Looking ahead to the big titles of 2009 - Ashtabula Star-Beacon

Most gamers spend the early part of the year catching up on software they couldn’t get around to during the holiday glut. Maybe you’ve been meaning to check out “Fallout 3� or “Fable II,� or dig in and finish up that “LittleBigPlanet ...

UK games market worth £4 billion in 2008 - Digital Spy

The video game industry received its largest growth to date in 2008. Figures by game chart trackers ELSPA / GFK Chart-Track show that the software market was worth £4.03 billion, against £3.4 billion in 2007, according to MCV . Around 82 million ...

It’s Easy Being Green: How to Use Less Energy While Playing Video ... - American Progress

Turns out your addiction to the game Rock Band, the new Wii, or an Xbox could be costing you both money and energy. A report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council in November of last year found that popular video game consoles have a lot ...

Wii Got Game - Quad-Cities Times

New program for 3rd to 6th graders will give kids a chance to play favorite video games against peers. Library owns multiple gaming systems including Wii and Playstation 2, and numerous popular games such as Rock Band, Super Smash Bros., and Dance ...

Cage: Games violence no worse than TV - MCV

Quantic Dreams founder and CEO David Cage has spoken out again criticisms of mature content in video games, claiming their effect is no different to that of TV, films or books. In an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Cage said: “I ...

Record Year for UK Games Business - Spong

The UK's video game publishers' representative body ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) is announcing a record-breaking year for its members. Using data from Gfk Chart-Track, ELSPA states that, "Total videogames software ...

Games beats music in 2008 - MCV

Record UK sales make video games the year’s most successful entertainment business Despite the economic downturn, British retailers sold a record number of games, DVDs and music in 2008 – with video games ahead of the pack, establishing the ...