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Article: BEST GAME COMPANIES RALLY AROUND MICROSOFT XBOX.

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Many of the world's top game developers and publishers have demonstrated the momentum that is building around the launch of Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) future-generation video game console, Xbox, by announcing their intent to create and publish games for the new games platform. More than 150 companies from around the world --including Activision Inc., Bandai Co. Ltd., Capcom Co. Ltd., Eidos Interactive Ltd., Hudson Soft Co. Ltd, Infogrames, Konami Corp., Midway Home Entertainment Inc., Namco Limited, Sierra Studios and THQ -- pledged their support a full year ahead of the Xbox launch.

Microsoft celebrated the announcement in San Francisco by showcasing ...

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