Reuters - Microsoft Corp won an estimated $500 million, 5-year Internet advertising deal with MTV Networks owner Viacom Inc, giving the software giant a boost against rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp expects to sell more Xbox 360 consoles in 2008 than in 2007, with Europe standing out as a key battleground for dominance in the $30 billion video game industry.

AP - With a long list of credits for blockbuster movies and hit TV shows under his belt, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer is branching into video games.

Set to put the urgency into emergency, Codemasters today announced Emergency Mayhem exclusively for Wii. Coming Q2 2007, Emergency Mayhem puts the player at the helm of the three emergency services in a frantic race against time to hold together Crisis City, a mad metropolis falling apart at the seams.

Eagle eyed Nintendo fans have spotted that the Japanese virtual console page has been updated and there seems to be something of a mystery. There is eight boxes displayed but there are only six consoles on the VC currently with the remaining two being grayed out. So logic suggests that two more consoles will […]