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Xbox live tops 12 million members globally as xbox 360 console sales hit more than 19 million worldwide. REDMOND, Wash. - May 14, 2008 - microsoft Corp. today announced that the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system has sold over 10 million units in the U.S., making it the first current-generation gaming console to break [...]

New Content From The Sims Provides A Selection Of Must Have Items For Your Sims’ Home From IKEA. REDWOOD CITY, CA - May 15, 2008 - The SimsTM, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Label, today announced details for The SimsTM 2 IKEA® Home Stuff. The latest new content for The Sims 2 brings a selection [...]

Over 1 million copies of Grand Theft Auto IV for PS3 were sold in April in North America

Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console stole the show.

AP - Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared.

The delayed appearance of Next on Blu-ray Disc was a victim of Paramount's decision to deliver high-definition titles exclusively on HD-DVD last fall. The move came mere weeks from Next's release date, meaning the title was likely ready to go on Blu-ray and simply shelved for future consideration. With Paramount's quick return to Blu-ray and the need for new inventory to fill shelves quickly, Next made for a logical -- and easy -- Blu-ray "debut." Next reads like a slam-dunk....

The Metal Gear Solid online Beta will wrapup soon, marking the last time most gamers will have with one of the PS3's must-have titles of 2008. Metal Gear Solid represents the first of the stealth/action genre, a series that rewards you for sneaking around enemies rather then engaging them. This gameplay gave birth to a whole new way of looking at action games, and it's been in constant use ever since. The series has also always been on....

Twentieth Century Fox will release the movie with Motion Code to literally make you rock.

New shooting game follows stories of the original film series.

No stopping Nintendo's cart racer.