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Updates on: Electronic Arts, One Laptop Per Child, game development, IBM, Brandeis

Game developer, Electronic Arts (EA), has announced donating its original 1989 classic, “SimCity”, to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project. — Tech Tree

NEW DELHI: If you have an idea to make learning fun, campuses are all game. And with scores of firms introducing educational games targeting school, colleges, besides management students and professionals alike, learning could be just fun. Companies in the education space — Educomp, NIIT, 24×7 learning, Gurukul Online, Applect Learning Systems and Tutorvista, to name a few — are either planning to launch or have launched education-based computer games. — Economic Times

IBM is working with Brandeis International Business School (IBS) to test “serious games,” video games designed  to help students build combined business and IT skills often required in today’s work environments. — Campus Technology