PC Magazine - On Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer spoke at the University of Washington supposedly on the topic of cloud computing. But the conversation also wandered into other topics, one that might include the future of the Xbox.
PC Magazine - Sony on Friday dismissed as speculation the idea that it will produce a phone that could download and play PlayStation games, as well as an iPad-like tablet device.
NewsFactor - Japanese electronics giant Sony has been busy developing new handheld devices in an effort to better compete in the mobile market. Under way is a suite of new devices, including a PlayStation game-playing phone.
AP - 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."
PC World - Sony is countering Apple by developing its own handheld products that include a tablet-like device and a smartphone that can download and play PlayStation games, The Wall Street Journal said in a news report on Thursday.
PC World - Is Sony ready to rumble with Apple? The Wall Street Journal thinks so. Citing "people familiar with the matter," the Journal says Sony Corp. has plans to release a smart phone capable of playing PlayStation games, that it's already in development, and that we'll see it later this year.
AP - 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.
AP - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. posted a smaller net loss for its fiscal first quarter Tuesday as its sales climbed and expenses declined.
PC World - An Iowa State psychology professor is claiming--not for the first time--that his latest published study offers irrefutable evidence that exposure to violent video games increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior. And a Texas A&M psychology professor has responded--in the same publication--claiming that the Iowa State study is methodologically flawed.