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A cultural phenomenon in the days of Pong and Pac-man, the video game industry has evolved into an economic powerhouse with the staggering success of home gaming systems like Nintendoâ??s Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

New York Cityâ??s video game sector has enjoyed robust growth in recent years, but remains modest overallâ?¦

Challenges to growing New Yorkâ??s video game industry include too few technical workers, limited academic infrastructure and the lack of one signature company

While New Yorkâ??s video game sector has clear potential to grow, the Bloomberg administration has yet to incorporate it into its economic development strategy

Unfortunate internet leaks may have reduced the wow factor, but Microsoft Game Studios has finally revealed its list of big-hitting 360 software releases from now until the end of the year. The platform holder is set to confirm the list at its product showcase in San Francisco later today. Epic’s …

Japanese market authroity Enterbrain has confirmed to MCV that PSP led hardware sales in the territory during April. Sony’s handheld sold a whopping 380, 697 units in the month, over double that of its nearest competitor, Nintendo Wii, which sold 187, 121. In third place was DS Lite with 169,911 …

Co-founder of casual games developer reveals big budget for new game due later this year

After launching in the US yesterday, Nintendo has announced that eight WiiWare titles will become available to European consumers when the online service arrives in the territory next week. The service launched this week in the US with six games – and back in Japan in March with nine. It …

Graphics expert Dave Rolston joins facial mocap group's board

PlayStation 3 becomes first console to use video format, which promises high quality compression