Soon, ‘hands-free’ video games

April 17th, 2008 Microsoft sales team has too much free time on their hands to make a terribly inept music video about Vista. For some reason it really made me sick in my stomach.

July 29th, 2009 Video game site lets players bet on their skillsNEW YORK — Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states. The site, which lets players challenge other gamers for money, says it is different from online poker and other games of chance because video games are considered a game of skill.

May 26th, 2009 HYDERABAD/MUMBAI - Hyderabad=based Indyarocks.com, the leader in Indian Entertainment based social networking today announced the launch of 16 free premium video Channels in partnership with nautanki.tv an online video distribution platform. The premium video channels can be accessed at http://videos.indyarocks.com.

June 12th, 2009 US video game sales slide 23 pct in MayLOS ANGELES — U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year's release schedule couldn't compete with Take Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" last spring.

July 17th, 2009 June video game sales drop sharplyNEW YORK — Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years.

July 30th, 2009 Game makers pause, reload: Are price cuts next?Kathleen Byrnes and Justin Choi, a married couple attending medical school at Tulane University, say $40 is just too much to fork over for a Nintendo Wii game they might not enjoy. They haven't bought one since last fall, when they picked up "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." Since then? "Nothing really interesting came out," said Byrnes, 23.

September 18th, 2009 'Need for Speed' titles lead pack of racing gamesLOS ANGELES — The video game racing genre is gearing up for a traffic jam. Nearly a dozen racing games are expected to drive onto store shelves before the end of the year, competing for the attention of gamers at a time when sales have tapped the brakes.

June 29th, 2009 Padres follow Yankees with Internet broadcastsSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres are following the New York Yankees onto the Internet with live local-market video broadcasts. The Padres, Cox Communications San Diego and MLB Advanced Media announced an agreement Monday that starts broadcasts July 16 for customers of Cox's high speed Internet service.

August 14th, 2009 July video game sales show sharp declineNEW YORK — Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting.

September 24th, 2009 Tokyo Game Show kicks off with turnaround hopesTOKYO — The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday resurrection. Hurt by the global recession and few blockbuster releases, the video game industry has been in a slump for much of the year.

September 23rd, 2009 Nintendo cutting Wii price by $50 to $200NEW YORK — Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games. The Wii, whose game control senses motions without having relying solely on buttons and levers, is the top selling console worldwide.

April 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A new British study has revealed that some people log on to social networking sites Twitter or Facebook and chat over the Internet while they are driving. In a survey of 1,000 people conducted by British insurance company Esure, one in 10 admitted to "tweeting" or updating their Facebook profile while behind the wheel.

May 30th, 2009 Exhibitors gear up for upgraded E3LOS ANGELES — The Electronic Entertainment Expo may be back on the upswing after two years of downsizing, but that doesn't mean the gaming industry's once showy spectacle known as E3 is returning to its heyday of a few years ago. Some 70,000 people flocked to the Los Angeles Convention Center to see the latest in video games back in 2005.

August 31st, 2009 Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for gamesNEW YORK — With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall. The season gets a late-summer start Tuesday, with the release of "Guitar Hero 5," a game featuring music from the Rolling Stones, Nirvana and other popular bands.

January 19th, 2009 CANNES - Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias has said that illegal downloading of songs from the Internet 'is like going to the supermarket and coming out with... two melons under your arm, free: it's all stealing in the end', EFE news agency reported.