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Army of Two game, the movie

Videogame Publisher Electronic Arts and Universal Pictures are teaming up to bring EA's Army of Two game to the big screen. Considering the production crew signed on to do it, there's a decent chance it won't suck.

Surprise, most gamers aren't geeks

For some, it's hard to take the videogame industry seriously when all it conjures is images of boys playing virtual soldier shooting aliens on the spare TV in the basement. Thing is, that image hasn't been accurate for a decade or two. And now, a new Ipsos study shows it to be completely false. Go figure.

Bond game promo, play free, win stuff

If you like 007, freebie games, chances to win cool free stuff like a PlayStation3, have a PC and an internet connection, well, has Activision got a deal for you.

Spore spawns a million

Sure, a few of the exceedingly vocal have complained about tyrannical digital rights management (DRM) accompanying EA's new Spore game, but a million of the tyrannically tolerant haven't said boo.

Bejeweled franchise hits 25 million mark

Isn't this the dream? Buddy says you won't amount to anything, then you amount to something -- something large --, then buddy suddenly wants to be just like you and you're all like, "pfft w/e." So it happened with Bejeweled, the Little Chic Game That Could.

Nintendo dominates August software sales chart

Before Microsoft dropped the price on Xbox 360 resulting in a sales surge, there was August, and August was all about Wii.

Sting Hero: World Tour

More than a multi-Grammy award winner, more than an awesome songwriter, more than a tasty bassist, solo artist and Police frontman Sting has proven once again that he's a major money magnet as he lends/licenses his voice and likeness to Activision's imminent Guitar Hero World Tour.

Xbox 360 price cut this Friday

Microsoft just confirmed a long-speculated rumor by announcing a $50 - $80 price cut on all Xbox 360s in the US and Canada.

The who what and why of holiday shopping for gamers; a snack sized gift guide.  

Game Gift Guide '08: The Games

A short list of this season's hottest titles. Compared to the vast multitude of titles out there just now, a really really short list... but something for everyone, not just the "core."

Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Mark 10/08

Oh downloadable games, why have you forsaken us? Or, why was August such a good month for Live Store Shop offerings and September such a lousy one? Ever heard of "pacing"? Apparently not, as September saw mostly mediocre releases.