The Nintendo Wii may not spark an exercise fad, but, in at least one well-publicized case, it may be leading to some welcome weight loss. Also this week, we stopped by Intel, which was showing off its latest chip, Penryn. [See the full post…]

The World Series of Video Gamers, sponsored by Intel, was a smash hit at CES. Gaming is one of the fastest growing areas in the entertainment industry, and thanks to Intel’s Core2Duo processors and the next generation of Core2Extreme and [See the full post…]

Sports and technology were on display at ESPN’s stage at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. In recent years, the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” has implemented podcasts, blogs and interactive video on its popular website and in video games created [See the full post…]

Video game developer 2K Sports unveiled a playable Xbox 360 version of its latest major league baseball game, MLB 2K7, at CES 2007. In this podcast, PodTech’s Rio Pesino talks to 2K Sports Marketing Coordinator Alex Hayden about improvements made [See the full post…]

Video game company Activision unveiled a playable version of Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 at CES 2007. The popular guitar rhythm game is only available in a version released a few months ago for the Sony Playstation 2, [See the full post…]

Sony’s Playstation 3 was not the only gaming console making an appearance at CES 2007. The Playstation Portable was on display as well, with Sony showing off the PSP’s new “Remote Play” function with the PS3 and the PSP’s compatibility [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 27, 2006 (PodTech News) — The past year saw significant changes in the world of video gaming. In recent months, both Sony and Nintendo released new consoles (the Playstation 3 and the Wii), while earlier on, Microsoft’s [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 12, 2006 (PodTech News) — In the news today, Nintendo’s Wii surprises the world with its first lawsuit — it’s not an injury! In Vienna, Mozart’s works have been brought into the digital age, and they’re now [See the full post…]

Kim Sacha is one of the top Zuma players (a popular game on Xbox 360) in the world and she shows us how she does it. Why is this important? Because casual gamers are turning out to be an important [See the full post…]

NVIDIA officially announces the release of its new NForce motherboard and GForce graphics cards in this podcast. Click here for transcript.

At NVIDIA‘s Reality Redefined event, gamer Chad “DJ Gooky” Dutcher spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino. Dutcher gave his thoughts on the new GForce 8800 graphics card, his plans on becoming a pro gamer and where he sees PC gaming headed [See the full post…]

Gaming clan Team Hot came out victorious in a Battlefield 2142 tournament at NVIDIA‘s GForce LAN party, which was held during the company’s Reality Redefined event in San Jose, Calif. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with the team about their victory [See the full post…]

Sony’s NBA 07 is one of several launch titles on display at the Sony Store. PodTech’s Rio Pesino went one-on-one with Sony’s Alex Armour to discuss some of the unique features of Sony’s basketball game during the Sony PS3 Launch [See the full post…]

PodTech’s Rio Pesino got his game on with Sony’s Sheila Bryson at the company’s Playstation 3 Launch event at the Metreon in San Francisco. In this podcast, we go hands-on with the PS3 interface and Bryson gives her thoughts on [See the full post…]

Hundreds of people are lined up outside the Sony Metreon in San Francisco, hoping to buy a Sony PS3 gaming console, which will go on sale across the country at midnight. With so many people already in line, even before [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, November 8, 2006 (PodTech News)–Sony launches the PlayStation 3 later this month — its most important product launch in years. Featuring Blu-ray technology and other features, the new device has a lot is riding on it. Sony Computer [See the full post…]

A Symantec Security Response podcast focused on information-stealing programs designed to gather account information for online games. The goal of this podcast is to help you better understand the threats these programs pose to more than just your online game [See the full post…]

In the video game world, there is this idea that games are just for boys. That’s not the case in today’s gaming realm. Recent reports have revealed that 20-percent of “hardcore” gamers are women and that two-thirds of roughly 117 [See the full post…]

Remedy Entertainment’s action-thriller video game Alan Wake was shown running on Intel’s quad-core CPU’s at the Intel Developer Forum. Remedy Development Director Marcus Maki spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about playing the game on quad-core processors in part one of [See the full post…]

Advertisers are using the Internet to place up-to-date ads in video games. “Dynamic Advertising” is designed to implement fresh, new ads in games. Justin Townsend, CEO of in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about dynamic ads [See the full post…]

Will mobile games ever be at the same level as portable gaming devices such as the Nintendo DS or Playstation Portable (PSP)? At CTIA Wireless 2006, PodTech’s Rio Pesino asked Martha Ng, Business Development Manager of mobile game maker Funmobile, [See the full post…]

Video game developer Hudson, well known for its Bomberman series, showed off some of its new games at CTIA Wireless 2006 in Los Angeles. John Greiner is president of Hudson. He spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the rapid growth [See the full post…]

MENLO PARK, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Nintendo has received its first batch of CPU’s for the Wii gaming console. Named “Broadway,” the chips are manufactured by IBM and are key to Wii’s architecture. IDC Senior Industry Analyst IdaRose [See the full post…]

The release of Sony’s next-gen gaming console, Playstation 3, has been pushed back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia. The PS3 was previously scheduled to launch worldwide in November. PodTech’s Rio Pesino talked with [See the full post…]

Research analyst firm Wedbush Morgan Securities released a report predicting modest growth in video game sales. The company also raised its expectations for the Nintendo Wii and downgraded its prediction for the Sony Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. WMS’s Michael [See the full post…]