A computer scientist has adapted a Kinect to control a character in World of Warcraft, but he hopes to see it used in physical therapy also.
Activision Blizzard Inc sold 3.3 million copies of its latest World of Warcraft game in its first day on the market.
Apple has updated the terms of service for their Game Center application to display a gamer's real name along with the nickname while sending invitation to friends, a move that is geared towards decreasing anonymity in gaming.
China's third-largest online game operator NetEase.com said it has suspended new user registration for World of Warcraft in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard's hit game.
China's recent moves to tighten control of its online and mobile content industries have brought some uncertainty into the market but may not have a major immediate impact on the sector's biggest players.
China's recent moves to tighten control of its online and mobile content industries have brought some uncertainty into the market but may not have a major immediate impact on the sector's biggest players.
China's Culture Ministry has accused the publishing watchdog of abusing its authority by threatening access to the popular online game, World of Warcraft, stoking bureaucratic rivalry over control of the Internet.
A Chinese regulator has ordered top online game firm NetEase.com to stop operating a popular title, the result of an apparent governmental turf war highlighting the risks the sector faces.
China's No.2 Internet games operator NetEase.com Inc said it has been notified by a Chinese government agency that its operation of the World of Warcraft game does not have proper approval.
China has banned foreign investment into its lucrative online games industry in an effort to tighten control over its virtual worlds.
COLOGNE, Germany - Films and videogames would seem a match made in heaven, so why are games based on hit movies so bad? Despite sharing the same demographic of devoted fans, action, sci-fi and fantasy films rarely translate into branded videogame hits.
World of Warcraft patch 3.2 has been released and is now available for download. It updates several user interactions including an array of game changes.
In the dungeons of Zul'Gurub frequented by online game enthusiasts, a giant winged serpent called Hakkar the Soulflayer may offer important clues to epidemiologists trying to predict the impact of a pandemic.
Vivendi received approval on Wednesday from the European Commission to merge its videogame unit with Activision Inc., in a deal worth $9.85 billion.
Software maker Blizzard, maker of the hugely successful Warcraft video game series, is engaged in a legal dispute with a programmer who has created a tool that automates actions inside of one of its popular games.
A new type of cyberbully known as a griefer is overtaking other forms of aggression on the Internet and in the world of online gaming, a health researcher warned.
A plague carried around the world by travelers, pets and curious teen-agers may show that experts have not taken everything into account when planning for an outbreak of disease, researchers said on Monday.
Blizzard Entertainment said today that the expansion pack to its highly popular World of Warcraft online game sold nearly 2.4 million copies on the first day, becoming the fastest selling PC game ever.
All too familiar with hackers looking to exploit security flaws in its software, Microsoft Corp. warned video game developers on Monday that their PC games are now a target for criminals.
