AMD launches “Good Housekeeping” stamp of approval for gaming computers
And now another message from the “PC games aren’t dead” department. Advanced Micro Devices is kicking off a campaign today to put the equivalent...
Electronic Arts’ DeadSpace: There will be blood
Among the video games Electronic Arts showed off in a press preview last week at the Supper Club in San Francisco was DeadSpace. And...
Wii Fit is another step toward broadening the gaming audience
Saturday morning games have replaced cartoons in my household. And this weekend, the kids and I are giving Wii Fit a whirl. This is...
GTA IV sales lift U.S. video game sales for April
April is the coolest month for video game sales. Sales of the U.S. video game industry grew at a red hot 47 percent in...
Roundup: Dell pushes for green PCs, Atari releases exercise system and more
Here’s the latest action: Dell wants greener PCs (now if only their customers did too) — The computer maker says its laptops and desktops...
Nintendo court loss shows patent system at its worst
Here’s another case that shows what’s wrong with the patent system. Nintendo of America has been ordered to pay $21 million to a small...
Sony sees an end to red ink in video game business in coming year
Sony, once the undisputed leader in game consoles, has suffered several billion dollars in losses in recent years. But Sony predicted the game group...
NeoEdge Networks launches casual game channel widgets
Major portal web sites get a lot of traffic, but sometimes the visitors don’t stay for long. Video games, on the other hand, are...
Nintendo launches WiiWare: downloadable games from independent developers
Independent developers of video games are a downtrodden lot. Like independent film makers, they only get so much recognition from the big guys. But...
Funware’s threat to the traditional video game industry
Call it Funware. That’s the name for applications with game-like mechanics and game-like behavior that really aren’t traditional video games. And Funware just might...