Summary Box: Real strings on new guitar game

2010-03-09T14:00:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Players strum real strings on latest music video game</div><div><p>THE NEXT LEVEL: The small studio behind "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" hopes to compete with the bigwigs behind "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" by having players strum real string, not buttons, to play.</p><p>THE CHALLENGE: The music...

On latest guitar game, players strum real strings

2010-03-09T13:30:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Players strum real strings on latest music video game</div><div><p>A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.</p><p>"Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" is a game first and foremost. But its maker, Seven45 Studios, says players will be able to plug the guitar that comes with it into a standard amp and play real music.</p><p>Games such a "

German poker tournament robbers still on the run

2010-03-08T07:19:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Police without clear leads on German poker tournament jackpot heist</div><div><p>German police were hunting Monday for four bandits who stormed a poker tournament in Berlin and made off with euro240,000 ($328,000) in jackpot money in a brazen daylight heist.</p><p>The masked men armed with guns and machetes rushed midday Saturday into the poker tournament with about 1,000 regist...

Germany Poker Heist

2010-03-08T03:16:39Z

Police and media stand in front of the Hyatt Hotel at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Saturday, March 6, 2010, after group of armed men heist a poker tournament at the hotel.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daring poker heist in German luxury hotel

2010-03-06T11:00:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Daring heist in German luxury hotel: Several armed men storm poker tournament</div><div><p>A heavily armed group stormed a poker tournament in a German luxury hotel Saturday afternoon and made off with a jackpot, a police spokesman said.</p><p>Several participants at the tournament in Berlin's Grand Hyatt hotel we...

Xbox Live lifts taboos on race-sexual preference

2010-03-05T12:18:40Z

<div><p>Xbox Live users are now free to express their race, religion, nationality and sexual orientation in profiles at the popular online videogame community.</p><p>Microsoft on Friday modified the Xbox Live code of conduct for some 23 million members of the network accessed through Republican Bob Riley, a lifelong opponent of gambling, contends the electronic devic...

Former studio heads sue Activision after firing

2010-03-04T12:46:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Former Infinity Ward studio heads sue Activision over firing</div><div><p>Two game studio heads fired by Activision this week are suing the video game publisher, saying it let them go to avoid paying hefty royalties from the popular "Call of Duty."</p><p>In a...

Apolo Anton Ohno & Ralph Blackman Campaign Against Underage Drinking

2010-03-04T12:31:44Z

NEW YORK - MARCH 04: Speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno participates in a video game with students at Robert Wagner Middle School on March 4, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)

Take-Two shares jump after 1st-quarter results, outlook surpass expectations</div><div><p>Shares of Take-Two Interactive Inc. got a boost Thursday after the video game publisher posted first-quarter results and a profit forecast for the current period that surpassed Wall Street's expectations.</p>...

Major League Baseball, Upper Deck settle lawsuit

2010-03-04T05:00:09Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Upper Deck Co will pay Major League Baseball Properties a "substantial" sum, plus more than $2.4 million to settle earlier debts, to resolve a lawsuit accusing the baseball card maker of using the sport's logos without permission, the league said.<...

Alabama bingo proponents draw losing numbers

2010-03-03T11:45:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Proponents of electronic bingo draw losing numbers in Alabama Senate; courts become next venue</div><div><p>Electronic bingo proponents couldn't draw winning numbers Wednesday in the Alabama Legislature, raising doubts about the future of closed casinos unless they can get a victory in court.</p>...

Review: 'Battlefield: Bad Company 2' is a blast

2010-03-03T06:15:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Review: 'Battlefield: Bad Company 2' is a blast for video-game combat vets</div><div><p>For the last few years, Activision's "Call of Duty" series has dominated video-game warfare. The latest chapter, "Infinity Ward executives Jason West and Vince Zampella no longer with Activision</div><div><p>Activision Blizzard Inc. said Tuesday tha...

Activision forms new "Call of Duty" unit

2010-03-02T15:16:16Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc is forming a business unit for its blockbuster "Call of Duty" franchise, following the departure of two senior executives at the studio that developed the video game, the...

Sony buys 'LittleBigPlanet' creator Media Molecule

2010-03-02T11:30:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Sony buys 'LittleBigPlanet' developer Media Molecule for undisclosed sum</div><div><p>Sony said Tuesday that it had acquired Media Molecule, the game developer behind the wildly popular "LittleBigPlanet."</p><p>Financial terms were not disclosed. Media Molecule, based in S...

Game on for PS3 users after Sony fixes bug

2010-03-02T01:16:28Z

<div><p>Japanese electronics giant Sony assured millions of users that a system bug halting play on older versions of the PlayStation 3 had been fixed.</p><p>The company "verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally," Sony spokesman Patric...

Game over for PS3 owners while Sony fixes bug

2010-03-01T16:16:19Z

<div><p>Japanese electronics giant Sony warned millions of users of older versions of the PlayStation 3 on Monday not to use the videogame console until it can fix a bug in the system.</p><p>"As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Netwo...

Online gaming sweeps China

2010-02-27T23:15:49Z

<div><p>At one of Beijing's many Internet cafes, near-silence reigns: headphones on, eyes glued to the screen, web users play games online en masse, helping to make China one of the industry's top markets.</p><p>Young men crowd around terminals for role-playing adventure games while women gamers tap away to keep troupes of dancers in line -- and international companies want part of the...

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