Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts was asked this morning whether he learned any secret handshakes during his first Major League Baseball owners meeting at the O'Hare Hilton. "No secret handshake," Ricketts replied with a slight grin. Either...

In this article: Bud Selig, Cubs, Tribune Co, Major League Baseball, and Baseball

CHICAGO - Baseball plans to cut down on off days during the postseason next year. Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday he 's working on tightening up the 2010 playoff schedule so there will be fewer gaps between games. AP Photo FILE -...

In this article: Bud Selig, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series, Mike Scioscia, New York Yankees, Angels, Revenue, and Mark Attanasio

For starters, most of the categories seem pretty on point, with eight noms for Uncharted 2 , seven for Batman: Arkham Asylum , and six for both Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 , which all seem pretty deserving. Furthermore, we don't want...

In this article: Uncharted 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2, Savaging, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Blu-ray, Killzone 2, and PS3

...Ward, Naughty Dog , Rocksteady Studios and Valve. Vying for Best Music Game are "DJ Hero," " Guitar Hero 5," "LEGO Rock Band " and "The Beatles: Rock Band." Bill Murray , Hugh Jackman , Samuel L. Jackson , Shia LaBeouf and Vin Diesel are up...

In this article: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Game of the Year, Spike TV, All rights reserved, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, Valve, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tricia Helfer

...a while now. It took a while, but Ambrella finally made a WiiWare game where you not only get to play Pokemon , you get to beat up other Pokemon in real time. It's sweet for a while, but if a Pokemon's life is as repetitive and mindless as...

In this article: Pokemon, My Pokemon Ranch, Ambrella, Wii, Pikachu, and Small Soldiers

...WiiWare service, Pokemon Rumble is an action game in which you control Toy Pokemon (referred to as " Pokemon ") and take on wave after wave of other Pokemon in a variety of stages. You can befriend some of the defeated Pokemon along the way,...

In this article: Pokemon, Nintendo, ESRB, World of Goo, Nyx, David Crane, Activision, Wii, and Skyworks Interactive

Published: Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 8:40 p.m. MST E-mail story It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along. Your name and e-mail address are...

In this article: Tiger Woods, Down Under, Golf, Australia, E mail, and Australian Masters

...about the time I started covering Irvine 's Blizzard Entertainment,which had just a few hundred employees. Seems like yesterday. WoW , Blizzard 's first and only massively multiplayer game, wasn't expected to be a huge success. The company...

In this article: World of Warcraft, Blizzard, Sam "Samwise" Didier, BlizzCon, Warcraft, Warcraft, Glider, El Pollo Loco, Sony Online Entertainment, and Fry's Electronics

Search post-gazette.com: Golf Roundup: Woods falters with 72 Falls into three-way tie at Aussie Masters Tiger Woods has been saying since he first showed up on the PGA Tour that he plays only to win. Lately, he has been making just...

In this article: Tiger Woods, Golf, Hong Kong Open, Dubai World Championship, Australian Masters, and Lorena Ochoa Invitational

...a.m. to repair a compound fracture to my right ankle, which included two screws and a cast. I play and teach golf as a profession. Golf is a game of ethics. There are no referees, judges, umpires. It's a game of rules, honesty and integrity...

In this article: Golf and Surgery

Search post-gazette.com: Golf Roundup: Woods up three in Aussie Masters Fires second-round 68 for 36-hole lead Tiger Woods shot a 68 in the second round of the Australian Masters to build a three-shot lead going into the weekend in...

In this article: Tiger Woods, Golf, Justin Leonard, Australian Masters, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Post-Gazette, PGA, PGA Tour, Yusaku Miyazato, and George McNeill

...titles during the BMO Capital Markets conference in New York , Microsoft 's COO of interactive entertainment Dennis Durkin revealed Halo 3: ODST has sold over 3 million copies to date since its release on September 22, 2009. Durkin didn't...

In this article: Halo 3: ODST, Microsoft, NPD, Borderlands, Halo 3, Halo, Master Chief, Xbox 360, and North America

...online business model will ever translate into the publisher's other major franchises, such as Guitar Hero and Call of Duty. While Tippl said WoW 's model is difficult to replicate, players should expect new montization models for its...

In this article: Call of Duty, Activision, World of Warcraft, Blizzard, Guitar Hero, PlayStation Network, and Bobby Kotick

...around Northrend? Wish you had something to give you some unconditional love after a hard day's spell-casting? Well, now denizens of World of Warcraft can get their very own pets to keep them company. But forget boring old cats, dogs or...

In this article: World of Warcraft, Dog, and Blizzard

Send a link to this post ' Guitar Hero , WoW & World At War Give Activision Better Than Expected Q3' via email: Things are lookin' up for old Activision Blizzard. The publisher announced today that business is good, better than expected,...

In this article: Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Activision, Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty, and U.S.

...office Thomas Tipple highlighted the company's outlook for 2010, and confirmed a slew of new titles, including a new Call of Duty and Guitar Hero game. "In 2010, Activision publishing is expected to release a strong product line of...

In this article: Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Modern Warfare, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty, Treyarch, and Spiderman

7 hours ago on Joystiq Playstation: European PSN releases for November 5 7 hours ago on Joystiq Nintendo: Joyswag: Wii Fit Plus and a Wii Fit Plus shirt 8 hours ago on Joystiq Nintendo: USK: Phoenix Wright holding court on Wii 22...

In this article: Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Activision, Wii, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Revenue, North America, Europe, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

...and their president and CEO suggests the company may have missed a critical opportunity to deliver its 'next thing'. Is Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Terrorist Gameplay Artful? An unsanctioned video clip from Activision 's forthcoming...

In this article: World of Warcraft, NetEase, China, Ministry of Culture, Iphone, Mmorpg, Sony, Activision Blizzard, Blizzard, and Warcraft