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- Kindler takes new ad reins at SCEA
Looking to create additional revenue streams, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the formation of a new in-game advertising unit to be headed by former Nintendo and Adscape Media executive Darlene Kindler.
2007-10-09 - Revised 'Manhunt 2' OK for U.S., not U.K
British regulators on Monday banned a toned-down version of the violent video game "Manhunt 2," saying the changes didn't go far enough to alter the game's "bleakness and callousness of tone."
2007-10-09 - Eisner's 'Prom Queen' heads overseas
Web mystery series "Prom Queen," produced by former Walt Disney Co chief executive Michael Eisner, is heading to France and Japan under deals that will revamp the short Web films into programming for local audiences.
2007-10-09 - 'Halo' creator Bungie splits from Microsoft
Just a week after the spectacular launch of "Halo 3," the developer of the game, Bungie Studios, announced it is splitting away from Microsoft and to once again become an independent company.
2007-10-06 - 'Halo 3' first-week sales: $300 mil, Microsoft says
Gamers around the globe dropped nearly $300 million on "Halo 3" in the week since the first-person shooter for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 console debuted, the company said Thursday.
2007-10-05 - Big names for big Disney video game
Disney will inject some star power into its upcoming video game "Turok." Based on the popular comic book license, the game, due out early next year, pits a team of commandos against soldiers, dinosaurs and other creatures.
2007-10-03 - Can video game cheating be stifled?
Games have often slyly included ways -- intentionally or not -- for sophisticated players to hack into the software and then skip levels or take on supernatural powers. But now, real money is at stake in games such as "Second Life," left.
2007-10-02 - The 'Trick' is on LifeSkool
Cablevision-owned VOD channel content provider Lifeskool TV is holding a contest to find the machinima of the best in-game video trick.
2007-10-02 - Video games banned on Japanese planes
TOKYO -- Playing wireless hand-held video games on Japanese airplanes no longer will be allowed after a revised law enforcing an earlier ban went into effect Monday.
2007-10-02 - The 'Call' of composer Gregson-Williams
Award-winning film and TV composer Harry Gregson-Williams is producing the soundtrack for Activision's new video game, "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare," to be released Nov. 5.
2007-10-01 - Infogrames to unveil Atari revamp
Europe's largest video game group Infogrames on Thursday said it would soon unveil a plan to restore profitability at its 51% owned U.S. affiliate Atari Inc., which it has blamed for operating losses at the group level.
2007-09-28 - RealNetworks trusts in Game Trust
RealNetworks said Thursday it would acquire Game Trust to capitalize on the company's social networking applications.
2007-09-28 - 'Halo 3's' communication breakdown
TOKYO -- Gamers across Asia are unhappy at the lack of an English voice track for Microsoft's Xbox 360 title "Halo 3," one of the most eagerly expected games of the year, released Wednesday in most of the region and in Japan on Thursday.
2007-09-27 - Nintendo takes No. 2 on Tokyo exchange
TOKYO -- Nintendo overtook Canon on Tuesday to become the second-largest company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, nearly three months to the day after it surpassed rival Sony Corp.
2007-09-27 - Microsoft to replace copies of 'Halo 3'
Just hours after die-hard fans finally got their hands on a copy of "Halo 3," blogs brimmed with reports that special limited-edition packaging is scratching the video game disks.
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