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Valve Considering Bringing Music and Video Content to Steam <img src='http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/44/44964.jpg' height='77' width='227' ALIGN=RIGHT> According Marketing VP Doug Lombardi, Valve's digital distribution platform may have music and video...

Netflix Coming To Xbox Live? <img src='http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/47/47228.jpg' height='168' width='300' ALIGN=RIGHT>The possibility of a formal agreement between Netflix and Microsoft gained some steam today, with rumors swirling around this week's Game...

EA Bringing Hasbro Games To PCs, Consoles Electronic Arts' Casual Entertainment studio will be bringing a number of Hasbro properties to home consoles and Flash-equipped web browsers. Shacknews reports [http://shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51252] that online versions of titles like Trivial...

Marvel Universe Online Cancelled <img src='http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/46/46432.jpg' height='84' width='200' ALIGN=RIGHT> Shane Kim, the head of Microsoft Games Studio, has confirmed the cancellation of the planned MMO based on the Marvel Comics...

Activision Nets $1.48 Billion In Q3 Net Revenue <img src='http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/36/36360.jpg' height='76' width='300' ALIGN=RIGHT> A report released today by Activision shows how good the holiday sales season was for the publisher, and provides an...

THQ Acquires Big Huge Games Gamasutra is reporting that [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16947] THQ will acquire Big Huge Games for an undisclosed sum, making the Maryland-based studio a wholly-owned subsidiary. Big Huge Games will remain autonomous, continuing to...

No Official Word from Telltale Games on Sam & Max Wii, Despite JoWood Announcement According to Shacknews [http://shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50723], Telltale Games is "actively pursuing" the possibility of bringing Sam & Max to the Wii, but has done nothing official yet. After a German press...

Microsoft Considering Xbox 360 Blu-Ray Add-On A add-on that would allow the Xbox 360 to play Blu-ray movies is possible, Microsoft has said. Having previously released an external accessory that allowed the system to play HD-DVD discs, Xbox group marketing manager Albert Penello told Reuters...

Videogame Tax Proposed In Wisconsin Wisconsin state senator Jon Erpenbach wants to place a 1 percent tax on videogame sales to pay for rehabilitation programs for 17-year-old non-violent offenders. According to Erpenbach the bill's intention is not to dissuade gamers, but to keep...

Wii Has Best Sales Week Since Launch Nintendo has released numbers for the console's sales in the week including Black Friday, which are the best since since the system's launch. While Sony was only willing to reveal percentages, Nintendo released hard numbers, stating that 350,000 consoles...

New Details Of Nintendo's WiiWare Program Surface New details of Nintendo's WiiWare strategy have been released, and the bar for entry by independent developers is set rather low. WiiWare, a service that will bring independent developers and downloadable games to the Wii, is set to go live...

Atari CEO Resigns Facing losses of over $11 million, Atari CEO David Pierce resigned yesterday, as the publisher also gave up the license to the Test Drive series to parent company Infogrames. After a staggering fiscal year loss of $69 million, along with a net loss of $11.9 million in three...

NCsoft Acquires City of Heroes IP South Korean publisher NCsoft has gained complete ownership of the City of Heroes IP and will be opening a new studio in California made up of members of the game's original development team. The company plans a "major reinvestment" in the game in the form...

WildTangent Announces Deal With HP Online game publisher WildTangent will power the game console on all new HP desktops and notebooks, beginning in January 2008. Web-based game company WildTangent has announced a new deal with HP that will see its gaming platform being used to power the HP...