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Sony Seeks Restraining Order on PlayStation 3 Jailbreakers

Los Angeles - Sony (NYSE: SNE) has filed for a temporary restraining order against a group of programmers allegedly offering software that can "jailbreak" the PlayStation 3...

Glu Mobile to Raise $15 Million in Stock Offering

San Francisco - Glu Mobile (NASD: GLUU), a developer of social games for smartphone and tablet devices, announced on Tuesday that it plans to raise $15 million...

"World of Warcraft: Cataclysm" Sells 4.7 Million in First Month

Irvine, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASD: ATVI) announced on Monday that "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm," the third expansion pack for its massively multiplayer online...

Motorola's Xoom Tablet Takes CNET's CES "Best of Show" Award

Las Vegas - Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) Xoom Android-based tablet computer was named "Best of Show" by CNET's (NYSE: CBS) editors at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. Other Best...

Best Buy Holiday Revenues Down 1.6%; U.S. Store Sales Dip 5%

Minneapolis, Minn. - Media and electronics retail store chain Best Buy (NYSE:  BBY) said that revenues were down 1.6% during the key holiday shopping period, to...

Microsoft: Kinect to Allow Netflix, Hulu Navigation via Gesture

Las Vegas - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) said on Thursday that an upcoming software update for its Kinect motion-sensing game controller will enable users to navigate Web services...

Gaming Execs Discuss the Future during DMW™s CES SuperSession Panel

Las Vegas - On the opening day of the massive annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Digital Media Wire assembled a panel of gaming industry leaders to...

German Court: RapidShare Doing Enough to Combat Piracy

Los Angeles - A German court has ruled that Swiss file-hosting service RapidShare is making sufficient efforts to combat copyright infringement, dismissing claims from game publisher...

Activision, Zynga Face Patent Suit From Walker Digital

Los Angeles - Game developers Activision Blizzard (NASD: ATVI) and Zynga have been sued for patent infringement by Walker Digital, a firm launched by Priceline.com founder Jay...

Zynga Acquires Social Web Browser Developer Flock

San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga ("Mafia Wars," "FarmVille") has acquired Flock, the developer of a social Web browser. Financial terms of the transaction were not...