(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard's quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the video game publisher lost fewer "World of Warcraft" subscribers than it did a quarter ago.

(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the video game publisher lost fewer "World of Warcraft" subscribers than it did a quarter ago.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington.

(Reuters) - Electronic Arts invested more money and firepower into "Star Wars: The Old Republic" than it has on any game in its 30-year history. Starting today, the company will find out if the bet pays off.

(Reuters) - Electronic Arts invested more money and firepower into "Star Wars: The Old Republic" than it has on any game in its 30-year history. Starting today, the company will find out if the bet pays off.

(Reuters) - Electronic Arts invested more money and firepower into "Star Wars: The Old Republic" than it has on any game in its 30-year history. Starting today, the company will find out if the bet pays off.

(Reuters) - Electronic Arts invested more money and firepower into "Star Wars: The Old Republic" than it has on any game in its 30-year history. Starting today, the company will find out if the bet pays off.

Zynga, having reaped billions of dollars in virtual currency with hit Facebook games such as FarmVille, is now hoping to harvest real cash from Wall Street.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game companies want to turn gamers from one-time purchasers into subscribers who generate a steady and predictable revenue stream to boost business and protect against economic uncertainty.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard <ATVI.O> Chief Executive Bobby Kotick told Reuters that stores may face a shortage of its new children's game this holiday season and tried to cast doubt on a rival's upcoming game that analysts say could eat into Activision's user base.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard <ATVI.O> Chief Executive Bobby Kotick told Reuters that stores may face a shortage of its new children's game this holiday season and tried to cast doubt on a rival's upcoming game that analysts say could eat into Activision's user base.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - People looking for Activision Blizzard's <ATVI.O> new children's game "Skylanders" this holiday season may be out of luck after the game sold better than expected, the video game maker's top executive said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - People looking for Activision Blizzard's <ATVI.O> new children's game "Skylanders" this holiday season may be out of luck after the game sold better than expected, the video game maker's top executive said on Monday.

(Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest Internet company by revenue, reported its slowest profit growth in four years, missing analysts' estimates on softer growth in its casual games and lower margins due to increased investments.

(Reuters) - China's leading daily-deals website Lashou Group plans to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq to expand its marketing efforts and delivery systems, according to a filing to the stock exchange.

The complex trojan aims to steal digital currency and use infected computers for Bitcoin mining.. A new Mac OS X trojan being distributed on torrent sites like Paratypic aims to steal Bitcoin virtual currency, security researchers are warning.The malware, called DevilRobber, is bundled inside several Mac applications made available by attackers on file-sharing networks, including a Mac OS X image editing app called GraphicConverter version 7.4, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at anti-virus (AV) firm Sophos, said in a blog post Saturday. Once on a machine, the malware attempts to steal a user's Bitcoin digital wallet.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zynga is betting a new crop of games and a self-run Internet service will help it fend off rivals and reduce its reliance on Facebook as it prepares to mount a hotly anticipated IPO.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zynga is betting a new crop of games and a self-run Internet service will help it fend off rivals and reduce its reliance on Facebook as it prepares to mount a hotly anticipated IPO.

Chinese Internet giant Tencent has launched an English version of its Twitter-like microblogging service in a push to tap the overseas market, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.