The video game Gods have heard our prayers, people, and/or finally Sony is paying attention to their fanbase. For years now the industry has been scolding Sony for their high prices

When Electronic Arts announced the retired Brett Favre as its 20th anniversary cover boy, it looked like the notorious "Madden" curse (Starpulse Article: The 'Madden Curse': Real or Not?) — which had mangled the careers of Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb and Shaun Alexander — was finally broken.

Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit the song set list for Rock Band 2, the next evolution of the groundbreaking Rock Band music platform.

Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, Inc., today announced plans to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band on the Wii home video game system from Nintendo in the U.S. and Canada on June 22, 2008 for the suggested retail price of $169.99.

While the United States enjoys a strong gaming industry, Europe is usually the third wheel in the timeline of video game production. A large quantity of video games are developed in Japan, translated to English to ship to the United States, and then they’re translated into several more languages for a European release.

News from the virtual world: -TAKE IT AWAY: Electronic Arts, the Borg collective of video-game publishers, wants to assimilate Take-Two Interactive. But Take-Two says it isn't interested - at least not until April 30, when its sure-to-be-a-blockbuster ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' goes on sale.

SNK Playmore USA Corporation, the U.S. publishing arm of the SNK Playmore Corporation, today announced SNK Arcade Classics: Volume 1 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system.

NEW YORK (AP) - Sony Corp. on Thursday cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in the U.S. and announced an even cheaper model that will arrive before the holiday shopping season.

Crossovers always seem like a good idea on paper. However, it never seems right to see George Jetson and Fred Flintstone on screen at the same time. While Dynasty Warriors: Gundam seems like a cool idea – hundreds of giant robots fight in large battlegrounds – it falls to the wayside of so many Dynasty Warriors titles, thanks to the brevity of storyline hooks and yawn-inducing game play.

Two titles are facing off to be this season's top National Hockey League video game: ''NHL 08'' from EA Sports and ''NHL 2K8'' from 2K Sports. ''NHL 08'' is a real fan and player's dream game, whereas ''NHL 2K8'' serves in more of an arcade-type capacity.