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Reuters – Let the games begin.

AFP – A bomb explodes in a busy shopping street, leaving injured shoppers requiring rapid assistance — thankfully it is only on a computer screen, but it has a deadly serious purpose.

Reuters – Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had launched its first game for Apple Inc’s iPod, broadening its target hardware to the top-selling media player.

AP – Real news from the virtual world:

Investor’s Business Daily – Now televisions, digital cameras and game consoles commonly link to the world without those physical ties.

NewsFactor – Sony is feeling some gaming-division woes this week with a double PlayStation 3 whammy. First, Sony’s PlayStation Web site fell victim to SQL-injection attacks. Now Sony’s PS3 firmware update is turning some consoles into bricks.

Reuters – If “American Idol” and a modern fairy tale combined to create a video game, you’d get “Boogie SuperStar” — Electronic Art’s latest game for the Nintendo Wii system.

Reuters – British computer games retailer Game Group smashed first-half profit forecasts, boosted by new releases like Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit, but its shares slumped on concern that demand has peaked.

Reuters – Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS) Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp’s (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said.

PC Magazine – Sony pulls the latest update to its PlayStation 3 after users report problems large and small.