A very busy summer for poker in Las Vegas, both at the World Series of Poker and elsewhere, has become even busier with Caesars Palace's creation of its new Mega Stack Series. The series increases competition for the deep stack...
Yesterday Pokerstars.com held their monthly $500 buy-in version of the Sunday Millions Tournament which brought about a prize pool of $1,559,500.As in many weeks, the players agreed to chop the final prize five ways and play it out for the
Sumner Redstone-controlled Midway Games is looking for a new CEO as it struggles to become profitable and develop into a major industry player. The video game company said Thursday that Matthew Booty, who most recently served as senior vp worldwide
Amazon is lending its digital music service as a special feature for the much-anticipated upcoming videogame "Grand Theft Auto IV," allowing gamers to download music discovered via the game's soundtrack.
Atari named Jim Wilson president and CEO effective immediately, the struggling video game company said Monday. Wilson takes over the CEO duties overseen by Curtis Solsvig III, Atari's chief restructuring officer since October 2007.
The Nasdaq hardly budged last month but many new-media stocks flew considerably higher, and video games deserve much of the credit. Among those high-fliers was perennial loser Midway Games, the Sumner Redstone-controlled company that has lost 90% of its value
Shareholders of Take-Two Interactive Software re-elected the board of the video-game publisher on Thursday, signaling support of directors' efforts to fend off a $2 billion takeover bid by rival Electronic Arts.
MTV Games announced that fans of its hit console title "Rock Band" will now be able to download full albums, beginning with Judas Priest's heavy metal classic "Screaming for Vengeance."
Video game firm SCi Entertainment is continuing to look for a possible capital injection in talks with current minority investor Time Warner and others, according to sources.
Sales of video game hardware, software and paraphernalia are booming, but against this backdrop, Electronic Arts has lowered its per-share bid to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software.
The Canadian 9-Ball Tour - Event VII, Bourbon Street Billiards, Winnipeg, Manitoba The Canadian 9-Ball Tour presented by Indigo Chapters bookstores and Cineplex Entertainment brought only eight men back for play on Sunday morning at Bourbon Street Billiards. Of these
Junior National Qualifier / Houston, TXby InsidePOOL StaffEleven-year-old Joey Torres, pool-playing prodigy, made his way through a 22-player field at Bogies Billiards in Houston, TX, to earn a ticket to the Junior Nationals in Tucson, AZ. In the quarterfinals, Torres
Fans and pro players alike, everyone knows the inevitable was coming. Pool's most powerful pro continent is sending a true force to be reckoned with, as none other than pool master and maestro Efren Reyes leads Asia into Las Vegas
10-Ball Desert Shootout / Tempe, AZby Skip MaloneyVeteran billiard player Johnny Archer struggled through some middle matches in the 10-Ball Desert Shoot-Out but roared back in the double-elimination finals to defeat Mika "Iceman" Immonen twice and take home the $12,500
Just about every day, a staff member at Viking Tour gets asked the following question: Do you have a health insurance program for player members or business associate members? Beginning this month, the answer is yes!The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Parsippany, NJby Skip MaloneyIn a true double-elimination final match on the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour in Parsippany, NJ, Dan Heidrich withstood a strong attack that put him on the brink of defeat. He rallied in
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Greensboro, NCMike Fuller worked his way through a field of 40 entrants on the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour stop at Fast Eddie's in Greensboro, NC, the weekend of April 26-27. He sent Larry
