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Brain-training video games may help kids score better--study

Tue, 06/14/2011 - 16:11 by Anupreet Kaur

Irritated that your child is always playing video games? Well, don’t be, as a latest study reveals that playing brain training computer games improves child’s intelligence.

Playing video games can enhance post-stroke motor skills- study

Fri, 04/08/2011 - 20:29 by NeelamGoswami

While experts around the world say that playing video game can be dangerous to human health, a new research suggests the video games and virtual reality games can be an effective strategy in improving motor and cognitive skills in people who have had a stroke.

One More Reason to Short GameStop

Wed, 11/03/2010 - 12:18 by Rick Aristotle ...

 There's someone else gunning for GameStop (NYSE: GME)these days.

 

Iowa city sees video games in its future

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 11:02 by Rakhi

Ottumwa, Iowa -- Ottumwa, Iowa, once the home of the Coal Palace, hopes to build a future on an International Video Game Hall of Fame.

An actual building is still a few years and millions of dollars down the road, The Wall Street Journal reported. But this weekend, top gamers gathered in Ottumwa for Big Bang 2010, a festival of video games and celebration of Pac-Man's anniversary.

"We want to be the most complete archive of video-game history," Dan Canny, vice president of the Hall of Fame board, told the Journal. "Maybe we had no business stepping up and doing this, but we're doing it."

So far, the Hall of Fame has raised $75,000, with most of the money going for Big
Bang.

Apple in talks to acquire Handseeing

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 20:41 by Sophie Anderson

In what may be the first major acquisition of the iPhone maker in the country, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is in discussions to buy Chinese Internet game developer Handseeing Information Technology.

This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 11:14 by Rick Aristotle ...

Stupidity is contagious. It gets us all from time to time. Even respectable companies can catch it. As I do every week, let's take a look at five dumb financial events that may make your head spin.

Video game teaches cell microbiology

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 02:19 by Prince damin

Winston-Salem, N.C. -- A video game teaching microbiology proved an unexpected hit with gamers who've played it 1 million times within 10 days of its release, its authors say.

CellCraft, developed by a team of scientists, middle-schoolers and software developers working with Wake Forest University, has been ranked by players in the top 100 best games on free gaming sites, unheard of for a free educational game, a university release said Friday.

Nintendo launches DSi XL; gamers unimpressed

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 14:08 by Jaspreet Virk

With a hope to mimic the staggering sales of DSi XL game console in Japan, Nintendo has launched the device in the North America Sunday.

Video game sales plunge 8% in 2009; MW 2 higgest grosser

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 15:51 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, February 4 -- It was indeed a tough year for the video game industry. As per the data released by Top Global Markets, the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom witnessed an 8 percent fall in video game sales in the year 2009.

Kids spent 8 hours per day on media, says study

Thu, 01/21/2010 - 15:09 by Camilla Abad

Washington, January 21 -- The media consumes a large amount of time of American children, taking up as much as 8 hours each day, a new study reports.

Zhu Zhu Pets video games on the way

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 09:28 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Santa Monica, Calif. -- The U.S. companies Activision Publishing and GameMill Publishing say they are developing video games inspired by the Zhu Zhu Pets line of toy hamsters.

The first game to be released in collaboration with the toy maker Cepia LLC will be for the Nintendo DS game system. It is set for release in the spring.

"Zhu Zhu Pets's success in 2009 speaks for itself and we're confident it will be even bigger in 2010," David Oxford from Activision Publishing said in a statement Tuesday.

"It is our goal to expand this proven franchise in a way that fans of the wildly popular hamster toy line and video gamers alike will embrace and love to play," added Gary Miller, president of GameMill Publishing.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Video games sales plunging, will MW2 mark recovery?

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 12:49 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, November 13 -- Recessionary trends seem to be receding for the video game industry, at least early recording breaking sales by Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (MW) 2 depict recovery.