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All Boats Not Lifted In Video Games' Rise
Investor’s Business Daily (subscription) For the Wii and its motion-sensing controllers, Nintendo is coming out with Wii Sports Resort this spring. Activision, the largest third-party game software publisher, hopes to continue its market share gains with new music games, such as "DJ Hero," an … |
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Newsflash: Like everything else, games, too, should be consumed in …
West Island Chronicle, Canada With the possible exception of some Wii games or dancing simulators, gaming is still largely an immobile, sitting affair, which means you are not burning any calories or getting any exercise done while you stare at your flickering TV screen. … |
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PlayStation boss Kaz “Teflon” Hirai gets a promotion
San Jose Mercury News, USA The PlayStation 3 trails far behind arch-rival Nintendo’s Wii worldwide in total consoles sold and is in third place overall in North America, the biggest games market, trailing Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as well. And that’s not all. … 7 days in gaming: PSP-4000 Trojan horse? The Future Of Sony Electronics 24 Can Hannah Montana save the PSP in 2009? |
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Nintendo Reveals New Wii Controller
Tom’s Guide, CA It even shows a cord, meaning that it too will have to be tethered to a Wii Remote for use. It’sa curiously extraneous addition to the Wii hardware line up, but perhaps we’ll know differently once it launches in Japan sometime this summer. … |
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Struggling Sony combines PS3 & Vaio units
ITworld.com, MA I like my PS3, I primarily use it for bluray and the few exclusive games they offer, but after I bought my 360 and Wii ( out of lack of gaming frustration) my PS3 gets little attention.. Right now I am playing Killzone 2, which is a great game, … * Stringer to replace electronics head Chubachi as president Sony centers power at top in Stringer |
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Iwata Asks More about DSi
IGN, CA Both he and Matsushima worked on the Wii console and took their experiences to produce a friendly menu system for DSi. Matsushima felt that it was important that users understand the new items right away, so many of the features had to represent the … |
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10-K: ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
MarketWatch (press release) Games scheduled for release during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 include Guitar Hero: Metallica for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii in North America; Monsters vs. Aliens worldwide on multiple platforms; approximately 50 downloadable songs for Guitar Hero; … |
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New website recycles used games for chartity
Ars Technica, MA If you're not the collecting type, your used Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS, PSP, or other games could make a noticeable difference in saving a life. One of the more popular gaming charities, Child's Play, has raised more than $3.5 million dollars of toys, … |
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Saling The World: Yakuza 3 Heads Japanese Charts
Gamasutra, CA This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows: North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Wii Play (Nintendo), 3. My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft), 4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 5. … |
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High-tech bonding
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA "Parents will come in asking for those kinds of games." Popular video games include family party games, quiz games, karaoke and Wii games such as "Animal Crossing," Jameson says. Parents who were asked by the Entertainment Software Association about … |
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