Duke University School of Medicine and Virtual Heroes have entered into a partnership encompassing a broad range of initiatives to leverage interactive game technologies for medical education and training. The multi-faceted partnership will include initiatives in the following areas: healthcare team communication training, medical device and pharma product education, patient education, medical recertification, clinical trial education, CME courses and healthcare quality assurance training.

With the season finale of Discovery Channel’s hit series, “Deadliest Catch,” celebrating the life of Captain Phil Harris, Sig Hansen made a recent trek to E3 2010 during the off season to talk about his new Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos videogame from Crave Entertainment. The game will be available this October on PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and digitally on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Captain Hansen previously released Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm exclusively on Xbox 360. Hansen talks about his newest game in this exclusive interview.

The biggest PC game of 2009 is now heading to consoles this fall. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts is developing the critically-acclaimed The Sims 3 is in development for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS.  Millions embraced the launch of The Sims 3 on the PC/Mac last summer making it the biggest PC launch in EA’s history and going on to become to the #1 best-selling PC title in 2009. The groundbreaking The Sims franchise has continued to gain momentum, remaining a worldwide cultural touchstone for its enormous and growing fan base.

Electronic Arts announced that FIFA 10 Ultimate Team, the popular game mode expansion that creates a new way of playing the award-winning EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 10, is available now to download on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Videogame pioneer Will Wright, the creator of SimCity and Spore, will lead “Why Games are (Good) for Learning,” a discussion on how digital games encourage learning, on Wednesday, February 17, 6 – 7 p.m. at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University. The event, presented by the Games for Learning Institute (G4LI), is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required for entry and seating is limited. The event is co-sponsored by the NYU Game Center, Games for Change, and Microsoft Research.

We are coming to you live from SpikeTV's Video Game Awards 2009 in Los Angeles with host Jo Garcia, Playboy's 2008 Cybergirl of the Year. She's hot and our coverage will be hot so stay tuned here as we beam to you live video reports from the VGAs as we interview the top developers and, of course, celebrities on the Red Carpet, Backstage and in the Green Room. It all starts at 8pm Eastern Time.

Morgan Brown, one of Bang Camaro’s 10 to 20 lead singers, loves his videogames. But he loves his adoring female fans more. The heavy metal band that hails from Boston has a new record, Bang Camaro II, and a new deal with Electronic Arts‘ music label, Artwerk Music, which means even more exposure in videogames. The band’s new song, “Revolution,” is featured in The Sims 3.

While gamers might not be familiar with the band’s name, they’ve definitely heard their music in both Rock Band and Guitar Hero, as well as the PC game Titan Quest. And anyone who’s seen the band perform in a dingy rock club will remember them for both their music and their size. They take up the stage, literally, with 10 to 20 singers for every live show. Brown talks about the past, present and future of rock’s role in videogames, and why he won’t be playing Activision’s DJ Hero, in this exclusive interview.