Listed below are the top news stories for Video Games on October 13th, 2009. Click any of the links to be taken to the full story.
- PlayStation Games Go to the Movies - via PC World
Are blockbuster-sized digital movie theaters the next frontier for video games? Imagine standing in front of a colossal viewport onto a sweltering tropical ... - Video Game Review | Hi, How Are You - via New York Times
An image from "Hi, How Are You," a video game application available for the iPhone based on the work of Daniel Johnston. The latest on the arts, ... - USA Racquetball license secured for video game adaptation - via Blast
No screens of the game have surfaced yet, but when they do we'll be all over it. Eddie Makuch is Blast's Director of Video Game News. Reach him at Makuch. ... - Review: Brütal Legend, A Roadie All The Way - via PerezStart.com (blog)
Will Jack Blacks performance convince you comedians CAN be funny in video games? Hell F-in Yes! The road to being a Roadie. You play Eddie Riggs (voiced by ... - Beaterator video game review - via Telegraph.co.uk
Beaterator isn't a video game in the truest sense; it's more of a musical application. It began life as a flash mixing tool on Rockstar's website back in ... - 'Warcraft' Movie to be Scripted by Robert Rodat - via Screen Rant
Warcraft, for those who've missed the many, many, commercials, is a franchise of video games, novels and other media built around the original video game, ... - Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising video game developer interview - via Telegraph.co.uk
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is quite clearly different to many of the games in the shooter genre. What were you trying to accomplish ... - Action video game players experience diminished proactive attention - via EurekAlert (press release)
Video game players are often accused of passively reacting to tasks that are spoon fed to them through graphics and stimuli on the screen. ... - Gamers get Hollywood-esque touch in Uncharted 2 - via AFP
"They didn't really understand video games. In our business, you have to write the game like a game and not like a film that you play," added Balestra. ... - Is Uncharted 2 enough to put the PS3 on top? - via CNET News
If there's one thing that has mostly been overlooked by the mainstream video game media, it's the fact that the slimming down of the PS3 was more than just ... - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - via Kombo.com
Most video games, as an industry, have taken gamers out of the gameplay, but Uncharted 2, by contrast, puts you in the middle of impossible situations and ...
- Wii Fit Nears 8M US Sales, Wii Play Exceeds 11M - via Gamasutra
Nintendo's expanded audience Wii titles are displacing Rockstar North's playstation 2 GTA games as the most ubiquitous video games this decade ... - 'Ju-On: The Grudge' video game review - via Metromix Atlanta
There's an inherent disconnect between video games and reality that prevent games from feeling like real life. Playing "Batman: Arkham Asylum ... - 3 Teens Ransack Video Game Store - via TurnTo23.com
The police are on the lookout for three teens who they say burglarized a local video game store over the weekend. Late Saturday night, the Bakersfield ... - Walmart Tests Left Behind Christian Games in Texas Market - via Wired News
Walmart stores in Houston and Dallas will stock back-catalog videogames made by Left Behind Games to test the demand for titles with ... - First Gamer Doc(TM) Video Games Store in the US Marks One-Year Anniversary - via SunHerald.com (press release)
"My business has grown steadily over the past year, because we offer what no other video game store offers. Our customers can buy, rent, sell, trade-in and ... - Digital Domain Florida eyes games - via Variety
Digital Domain's new Florida digital production studio is planning to carve out niches in videogames, animation and even military ... - Professor uses video games to explore facets of autism - via PhysOrg.com
Screen shots from Astropolis, a video game developed by Belmonte and colleagues to test a range of domains in children with autism and their siblings. ... - Capcom teams with Tesla Motors for Dark Void sweepstakes - via Blast
We can't guarantee you the latter, but if you want the car and you love video games, Capcom has a chance of a lifetime for you. Capcom today announced a ... - No Mercy and Ample Ways to Die - via New York Times
Whenever people complain about violence in video games, my riposte generally involves the "Saw" film series, and that usually shuts them up ... - Alliance Distributors Holding Inc. Announces Acquisition of Metaversal Studios - via PR Newswire (press release)
PK), a distributor of interactive video games and gaming products, today announced that it has purchased the video game assets of Metaversal Studios, Inc., ... - Want the Ultimate Video Game Party? - via WLTX.com
(WLTX/COLUMBIA, SC) -- Want to have the ultimate video game party? There's a new mobile video gaming theater in town. GameXpress is a new concept combining ... - Ten Game Industry Events That Shaped 2009 - via VGChartz
This is especially in comparison to the early 1990's when videogames were demonized on a daily basis by parental watchdog groups. In 2009 we saw the opening ... - Video game 'Halo' spins off books, action figures and more - via USA Today
With the Halo video games, game developer Bungie created a space-opera mythology for the Microsoft Xbox game systems to rival Star ... - Vivendi's plans may determine whether NBC Universal ends up in Comcast's hands - via Los Angeles Times
Vivendi's desire to invest in fast-growing businesses led to the 2007 merger of the company's video games unit with Activision. ... - CLASH OF THE TITIANS GAME ANNOUNCED - via GameIndustry.com
Leading video games publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., and Warner Bros. Interactive, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, today ... - Planet 51 Online Game Using Trinigy Vision Engine - via Gamasutra
Ilion was formed by founders of video game developer Pyro Studios, developers of the Commando series of games. Sega and Pyro announced a video game ... - Retailers Aren't Only Ones Hurting from Digital Downloads - via PSPworld
Needless to say, many retailers have reacted with considerable caution to this new direction the video game industry will take in coming years. ... - THQ Launches New Disney/Pixar Game - via socalTech.com
The firm said the videogame, for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PSP, is its third installment of video games based on the ... - Arts, Briefly 'Project Runway' Game - via New York Times
The video game publisher Atari and the Weinstein Company have announced that they are developing a "Project Runway" video game that will feature signature ... - Atari To Publish Project Runway Video Game On Wii(TM) - via PR-CANADA.net (press release)
The Project Runway video game will put players in the role of an aspiring fashion designer. Similar to the show, players will be presented with different ... - Power Wheels Modder Creates Mini-Warthog - via Escapist Magazine
Ask any kid and they'll tell you: Accurately recreating violent videogames is hard work! Luckily, one loving father took it upon himself to make Halo's ... - Two Books on Games & Violence - via PopMatters
A breakdown of two books that deal with the question of what effect video games may have on young players. It is unfair for me to write about the issue of ... - South Florida's Largest Video Game Event Gathers Hottest Video Games, Gamers ... - via Business Wire (press release)
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--South Florida's gamers now have the opportunity to experience the ultimate video game experience at Infinite Bits Convention, ... - Majesco Entertainment Releases 'a boy and his blob' for Wii(TM) - via SYS-CON Media (press release)
Majesco Entertainment Company is a provider of video games for the mass market. Building on more than 20 years of operating history, the company is focused ... - Nokia's Netbook Comes With Marathon Battery Life - via New York Times
Nokia is clear that you wouldn't want to use the machine to play intensive video games or to do bridge engineering. But when I played with one at Nokia's ... - Videogame Makers Increase Efforts To Attract Girls And Women - via Mediapost.com
More videogames than ever will target the female market this holiday season, reports Yukari Iwatani Kane, as publishers make a serious effort to develop ... - Left Behind Games Arrive In 100 Walmart Houston and Dallas Area Stores - via Reuters
The newest Left Behind and Charlie Church Mouse PC video games are among three titles being piloted in approximately 100 Texas Walmart stores for ... - MEDIA ALERT for LA County Tech Week: Emerging Companies; Creating New ... - via Market Wire (press release)
Clean Technologies, Mobile Information Platforms, Video Games & Entertainment, Funding for Technology Companies, Exhibits, Awards & Networking Info2Go! ... - Wal-mart begins selling used videogames - via Afterdawn.com
Wal-Mart has begun selling used videogames via their online storefront this week, offering the games for up to 30 percent off MSRP while giving a ... - 'ODST' tries to put the shine back on 'Halo' - via The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
I once wrote that "video games are as good as girlfriends -- and as bad, " because games and girls can both be fun, cute, smart, stupid, ... - Seth Green Calls on Game Players to Rescue Prized BUTTERFINGER® Bar - via Business Wire (press release)
"Can You Put a Finger on the Pulse of Your Friends" - culls various Facebook data from the profiles of the user's friends directly into a video/game ... - Hernando County events - via Tampabay.com
Participants play video games powered by stationary GameBikes. Free. JoAnn Munford, (352) 540-3835. Hernando Council Senior Citizens No. ... - Magnacarta 2 is Now Available Exclusively for the Xbox 360 - via Planet Xbox 360
Santa Clara, CA - October 13, 2009 - Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that ... - Links: NBA 2K10 Review (sorta) - via SLAM Online
As a result, I haven't liked playing most basketball video games. It didn't matter the franchise, 2K or NBA Live, neither game, for my tastes, ... - News Bits: Pepsi Releases 'Sexist' iPhone App - via Contentinople
Video game publishers, on the other hand, are targeting more games than ever toward women and girls this holiday season, The Wall Street Journal reports. ... - China bans foreign investment in online games industry - via Reuters
China's video game industry regulator the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and copyright watchdog issued a circular on Saturday ... - GameSpot Bows Mobile Channel - via Home Media Magazine
GameSpot Mobile will feature reviews of video games for mobile platforms such as smartphones, the Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Palm Pre, ... - Video game predicts Penguins repeat as Stanley Cup champs with win over Hawks - via The Canadian Press
The Pittsburgh Penguins will repeat as NHL Stanley Cup champions, defeating the Chicago Blackhawks in six games, according to an EA sports video game ... - Gearbox's Pitchford: Magic, Video Games Have A Lot In Common - via Gamasutra
by Staff Game design is a field all its own, but it also draws from many other creative enterprises -- including magic, according to a notable game industry ...
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