AUG. 15, 2007 • Blizzard Entertainment is being sued in the Beijing High People’s Court by Founder Electronics Co Ltd. The latter alleges that Blizzard is infringing on its copyrighted fonts. Founder is China largest font supplier with hundreds of multi-language fonts widely used in that market. Blizzard is being accused .....

AUG. 14, 2007 • These are momentous days for Sony Computer Entertainment of America. In what is arguably the PlayStation 3’s largest market, the system has trolled in third place far behind Nintendo’s surprising Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Neither has the PlayStation Portable had an easy time. In addition to competing with the ascendant Nintendo DS, retailers and consumers have openly questioned the utility of the PSP as a movie-playback device, impairing the performance of UMD form.....

AUG. 10, 2007 • Vivendi Games promoted Xochilt Balzola-Widmann lead its European retail business as executive VP and general manager. She will be responsible for expanding Vivendi’s retail footprint in all European regions. Balzola-Widmann had previously been responsible for Central Europe alone. Be.....

AUG. 7, 2007 • Although it had been expected that Microsoft Games would announce a price reduction for the Xbox 360 at E3 in July, the decision was finally made nearly a month later. Effective immediately, the Xbox 360 Pro was reduced from $399 to $349; the Core model dropped to $279 f.....

AUG. 31, 2007 • According to Nikkei Electronics technicians who disassembled several Xbox 360s, the problem afflicting the console, causing thousands of warranty repairs, is inadequate cooling for the graphics chipset. The heat sink for the chipset was judged too small for adequate cooling, an apparent design decision to allow for inclusion of the DVD drive within the system. The team took apart a Xbox 360 manufactured late in 2005. Subsequently, a separate unit that had been sent .....