Sony to launch new high-resolution PSP (AFP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AFP – Sony will launch a new PlayStation Portable in October with a high-resolution screen and a built-in microphone that enables it to be used as a telephone, the company said Thursday.

US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit (AP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AP – Nintendo’s hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

Hillcrest files patent suit against Nintendo (Reuters)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

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.

US firm files patent claim against Nintendo Wii (AFP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AFP – A US firm said Wednesday it had filed legal actions against Japanese-based Nintendo claiming patent infringement by the wildly popular Wii game console.

EA shifts tactics in bid to buy Take-Two Interactive (AFP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AFP – 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.

Reliance targets U.S. mobiles with Jump Games (Reuters)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

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.

Funny Or Die sites expand into cooking, videogames (AP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AP – EatDrinkOrDie.com is hoping to find the culinary equivalent of Paris Hilton’s political campaign ad.

Sony introduces updated portable unit, new keypad (AP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

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.