Posts in Category: gaming

Exercise Video Games Burn Calories

A new study finds that ‘exergames’, or video games that allow for exercise provide real calorie-burning power and energy expenditure, often higher than walking 3 miles on a treadmill.

Researchers, Bruce W. Bailey of at Brigham Young University in Provo,

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‘Angry Birds’ Maker Rovio Raises $42 Million

The makers of the hit smartphone game ‘Angry Birds’ raised $42 from investors to expand the brand and create more games.

Finnish game developer Rovio is a long way from bankruptcy which it faced before launching the popular ‘Angry Birds’ game.

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Is Microsoft Preparing the Xbox 720?

Microsoft may be preparing its next generation Xbox gaming console. Several job listings posted on LinkedIn reveal that the company is looking to hire employees to work on the “next-generation console” architecture.

The software giant is looking to put together a

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New ‘Batman: Arkham City’ Details Revealed

Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. unveiled details about the upcoming Batman: Arkham City, to be released during the third quarter of this year at the Game Developers’ Conference.

The single player game will feature the Dark Knight as he tries

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Battlefield 3 Video Game Trailer Released

The trailer for first shooter game, Battlefield 3 was released at the San Francisco Game Developers Conference yesterday.

Publisher EA Games showed a 3 minute trailer of the game that will be released later this year for PC, Playstation 3 and

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