EA Sports is hosting an 11-city tournament tour and an Xbox Live tournament for NASCAR 08. We spoke with EA Sports and Craftsman about this event and marketing partnership.

  Could Halo 3 be more popular than Guitar Hero III among casual gamers? The researchers at BrandIntel have noticed more than double the discussion volume around Halo 3 among casual communities.

  Hey, was your October good? Probably not as good as Activision's month. They were number one in sales, thanks in no small part to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which took the top slot for PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

  Created in the Era when Star Trek was good, Star Trek Conquest heads to retail.

  Codies is "firing on all cylinders,"says CEO Rod Cousens. Led by titles such as DiRT and Overlord, the publisher saw tremendous growth in the U.S. and had its best year ever.

  The Trauma Center publisher can now publish games on the Xbox 360, as it's become officially licensed as a third party for the console.

  Two of 2K Games' season of horror titles now offered together for the price of a single game.

  The classic tale heads to theatres as the game heads to retailers.

  The folks at SpikeTV are getting set to tape their fifth annual Video Game Awards. We caught up with two of their execs to discuss the evolution of the awards show.

  The North Carolina Technology Association has honored Epic Games as the "Large Company of the Year."The Gears of War developer beat out Accenture, Cisco, Red Hat and Microsoft Charlotte to win the award.