Some video games can make children kinderJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Most of us are aware of the relationship between violent video games and aggressive behaviour. But now for the first time, researchers have found that some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help other people.
Videogame addicts may become problem gamblersAugust 21st, 2009 WELLINGTON - Teenagers who are addicted to video games are more likely to develop obsessive and antisocial tendencies leading to gambling, says a new research. A survey of 2669 teenagers aged between 13 and 17 by Adelaide University researchers found 56 per cent had gambled in the past year.
Shanda Games gets tepid reception for this year's biggest IPO; shares slide 14 percentSeptember 25th, 2009 Shanda Games IPO gets tepid receptionNEW YORK — Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year. The company offered more shares than expected, but got a lackluster reception.
Shanda Games to launch this year's biggest IPO, raising $1 billion at $12.50 per shareSeptember 25th, 2009 Shanda Games to launch this year's biggest IPONEW YORK — Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year. The company offered more shares than expected, but got a lackluster reception.
Scientists highlight racial landscape in gaming worldJuly 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A comprehensive study of gaming characters has revealed that video games do not accurately represent minorities. The study encompassing the top 150 games in a year across nine platforms and all rating levels, and weighted by each title's popularity, shows that the video game industry showed that less than 3pct of game characters were "recognizably Hispanic."
Latinos were nearly invisible and women and other groups were underrepresented.
Startup Spawn Labs begins selling box for playing console video games on a laptopSeptember 14th, 2009 Startup lets you play console video games remotelySAN FRANCISCO — As any a video game aficionado knows, it's easy to pop a game into your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and spend hours working your way from one level to the next. Without the hefty console, though, you're out of luck if you want to keep blasting those aliens while away from home.
Some video games make kids kinder, not violentJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Previous research has suggested that playing violent videogames is linked to aggressive behaviour in kids. Now, three new studies have concluded that the other side of the coin also holds true: playing prosocial video games promote friendly behaviour.
Top 5 Gaming Contests Around the WorldMay 4th, 2009 Computer Gaming is perhaps one of the most intense and addictive passtimes now. But did you ever know that you can make a living out of it? Different championships have different format of gameplay.
Females, black people, children, elderly under-represented in US video gamesSeptember 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The first ever "virtual census" of the human characters used in US video games has shown that males, adults and white people are over-represented in such games, while females, black people, children and the elderly are under-represented. Dmitri Williams of the University of Southern California-Los Angeles (UCLA), who carried out the study with colleagues at Indiana University, Ohio University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, says that the mismatch between real-world and videogame populations could be excluding some groups of potential players from games.
Top 10 Newest Mobile Games of 2009 February 24th, 2009 Mobile Games are the best way to spend the time when you are waiting for the bus to come or it is just the time you have to wait for someone. If you get bored of the same old games in your mobile, check out our list of 10 newest mobile games in 2009 and get one.
PlayStation Home v1.3 lets you launch games directly from itAugust 20th, 2009 If you are still unsatisfied with the good news of the PS3 Slim, here is another good news to make you happy. You can launch games like Street Fighter IV, Resistance 2, Motor Storm or Far Cry 2 directly from home.
Squeezed by recession, video game sales drop for fourth straight month in JuneJuly 17th, 2009 June video game sales drop sharplyNEW YORK — Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June.
E3 2009 Round UpJune 5th, 2009 The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E3 - the world's largest convention for video games - has ended this Thursday with a total of 40,000 attendees compared to about 5,000 over the past two years. We have to wait till June 15th to 17th, 2010 for the next E3 to be held at Los Angeles Convention Center.
US video game retail sales fall once again in August, says NPDSeptember 11th, 2009 NPD: Video game sales slide again in AugustNEW YORK — Retail sales of video games have declined for six straight months. Analysts are blaming the slow August — which was expected — in part on a disappointing showing from the latest "Madden" title from Electronic Arts.
Top 50 Flash GamesMarch 26th, 2009 The hardcore gamers may think that flash games are only for the babies. But still some full grown ups find them more addictive than anything else.
Chess playing in computer has amused and entertained a lot of budding chess players as they can play it without the need of another partner. Other than serving as your opponent, computers will also let you select your skill level as novice or a grand master or any level in between. Now-a-days they have realistic graphics and options like playing tournament and individually rated games, rating system etc. Gradually you’ll find that your computer is a better opponent than your friends unless your friend is one of the Grand Masters. We have made a list of top 5 chess games for your computer. The list includes :
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