Videogames

Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Unspoken Rule of Game Gore: Just Have Fun

Critics are furious over the violence of "Modern Warfare 2"--and one scene is causing all the problems.READ»

Can a Game Be Journalism? Play 'Six Days In Fallujah' to Find Out

Six Days in Fallujah isn't the title of a war correspondent's missives from the frontlines. It's not even a book about the Iraq war. It's a video game due out next year from Konami--albeit one where the ricocheting bullets, ...READ»

Apple Takes on Sony and Nintendo with iPhone 3.0 Gaming

Apple's iPhone 3.0 event today made it abundantly clear that the iPhone is evolving into a gaming machine. Here's why:READ»

Microsoft's Black Friday and the Success of Xbox 360

On Black Friday, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 by three to one. That puts the 360 over 25 million systems sold worldwide, surpassing the sales of the original Xbox -- and in only three years.READ»

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Can LittleBigPlanet Save Sony's PS3?

To inject life into the flagging PlayStation 3, Sony is banking on a charmingly weird new game called LittleBigPlanet, from a scrappy UK startup called Media Molecule. LBP -- and its hero, an endlessly customizable little character named Sackboy -- brings social networking and user-generated content to console gaming. Meet the visionary geeks behind it.READ»

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