Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in July

Reuters - Fri Aug 1, 3:36 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii video game console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 in Japan in July, a game magazine publisher said.

Activision profit up on "Kung Fu," "Guitar Hero"

Reuters - Thu Jul 31, 10:11 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc said quarterly profit at its Activision unit more than doubled on sales of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Guitar Hero: On Tour," and it raised its 2009 forecast for the newly merged company.

Gamers hit the virtual gridiron early

Reuters - Thu Jul 31, 12:17 PM ET

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Although the future team colors of quarterback Brett Favre are unknown, when the 20th Anniversary "Madden NFL 09" game is released in August he will be wearing the Green Bay Packers' colors on the cover.

Computer games could get cinema-style ratings

Reuters - Thu Jul 31, 12:03 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.

Sony Begins Accepting Applications for PlayStation Home Beta

PC World - Thu Jul 31, 3:20 AM ET

Sony Computer Entertainment began accepting applications on Thursday for a closed beta test of its PlayStation Home virtual...

Sony Begins Accepting Applications for PlayStation Home Beta

PC World - Thu Jul 31, 3:20 AM ET

Sony Computer Entertainment began accepting applications on Thursday for a closed beta test of its PlayStation Home virtual...

Nintendo reports jump in 1Q profit on hit Wii

AP - Wed Jul 30, 9:04 AM ET

TOKYO - Nintendo Co.'s profit for the fiscal first quarter surged 34 percent as sales of its hit Wii console shot up, underlining the success of the video game unit in attracting novice players.