Japan's video game market shrank last year: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Japan's video game market shrank last year: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Japan's video game market shrank for the first time in four years in 2008 in the absence of new console launches, a report said Tuesday.

Wii Sports Best Selling Video Game Ever? (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The console game Wii aficionados literally can't live without is now unofficially the top selling video game ever. That game would be Wii Sports, a hodgepodge of Mii-infested no-frills sports games that comes with every single Wii, desired or no.

Cedar Hill music teacher uses video game to motivate, instruct students (Jefferson City News Tribune)
Terry Lloyd, above at left, the music teacher at Cedar Hill Elementary School, works with third-grade student, Lizzie Cremer, 9, as they use a Wii video game controller to play a ukulele, one of the numerous musical instruments in a Wii music game.

Video game market shrinks (The Courier Mail)
JAPAN'S video game market shrank for the first time in four years in 2008 in the absence of new console launches.

Video Game Industry Veterans Launch Azo Studios (GameSpy)
Nick Koziupa, Brian Westergaard, and Dave Eberly form new studio. Video game industry veterans Nick Koziupa, Brian Westergaard, and Dave Eberly have announced the launch of Azo Studios . The studio plans to develop video game titles and middleware solutions for console systems, personal computers, and handheld devices.