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June 2008
- Rock Band Indeed: Beatles Pursuing Game Deals
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Jun 23, 08 6:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Representatives of the Beatles' companies are meeting with video-game outfits to hash out the rights for possible Beatles-themed games. The reps are holding discussions with the makers of Guitar Hero and of Rock Band , the Financial Times reports. Analysts say that a deal might lead to more licensing of Beatles songs in other digital media. More »
- Grand Theft Auto IV Marks the End for Next-Gen Gaming
  
  GigaOm | Jun 19, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Low sales of Grand Theft Auto IV herald the end of next-gen gaming’s heyday, writes Wagner James Au on GigaOm. The game is selling poorly compared to the previous version, and it hasn’t improved sales of the next-gen Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. “The days when so-called “next-gen” gaming reigned supreme are coming to end,” predicts Au. More »
- 'Rock Band' Reinvents the Cover Band
  
  More Intelligent Life | Jun 17, 08 8:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The hugely popular "Rock Band" is more than just a video game—it's a musical revolution, Brett McCallon writes in More Intelligent Life. The game, which expands "Guitar Hero" to two axes, a drum kit and a singer, finally realizes “the democratizing dreams of the punk movement.” McCallon should know, because his "Rock Band" band plays live—and has amateur musicians grousing. More »
- Study: Video Game Addicts Aren't Nerds
  
  Reuters | Jun 13, 08 8:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The stereotype of the hard-core gamer as a friendless geek may be as outdated as Pac-Man, Reuters reports. An Australian study looked at "problem gamers" who spent more than 50 hours a week playing and discovered that less than 1% had poor social skills. The findings contradict statements from the American Medical Association suggesting people hooked on games like World of Warcraft struggle to cope in the real world. More »
- Better Red Than Dead in Online Games
  
  Associated Press | Jun 12, 08 2:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If you want to win, at least in the online first-person shooter Unreal Tournament 2004, get your red on. Researchers have found that red teams beat blue teams in the multiplayer game 55% of the time, even though players choose their own teams. One scientist suggested this is because the color red is psychologically distracting for men, reports the AP. More »
- Crime Pays for Grand Theft Auto Maker
  
  MarketWatch | Jun 6, 08 3:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Profit forecasts have shot through the roof at Take-Two Interactive Software, thanks to the runaway success of Grand Theft Auto IV, reports MarketWatch. The company is boasting a $100 million second-quarter profit, up from a $50 million loss for the same period last year—even though the blockbuster game was released just two days before the quarter ended. More »
- Retired Justice Turns Video Game Designer
  
  Wired | Jun 5, 08 3:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor isn't taking it easy now that she's no longer writing decisions, Wired reports. The first woman to be appointed to the top court is leading a project to help young people learn more about their government through a video game. Our Courts, an online game to debut next year, will let students step into the shoes of judges or attorneys arguing real cases. More »
- In-Game Ads Coming to PS3
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 4, 08 3:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sony has struck a deal to bring in-game advertising to its PlayStation 3 console, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many games have already toyed with product placement and ads, but thanks to the deal with IGA Worldwide, those digital billboards can now be updated in real time. Electronic Arts will be the first game-maker to take advantage of the deal. More »
May 2008
- Online Gaming Boom Outpaces Real-Life Critiques
  
  Prospect | May 31, 08 1:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The dizzying growth of the video game industry continues to alarm cultural Luddites, writes Tom Chatfield for the Prospect , but the critics are trapped in video gaming’s past. They haven't adjusted to the development of social, team-based gaming worlds, treating games “as an odd mix of the slightly menacing and the alien: more like exotic organisms dredged from the deep sea than complex human creations.” More »
- Chipmakers Get Graphic in 'Battle Royal' for Future
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 27, 08 3:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Three Silicon Valley companies are jockeying to plot the future course for chips that create the most realistic computer graphics, the Wall Street Journal reports. "All of them agree that graphics are the field where the battle is going to be fought," one analyst says of Intel, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. "They're going down different paths but approaching the same thing." More »
- Wii Fit Is Great for Couch Potatoes
  
  USA Today | May 23, 08 12:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nintendo's Wii Fit is great for fitness beginners who want to shed their couch-potato ways, but more experienced athletes will want to stick with the gym, writes Jinny Gunmundsen in USA Today . The game delivers a fun and inventive way to tone muscles, improve balance, and burn calories, but hard-core athletes will likely find it to be no more than an interesting diversion. More »
- For Actor, Grand Theft Auto Doesn't Pay
  
  New York Times | May 22, 08 6:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - He has gained fame and exposure as the voice of sly Balkan criminal Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV. But actor Michael Hollick would rather see a royalty check from Rockstar Games, reports the New York Times . Though the game has raked in roughly $600 million so far, Hollick earned $100,000 for his gritty voice work and, unlike his compatriots in film or TV, will get no residuals or royalties. More »
- Sony Aims to Power Up Online Gaming
  
  MSNBC | May 22, 08 10:38 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sony is seeking to boost online gaming to the next level with a pair of new adventures in the pipeline. The company's 1999 EverQuest was the first massive online game to rocket to popularity, but rivals like World of Warcraft have since taken the lead. With spy shooter game The Agency and the tweener-targeting Free Realms, Sony hopes to get back on top. More »
- Gyllenhaal Lands Lead in Prince of Persia
  
  Hollywood Reporter | May 21, 08 11:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Jake Gyllenhaal has scored the lead in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , a Jerry Bruckheimer adaptation of the popular video game, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In the blockbuster fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play a 6th century Persian prince who, along with a feisty princess played by up-and-comer Gemma Arterton must save the world from a villainous nobleman. More »
- Virtual Disney Closing its Doors
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 20, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Diehard fans are outraged at plans to shut down a virtual version of Disneyland tomorrow, the Wall Street Journal reports. Players of Virtual Magic Kingdom, a free online game Disney started to celebrate the theme park’s 50th anniversary in 2005, are protesting throughout the blogosphere; some 20,000 have signed an online petition opposing the company's decision to pull the plug. More »
- New Game Plays Off Miley's Midriff
  
  TMZ | May 20, 08 11:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thinking of becoming a paparazzo? AddictingGames.com hosts an animated paparazzi game called Miley Naughty Pics, where the object of the game is to catch Miley Cyrus in varying degrees of undress, TMZ reports. You get “money” based on how much flesh you “snap” of the moving animated 15-year-old, and you lose if dad Billy Ray Cyrus gets into the frame. More »
- Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii
  
  Reuters | May 19, 08 4:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Japan’s arcades are in trouble, Reuters reports. For years, they’ve been immune to the ravages plaguing arcades elsewhere, but the $6.9 billion industry has met its match in the Nintendo Wii. A new generation of game consoles, coupled with an explosion of high-end TVs, has made the arcade experience easy to recreate at home—leading to big store closings at major chains. More »
- Your Pal in Second Life May Be a Robot
  
  Associated Press | May 18, 08 7:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Scientists are creating virtual robots in a virtual world with the hope of simulating real people. Got it? Second Life is prime testing ground for artificial intelligence because it allows experts to exert more control over their creations. “It’s a very inexpensive way to test out our technologies right now,” one says. More »
- Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent
  
  New York Times | May 15, 08 1:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nintendo’s Wii Fit system can turn a couch potato into a workout warrior—or at least make that potato a bit less lumpy, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times . The system, launching in North America next week, could be THE next big home fitness trend, pushing that treadmill out to the curb and banishing the Thighmaster forever. More »
- PS3 Sales Help Sony Get Its Q4 Game On
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 15, 08 6:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sony reported fourth quarter profits of $277 million yesterday, driven largely by its once-sputtering PlayStation 3, which passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 and is nipping at the heels of Nintendo’s Wii . The results vastly improved on a loss of $643.6 million a year ago, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »