warcraft" has rivals racing for new worlds (Reuters) Reuters - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds. Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:09:30 GMT Microsoft's 'New Xbox Experience' Goes Live (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a revamped Xbox gaming console that includes streaming HD movies from Netflix, a revamped dashboard, and movie and game purchases via Xbox.com. Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:29:51 GMT Video-Game Consoles Weather Economic Storm (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The economy may be slowing, but the video-game industry seems to be wearing its bulletproof vest -- with the notable exception of Sony. Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:52:48 GMT National Geographic enters the sea of video games (Reuters) Reuters - National Geographic is getting into the video game business. Through its for-profit unit National Geographic Ventures, the nonprofit National Geographic Society is set to announce Tuesday that it has created National Geographic Games. Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:09:19 GMT National Geographic discovers videogames (AFP) AFP - National Geographic, the monthly magazine famed for its glossy photographs and stories from obscure corners of the world, is venturing into videogames. Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:46:53 GMT 'WoW: Wrath of Lich King' sets sales record (CNET) CNET - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to the mega-popular online game, sold 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours last week, setting what its publisher said is an all-time record for PC games. Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:00 GMT Microsoft: Your Retirement's Gone, So Buy an Xbox! (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - The latest effort to spin the recession comes from Microsoft, who commissioned the "Xbox 360 Holiday Entertainment Survey 2008". As you have probably guessed, the study concludes that the economic crunch translates into this being a great time to buy an Xbox 360. Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:20 GMT Game Makers Predict Great Holiday Sales (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Videogame sales are expected to be strong this year and in 2009, despite the economic troubles that have hurt some retail stores that sell the games, industry executives said on Thursday. Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:49:59 GMT MySpace Japan bets on world demand for J-Pop (Reuters) Reuters - Banking on the global appeal of Japanese pop and video games, social networking site MySpace said it would more than double the number of artists on its Japanese pages to get more clicks internationally. Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:40:13 GMT Game news: Xbox 360's new look (AP) AP - Real news from the virtual world: Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:29:36 GMT Japan's top filmmaker takes swipe at comic-mad PM (Reuters) Reuters - Japanese Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso's penchant for "manga" comic books Thursday and said children should spend more time experiencing nature than getting engrossed in video games and TV. Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:40:18 GMT Sony PSP Infringes Agere Patent, Court Finds (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - In a case dating back to July of 2006, Sony has been ordered to pay $18.5 million to Agere Systems after a jury found Sony guilty of infringing on Agere's patent for a "wireless local area network apparatus." Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:26:24 GMT New Xbox Experience Launched To Battle Sony's Offering (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft launched its New Xbox Experience on Wednesday, expanding the existing service to compete with Sony in turning the video-game console into an entertainment hub. Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:53:26 GMT No Nintendo game this Xmas? Blame Somali pirates (Reuters) Reuters - Alarmed at the growing number of attacks off Somalia, international merchant shipping is edging closer to doing the unthinkable in peace time: by-passing one of world's most vital trade routes. Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:15:33 GMT National Geographic getting into video games (AP) AP - National Geographic, best known for its yellow-framed magazine and often breathtaking nature shows, is getting into video games. Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:07:58 GMT Increase Search Engine Traffic |