As the industry embraces in-game advertising, companies specializing in the sale and placement of those commercial spots are fighting for every spare inch of ground they can get. Today, San Francisco-based Double Fusion added a pair of new titles to its portfolio, announcing a deal with Korean publisher NCsoft to provide in-game ads for a […]

Reuters - Microsoft Corp lifted its full-year estimates on Thursday after posting a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong demand for “Halo 3″ and computers running its operating system, sending its shares up 12 percent.

AP - Microsoft Corp. said its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 percent as brisk sales of the new “Halo 3″ video game, Windows and Office helped the software maker breeze past Wall Street’s expectations.

According to internet reports, Mario Galaxy has been leaked onto the web. The source of the leak is reportedly an EB Games demo of the game with a 10 minute standard restriction, although the restriction is not there when you play the game on a modded Wii.

Though there are no official announcements at the moment, Next Generation is reporting on two interesting possibilities for the future of Nintendo products. In a report filed yesterday, the site hints that Nintendo may be considering a MMOG version of Animal Crossing , to be released on the Wii console. Also exciting: the possibility of […]