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Microsoft's "Halo: Reach" Leaked to BitTorrent Before Release

Los Angeles - Microsoft's (NASD:  MSFT) anticipated "Halo: Reach" game for the Xbox 360 has been lifted from a Microsoft website and uploaded to the BitTorrent...

Report: One in Five Americans Are Social Gamers

Port Washington, N.Y. - One in five Americans, or some 56.8 million consumers, has played a game on a social network in the past three months,...

EA Takes Flak Over Taliban Role in New "Medal of Honor"

Redwood City, Calif. - Video game publisher Electronic Arts (NASD:  ERTS) is taking flak for a feature in the next installment of its popular "Medal of...

Sony Adds EMI Music Videos to VidZone PlayStation 3 Service

London - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has signed a deal with major record label EMI, giving it the rights to stream EMI artist music videos on...

PlaySpan Raises $18 Million for Virtual Goods Platform

Santa Clara, Calif. - PlaySpan, the operator of a virtual currency platform for online games and social networks, announced on Thursday that it has raised $18...

Friendster to Refocus as Social Gaming Portal

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysian online payments firm MOL Global, which acquired Friendster last year, plans to turn the online social network into a social gaming...

Blizzard Wins $88M From Operator of Private "Warcraft" Servers

Los Angeles - The operator of a private, unauthorized multiplayer server set-up for players of Blizzard's "World of Warcraft" online game has been ordered by a...

U.K. Game Developer Realtime Worlds Enters Administration

Dundee, Scotland - Video game publisher Realtime Worlds, which had raised over $80 million in financing from backers including Maverick Capital, New Enterprise Associates and WPP,...

THQ Debuts $69 uDraw GameTablet Accessory for Wii

Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ (NASD: THQI) on Tuesday introduced the uDraw GameTablet, a new accessory for the Nintendo Wii that includes a drawing,...

Microsoft to Release Kinect in Europe on Nov. 10

Cologne, Germany - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) on Tuesday announced that it will launch its Kinect for Xbox 360 motion-sensing controller system in Europe, the Middle East and...