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NewsFactor - Electronic Arts is daring gamers to test the limits of their imagination with the latest game debut from its Maxis studio.

AFP - The world’s largest videogame company is continuing its quest to buy “Grant Theft Auto” publisher Take-Two Interactive Software despite repeated rejection of a two-billion-dollar offer.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The entry-level slider phone from Sony Ericsson includes motion sensors that will act like the Nintendo Wii.

AFP - Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a Wii-like handset which allows users to play games using the phone as a motion sensor.

Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc on Tuesday again extended its $2 billion takeover offer for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc , but Take-Two again rejected the bid as too low.

Reuters - New Line is putting “Gears of War” in motion, setting Len Wiseman (”Live Free or Die Hard”) to direct the video-game adaptation.

PC World - Sony will add Google searches to the menu of its PlayStation Portable with a new firmware update available soon, it said…

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TechWeb - InformationWeek - Now playing: HDTV movies in your home, with a little help from Apple TV, Blu-ray, Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu, and Xbox Live Marketplace.

NewsFactor - The economy may be trending downward, but video-game software and hardware sales in the U.S. keep going up. Game sales are up 37 percent over the same time last year, according to the NPD Group, a leading market-research firm. Hardware sales are up 34 percent.