by Shawn Foust Replicating certain aspects of reality in virtual worlds, such as currency or the concept of property, has the benefit of making the game immediately accessible to the player regardless of the setting. The familiarity of these Read More

Virtual Programming has released a Macintosh version of FlatOut 2 , the high-octane racing and destruction game developed by Bugbear Entertainment. It costs $39.95 and is available for online purchase and download now from Deliver2Mac.com. FlatOut2 Read More

Today Planet Cazmo, http://www.planetcazmo.com, a virtual world that hosts a global audience of ‘tweens and teens, announced a major update which includes integration of ad content from AllPosters.com, the world’s largest online retailer of quality Read More

- Bender/Helper Impact Dana Henry, 310-694-3130 dana_henry@bhimpact.com or Bender/Helper Impact Robert Santini, 310-694-3116 Robert_Santini@bhimpact.com Leading developer of virtual interactive products, 10VOX Entertainment, announced today two new Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) – It is vital for the U.S. Congress to pass a revised bailout plan to calm consumers, who are suffering higher fuel and food prices, and declining stock portfolios and home values, top toy executives said on Wednesday. “What I Read More

Not just knitting, but videogames. In August, nearly 5 million girls between the ages of 12 and 17 played online games–an increase of 55% over the same period last year, according to Internet traffic tracker comScore. And women ages 55 to 64 More Here

It can be hard to know what websites to trust online for technology and video game reviews. Much of the concern over the impartial reviews offered online tends to stem from readers or other publications having different options about the item More Here

DALLAS , Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T U-verse (SM) TV customers from Illinois and Michigan to California and Texas no longer have to plan how or where they watch and record their favorite recorded shows. AT&T Inc. T today announced the More Here

The days are drawing in, and October is almost upon us. his week, Santa’s helpers will emerge from their hibernation at the North Pole and start to stock up on the most requested items. If a video game console is on your wishlist, my advice is order Read More

What on earth are Microsoft thinking? Xbox Live is down today for 24 hours maintenance. On a Monday??? Why not Friday when people are more likely to be out? Yes, feel free to insert joke here about gamers and social lives. So just what are 360 owners Read More

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Children will be protected from suicide websites, bullying and pornography by a new Internet watchdog, the British government said on Monday. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said it will be the biggest coalition of public and Read More

Ars ne Wenger has vowed to make wholesale changes to his side for tomorrow s Champions League tie against Porto after condemning a performance that he claims left him feeling physically sick. The Arsenal manager was as angry as he has been in 12 Read More

Out Pick the Picker: You pick the games. The Picker picks the games. Then you go head to head. All entries must be submitted before midnight Wednesday. Next Year s Garden : Each year All-America Selections chooses the top plants and vegetables for Read More

Websites could be asked to sign up to a voluntary code of conduct launched to protect young people online. The new UK Council for Child Internet Safety will police the web for children, take down illegal sites encouraging harmful behaviour and Read More

NEW YORK – With two games to go, the Mets don’t look like a playoff team at all. New York’s offense fizzled and Mike Pelfrey lost to Florida for the fourth time this season, a 6-1 defeat Friday night that put the Mets’ postseason chances in peril Cont

MINNEAPOLIS – If the Minnesota Twins are going to capture their fifth division title in seven seasons, the Kansas City Royals are going to make them earn it. A night after erasing a five-run deficit against the White Sox to reclaim first place in the Cont

“Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09″ features some of the world’s most scenic courses. Golfers are challenged by fanciful courses in “We Love Golf!” “Golf: Tee It Up!” offers simple simplified gameplay for newcomers to video golf. Even if you can’t afford the Cont

Gendai Games has released a free drag and drop game development platform called GameSalad Creator that lets you create games that can be played on the Mac, Web and even the IPhone. They have plans for versions for the Windows and Linux platforms Cont

All Platforms PC PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network PSP Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Live Arcade GameCube DS Game Boy Advance Mobile Wii Wii Virtual Console & WiiWare —– 3DO Acorn Archimedes Adventurevision Amiga Amiga CD32 Amstrad CPC Read More

Unfortunately, it’s the NEC SuperGrafx, a souped up version of the PC Engine (nee TurboGrafx-16) that was never released outside of Japan and has a meager seven titles in its library. Even less exciting is that the first SuperGrafx release is Read More

With 700 games now available through Apple’s new virtual App Store — games that can be played on the iPhone and iPod Touch — these hand-held devices are becoming serious gaming machines. Indie game “Aurora Feint” is certainly among the best Read More

All Platforms PC PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network PSP Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Live Arcade GameCube DS Game Boy Advance Mobile Wii Wii Virtual Console & WiiWare All Games Action Adventure Action First-Person Shooters Tactical Shooters Read More

Not a bad follow-up to week two, with a 13-3 mark straight up and slightly-above-average 9-7 record with the spread. I was cruising Sunday against the line, sitting at 9-5 until the primetime games both lost me some virtual coin. But at least I took Read More

ROYAL OAK — Under times of stress, games can be a wonderful distraction. Even in wartime. During a recent 12-month deployment to Khost, Afghanistan, U.S. Army Spc. Jesse Williams turned to video games to take his mind off his duties as site security Read More

The Chicago White Sox try and get themselves back atop the AL Central standings this evening when they host the Cleveland Indians in the first of three games at U.S. Cellular Field. Chicago blew a five-run lead on Thursday to the Minnesota Twins, who Cont

While most massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) are based on fantasy worlds, there is a growing trend for a new kind of game that merges the real world with the virtual. Rather than taking on the persona of a mythical character who goes on Cont

MINNEAPOLIS – Manager Ozzie Guillen’s short-term remedy might not be enough to erase the toughest loss of the White Sox’s season Thursday night. “I might take a sleeping pill,” Guillen said Thursday night after the Sox blew a five-run lead and lost Cont

BEIJING (Reuters) – The long search to find someone to better Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics finally ended in Beijing. American Michael Phelps won eight golds, seven of them in world record time, to confirm his status Cont

This is a large room, with windows in the south and west walls, and there’s sunlight streaming in through the southern window. You’re standing in front of a large desk, which is finished in a lovely yet clearly plastic wood-like veneer. On top of the More Here

All Platforms PC PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network PSP Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Live Arcade GameCube DS Game Boy Advance Mobile Wii Wii Virtual Console & WiiWare All Games Action Adventure Action First-Person Shooters Tactical Shooters More Here

Cellufun, the community-driven mobile gaming portal and “the world’s mobile playground,” has partnered with MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS), the nation’s leading provider of unlimited, flat-rate wireless communications service, to provide More Here

According to documents obtained by the Courthouse News Service , Electronic Arts is facing a class action lawsuit due to the implementation of SecuROM DRM software in the recently released evolution game Spore . The lawsuit was filed Monday with the More Here

If I were in charge of the world, I’d change a few things. First, I would have three lives, just like in a computer game. That would allow me to carelessly – and frequently – throw myself from clifftops, walk into the path of oncoming danger and make More Here

by Catherine Holahan Online marketers are converging on New York for the ad industry’s annual conference, where they’ll hold discussions on everything from tracking online brand buzz to using humor to lure a Web-surfing audience. But perhaps the most More Here

Most massively multiplayer online role-playing games are about conflict: fantastic clashes between warriors, wizards, aliens, orcs and elves. And unlike most video games that have a plot and an ending, MMOs (massively multiplayer online games) are More Here

The Institute for the Future is launching a series of what it calls ‘massively multiplayer forecasting games’ designed to help researchers come up with solutions to long-term global problems. The first game, Superstruct , will launch October 6 More Here

The 2009 Tony Awards will be held June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. The 63rd annual awards ceremony, honoring the best of the 2008-2009 Broadway season, will be televised live by CBS. The cutoff date for 2009 award eligibility will be April 30. The Cont

Two months after it secured $4.5 million in series A funding, Challenge Online Games Inc. has landed another $10 million in series B. The rapid fire funding will help Austin-based Challenge expand its gaming titles and perhaps even acquire other Cont

thenewstribune.com Posted online at 6:04 p.m. Sunday OAKLAND Edgar Martinez used to say there were times in every hitter s career when he felt so good he didn t believe anyone could get him out and stretches where it seemed as if he d Cont

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, September 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Playtech (AIM:PTEC), the leading designer, developer and licensor of software for the gaming industry announces that WinAJackpot.com, the first progressive network to combine online, mobile Cont

LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Playtech Ltd. said it has signed a poker agreement with Italian land-based and online gaming company Sisal SpA to provide Sisal with its entire portfolio of poker games in tournament form. The British gaming software Cont

“I don’t think there’s any other field where you can find a failure rate this high and still find people willing to invest,” said Mark Jacobs , general manager of the Fairfax game studio EA Mythic. “The failure rate is unbelievable.” Jacobs was Cont

The game, Olmert’s Interrogation, clicked open after Morris Talansky’s preliminary testimony, in which he related how he transferred cash to the prime minister to cover his expenses. The person playing Olmert didn’t have time for a break: After Read More

The 2009 Tony Awards will be held June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. The 63rd annual awards ceremony, honoring the best of the 2008-2009 Broadway season, will be televised live by CBS. The cutoff date for 2009 award eligibility will be April 30. The Read More

PITTSBURGH It seemed as though everyone was summoned from the bullpen Saturday night except Johnny Van Zant and Gary Rossington. Of course, those two were needed to be held in reserve so they could lead legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd Read More

The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they’ll see this message. A national study in the United States has concluded that computer games foster social interaction and civic engagement and that there is no Read More

Jarrett Lee threw for 182 yards on 11-of-22 passing for two touchdowns and one interception, as sixth-ranked LSU pulled out a 26-21 win over No. 10 Auburn in a crucial SEC Western Division contest. Brandon LaFell caught four passes for 92 yards and Read More