As Major League Baseball reaps 
the benefits of expanding its online game streaming subscription package beyond the PC, the National Hockey League is getting in the game.
The NHL has announced its NHL GameCenter Live service is now available on the PlayStation 3, Roku and Boxee. The service, which was initially announced Oct. 5, lets subscribers watch up to 40 out-of-market games per week as well as classic matches.
It’s common for companies to 
trademark their characters, games and hardware – but cultural sayings revolving around them? That’s a new one.
Nintendo has filed a request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong”. I’ll pause a minute to let that sink in.
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Everyone suspected the follow-up to “Fallout 3” 
would be big – but numbers released by Bethesda Softworks this morning still managed to surprise onlookers.
“Fallout: New Vegas” has shipped more than 5 million units to retail so far, with sales of over $300 million – and retailers are demanding more. As an added bonus, digital sales have also been strong.
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Productivity in the sky should pick up 
this holiday season, as Google is teaming with a number of U.S. carriers to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi.
Delta, AirTran and Virgin America are all teaming with the search giant to offer the service at no cost between Nov. 20 and Jan. 2. Each carrier has outfitted their entire domestic fleet with the Gogo Inflight service.
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Democrats weren’t the only ones 
who were hit hard by the mid-term elections. Proponents of Net neutrality may have seen their best chance of that bill passing fade as well.
Every one of the 95 candidates who had pledged to support the bill, which would force Internet providers like Xfinity and Time Warner Cable to treat all Web content equally, fell short in their bid for the House and Senate, reports CNNMoney
For all the media attention and fanfare, you might
think Microsoft was launching a new console today. And given what the company is spending on marketing its latest peripheral, you wouldn’t be that far off.
Kinect, a motion sensor device that allows users to play games simply by using gestures and voice commands, hit shelves today – and is predicted by many to become one of this year’s “must have” holiday gifts. Microsoft is so confident in the device that is has raised its internal sales predictions for calendar 2010 from 3 million to 5 million.
But is it any good?
In-game advertising is hardly 
a rare thing. And film/game tie-ins are pretty frequent as well – but Dreamworks and Zynga are taking things a step further on Nov. 4.
For the first time, a studio will promote its newest film in a social networking game when “Megamind” comes to the insanely popular “Farmville”.
Microsoft’s anticipated update of 
the Xbox 360 dashboard has gone live, bringing new features to sports and music fans.
The system update, which is mandatory for all users who wish to connect to Xbox Live, brings over 3,500 live and on-demand sporting events per year to the system, courtesy of ESPN3. That partnership will also include scoreboards, voice chat and the ability to “predict the winner” of games via polls.
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Ben Feder, the CEO of the company 
behind “Grand Theft Auto,” “Bioshock” and “Red Dead Redemption” is calling it quits.
Feder has announced plans to resign his post at Take-Two Interactive Software on Jan. 1, 2011. Chairman Strauss Zelnick will assume his duties.
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Vudu, a staple in many internet 
connected televisions and Blu-ray players, has added a pair of new outlets to its list.
The Wal-Mart-owned streaming service will be available via Boxee starting next month. That not only means that Vudu will be included in the Boxee Box when it ships to stores, but it will also be available to anyone with a Macs or PC.
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Chris Morris: Journalist 