EA’s President of Casual Entertainment to Speak at the Wedbush Morgan – MSN MoneyCentral

EA’s President of Casual Entertainment to Speak at the Wedbush Morgan – MSN MoneyCentral
Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS today announced that Kathy Vrabeck, President of EA Casual Entertainment, will participate in the Video Game Panel at the Wedbush Morgan 6th Annual MAC: Management Access Conference on May 22, 2008 in New York, NY. During

Belichick refutes Walsh allegations – Boston Globe
Patriots coach Bill Belichick fired back at former employee Matt Walsh in an interview that aired on “The CBS Evening News” last night, questioning Walsh’s credibility and disputing his claims that he was told to conceal his filming of opposing

Pens hope day off gets Malkin back on his game – Herald-Standard
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Evgeni Malkin could have talked with friends, enjoyed a dinner out, played video games or watched television. Whatever he did Friday, it wasn’t at the hockey rink. While the Flyers practiced at their suburban Philadelphia rink for

James scores 32, Cavs beat Celtics to force Game 7 – Orlando Sentinel
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown — not a few weeks on Cape Cod. They’ve got at least one more game left, and in the NBA , it’s as big as they ever get. Game 7. On Sunday. In Boston. LeBron James scored 32

Webb’s sinker is key to intimidating hitters – ESPN.com

Webb’s sinker is key to intimidating hitters – ESPN.com
Luckily, I didn’t have to face Brandon Webb a lot as a major league hitter, but when I did it was tough because he is such a difficult pitcher to get a read on. There are some pitchers that a hitter can pretty quickly tell what they are relying on

Gaming, laser tag center holds grand opening – Eureka Times-Standard
EUREKA — CyberCity Family Entertainment Center will hold a grand opening ribbon-cutting celebration today at 3 p.m., offering free games, cake and refreshments, hourly prizes and a laser tag competition. An iPod nano will be awarded to the winner

Video game, accessory sales jump 47 percent in April – San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK – Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared. Nintendo Co. again took the crown in hardware

Matt Damon who? Pac-Man, Mario are the heroes-survey – Reuters
SINGAPORE, May 16 (Reuters Life!) – Move over, Matt Damon: a survey has found that videogame characters Mario and Pac-Man are the real heroes for many U.S. consumers. Mario, the short, overall-wearing character of Nintendo’s video games, holds more

Sony posts Q4 loss, sees growth in TVs, games – Reuters

Sony posts Q4 loss, sees growth in TVs, games – Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) posted a surprise quarterly loss on Wednesday after a weak stock market ate into the value of securities held by its financial arm, but forecast a bigger-than-expected profit this year

Doctors in Arizona, Pennsylvania back Ditka’s Gridiron Greats – ESPN.com
CHICAGO — Da Coach has another wrinkle to his game plan to help retired players. Doctors in Arizona and Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday that they are donating medical care to those in need through the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund. “The game

Video game feeds the hungry – WHOI

Video game feeds the hungry – WHOI
It’s not your usual Internet game and not your usual winning outcome. Free Rice is a vocabulary game that helps deliver rice to countries in need. It’s caught on with Atlanta teacher David Millians and his students. He even allows it to be played in

WEEK IN VIDEO-GAME NEWS: Nintendo’s WiiWare debuts; ‘Grand Theft Auto – Minneapolis Star Tribune
_GAME LAB: Nintendo’s WiiWare service is up and running, finally giving Internet-connected Wii owners the chance to download original games. It’s a laboratory of sorts for low-budget games, allowing smaller developers to sell their games while larger

Harvard researchers: Violent video games OK for kids – CNET News
Two Harvard researchers have concluded that there’s no data to support the notion that violent video games cause the kids who play them to act out violence in real life, contrary to the vast majority of media outlets that would have the public

Video replay official exiled over error – The Province
HALIFAX – The video replay official banished from the World Hockey Championship after making an egregious error in Sunday’s USA/Finland game has been identified as Peter Andersson of Sweden. He reviewed a play involving a Ville Koistinen shot on

Bears release S Adam Archuleta – USA Today

Bears release S Adam Archuleta – USA Today
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears released veteran strong safety Adam Archuleta on Tuesday, ending a brief and disappointing tenure with the team. Archuleta, 30, broke a hand early last season and started in just 10 of the 15 games in

Gameworld: Video games don’t create killers, new book says – CNBC
SAN FRANCISCO – Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers. Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson, a husband-and-wife team at Harvard Medical School

Barack Obama Wins North Carolina, Hillary Clinton squeaks by in – US News and World Report

Barack Obama Wins North Carolina, Hillary Clinton squeaks by in – US News and World Report
Hillary Clinton blew her last, best chance to turn in a game-changing primary win Tuesday night, as Barack Obama rolled to a landslide in North Carolina while Clinton barely edged him in Indiana . With 99% of precincts counted early Wednesday

Electronic Game Card Awarded Product Patents for Europe and Japan – Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK and LONDON, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Electronic Game Card, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EGMI – News ; “EGC”), announced today that it had received patent awards for Europe and Japan for the Electronic GameCard(TM) product and technology

N Korea wants FIFA to move S Korea game – ESPN.com
SEOUL, May 7 (Reuters) – North Korea, whose World Cup qualifier against South Korea in March was moved out of Pyongyang because it refused to fly the South’s flag, wants to play the second leg outside South Korea, an official said on Wednesday. The

Electronic Arts looks to Wii to drive sports growth – Reuters

Electronic Arts looks to Wii to drive sports growth – Reuters
VANCOUVER, May 6 (Reuters) – Video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) unveiled two initiatives on Tuesday to breathe new life into its sports business by making games that are easier to play and customized for

Video games go mainstream – and the high street makes a killing – Guardian Unlimited

Video games go mainstream – and the high street makes a killing – Guardian Unlimited
If you have sat stunned on the sofa as Niko Bellic, the antihero in the Grand Theft Auto video game, metes out violence worthy of an 18 certificate movie, there is worse to come. In June dads will be encouraged to strut around in the manner of rock

‘Grand Theft Auto’ publisher sues over pulled ads – Reuters India
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The publisher of the controversial “Grand Theft Auto 4″ video game sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Monday, accusing it of pulling ads promoting the blockbuster without explanation. The video game’s publisher Take-Two

The War for the Web – Wall Street Journal
Microsoft was smart to walk away (for now) from its $44 billion bid for Yahoo. It’s never good to overpay. But the software giant – whose stock has flatlined for eight years – was onto the right strategy in looking to the Web for growth. Can’t

Supreme Court hears death sentence appeal in Xbox slayings – Boston Globe
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Three men convicted of killing six people with baseball bats over an Xbox video game system — including one with ties to New Hampshire — should have been tried separately, a lawyer for one told the Florida Supreme Court on

Milan defeats Inter to tighten championship race – Xinhua News Agency

Milan defeats Inter to tighten championship race – Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, May 5 — Inter Milan will have to wait at least one more week for its third straight Serie A title after losing to city rival AC Milan 2-1 yesterday. Filippo Inzaghi scored in the 51st minute — his ninth goal in the last five games — with

Celtics rout Hawks in Game 7 to set up matchup with Cavs – Forbes

Celtics rout Hawks in Game 7 to set up matchup with Cavs – Forbes
Kevin Garnett took a behind-the-back pass from Paul Pierce, slammed in the dunk to give Boston a 36-point, third-quarter lead and then slashed his hand across his throat to signal what the Atlanta Hawks already knew. “It’s over,” he said. The game

Blue Jays 4, White Sox 3 – Chicago Tribune
A missed umpire’s call led to a three-run inning for Toronto and proved to be the difference as the Blue Jays beat the White Sox 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. With none out and runners on second and third in the third inning, White Sox shortstop Orlando

Cyrus thanks fans for support – Political Gateway
ORLANDO, Fla., May 4 (UPI) — “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus says her fans have helped her deal with the fallout from her controversial “Vanity Fair” spread. After performing a set at the Disney Channel Games in Florida Saturday, the 15-year-old

Hiberian, Rangers fight to 0-0 tie – CNN Sports Illustrated
Rangers, which reached the UEFA Cup final on Thursday, trails leader Celtic by seven points but has played three fewer games. Rangers plays Motherwell on Wednesday and Dundee United on Saturday. After the UEFA Cup final against Zenit St. Petersburg