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Date: Mon, 12. May 2008 06:35:46

On Monday, Nintendo launches WiiWare, a service that allows gamers to download games straight to their Wiis. Are the growing number of games-on-demand services and the sometimes unusual bite-sized games they offer the wave of the future? Indie developers ? and big console makers ? are betting on it.

Date: Thu, 9. April 2009 17:36:31

NewsFactor - Will Wright, who made social ecosystems a distinct category of computer games, is leaving publisher Electronic Arts and setting up an entertainment think tank. In its announcement Wednesday, EA said it was making an equity investment in the think tank, called Stupid Fun Club.

Date: Fri, 1. August 2008 19:50:02

Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.

Date: Fri, 22. August 2008 03:05:01

It wasn't easy for Steve Dresser to play Super Mario Brothers with his son. Dresser is blind, and like most other video and computer games, Super Mario was not designed for players with disabilities.

Date: Wed, 18. February 2009 04:02:37

(AHN) - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team reported a 40 percent rise in cyberattacks in 2008 on American government computer networks. Number of installation of hostile programs and unauthorized access to government computer networks went up to 5,488 incidents last year from 3,928 in 2007. - Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:32:51 GMT

Date: Tue, 17. February 2009 15:28:51

(AHN) - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team reported a 40 percent rise in cyberattacks in 2008 on American government computer networks. Number of installation of hostile programs and unauthorized access to government computer networks went up to 5,488 incidents last year from 3,928 in 2007. - Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:32:51 GMT

Date: Sat, 29. August 2009 13:02:00

PC World - All around the world, the focus of games has been moving from video games to arcade games and further towards online games. Currently, the online game market is growing steadily with an increasing number of users due to higher provision rates of broadband, enhanced console network functions, diversification of online game genres and an expansion of casual MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game).

Date: Fri, 20. February 2009 03:55:28

(AHN) - A study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota identifies factors that delay the onset of memory loss. Among the factors cited as dementia delayers are engaging in hobbies like book reading, patchwork quilt and even computer games. - Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:38:07 GMT

Date: Tue, 8. December 2009 14:28:11

AP - The idea that video games were recession-proof turned out to be a myth this year, leading to declining sales, shuttered studios and thousands of newly unemployed developers.

Date: Fri, 29. May 2009 03:04:43

38 Studios, the video game company founded by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, yesterday announced the purchase of Big Huge Games from publisher THQ Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Big Huge Games, which is based in Timonium, Md., develops role-playing games for game consoles and Windows-based personal computers. The Big Huge Games team will be ...