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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...  

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...  

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...  

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...  

"Grand Theft Auto IV" may have stolen hard-core gamers' wallets during the first half of 2008--selling some 6.3 million units worldwide--but "Spore" is exciting everyone else.  

'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 ...  

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 enduring image of those who play video games as hopeless, lifeless geeks doesn't come out of nowhere. It comes from images as diverse as the 13-year-old shrilly calling you and#8212; a man twice his age with a college education, who was playing "Super...  

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- HMV Group Plc , the largest U.K. music retailer, said 18-week revenue increased as demand for Nintendo Co.'s Wii video-game console compensated for declining sales at the Waterstone's bookshop chain.  

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.  

Summer vacation has ended, and the kids may be back in school, but parents might not want to put away those video games just yet. Research shows that the multi-tasking trial-and-error mentality could spawn the next generation of scientists or computer programmers. Today’s gamer may also become...  

NEW YORK----The Center for the Advancement of STEM Education has selected Tabula Digita’s DimensionM™ immersive math video games as a new component in the center’s drive to ignite students’ interest in STEM learning.  

Nassau County audited the Leadership Training Institute, which Newsday describes as an "agency that housed troubled teens," and found it had overcharged counties by $834,000 . And the Hempstead non-profit used the money on "beer and violent video games" and "$47,865 in bonuses to its workers in...  

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...  

A nonprofit organization on Long Island that helps troubled teens is accused of using public money to buy beer and violent video games. READ MORE >>