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Sony on Wednesday said the European launch of its next-generation PlayStation 3 video game console will be delayed until March 2007. The machine will go on sale in the U.S. and Japan in November as planned. A problem in mass producing a key component in the machine's Blu-ray disc player is causing t...
Electronic Arts on Thursday said it has inked a deal with video game advertising network Massive to push ads into its games. The agreement makes a way for Massive, a Microsoft subsidiary, to include a portfolio of Electronics Arts games developed for the Xbox 360 and PCs into Massive's advertising n...
Sony will continue to rule the video game kingdom through 2011 with its Playstation 3 console, research firm Yankee Group forecast this week. However, it will be sharing more of the market with Microsoft and Nintendo as growth slows for unit shipments among consoles overall. With 44 percent of the c...
AOL continued its string of acquisitions this week with its purchase of video game publisher GameDaily. The move prompted speculation on AOL's larger strategy, as well as confusion over how the technology and content pieces will fit together for the venerable Internet company. The GameDaily deal, f...
Microsoft announced on Monday a new set of development tools aimed at allowing the average user to create game content for its Xbox 360 console. The software giant hopes its new XNA Game Studio Express software and support will spur games innovation, develop new talent and generally change the way v...
Last week was disappointing. I was expecting, as were others, much more out of Apple at its developer's conference, where the subtext was that with Steve Jobs not looking so well and with a lot of executives in his age group stepping down, is it time to imagine an Apple without him? Going beyond di...
Rockstar Games, the maker of the popular but controversial video game series "Grand Theft Auto," is roughing up the industry yet again with its upcoming new title, "Bully." The new game -- a portrayal of life for a 15-year-old boarding school student navigating the cliques and confrontations of adol...
Microsoft demonstrated this week a new high-definition DVD, or HD DVD, drive add-on for the Xbox 360 gaming console. The device is the company's answer to Sony's coming PlayStation 3, which features an integrated media disc drive using the rival Blu-ray format. Microsoft did not indicate pricing or ...
Rep. Cliff Sterns, R-Fla., has proposed legislation that aims to involve the Federal Trade Commission in the creation of rules governing video game ratings. The "Truth in Video Game Rating Act," or H.R. 5912, would usurp the authority of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, a self-regulatory b...
Motorola on Friday signed an exclusive agreement with Chinese online gaming giant Shanda Interactive. The duo's goal is to improve the mobile gaming experience in the growing Asian marketplace. According to the agreement, Motorola will launch exclusive mobile versions of Shanda's popular "World of ...
The battle plans have been laid, and the combatants are poised to attack. After months of mystery, the big three game console makers -- Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo -- have each revealed their next-generation gaming machines. Whether the coming market showdown will result in any dramatic reshaping o...
Electronic Arts is developing six new games for Nintendo's upcoming Wii game console, expected to make its way to market later this year. EA's dedicated Wii development team is crafting new releases from the best-selling "Madden NFL," "Need for Speed," "Harry Potter," "Tiger Woods PGA TOUR," "SSX" a...
Microsoft is taking Xbox fans back a couple of decades, getting deeper into the red hot retro video game market by offering the 20-year-old "Frogger" title for its newest console via Xbox Live Arcade. The well known frog-crossing-the-street game will be followed by other retro titles -- "Galaga," "S...
Nintendo is reportedly planning to best its price advantage over Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation3 (PS3) with a time advantage as well, aiming to beat Sony to the market by more than a month with the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo is sticking to gameplay, rather than pushing processor and graphic...
With a new generation of video game consoles, increasing online game play and distribution, cross-platform development and play, in-game advertising and more, there are earth-shaking changes going on in the video game industry. TechNewsWorld posed some questions about the new gaming landscape to Sen...
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