You know what they say about work and play, so even if Yahoo makes the eyes of Steve Ballmer, questioned by investors and the general abuse of Carl Icahn, here's a side project: you try to provide lots of free downloadable games.

About 400 things should be available later this year. What readers might consider taking - and what Yahoo hopes not - is that the games will be funded by advertising.

Superior technology providers, Double Fusion and NeoEdge will sell and integrate pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads in Yahoo! game catalog, "a statement said.

Save money and have fun, people will probably be able to ignore this detail. The real problem (Yahoo point of view) to click on ads - are the people who play free games that really interested in spending cash? - But all the income is a welcome revenue.

Now, to return a moment to something more serious, it seems gaming news did not have much stock of Yahoo - it is currently at 2.18 percent for the day.

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