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Reuters – Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc posted a larger-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday and its shares fell nearly 3 percent.

AP – Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects fiscal 2009 profit and sales to grow sharply, fueled by upcoming games such as “Spore,” “Mirror’s Edge” and “Dead Space.”

Reuters – Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc posted a narrower quarterly loss on Tuesday and said its highly anticipated game Spore would debut on September 7.

AP – Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV ? even though it’s turned off.

PC Magazine – For a limited time, Microsoft is offering free online multiplayer on Xbox 360/Games for Windows titles that offer Live cross-platform play.

AP – The video-game universe is bursting with cuddly animals. Characters like Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet, Daxter, Sly Cooper and the entire Pokemon family have built solid careers on a mix of athleticism and adorability. And they’re all much cuter than their real-life counterparts.

Reuters – Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against five Japanese firms for importing and selling equipment that enables illegal game programs to be played on Nintendo’s popular DS portable video game player.

TechWeb – InformationWeek – Online games developer Cryptic Studios plans to unveil video footage of the game at the upcoming Star Trek convention in Las Vegas on Aug. 10.

PC World – A new PlayStation 3 console was approved by the U.S. FCC last week, according to the agency’s online filings database.

Reuters – Record first-half sales of video and computer games got a big boost from Rockstar Games’ “Grand Theft Auto IV” and Activision’s “Guitar Hero III.”