Japanese video game giant Nintendo is upping its annual sales projections because of strong Wii and DS sales.

The Wii sold more than 140,000 units more in January than its closest next-gen competitor, the Xbox 360, according to sales figures from NPD Group.

Remember HP’s acquisition of boutique PC builder Voodoo? We haven’t heard much of HP’s gaming efforts since the announcement of the merger in September of last year. Rob Enderle got a look at HP’s gaming labs and he returned with some intriguing ideas: Virtual worlds merging into reality, coffee tables that become gaming surfaces and high-end racing simulators on surround screens. Here is his report.

Two days after announcing that it would offer music downloads with copy protection technology, EMI said the album The Good, The Bad & the Queen from Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong is scheduled to become available on iTunes today.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has banned an Xbox 360 commercial because it says the ad promoted dangerous driving.

As the first official price cut for Sony's handheld device, the core PSP package has been slashed by $30 to an MSRP of $169.99.

Chicago (IL) - A Dublin, Calif., based dealership is offering on of the four original 1982 Pontiac Trans Am cars that were used for close-up shots in the classic 1980s TV show “Knight Rider”.

EMI has announced that it will be dropping DRM file protections for its entire digital library of songs.

Electronic Arts is working on a new game with MTV and Harmonix that will include a drum kit, lead guitar, bass guitar, and a microphone.

Sony's latest firmware update for the PSP, which brings the system version to 3.30, includes six free months of T-Mobile wireless HotSpot access.

The high definition debut of the Grand Theft Auto series will take place in the publisher's home town of New York City.

Electronic Arts has announced that the PC version of its latest installment in the long-running Command & Conquer series has been shipped to retailers.

Nintendo has signed up as an anchor exhibitor at the new "Entertainment for All Expo", a new convention from IDG aimed at replacing the defunct Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

Apple announced today that it will begin lowering prices of complete albums by 99 cents for each song that users have already downloaded.

Take-Two Interactive announced details today about the latest expansion to Sid Meier's Civilation IV, one of the publisher's best-selling PC franchises.

Electronic Arts announced today that it has shipped Pogo Island for the Nintendo DS, marking the first time the software giant's casual online gaming division has made its way to a major non-PC platform.

In their first joint appearance in a video game, Mario and Sonic are both headed to a new olympics game due out this Christmas.

The new mayor of Mexico City is offering criminals a free Xbox 360 for every handgun are handed into police in an amnesty.

The fabled 120 GB, black Xbox 360 is now official, as Microsoft today unveiled details about the new high-end console.