With the NPD group confirming that "Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars" sold an un-"GTA"-like 89,000 units between its March 17 launch and April 4, the question turns to gamers:

If you're a "GTA" fan who has purchased games like "Grand Theft Auto IV," but didn't buy "Chinatown Wars," why not?

"Mushroom Men" is keeping me hooked strictly because of its music. Read more...

I got a demo of the Xbox 360 and Wii version of Activision's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" video games today. I'll have more details tomorrow. For now, let me share two topics that should excite current and lapsed (like me) Transformers obsessives. Read more...

The NPD group has released video game hardware and software sales figures for March 2009. In them, you'll spot good news for "Resident Evil 5," "Halo Wars" and "Pokemon," and the notable absence of the Nintendo DS' "Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars" and 2K Sports' PS3 version of its baseball franchise. Read more...

Activision, the giant publisher of the upcoming "DJ Hero" game, claims that the backers of competing game "Scratch: The Ultimate DJ" have sued them only to distract attention from financial troubles. Read more...

Ubisoft's announcement earlier today that "Assassin's Creed II" is coming to "all current-generation platforms" later this year begged for clarification. Surely the series is returning to the XBox 360 and PS3, but what about the Wii? Reached for comment about whether "Assassin's Creed" fans should consider the Wii to be in the current gen, a Ubisoft spokseperson said: "We have only announced Xbox 360, PS3, PC and PSP."

Time Warner Cable took a step back today from its plans to expand testing of a new Internet billing plan that would charge consumers based on the amount of bandwidth they use. Read more...

Today's Lunchtime Video is about the company a lot of gamers love to hate these days, "Call of Duty" and "Guitar Hero" publisher Activision. I think it's too soon for gamers to brand them an Evil Empire, as some have. Why? Check out the video below for more details

(The video is after the jump today, because, well, the image we use for it might be unappealing to some.) Read more...

Implications of John Madden's retirement on the 21-year-old "Madden" gaming series are not yet clear. [UPDATE: EA has weighed in, saying that Madden's retirement won't affect his involvement with the "Madden" games]

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Rapper/actor Ice-T revealed his Xbox 360 Gamertag on last night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. He told the world his gamertag -- Lord 187x -- but said his friends list is at the 100-member limit. So don't send a request. Spying on his stats, it appears that he's cleared "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" at 100%, finished the tutorial of "Fallout 3," bailed early on "Assassin's Creed," played a lot of "Kane & Lynch" and even gave "The Club" a decent shot. [UPDATE: I forgot to mention his "BioShock" accomplishments: he finished the game but did not save all the Little Sisters.]