Video Games

'EA Sports Active' video game coming for exercising at home

A new trend in video games that is gaining weight -- and could help you lose some -- is the virtual personal trainer.

November 12, 2008

HEATHER NEWMAN

Gamers see trouble before 'World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King' launch

"World of Warcraft" is the country's most popular online world video game, drawing more than 11 million subscribers worldwide, each paying about $15 a month to play. The newest installment of the game, "Wrath of the Lich King," is set to debut tonight at 12:01 a.m.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

November 11, 2008

Michigan 'Warcraft' fans prepare to rearrange lives

Kettering University senior, Ryan Molitor, 21, above and below, doesn't expect to get much sleep when the new "World of Warcraft" video game comes out.

For fans of 'World of Warcraft,' the video game's newest installment will mean weeks of three to four hours of sleep a night to squeeze in playing time. Or three days of vacation from work taken solely to hole up in front of a computer and slay wyrms, giants and skeletons.

Photo gallery: 'World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'

Interview: 'World of Warcraft' production director J. Allen Brack

"World of Warcraft" rules America's online world. The Free Press talked with production director J. Allen Brack about everything from the reasons for the game's success since it first released four years ago, to what new technology people will be able to see in "Lich King" this week.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Review: 'Lich King' offers more of what players love

"World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King" gives "Warcraft" players more of what they love about the country's most popular online world game.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

October 24, 2008

'Biggest Loser' trainer brings routine to Wii

Jillian Michaels -- the brash, in-your-face personal trainer from NBC's "The Biggest Loser" -- is hoping you'll find that getting fit can literally be a game.

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