In China, Games Get Serious (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - When Sohu.com, a leading Web portal in China, announced plans last year to spin off its fast-growing online games business, investors balked. Xbox 360 Dashboard Ads to Get Animation, Audio (PC World) PC World - What's worse than paying $50 a year more than Games For Windows Live gamers, just to play Xbox 360 games online? Meet the cast of 11th `Big Brother' (AP)
Is it All or Nothing for Game Releases in 2009? (PC World) PC World - Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has declared it's "all or nothing for new releases in 2009," painting either a blithely Machiavellian or cynically gloomy picture of the video games industry this year, depending on your vantage. Blizzard Kills StarCraft II LAN Support (PC World) PC World - Upcoming real-time strategy Windows game StarCraft II will ship without Local Area Network multiplayer support in an effort to combat piracy, says Blizzard, in an official statement sure to annoy if not outright confound series fans the world round. Sony Patents PS2 Software Emulation, Already Offers It (PC World) PC World - When it comes to the PlayStation 3, it's apparently easy to confuse the game blogs. They've picked up on an incidental story by a tech site that communicates in fragments concerning Sony's recent filing to patent emulation of its legacy PS2 Emotion Engine vis-a-vis its "cell" processor. The cell processor, you'll recall, is the cerebral ...... New Harry Potter ships for Mac, other platforms (Macworld.com) Macworld.com - Electronic Arts (EA) on Tuesday announced the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a video game based on the upcoming movie. It debuts simultaneously on multiple platforms including the Mac. It costs $30. SKorean intelligence agency runs 'spot the spy' game (AFP)
PSP Game Players May Be Able To Phone Home (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - In a move to compete with Apple's iPhone and iPod, Sony may develop a hybrid cell phone-video game handheld with the PlayStation Portable device at its core. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AP - Chima Simone couldn't think of a better place to spend the recession than the "Big Brother" house.
AFP - South Korea's normally publicity-shy intelligence agency is creating a stir among liberal groups with a "spot the spy" flash video game offering a variety of prizes.
