Nintendo's new showcase, Microsoft's new hit, Sony's new order

This week Nintendo unveiled its lineup of upcoming titles for the year. Sony CEO Howard Stringer did some executive shuffling in an apparent effort to re-energize the consumer electronics company. Also, Microsoft got some good news from Japan, scoring a hit with its latest exclusive title, "Star Ocean: The Last Hope".

By Walaika Haskins

6 Mar 2009

There was some bad news for Gibson and THQ. The guitar maker's lawsuit charging Activision with copyright infringement was dismissed, while the game developer announced layoffs More about layoffs.

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