Gamers 
have proven their generosity countless times, but it’s rare they can help a charity by simply doing what they love most: playing video games.
Starting at 8:00 am on Saturday, October 20, nearly 15,000 people will do just that for Extra Life, a gaming marathon that supports the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Can’t 
sleep? It could be all that Call of Duty.
New research from Flinders University finds that prolonged gaming sessions before bed resulted in restless nights for teenage boys, regardless of whether or not they went to bed at their normal time.
Ubisoft 
is laying a legal Boom Boom Pow on their highest profile musical partner.
The publisher has filed a breach of contract suit against The Black Eyed Peas, saying the band failed to approve an iOS version of their console game, The Black Eyed Peas Experience. Ubisoft is seeking over $1 million in damages from BEP Music, the company that holds the trademark for the band, according to Courthouse News Service.
Console 
gaming might have commanded center stage for the past six years, but the PC is stealing back the spotlight.
How? It could be because of the sequelitis that’s running rampant in the console world these days. Or perhaps it’s due to the extended lifecycle of the current consoles, which no longer offer the best technology on the block. Whatever the reason, the PC — which many wrote off as a dead gaming system — is back, and it’s back in a big way.
If you’re not playing games on your PC (and we’re not talking about Farmville here, people), you’re missing out. Still sitting on the fence? Here are seven reasons you might want to consider investing in a PC gaming rig.
Microsoft’s 
Xbox Live is more than just a matchmaking service for gamers — it’s also a popular social networking tool. Authorities in Iowa, however, believe it was the genesis for a runaway plot conceived by four Iowa teens.
Two teenage girls from the town of Shellsburg and two teenage boys from Atlantic (which is about 200 miles away) were reported missing Saturday. According to police and parents, the runaways met though the online game service.
With 
the launch of the Wii U just over a month away, Nintendo has cut the price of the Wii console.
Effective immediately, the Wii price is cut from $150 to $130, with new bundles including copies of both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. The company says the bundles are shipping now and it expects them to be widely available by Oct. 28.
While 
Atari first burst onto the video game scene in 1972 with Pong, for many gamers, the company’s lasting legacy will always be the Atari 2600.
October 14 marks the 35th birthday of the legendary game console, which landed with a bang in 1977. It wasn’t the first home video game system — that honor belongs to the Magnavox Odyssey — but it quickly became the most widely adopted and set the standard for many, many years.
It’s 
tough being a hockey fan these days. With the lockout now in its 27th day and no substantial negotiations to resolve the situation, fans of the ice are starting to get worried that there may be no season at all this year.
EA, though, is offering a small measure of relief to fans looking to scratch the itch.
For 
the tenth month in a row, video game sales took a shellacking at retail. This time, though, the finger of blame can be pointed squarely at iconic action star, Marcus Fenix.
Last year’s Gears of War 3 was such a hot seller that there was really no chance this year’s crop of September games could top it. When all was said and done, brick and mortar retail sales of video game software were down 18 percent to $497.4 million, according to The NPD Group.
Add 
PlaySpan to the ever-growing list of video game companies that have been targeted by hackers.
Online thieves and mischief-makers have reportedly released details for two million accounts online, with players of World of Tanks seemingly most at risk.
Chris Morris: Journalist 