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Schilling set to launch first video game

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company is preparing for next Tuesday's launch of the game "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.”

How the video games industry is faring

A look at results from selected companies in the video games business:Jan. 9: GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, reports nearly flat sales for a nine-week holiday period that ended ...

Cathy Davidson comments: White House office studies benefits of video games

This summer, when your kids' favorite science museum boasts a new augmented-reality environmental simulation? Same deal. If in the next few years a video game teaches you anything — how to conserve energy, eat a balanced diet or solve quadratic equations — consider the invisible hand of one of the most unconventional White House hires in recent memory.

Global Game Jam: the 48 hour video game making challenge

The room is bustling with activity as computer nerds from the around the world program like the wind. This is Global Game Jam, a semi-competitive event in which teams compete to make a video game within 48 hours. Daniel Golding files from the scene. Read more on the blog...

A disappointing December leads to 2011 retail video game declines

As 2011 came to an end, annual U.S. video game sales at retail for saw a notable drop year-over-year, though alternative monetization strategies helped bolster the performance of video game content across retail and digital. U.S. video game retail sales across hardware, software and accessories saw a sizable 8 percent drop in 2011, putting total video games sales revenue at $17.02 billion, from ...