Archive for October 30th, 2008

Electronics Arts quarterly net loss widens (Reuters)

A stack of Electronic Arts titles NBA Live 2008 (L) and NCAA March Madness 2008 can be seen stacked for sale in New York March 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc posted a wider quarterly loss on higher marketing and research costs, and said it plans to cut about 6 percent of its staff in response to slowing sales.

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Looking for a Halloween scare? Try a videogame (Reuters)

A screen shot from the video game Dead Space is seen in a handout image. (EA/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Looking for more than ghosts and ghouls to liven up Halloween? The latest videogames are offering plenty of scary options and new terror is waiting just around the corner.

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Beatles getting new life in custom videogame (AFP)

The Beatles in an undated photo. Surviving members of The Beatles announced on Thursday that their songs will take on new lives in a videogame that lets people pretend to be the world-changing 1960s British rockers.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Surviving members of The Beatles announced on Thursday that their songs will take on new lives in a videogame that lets people pretend to be the world-changing 1960s British rockers.

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Self-censorship hits big bucks videogames over religion (AFP)

Visitors crowd at the Playstation booth during the Information Technology show in Singapore in March 2008. Sony's decision to delay one of the most anticipated games in the history of PlayStation, LittleBigPlanet, to avoid offending Muslims, is the latest sign that videogame-makers are playing prudence when it comes to religion.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Violence may still be rife in the world of videogames, but when it comes to religion, caution remains the watchword in the big bucks business.

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