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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/869 technology Technology - Video Games en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:28:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/869 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/en_nm/us_activision_callofduty nm/20091127/us_activision_callofduty Reuters entertainment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:28:10 GMT Reuters - Activision Blizzard Inc said on Friday its "Call of Duty" video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_hi_te/us_games_avatar ap/20091127/us_games_avatar AP technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:53:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_hi_te/us_games_avatar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.f8b2f9a083a64c4d9b6d96372ddcb29d.games_avatar_nyet573.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=6EYkXJZwkr3fvIntISVZRA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="In this video game image released by Ubisoft, a scene is shown from 'Avatar:The Game.' (AP Photo/Ubisoft)" border="0" /></a>AP - James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on his upcoming sci-fi epic "Avatar."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_hi_te/us_games_avatar"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.f8b2f9a083a64c4d9b6d96372ddcb29d.games_avatar_nyet573.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=6EYkXJZwkr3fvIntISVZRA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video game image released by Ubisoft, a scene is shown from 'Avatar:The Game.' (AP Photo/Ubisoft)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091127/tc_zd/246401 zd/20091127/246401 PC Magazine technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:12:21 GMT PC Magazine - Microsoft has jumped on the Black Friday bandwagon, and is offering savings on Office Home & Student, free subscriptions to Xbox Live, and free netbooks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091127/tc_zd/246399 zd/20091127/246399 PC Magazine technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:05:03 GMT PC Magazine - Activision Blizzard Inc said on Friday its "Call of Duty" video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091127/tc_zd/246396 zd/20091127/246396 PC Magazine technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:24:17 GMT PC Magazine - Soon, real criminal investigation teams will be using videogame technology to help forensic scientists collaborate virtually to re-create what happened at the scene of the crime. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/wr_nm/us_videogames_csi_tech_life nm/20091127/us_videogames_csi_tech_life Reuters technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:08:28 GMT Reuters - In hit TV crime drama show "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation," and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091126/tc_pcworld/nintendowiivideogameconsole pcworld/20091126/nintendowiivideogameconsole PC World technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT PC World - Meijer's doorbuster deal this year is the Nintendo Wii, which the chain is offering (along with a $50 coupon toward your next Meijer purchase) for $200. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091126/tc_pcworld/nintendodsibundle pcworld/20091126/nintendodsibundle PC World technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMT PC World - Everyone seems to be offering one of the two Nintendo DSi bundles--with either Brain Age or Mario--for $170 with some sort of gift card. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091126/tc_pcworld/bluraydiscsdvdsandvideogames pcworld/20091126/bluraydiscsdvdsandvideogames PC World technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:47:00 GMT PC World - If you're looking to stock up on Blu-ray discs, DVDs, and video games, now is the time to do it. Best Buy has Blu-ray movies starting at $8 and DVDs starting at $4, while Wal-Mart has DVDs starting at just $2. Kohl's has its entire stock of video games on sale for 20 to 30 percent off. And for music lovers, Costco is offering a discounted pack of iTunes gift cards: $60 worth (four $15 cards) for just $48. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091125/tc_pcworld/agamersguidetoblackfriday pcworld/20091125/agamersguidetoblackfriday PC World technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:50:00 GMT PC World - One of the great things about video games is that pricing is fairly standardized, which makes Black Friday video game deals extremely easy to spot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091124/tc_pcworld/dovideogamesallowvirtualwarcrimes pcworld/20091124/dovideogamesallowvirtualwarcrimes PC World technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:27:00 GMT PC World - Video games don't respect humanitarian laws, according to a study of virtual 'war crimes' in contemporary shooters like Modern Warfare 2 and Army of Two, and whose results, say researchers, are 'as deflating as reality'. Swiss human rights groups Pro Juventute and TRIAL ("track impunity always") chose to analyze video games and not literature or film, which they view as 'passive' mediums, compared with 'shooter games, [in which] the player has an active role in performing the actions'. What's more, says the report, games are used as military training tools and set during present-day conflicts, 'thus illustrating the realism these games have now achieved'. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091124/tc_zd/246335 zd/20091124/246335 PC Magazine technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:56:59 GMT PC Magazine - On Black Friday, Nintendo is offering two limited edition Nintendo DSI Bundles that come with more than $20 in software value. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091123/tc_pcworld/supermariokartbittripvoidhitwii pcworld/20091123/supermariokartbittripvoidhitwii PC World technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:28:00 GMT PC World - Of all the Mario Kart games, the best was probably the first, and now you can see why for 800 Wii Points, or about eight US dollars. We're talking the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) original here, born 17 years ago in 1992. It supported 1 to 2 players, packed eight playable Mario-verse characters, and offered three championship cups divvied into three distinct 'kart' classes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/ennew_afp/lifestyleusithealthinternetvideogamesubisoft afp/20091122/lifestyleusithealthinternetvideogamesubisoft AFP entertainment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:46:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/ennew_afp/lifestyleusithealthinternetvideogamesubisoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258933512828-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=4.TtqQsjJUnt4hVyEk1sdQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape on November 6, in San Francisco. French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape. "Your Shape" ramp-up the healthy videogame genre by using a camera to put people on-screen and under the scrutiny of an animated coach devoted to making workouts go strong.(AFP/File/Glenn Chapman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/ennew_afp/lifestyleusithealthinternetvideogamesubisoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258933512828-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=4.TtqQsjJUnt4hVyEk1sdQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape on November 6, in San Francisco. French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape. "Your Shape" ramp-up the healthy videogame genre by using a camera to put people on-screen and under the scrutiny of an animated coach devoted to making workouts go strong.(AFP/File/Glenn Chapman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/xboxlivegoldfreetodaythroughmonday pcworld/20091120/xboxlivegoldfreetodaythroughmonday PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft wants you on Xbox LIVE for the weekend with, of course, a view toward forever, and it's prepared to temporarily waive the cover fee to grab your attention. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091120/tc_infoworld/101269 infoworld/20091120/101269 InfoWorld business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bull's-eye with this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now: ready, aim ... fire! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/tc_afp/chinainternetgamescensor afp/20091119/chinainternetgamescensor AFP technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/tc_afp/chinainternetgamescensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258642225146-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ySkmrJ92FSz5bZo81CRz9g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/tc_afp/chinainternetgamescensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258642225146-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ySkmrJ92FSz5bZo81CRz9g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_gamestop ap/20091119/us_earns_gamestop AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:26:16 GMT AP - GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, said Thursday that sales of new hot-selling games helped boost its third-quarter profit nearly 12 percent and offset a sales decline for video game hardware. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_sony nm/20091119/us_sony Reuters business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:20:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_sony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r3334688780.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=najVK3MBPbUIcuipPwmk3g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Sony Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer speaks at a news conference in Tokyo November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_sony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r3334688780.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=najVK3MBPbUIcuipPwmk3g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sony Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer speaks at a news conference in Tokyo November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_ot/us_game_review_assassin_s_creed ap/20091119/us_game_review_assassin_s_creed AP entertainment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_ot/us_game_review_assassin_s_creed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.d89e4334690c454193e34badebb1cfd8.game_review_assassin_s_creed_nyet489.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=haqsRCbz7Rpt32HT.Nb4bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="In this video game image released by Ubisoft, Ezio soars over the streets of Renaissance Italy in 'Assassin's Creed II.' (AP Photo/Ubisoft)" border="0" /></a>AP - Italian crime families have become a staple of video games over the last few years, starring in such hits as "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," "The Godfather" and "Mafia." And don't get me started on "Mafia Wars," the browser game that's consuming half of my Facebook friends.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_ot/us_game_review_assassin_s_creed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.d89e4334690c454193e34badebb1cfd8.game_review_assassin_s_creed_nyet489.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=haqsRCbz7Rpt32HT.Nb4bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video game image released by Ubisoft, Ezio soars over the streets of Renaissance Italy in 'Assassin's Creed II.' (AP Photo/Ubisoft)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)