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Sick kids get some Wii time

It's no fun being a sick kid, but Nintendo and the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation are doing their part to make the experience a little less miserable.

Modern console gamer will spend $30,000+ on games

GameStrata just released some research that pegs the average gamer as spending $765 per year on games and gaming hardware. Cumulatively, that adds up to a new car they can't afford.

Sierra scrapes memorabilia barrel, finds Ghostbusters car

Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products just announced the "Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Tour" which will see the quasi-famous hearse making stops at various events to help hype a forthcoming Ghostbusters game.

Stop Smoking: The Game. Seriously.

Developed at Ubisoft Quebec City, Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking will make its debut on the Nintendo DS system in November, 2008. If you want to quit before then, try playing a videogame; it'll keep your hands busy and your brain distracted. Oh, wait...

Move over Rock, next Hero does Guitar plus full on 'Band'

Activision just unveiled Guitar Hero: World Tour, which will include an electronic drum kit and microphone along with the ubiquitous fake guitar for full on band jams, just like the phenomenally successful upstart, Rock Band.

New World Record set for largest dance mat routine

A new Guinness World Record has been set for 'Largest Simultaneous Dance Mat Routine' after 100 dancing fools of the gamer persuasion attended the "So You Think You Can Dance" Record-Breaking Event at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

The Cars go Rock Band

Some dinosaur bands go on tour to bilk some extra coin out of nostalgic fans. However, these days, the real easy money is in re-releasing the glory days in Rock Band form, as is the case with The Cars.

Microsoft flouts fit of denial: 2nd place is the new 1st!

Microsoft just announced a couple of Xbox 360 milestones: 10 million units sold in the US, 19 million worldwide. Problem is, Microsoft claimed Xbox 360 was the first to hit those marks. It soooo wasn't. Microsoft is now backpedaling.

As downloadable casual console games go, last month saw the expected simplicity of block-breaking games and interactive screen savers, but also the deceptively cheery and frightfully addictive Xbox Live Arcade puzzle, RooGoo, which looks like cognitive skills program for toddlers, but is so not.

Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 06/08

Until now, Wii owners have happily / reluctantly endured the steady onslaught of barrel-scraping retro rehash games made available for download in the Virtual Store. But with the launch of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, freshly minted top-tier titles, under the auspices of WiiWare, are also an option. Just like Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 have been offering for quite a while now.

DFC: PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in 2009

The record game sales of 2007 are just a start for the soaring videogame business according to industry research firm, DFC Intelligence. Further, DFC forecasts that sales of the formerly floundering PlayStation3 should overtake the Xbox 360 in sales in 2009, finishing in a strong second behind the Nintendo Wii.