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Game makers predict jingle bells at registers

Microsoft in September cut the entry level price for its Xbox 360 to $200, and Sony last year lowered U.S. prices of the ... The outlook for video games is rosy in contrast to many other industries that are suffering from the global financial meltdown ...

October video game sales jump 18 percent

NEW YORK - People flocked to buy video games in October despite a drop in consumer confidence to a historic low, spending $1.31 ... Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 sold 371,000 units. The console's sales were boosted by a significant price cut in early ...

Cosmic Log: Virtual telescopes tweaked

The software packages are becoming more and more like video games, letting you zoom out from Earth to explore a 3-D universe ... More astrophotographs and 360-degree panoramas have been added to this beta version, including all-around views of the ...

'Gears of War 2' delivers guns, grit and grubs

... broke ... ” could have been the design brief for “Gears of War 2,” which ships Nov. 7 exclusively for the Xbox 360 ... The “Gears” cover system is among the best in video games. Marcus slams against columns and hunkers down behind sand bags ...

Cosmic Log: Rocket racers target space

... Armadillo Aerospace eight years ago, using part of the fortune he earned as a virtuoso programmer for "Doom" and other video games ... Whitelaw said the ship would have a see-through passenger capsule, allowing for a "360-degree view of space." At the peak ...