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When the sixth installment of "Gran Turismo" hits store shelves this holiday season for the PlayStation 3, it will include 1,200 cars, 33 tracks in 71 layouts, a new track editor with 10 square kilometers of scenery, and more ways to connect with friends and rivals.

Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health.

The Guthrie Theater today announced that Vincent Kartheiser , known to worldwide audiences as advertising executive Pete Campbell in the ongoing Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG Award-winning series "Mad Men", will be featured in the iconic role of Mr.

With no support from Electronic Arts, the Wii U just experienced its Dreamcast moment.

Lots of video games on the market are advertised as a fun way to get fit. Consumer Reports checked out five: Nike Plus Kinect Training, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013, Just Dance 4, U-F-C Trainer, and Zumba Core.

Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms.

The news comes as a blow to Nintendo on the day that it is due to unveil a fresh marketing strategy to boost interest in the Wii U. EA revealed in an interview with tech news site Kotaku that it had halted work on Wii U games.

If your kids are couch potatoes, an upcoming study in The Journal of Pediatrics recommends using "excer-gaming" to improve their health.

The May solicitations are out from Gentle Giant and the newest products are the Walking Dead Sophia Stalker Walker Zombie Mini Bust and The Star Wars Zuckuss Kenner Jumbo Figure.

A stormtrooper stands guard atop the entrance of Disney's Hollywood Studios during a past Star Wars Weekend at the theme park.

The Justice League helped a fighting game battle its way to the top. Also continuing signs that consumers are waiting for new video game systems on the way Superhero fighting game 'Injustice: Gods Among Us' became the first fighting game to top The NPD Group's monthly sales chart in two years.

Ever since the major video game platforms added motion-controlled gaming, players have been jumping off the couch and moving more than their trigger fingers.

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The new video game releases for June 2013 are shaping up quite nicely. Not only are we getting the Legendary Edition of Skyrim, but we're also seeing the release of two insanely anticipated games.

Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that the studio's acquired rights for the animated film, which will be developed, financed and produced by Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the addictive "Angry Birds" game.

Despite being just a hovering orb, Portal 2's Wheatley is arguably one of the greatest video game characters of all time.

Apocalyptic, catastrophic, devastating: All words used to describe chytrid fungus infections that are wiping out amphibians around the world, including hundreds of frog and salamander species.

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi made the announcement today at a Silverstone event held to celebrate 15 years of the series.

O.J. Simpson , the former football star famously acquitted of murder in 1995, took the witness stand in a Las Vegas courtroom on Wednesday seeking a new trial in an armed-robbery case that sent him to prison five years ago.

Microsoft is poised to kill off its Points system in favor of a new gift card system, according to a report published Wednesday from The Verge .