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Massive Deal As EA, Microsoft Ink Game Ads Pact

Look for more dynamic advertising in EA titles on the Xbox 360 and on Windows machines, as they expand an existing deal with Microsoft's in-game ad firm, Massive.

Blizzard Loses A World Of Warcraft Player

An inexplicable banning and no way to contact Blizzard Entertainment for an explanation other than by email adds up to this: forget about having me as a player.

Headset Allows Users To Play Mind Games

A new gaming headset, which can read the interaction of neurons in the brain, will go on sale, later this year.The Emotiv EPOC a high-fidelity brain computer interface for gamers will be available in late 2008 for $299. "It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer," said Tan Le, president of US/Australian firm Emotiv, the BBC reported. "It allows the user to manipulate a game or virtual environment naturally and intuitively," she said.

GameSpot Roasted By Rival Editor

1Up.com's Sam Kennedy posted one of the most thoughtful and in-depth pieces anyone could hope to read about GameSpot's November dismissal of editorial director Jeff Gerstmann.

ESPN To Cover Gaming

I might let you call me a prophet, a little earlier than expected. I kid, I kid, and I was kidding in March 2006 when I asked readers not to call me that for another 20 years. It wasn't too hard to predict, thanks to a Microsoft patent about it, and in 2008 comes the next stage: ESPN's coverage of professional video gaming.

Gaming Blogs Abuzz Over Reviewer's Firing

Jeff Gerstmann's negative review of massively promoted Eidos title Kane & Lynch: Dead Men may have contributed to his dismissal as gaming editorial director from CNet's Gamespot.

IAC Looks To AOL, Gaming

A recent interview with IAC chief Barry Diller revealed a couple of interesting tidbits: the possibility of an IAC-owned AOL; and the potential of online gaming.

Casual Gaming: An Untapped Market

At the first of the year, I wondered if 2007 or 2008 would be the year of the online game. 2007 is nearly gone, and not a peep out of anybody except the Casual Games Association, which says 150 million people play free, casual games online, outpacing game consoles, first-person shooter games, and massively multiplayer games.

MySpace Still Has Committed User Base

The casual social networker has probably figured out that Facebook, or even LinkedIn, is the place to be.  A number of people remain committed to MySpace, however, and that number actually appears to be growing.

MySpace To Launch Gaming Channel

MySpace is partnering with casual gaming company Oberon Media to create a new gaming channel on the social networking site.