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Date: Mon, 16. November 2009 14:33:10

(AHN) - Hi-tech computer and video games still top the list for most desired holiday presents. According to a new report forty-two percent of American adults plan to give or hope to receive a computer or video game this holiday season.

Date: Tue, 16. September 2008 15:21:37

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?

Date: Tue, 22. November 2011 07:17:40

With more females playing games online, the typical stereotype of an average online gamer being an introverted, overweight teenage boy who spends most of their time indoors playing computer or console games, has been blown out of the water.

Date: Tue, 15. December 2009 15:06:23

angry tapir writes "Australia may finally get an adults only, R18+ classification for computer games, with the federal government releasing a discussion paper summarizing the key arguments for and against an R18+ classification. Submissions are currently being sought from the community on whether the Australian National Classification Scheme should include an R18+ category for computer and video games. In the past the board responsible for classifying games and movies has banned some titles outright because of the lack of an adults only classification mdash; Aliens Vs. Predator is just the most recent in a long line. The Attorney-General's report on the issue is available online."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/2224208/Australia-Could-Finally-Get-R18-Games?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/12/14/2224208"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/2224208/Australia-Could-Finally-Get-R18-Games?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iCepV14CV71P3EtGkLV66GPwgMI/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iCepV14CV71P3EtGkLV66GPwgMI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iCepV14CV71P3EtGkLV66GPwgMI/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iCepV14CV71P3EtGkLV66GPwgMI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Ul8ukr6P1-Q" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Wed, 17. September 2008 03:59:30

A new national survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project titled "Teens, Video Games and Civics" shows that virtually all American teens play video games, whether computer, console, or cell phone games --- go figure! While some might say, "you needed to do a study to figure this out?," the study (.PDF) shows a lot of interesting (and perhaps, for parents, frightening) data.

Date: Fri, 25. September 2009 12:09:37

At the Tokyo Games Show, Sony confirmed that the new motion controllers for the PS3 would indeed be available in spring 2010 and revealed the first batch of games to include the new technology. TOKYO--Many expected some new announcements at Sony Computer Entertainment head Kaz Hirai's keynote address at...

Date: Tue, 20. January 2009 20:31:05

AFP - French videogame-making powerhouse Ubisoft said Tuesday it has bought Southlogic Studios, adding Brazil's oldest videogame developer to a growing list of acquisitions.

Date: Wed, 12. August 2009 14:31:06

AFP - Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec.

Date: Mon, 10. November 2008 22:55:12

AFP - Hot French videogame maker Ubisoft announced Monday that it has bought Massive Entertainment, the Sweden-based studio behind popular strategy title World In Conflict.

Date: Wed, 1. April 2009 08:04:46

I want to play video games with my kid ... and it turns out, you want to play video games with your kids too. The vast majority of readers who wrote in response to my column last week feel comfortable letting their youngest children play games.