If you are a video game design, development or production student then you should check out the following opportunity to maybe get $2,500 in financial aid towards your degree from the Dr. Randy Pausch Scholarship Fund. Who The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) on behalf of the Dr. Randy Pausch ...

Governor Perdue signs bill designed to attract more movie, TV and videogame productions to state. ATLANTA- Governor Sonny Perdue today signed into law the 2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act (HB 1100), new legislation designed to encourage entertainment industry productions in Georgia. The signing ceremony took place at the studios of Turner ...

EA SPORTS Freestyle to represent the lighter side of sports: No rules, just fun.     REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 6, 2008 - Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) today launched EA SPORTS FreestyleTM, ...

More than 47 million counterfeit products seized worldwide in past 16 months. BELLEVUE, Wash.-April 7, 2008 - Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in trading card games, today announced the results of recent anti-piracy actions taken in cooperation with Nintendo of America Inc. to combat the production and distribution of counterfeit ...

Razer and Video Games Live brings music and gaming closer to the masses. Carlsbad, Calif. - March 26, 2008 - RazerTM, the world's leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle electronics peripherals, is proud to announce that it is the first-ever sponsor of Video Games Live - the international multimedia ...

SAN FRANCISCO - March 20, 2008 - Today, Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announces that it has concluded an agreement with Mr. Tom Clancy to acquire all intellectual property rights to the Tom Clancy name, on a perpetual basis and free of all related future royalty ...

Proposal Represents 64 Percent Premium to Take-Two's February 15th Closing Price and 63 Percent Premium to Take-Two's Closing Price Over the Previous 30 Days. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 24, 2008 - Electronic Arts Inc. ("EA") (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that it has proposed to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ("Take-Two") (NASDAQ: ...

In an open letter from Electronic Arts' CEO John Riccitiello speaks about why the company would like to acquire Take-Two. That letter is as follows: AN OPEN LETTER FROM JOHN RICCITIELLO.   I'm pleased to announce that EA has made a proposal to acquire Take-Two. We've issued a press release that ...

Skywalker Symphony Orchestra and Choir to Perform. Meet & Greet Includes 30 Game Composers, Designers and Talent From Popular Franchises Including Halo, Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Myst, Kingdom Hearts, Metroid Prime, Mass Effect, Guitar Hero, BioShock, Gears of War, Crysis, Sonic, Special Guests from Japan and Many More! Creator of ...

Nintendo Calls Out China, Korea, Brazil, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Mexico. REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintendo of America Inc. has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to encourage specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stance to combat piracy of Nintendo video games and systems. Nintendo filed its comments ...