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Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game

Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.

EA signs publishing deal with Epic Games

News you might find useful because it'll net something tangible someday: EA and Epic in bed together. In Poland. Everyone is very excited.

Play Xbox 360 games at Cineplex theatres

Here's something to do on a Saturday afternoon: Go play Xbox 360 on the big screen. Cineplex Entertainment Theatres are now renting space for gigantic-screen game parties.

It's official, Wii No. 1 everywhere

Not really surprising news but a landmark just the same, Nintendo's Wii is officially the number 1 console of this generation.

There is no 'Wiimote' control, only Weemote

While Nintendo's latest console may be good, affordable fun for the consuming masses, it's inadvertently brutal for small business, specifically for a small technology company that formerly had a lock on the term "Wee."

PumpOne Workouts To Go

PumpOne and Men's Health Magazine just announced a first of its kind private label partnership that will see workout routines available on portable devices.

E3 '08: Nintendo unveils Cowbell Hero w/enahanced Wii-mote

E3 2008 has enabled videogame vendors to strut their stuff and roll out their latest and greatest this week. Nintendo took the opportunity to unveil a Wii-mote enhancement device plus a "Cowbell Hero"-type game called Wii Music.

E3 '08: Sony shows new games, God of War 3 official

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) today unveiled a line up of software for PlayStation3, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation Network.

Angry about that busted cell phone sitting in your garbage can? Chad Sapieha suggests you have only yourself -- and perhaps the rest of our gadget-obsessed culture -- to blame.

Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 08/08

Not much new gaming to be found at retail during the outdoor days of summer, but your online virtual game malls have some decent stuff to offer. Some crap, too.

Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 07/08

As downloadable casual console games go, last month saw the expected simplicity of block-breaking games and interactive screen savers, but also the deceptively cheery and frightfully addictive Xbox Live Arcade puzzle, RooGoo, which looks like cognitive skills program for toddlers, but is so not.