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PS3 Games Get Price for Japan

Famitsu.com, the online arm of Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu, has announced pricing details on nine PS3 games. The games listed range in ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2006

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Sony Stock Takes Hit Over Concerns For PS3 Launch

Following concerns over the PS3 launch, a downgrading by Goldman Sachs, the announcement of launch delays in Europe, and reports of unpredictable hardware ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 4, 2006

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Mobile Gaming CEO Warns Against “Niche”

David Gosen, CEO of mobile firm I-Play, says that mobile gaming needs to avoid the console trap of creating games for a niche ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 4, 2006

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Nintendo Increases Profit Forecast

With strong sales of the DS, a weak Yen, and optimistic expectations for the launch of the Wii, Nintendo announced on Tuesday that ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 3, 2006

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Sony VP Predicts Digital Distribution Will Overtake Discs

Speaking with Gamesindustry.biz, Jamie MacDonald, VP of SCE Worldwide Studios Europe, predicted that the majority of games will be digitally distributed within five ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 3, 2006

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Industry Sponsored Study Finds Games Useful In Education

A study sponsored by industry giants Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Take Two has come to positive conclusions about using video games in an ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 3, 2006

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Foundation 9 Buys Shiny Entertainment

Completing the “final phase” of strategic restructuring, today Atari announced that Earthworm Jim developer Shiny Entertainment has been sold ot Foundation 9 for ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006

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Buy Zune Tunes with Microsoft Points

Next Generation has reported that users will be able to purchase music for Microsoft’s upcoming portable music player, Zune, with Microsoft Points. With ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006

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EA Acquires Digital Illusions

Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Digital Illusions CE (DICE), developers of the popular Battlefield franchise, as a fully integrated EA ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006

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Wii Preorders and Kiosks News

According to the Dallas Morning News, Gamestop announced during its annual sales conference that although they are not ready to begin taking preorders ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006

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Congress Passes Legislation Against Off-Shore Online Gambling

This weekend the U.S. House and Senate approved legislation that would prevent banks from processing transactions settling online bets made with offshore internet ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006

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Activision Q2 Report Better Than Expected, Still Down From ’06

Activision, gaming’s second largest publisher, today announced its Q2 fiscal year earnings report, beating analyst expectation despite a drop from FY ’06. Revised ...

By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2006

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