Nintendo sells its 30 millionth Wii console in the U.S.
Nintendo’s Wii video game system has sold more than 30 million units in the U.S., according to the company’s internal sales numbers. The console...
Has the video game industry learned the lessons of recession and change? (video)
As industry revenues fall, a new video asks whether video game companies have learned the lessons of the recession and changing consumer preferences. The...
Boosted by cell phone play, game sales are expected to grow in next five years
Cell phone video games will boost the sales of game titles as the sales of console and handheld systems stall, according to market researcher...
Video game industry adds billions to U.S. economy
Keep playing those video games. You’re helping Uncle Sam. The video game industry added nearly $5 billion to the U.S. economy in 2009, according...
Blockbuster adds games-by-mail service
Blockbuster has added video games to its Blockbuster by Mail subscription service. In addition to movies delivered via mail, where it competes with Netflix,...
Online and mobile games should generate more revenue than console games
The video games industry is big and getting bigger. But it’s changing. Console games are getting riskier to make, while online and mobile games...
News Blips: Redeeming Pirates, Signing with Kinect, Scary Assassin’s Creed Toys, and More
Forget hunting for bargains and preowned games — amass an armada of pirates and watch those prices plummet! News Blips: Amanita Design cuts the...
Video Blips: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Madden, Monday Night Combat, and More
It's always cold in Call of Duty: Black Ops, but hey, I'll take frozen facial hair over embarrassing sweat stains from the eternally sun-baked...
Nvidia scores $25M Pentagon contract to develop 1,000X faster supercomputers with graphics chips
A team led by Nvidia has won a $25 million research grant from the Pentagon to create high-performance supercomputers that exploit the computational capabilities...
Dragon Warrior and Other Things I Didn’t Know
I Editor's note: Sean's decades-long experience with Dragon Quest has been a learning experience. As he's grown to love the series, he's also grown...