Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.
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An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 G.I.R.L. Scholarship to help educate and recruit more women into the field of video game production and design.
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A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.
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Last month, the wives of a group of game developers collaborated to produce a public complaint regarding quality of life issues in the Rockstar San Diego office and threatened legal action. Among some of their complaints were mandatory six-day work weeks, 12-hour work days and a lack of concern over the health risks placed on employees. Since then, Rockstar has responded and the IGDA has even weighed in on the matter.
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China's third-largest online game operator NetEase.com said it has suspended new user registration for World of Warcraft (WoW) in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard's hit game.
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