They appear regularly on the sports pages and on the three 24-hour cable channels devoted to online gaming news.
Razer's Edge was the most exciting gaming news out of CES 2013.
It's barely 2013, and already Valve's Steambox initiative is dominating gaming news.
Jeff Gerstmann is an editor at GameSpot, a gaming news site.
Perhaps with more attention from gaming news sites and other sources, Code Hunters can be more respected and honored for their innovation and leadership in CG as well.
If their history with Android is any indication, the app should evolve into an enjoyable portal for gaming news on multiple platforms, but tailored to Windows RT users.
Details of the deal are scant which led gaming news site MCV to speculate that Sony would use Gaikai to help with a future PlayStation 4 console.
Earlier this year, the gaming news site Computer and Video Games reported that Microsoft was planning an April event for the next Xbox, but it seems that date has been pushed to May.
Looking back at the decapitated goat scandal that was Sony's press event for God of War II, which hit British tabloids and gaming news last month, the freshly slaughtered skin may have been the least offensive part.
This is great news for the gaming community at large, but creates quite a headache for game publishers that have been doling out DRM-protected games for years now.
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For right now, it will be interesting to watch how the Xbox live community interacts with and responds to the idea of putting news on a gaming console.
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Bob Scucci, race and sports book manager for Boyd Gaming's (nyse: BYD - news - people ) Stardust Hotel-Casino, said Nevada gaming regulations restrict his firm to sports betting.
The news that the Unity gaming engine will be supported in Windows Phone 8 (as well as more traditional Windows 8 devices) is going to be welcomed by legions of gaming developers.
Moving downstream to the videogaming-retailing level, gurus also established a new position in Electronics Boutique (nasdaq: ELBO - news - people ), which announced in April that it was being acquired by rival gaming retailer GameStop (nyse: GME - news - people ).
Yet before the PS3 launched in November 2006, many respectable gaming pundits were convinced Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) would retain its decade-long domination of console gaming.
Like his competitors, Chernin is war-gaming what cell phones can do for News Corp.
Disney head Bob Iger was asked about gaming during the conference call discussing the news.
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Also look for news about 3-D gaming, which is taking a cue from the success 3-D has had in movie theaters.
Earlier this year Sony had to cut sales forecasts for its PlayStation Vita hand-held - analysts linked the news to the growth of gaming on smartphones and tablets.
Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant, right, makes a surprise appearance as 2K Sports producer Erick Boenisch looks on during a Sony Corporation news conference at the E3 Gaming Convention in Los Angeles, Monday, June 6, 2011.
That seems to be the question investors were looking to answer on Thursday as the embattled social gaming company saw its stock surge on news that it took the first steps to file for a gambling license in Nevada.
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News Corp has sold the online gaming site IGN to Ziff Davis parent company j2 Global.
The user can call up the central news feeds from different hardware and gaming sites via the now standard integrated Media-Grid.
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Updated: In the latest bad news for Zynga, the social gaming company cut full-year earnings expectations, sending the stock down sharply in late trading.
News like this is expected as gaming marches toward a digital only format, but the numbers are starting to add up, to the point where publishing giant EA has announced that digital sales of games and extra content will make up 20% of its revenue for the fiscal year.
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Within hours of the discoveries, news of the exploits spread to other gaming sites and social media networks.
VinaGame also faces struggles with juggling the distinct businesses of gaming, social media and an online music, news and entertainment portal.
"Nobody reads news reports about the wonderful and pleasant gaming aspects of Hello Kitty Island Adventure or Barbie's Beach Vacation, " said Whittle.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said something similar in his CES keynote, which led, tellingly, with the Xbox news followed by a presentation about mobile gaming.
The syndication model is common among entertainment-news sites such as E Online and gaming companies like Total Entertainment Network, which partner with portals, communities and other highly trafficked sites that repackage their goods for mass consumption.
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