| Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games Updated : Fri, 09 May 2008 22:49:39 GMT Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - U.S. retailers are getting better at blocking underage teens from buying M-rated video games, says an FTC survey using undercover 13- to 16-year-old shoppers. Just 20% of the undercover teens were able to buy M-rated games, vs. 42% in '06. Retailer GameStop was the best at blocking underage sales of video games, stopping 94% of them. Less-diligent retailers included Hollywood Video, which blocked 60%. ... Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 22:49:39 GMT FTC: Kids Finding It Harder to Buy M-rated Video Games (PC World) PC World - Teenagers in the U.S. are having a more difficult time buying M-rated mature video games in stores than in past years... Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:22 GMT Academic says gadgets threaten Internet's future (Reuters) Reuters - The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the Internet, a leading academic has warned in a new book. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:45 GMT Take-Two's 'Grand Theft Auto IV' tops $500M in week 1 sales (AP) AP - "Grand Theft Auto IV" raked in more than $500 million in its first week in stores, selling more than 6 million units worldwide, the video game's publisher said Wednesday. Publ.Date : Wed, 07 May 2008 20:44:46 GMT 'Grand Theft Auto Success' Taxes IGN's Google-Powered Map (TechWeb) TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft's retailer survey also found more than 60% of all GTA games sold in the first week were for its Xbox 360 videogame console. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:00 GMT GTA IV May Be Driving Sales of Gaming Consoles (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - While Grand Theft Auto IV is racking up sales records, console makers are vying for bragging rights of their own, and Microsoft seems to be the victor. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 18:07:52 GMT Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes (Reuters) Reuters - Soaring sales of Nintendo's Wii game machine have made former Nintendo (7974.OS) chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan's richest man, worth $7.8 billion, Forbes magazine said in its annual rankings. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 10:40:25 GMT Tethered gadgets threaten Internet future: academic (Reuters) Reuters - The rise of gadgets such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation which helped to build the Internet, a leading Oxford academic has warned in a new book. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:48 GMT Clarification: Activision earnings story (AP) AP - In a May 8 story about Activision Inc.'s earnings, The Associated Press reported that the company expected earnings of $1.30 per share after excluding Vivendi Games. The story should have said the adjusted earnings excluded other items as well. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 18:30:52 GMT Video games don't create killers, new book says (Reuters) Reuters - Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 11:31:01 GMT Grand Theft Auto IV Speeds Past Six Million Mark (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Since its release on April 29, global sales of the Grand Theft Auto 'GTA IV' video game from Take-Two Interactive Software (Nasdaq: TTWO) have surpassed six million units, with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. Over the first day alone, GTA IV sales were approximately 3.6 million units with a retail value of $310 million worldwide. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 22:22:55 GMT "Guitar Hero" helps Activision post 4th-qtr profit (Reuters) Reuters - Activision Inc posted higher-than-expected profit on Thursday as ongoing demand for its "Guitar Hero 3" and "Call of Duty 4" video games offset an absence of new releases. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:36 GMT Toss 'Iron Man' in scrap heap (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - We've seen this plot before: Blockbuster summer film hits theaters. Mediocre video game tie-in hitches along for the ride. The latest is Iron Man. Weapons mogul Tony Stark is kidnapped by militants in the Middle East and forced to build a superweapon. Instead, Stark creates the Iron Man armor and escapes. After returning home, Stark decides to cease weapons production and destroy the remaining remnants of his arsenal. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:28 GMT 'Grand Theft Auto IV' races into videogame record books (AFP) AFP - "Grand Theft Auto: IV" blew away videogame and Hollywood records as its creators reported Wednesday that it raked in an unprecedented 500 million dollars in its opening week. Publ.Date : Wed, 07 May 2008 19:26:00 GMT "Pirates" maker to turn "BioShock" game into film (Reuters) Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 18:51:21 GMT GAMES REVIEW: 'Iron Man' video game clunky (AP) AP - "Iron Man" has always had a flight problem in video games. Publ.Date : Wed, 07 May 2008 21:20:18 GMT Electronic Arts Looks To Wii To Drive Sports Growth (TechWeb) TechWeb - Key games such as "Madden" football, "NBA Live," and "FIFA" soccer are expected to come out in special versions for the game console soon. Publ.Date : Tue, 06 May 2008 22:57:14 GMT "Guitar Hero" helps Activision rock Wall Street (Reuters) Reuters - Activision Inc posted a quarterly profit on Thursday that blew past expectations as demand for its "Guitar Hero 3" and "Call of Duty 4" video games made up for a complete lack of new releases. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 00:04:35 GMT Hollywood plans film of hit video game 'Bioshock': report (AFP) AFP - Award-winning videogame "Bioshock" is to be turned into a movie by "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski, entertainment industry media reported Friday. Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 18:49:08 GMT No signs of game industry slowdown: Activision CEO (Reuters) Reuters - Activision Inc Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said on Thursday he sees no signs that growth in the video game industry is slowing. Publ.Date : Thu, 08 May 2008 20:56:40 GMT Website Traffic Promotion |