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Gamers who have been itching to get their hands on the upcoming space-horror from EA can now jump for joy, because the company announced today that Dead Space will be released ahead of schedule. That means that come October 14 you will be able to creep through the remains of defunct space...  

Early today, there were reports that Activision and Treyarch’s Call of Duty: World at War beta version would be made available to Xbox 360 and PC gamers. Unfortunately, there was nothing mentioned for Sony Playstation 3 gamers. Many Sony Playstat...  

In other news regarding pre-order goodies, Unbisoft is giving North American gamers who pre-order the new Prince of Persia game an upgrade to the Limited Edition at no extra cost out of pocket. This free Limited Edition upgrade is only available by pre-ordering and will include in addition to...  

'Ultimate Band' Preliminary Tracklist Posted on Thursday, September 04 @ 17:14:14 PDT Disney Interactive Studios' Ultimate Band is an all new music experience giving gamers and music lovers of all ages the ...  

Will Wright’s Spore for PC, and DS title Spore Creatures, should keep gamers busy when they release this coming Sunday, but there’s plenty to look forward to earlier this week too. From Tuesday Xbox 360 gamers will be able to get their hands on Square Enix’s Infinite Undiscovery, Microsoft’s...  

In the buildup to the release of the long-awaited "Spore" video game, the game's creators invited a handful of celebrities -- including David Arquette, Richard Branson and "Heroes'" Masi Okato -- to create ...  

The title named Best Racing Game at E3 2008 will give gamers a free one-level demo on Thursday.  

SEATTLE -- Barry Rolapp was a kid in a virtual candy store. Standing in the center of the Penny Arcade Expo commonly known as PAX, Rolapp's eyes wandered over various booths offering the latest in video games.  

They are living the dream -- assuming turning video games into sustenance is your goal. In 1998, high-school best friends Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins were drawing superhero comics in their Spokane, Wash., apartment. Undeterred by their loss in a magazine's comic-strip contest, they'd set up...  

Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. MONDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children love playing video games, and playing active versions of these games may help stop children from becoming obese, University of Hong Kong researchers report.  

Video games may not do as much for children as exercise, but they do raise heart rates, according to a new report. More than 83 percent of U.S. children age 8 to 18 have video game players in their bedrooms.  

Another new year, another back-to-school tech column. For those new to the paper, welcome. I'm The Towerlight's resident nerd (well, at least the nerd who writes the column). Every week I discuss a popular issue in technology or video games or whatever happens to grind my gears at the...  

What started as a gathering of a few thousand gamers in Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center has grown to become North America’s largest video games convention, drawing tens of thousands of fans.  

ANDY Murray's axed coach claims the Scots tennis ace is obsessed with video games and plays them for seven hours a day.  

Video games that encourage kids to move may be an effective answer to childhood obesity, according to new research.