ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement (Reuters)

Posted September 19th, 2008

Reuters – The U.S. International Trade
Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories’
allegations that Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) infringed
Hillcrest’s patents in making its popular Wii video game, the
ITC said on Wednesday.

Think Video Games Are Solitary? New Study Says No. (NewsFactor)

Posted September 19th, 2008

NewsFactor – If you think video games are solitary, antisocial endeavors, a new study indicates otherwise. Released Tuesday, the survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that 76 percent of teenage gamers play with others online at least some of the time, with 65 percent playing with others in the same room.

Survey: Nearly every kid a video gamer (AP)

Posted September 19th, 2008

AP – Katherine Graden doesn’t really like shoot-’em-up video games. She prefers games on her Wii system that test her fitness and agility — the ones her guy friends tease are her “sissy games.”

‘World of Warcraft’ Costs Just $200 Million (PC Magazine)

Posted September 19th, 2008

PC Magazine – Everyone always talks about how monumental a money generator World of Warcraft has been for Blizzard, but here’s a figure you don’t hear much about: How much does WoW actually cost Blizzard to maintain?

Moore: The Hard Drive Killed Xbox1

Posted September 19th, 2008

From guardian.co.uk:[QUOTE]* Was Xbox more about getting a presence in the living room than turning a profit?
* Peter Moore: It was certainly very important. We couldn’t afford not to be – we believed that broadband connections were going to move out of the bedroom into the living room, which they have done, or that wireless [...]

Xecuter Connectivity Kit v3: Details and Picture – Liteon Support

Posted September 19th, 2008

We received details and a picture of the upcoming Xecuter Connectivity Kit v3:[QUOTE]We have expanded our hugely successful connectivity kit v2 to include complete support for Liteon Drive Key Dumping.

Feature List:- RS232 Support (Liteon Key Dump)- Power to all XBOX 360 Drives (Hitachi / Samsung / Benq / Liteon)- Mode-B Switch for Hitachi 59 and [...]

Rage Xbox 360 Disc Controversy: Microsoft ‘Not Being Dickheads’

Posted September 19th, 2008

From shacknews.com:[QUOTE]Yesterday, Rage lead designer and id Software employee Tim Willits quickly shot down a report claiming that that content had been cut from the upcoming shooter due to the limiting size of Xbox 360 DVDs.
But what of the compression issue? During his QuakeCon speech in August, Carmack put pressure on Microsoft to drop its [...]

Rumour: lots of MS announcements next week

Posted September 19th, 2008

From gamer.tm:[QUOTE]It looks like next week could be a busy time for 360 fans, with an industry insider claiming that Microsoft is due to make several announcements next week.
On Monday, a well place industry source informed us that Microsoft is planning to hold an event here in Europe next week, where – among other things [...]