Nerdvana: Sony has announced that the venerable PlayStation 2 game system will be available for $99.99 starting April 1.

Capcom’s highly anticipated Street Fighter IV is coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation3 and PC early next year. GameStop is offering a bonus headband for pre-ordering the game, and they are saying the game will ship on Feb. 3 - though I can’t seem to confirm that date with any other source.

A man robbed a Mesa video game store Thursday after pretending he wanted to buy games, police said.

Buyers began lining up before dawn Wednesday, laying beneath tents or atop cots outside major East Valley retailers in anticipation of this weekend’s releases of the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii gaming consoles. But most said they weren’t doing it for the love of gaming.

Promenade, the 87-acre shopping center on the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard in Scottsdale, is filling up more spots in its newly completed retail section.

Goodwill of Central Arizona plans to open its first retail store in Gilbert on Friday at the northwest corner of Gilbert and Guadalupe roads. The not-for-profit snagged Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Robby Hammock to welcome shoppers from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

CASA GRANDE — A Casa Grande man who is a former U.S. Border Patrol agent created and patented a video game controller for people with severe spinal cord injuries.

Little Aliana, age 3, states simply what her mommy’s passion is.

Xan LaPointe, general manager of a Scottsdale Best Buy, has seen people camp out overnight for a product release before, but never for days on end.

NEW YORK - Gaming fanatics turned out overnight across the country to buy up Microsoft's Xbox 360 as it went on sale today. GameStop, EB Games and Best Buy opened hundreds of stores across the country for midnight launch events.

NEW YORK — In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?