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    GTA IV May Be Driving Sales of Gaming Consoles (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - While Grand Theft Auto IV is racking up sales records, console makers are vying for bragging rights of their own, and Microsoft seems to be the victor. -- read full article
    Fri, 09 May 2008 18:07:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Clarification: Activision earnings story (AP)
    AP - In a May 8 story about Activision Inc.'s earnings, The Associated Press reported that the company expected earnings of $1.30 per share after excluding Vivendi Games. The story should have said the adjusted earnings excluded other items as well. -- read full article
    Fri, 09 May 2008 18:30:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    'Grand Theft Auto Success' Taxes IGN's Google-Powered Map (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft's retailer survey also found more than 60% of all GTA games sold in the first week were for its Xbox 360 videogame console. -- read full article
    Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Hollywood plans film of hit video game 'Bioshock': report (AFP)

    Award-winning videogame AFP - Award-winning videogame "Bioshock" is to be turned into a movie by "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski, entertainment industry media reported Friday.


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    Fri, 09 May 2008 18:49:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    "Pirates" maker to turn "BioShock" game into film (Reuters)

    A screenshot from the hit video game 'BioShock' about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong. (Take-Two Interactive Software/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong.


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    Fri, 09 May 2008 18:51:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - U.S. retailers are getting better at blocking underage teens from buying M-rated video games, says an FTC survey using undercover 13- to 16-year-old shoppers. Just 20% of the undercover teens were able to buy M-rated games, vs. 42% in '06. Retailer GameStop was the best at blocking underage sales of video games, stopping 94% of them. Less-diligent retailers included Hollywood Video, which blocked 60%. ... -- read full article
    Fri, 09 May 2008 22:49:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Tethered gadgets threaten Internet future: academic (Reuters)

    Steven Levy, a journalist from Newsweek magazine, holds the Apple iPhone outside the Apple store on New York's 5th Avenue, June 29, 2007. (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - The rise of gadgets such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation which helped to build the Internet, a leading Oxford academic has warned in a new book.


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    Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Academic says gadgets threaten Internet's future (Reuters)
    Reuters - The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the Internet, a leading academic has warned in a new book. -- read full article
    Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    FTC: Kids Finding It Harder to Buy M-rated Video Games (PC World)
    PC World - Teenagers in the U.S. are having a more difficult time buying M-rated mature video games in stores than in past years... -- read full article
    Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    "Guitar Hero" helps Activision post 4th-qtr profit (Reuters)

    Guitarist Slash walks off stage at the end of the presentation of the new Activision game Guitar Hero III during the E3 Media and Business Summit in Santa Monica, California July 11, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Activision Inc posted higher-than-expected profit on Thursday as ongoing demand for its "Guitar Hero 3" and "Call of Duty 4" video games offset an absence of new releases.


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    Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    No signs of game industry slowdown: Activision CEO (Reuters)

    Guitarist Slash walks off stage at the end of the presentation of the new Activision game Guitar Hero III during the E3 Media and Business Summit in Santa Monica, California July 11, 2007. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Activision Inc Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said on Thursday he sees no signs that growth in the video game industry is slowing.


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    Thu, 08 May 2008 20:56:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Activision 4Q profit soars past expectations (AP)
    AP - Video game publisher Activision Inc.'s fiscal fourth quarter was exceptional, with sales of "Guitar Hero III" and "Call of Duty 4" pushing profit and revenue well above guidance and analyst estimates. -- read full article
    Thu, 08 May 2008 21:48:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Grand Theft Auto IV Speeds Past Six Million Mark (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Since its release on April 29, global sales of the Grand Theft Auto 'GTA IV' video game from Take-Two Interactive Software (Nasdaq: TTWO) have surpassed six million units, with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. Over the first day alone, GTA IV sales were approximately 3.6 million units with a retail value of $310 million worldwide. -- read full article
    Thu, 08 May 2008 22:22:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    "Guitar Hero" helps Activision rock Wall Street (Reuters)

    Guitarist Slash walks off stage at the end of the presentation of the new Activision game Guitar Hero III during the E3 Media and Business Summit in Santa Monica, California July 11, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Activision Inc posted a quarterly profit on Thursday that blew past expectations as demand for its "Guitar Hero 3" and "Call of Duty 4" video games made up for a complete lack of new releases.


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    Fri, 09 May 2008 00:04:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Toss 'Iron Man' in scrap heap (USATODAY.com)
    USATODAY.com - We've seen this plot before: Blockbuster summer film hits theaters. Mediocre video game tie-in hitches along for the ride. The latest is Iron Man. Weapons mogul Tony Stark is kidnapped by militants in the Middle East and forced to build a superweapon. Instead, Stark creates the Iron Man armor and escapes. After returning home, Stark decides to cease weapons production and destroy the remaining remnants of his arsenal. -- read full article
    Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
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