Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2987 Video Games en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:52:20 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2987 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_en_bu/japan_nintendo ap/20080821/japan_nintendo AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:52:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_en_bu/japan_nintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.f5e5c7ae83024db7a44ba9e8ccb531a0.japan_nintendo_tok101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Suo5j3mO1uSrrpHViMQdCw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 7, 2006 file photo, a model plays tennis with Nintendo Co.'s new family video-game console Wii by swinging its controller as a tennis racket during a press conference in Tokyo. Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_en_bu/japan_nintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.f5e5c7ae83024db7a44ba9e8ccb531a0.japan_nintendo_tok101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Suo5j3mO1uSrrpHViMQdCw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 7, 2006 file photo, a model plays tennis with Nintendo Co.'s new family video-game console Wii by swinging its controller as a tennis racket during a press conference in Tokyo. Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/tc_nm/nintendo_hillcrest_dc nm/20080821/nintendo_hillcrest_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:54:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/tc_nm/nintendo_hillcrest_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t144359_450x302_us_nintendo_hillcrest.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=4Yv5BbP5DDmG8K3aZK3qkg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district January 24, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hillcrest Laboratories asked a trade panel to determine if Nintendo Co (7974.OS) and its U.S. subsidiary have infringed four patents to make its top-selling Wii game, according to a filing on Wednesday and a Hillcrest statement.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/tc_nm/nintendo_hillcrest_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t144359_450x302_us_nintendo_hillcrest.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=4Yv5BbP5DDmG8K3aZK3qkg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district January 24, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/media_nm/reliance_dc nm/20080820/reliance_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:52:56 GMT Reuters - Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group's media and entertainment division is launching Jump Games U.S.A., a publisher and developer of mobile video games, in its latest effort to expand into the United States. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_en_ot/internet_eat_drink_or_die ap/20080820/internet_eat_drink_or_die AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:45:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_en_ot/internet_eat_drink_or_die"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.48d8be46aca848bc9b15f4010e423fcb.internet_eat_drink_or_die_nyet562.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=jIqXNuQeDhzDDyrHTk_9kg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="In this image released by Bravo, Tom Colicchio, a judge on the cooking competition show, 'Top Chef,' is shown. (AP Photo/Bravo, Matt Dinerstein)" border="0" /></a>AP - EatDrinkOrDie.com is hoping to find the culinary equivalent of Paris Hilton's political campaign ad.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_en_ot/internet_eat_drink_or_die"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.48d8be46aca848bc9b15f4010e423fcb.internet_eat_drink_or_die_nyet562.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=jIqXNuQeDhzDDyrHTk_9kg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="In this image released by Bravo, Tom Colicchio, a judge on the cooking competition show, 'Top Chef,' is shown. (AP Photo/Bravo, Matt Dinerstein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_sony_games ap/20080820/techbit_sony_games AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:59:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_sony_games"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080816/i/r3918559845.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=P5Gzeo2r2_2v_cVZefk7.Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A gamer plays a Sony Playstation 3 in a file photo. Sony does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company spokesman said on Friday. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash" border="0" /></a>AP - For PlayStation 3 fans who want to do more than mash buttons when playing games on the console, Sony Corp. is introducing a wireless keypad that can be attached to the system's controller for typing and Web browsing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_sony_games"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080816/i/r3918559845.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=P5Gzeo2r2_2v_cVZefk7.Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gamer plays a Sony Playstation 3 in a file photo. Sony does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company spokesman said on Friday. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_didj_leapster2 ap/20080820/tec_tech_test_didj_leapster2 AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:44:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_didj_leapster2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.f7a75589ed924ff3b072907952243be1.tech_test_didj_leapster2_nybz179.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=yYzfsNg6fjMs2K7aSz3w2w--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Leapfrog Enterprises Inc., showing two of their new hand held devices, Leapster2 and Didj. Your kids can learn math, how to tell time and other skills needed for school — and you don't have to pry them away from clicking away on video games. (AP Photo/Leapfrog Enterprises)" border="0" /></a>AP - Your kids can learn math, how to tell time and other skills needed for school — and you don't have to pry them away from video games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_didj_leapster2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.f7a75589ed924ff3b072907952243be1.tech_test_didj_leapster2_nybz179.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=yYzfsNg6fjMs2K7aSz3w2w--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by Leapfrog Enterprises Inc., showing two of their new hand held devices, Leapster2 and Didj. Your kids can learn math, how to tell time and other skills needed for school — and you don't have to pry them away from clicking away on video games. (AP Photo/Leapfrog Enterprises)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/sony_psp3000_dc nm/20080820/sony_psp3000_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:57:02 GMT Reuters - Consumer electronics giant Sony (6758.T) announced a new version of its Playstation Portable handheld games console that can be used as a telephone, to go on sale in Europe and the United States in mid-October. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/taketwo_ea_dc nm/20080820/taketwo_ea_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:37:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/taketwo_ea_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_18t090318_338x450_us_taketwo_ea.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=aw0itXoJr15XTRL2sXRwEw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer John Riccitiello speaks at the Electronic Arts news conference at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles July 14, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. antitrust authorities would approve a combination of Electronic Arts Inc with rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, according to letters from the Federal Trade Commission posted on the agency's web site.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/taketwo_ea_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_18t090318_338x450_us_taketwo_ea.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=aw0itXoJr15XTRL2sXRwEw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer John Riccitiello speaks at the Electronic Arts news conference at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles July 14, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/electronicarts_dc nm/20080820/electronicarts_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:30:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/electronicarts_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t082944_293x450_us_electronicarts.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=7p6ZabevnBG9vaku2S9ALQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Rod Humble of The Sims Studio gestures during the presentation for the game 'The Sims 3' at the Electronic Arts news conference at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles July 14, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Video games publisher Electronic Arts set a launch date of February 20, 2009 for the latest installment of its biggest-selling franchise, the Sims, on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/tc_nm/electronicarts_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t082944_293x450_us_electronicarts.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=7p6ZabevnBG9vaku2S9ALQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Rod Humble of The Sims Studio gestures during the presentation for the game 'The Sims 3' at the Electronic Arts news conference at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles July 14, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_en_re/game_review_xbox_live ap/20080819/game_review_xbox_live AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:12:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_en_re/game_review_xbox_live"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080818/capt.cps.nic51.180808152842.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=q6Xc_0LwM.u.023boG10jA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, helped by the popularity of the new role-playing game "Tales of Vesperia," a recent survey showed.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - I'm a sucker for big, juicy games with flashy graphics, block-rockin' audio and tons of things to do. This summer has been unusually rich in such ambitious productions, with high-profile releases like "Metal Gear Solid 4," "Ninja Gaiden II" and "Grid."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_en_re/game_review_xbox_live"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080818/capt.cps.nic51.180808152842.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=q6Xc_0LwM.u.023boG10jA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, helped by the popularity of the new role-playing game "Tales of Vesperia," a recent survey showed.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_hi_te/electronic_arts_take_two ap/20080818/electronic_arts_take_two AP Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:41:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_hi_te/electronic_arts_take_two"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niu62.210808002658.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uWlpEtHK8wY6oBJmsHgI.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Picture of "Grand Theft Auto IV" video games taken in April 2008 in Paris. US videogame giant Electronic Arts (EA) confirmed Wednesday it shifted from a hostile bid for "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive to friendly talks about its two-billion-dollar offer.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)" border="0" /></a>AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. is retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but a deal — and a friendly one at that — is likelier than ever.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_hi_te/electronic_arts_take_two"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niu62.210808002658.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=uWlpEtHK8wY6oBJmsHgI.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Picture of "Grand Theft Auto IV" video games taken in April 2008 in Paris. US videogame giant Electronic Arts (EA) confirmed Wednesday it shifted from a hostile bid for "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive to friendly talks about its two-billion-dollar offer.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/tc_nm/microsoft_sony_dc nm/20080818/microsoft_sony_dc Reuters Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:26:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/tc_nm/microsoft_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080818/2008_08_18t012511_450x300_us_microsoft_sony.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=62LE0E20nPcrOOfb1fJJsQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Attendees play '99 Knights' at the XBox 360 booth at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 10, 2006. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 beat Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan weekly sales for the first time two weeks ago, riding robust demand for a recent Xbox 360 title produced by Namco Bandai Holdings (7832.T), a magazine publisher said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/tc_nm/microsoft_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080818/2008_08_18t012511_450x300_us_microsoft_sony.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=62LE0E20nPcrOOfb1fJJsQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Attendees play '99 Knights' at the XBox 360 booth at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 10, 2006. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc nm/20080815/sony_ps3_dc Reuters Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:04:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080816/2008_08_16t030559_450x348_us_sony_ps3.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=okyh.MHGEDrpomwRJwbnVw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A gamer plays a Sony Playstation 3 in a file photo. Sony does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company spokesman said on Friday. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company spokesman said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080816/2008_08_16t030559_450x348_us_sony_ps3.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=okyh.MHGEDrpomwRJwbnVw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gamer plays a Sony Playstation 3 in a file photo. Sony does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company spokesman said on Friday. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/tc_nm/nintendo_latam_dc nm/20080815/nintendo_latam_dc Reuters Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:06:10 GMT Reuters - Japan's Nintendo plans a more aggressive marketing campaign in Spanish to corner Latin America's growing games market and tap growing appetite for fitness and sports titles. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/tc_nm/videogames_us_dc nm/20080815/videogames_us_dc Reuters Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:03:15 GMT Reuters - U.S. video game sales rose 28 percent in July from a year earlier, boosted by continued strong demand for Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii console, according to data from research firm NPD on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_warner_music_group ap/20080815/microsoft_warner_music_group AP Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:18:46 GMT AP - Gamers with a hankering to watch music videos will have more choices after Warner Music Group Corp. announced Thursday it is adding its library of videos to Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_sales ap/20080814/video_game_sales AP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:46:24 GMT AP - Even in a seasonally slow month and with the economy in the doldrums, U.S. sales of video game hardware and software soared 28 percent in July, hitting $1.19 billion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/wr_nm/electronicarts_europe_dc nm/20080814/electronicarts_europe_dc Reuters Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:32:29 GMT Reuters - Electronic Arts, one of the world's top two video game publishers, expects industry revenue to grow by at least 20 percent this year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a top executive told Reuters. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/tc_nm/videogames_spore_life_tech_dc nm/20080814/videogames_spore_life_tech_dc Reuters Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:12:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/tc_nm/videogames_spore_life_tech_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_14t112505_450x321_us_videogames_spore_life_tech.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=UWPz6Ole_pAc1FVgygJu3Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Game designer Will Wright speaks about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Take a group of scientists and a video game designer and what do you get? Spore, a game that can help teach players some evolutionary biology.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/tc_nm/videogames_spore_life_tech_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080815/2008_08_14t112505_450x321_us_videogames_spore_life_tech.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=UWPz6Ole_pAc1FVgygJu3Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Game designer Will Wright speaks about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/videogames2/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_game_remote ap/20080813/techbit_game_remote AP Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:14:56 GMT AP - Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC.