Video game sales jump in March, reversing slide (Reuters)

Posted April 16th, 2010

Reuters – Sales of video game gear and software in the United States climbed 6 percent in March, industry tracker NPD said on Thursday, bouncing back somewhat after declining for two straight months.

Microsoft says investigating China factory report (Reuters)

Posted April 16th, 2010

Reuters – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it was investigating charges that young workers at a factory in China making its mice, cameras and Xbox controllers suffer overlong working hours and harsh treatment.

Hate speech corrodes online games (AP)

Posted April 16th, 2010

AP – It’s not just cyberbullets that are exchanged during firefights on the XBox Live version of “Call of Duty.”

So Long and Thanks for Halo 2, Xbox LIVE (PC World)

Posted April 16th, 2010

PC World – It’s finally final, Xbox LIVE for Microsoft’s original beveled black brick-house has left the building, and Halo 2 followed right behind in a Bungie-hyped multiplayer sendoff last night.

Crytek: Crysis 2 Performs Better on PS3 than Xbox 360 (PC World)

Posted April 16th, 2010

PC World – Gentlefolk, beware, there be firestorms here. Crytek, the Frankfurt-headquartered studio responsible for Crysis, the first-person shooter still torturing high-end PCs years after release, just admitted the PS3 version of Crysis 2 performs better on the PlayStation 3 than the Xbox 360.

Sony PSP Go (PC World)

Posted April 16th, 2010

PC World – Reviews are mixed on Sony’s PSP Go, but Dell is definitely sweetening the deal with a sale price of $189 ($60 off the list price). The portable gaming device has a 3.8-inch LCD screen, Bluetooth support, and 16GB of internal flash memory. See PCWorld’s assessment for more on what you need to [...]

Intel Sensor Records All Home Power Use From One Outlet (PC World)

Posted April 16th, 2010

PC World – Intel showed off a pocket-sized device that monitors power usage by gadgets and appliances across a house, from toasters to computer monitors and video game consoles.

Government Says Data Estimating Piracy Losses is Unsubstantiated (PC World)

Posted April 16th, 2010

PC World – We’ve all heard the MPAA and the RIAA whine, whine, whine about how Internet piracy has basically destroyed the movie/TV/software/music/video game industry–citing famous studies that estimate as much as $200 billion and 750,000 jobs lost in a year. But now the government is stepping in and admitting what many kind of suspected–those [...]