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Guinness World Records book dedicated entirely to computer games cites feats of scoring, playing stamina, other trivia. If you think you spend too much time stuck in front of a computer screen, spare a thought for bleary-eyed gamer Eric Furrer. The Canadian holds the world record for…
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It took just 11 days for Super Smash Bros. Brawl to pass the million mark in Japan, game magazine publisher says. Nintendo sold 1.08 million units of its Super Smash Bros. Brawl software in 11 days since its January 31 launch in Japan, reaching the 1 million mark…
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Upcoming games such as Monopoly and Littlest Pet Shop are part of Electronic Arts’ push to aim for a broader audience. Electronic Arts on Monday announced upcoming games based on popular Hasbro properties such as Monopoly and Littlest Pet Shop, an important part of its push to…
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PFF’s Adam Thierer says the state’s decision is a troubling harbinger for makers and users of electronic game technologies. Should video gamers be taxed for playing too much Guitar Hero or bowling on their Nintendo Wii? Some lawmakers in New Mexico apparently think so, and they’ve introduced a…
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Reports said the media conglomerate had offered $1.5 billion for the maker of the popular Grand Theft Auto games franchise. Media conglomerate Viacom is not in talks to buy video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, disputing reports of an…
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There’s a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV? Clear your mind. Now, create a mental picture around the words “energy executive.” Then do the same around “Internet employee.” In the first…
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Expansion into mobile Web services includes N-Gage gaming service and “Share on Ovi” social-networking site. Nokia , the world’s largest cell phone maker, started to roll out its online gaming service N-Gage on Tuesday as it expands into mobile Internet services. Nokia also opened its social-networking site…
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The Fox primetime series Don’t Forget the Lyrics will get some casting help from a new companion online game. The Fox primetime series Don’t Forget the Lyrics will get some casting help from a new companion online game being developed by the show’s producer, RDF USA, a unit…
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Simulation in Electronic Arts’ video game predicts Pats will beat Giants by eight points in Sunday’s NFL championship. The New England Patriots will beat the New York Giants by a score of 38-30 in the Super Bowl, at least according to the popular Madden NFL 08 football video…
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Video game from Take-Two lands the first “game of the year” prize from Game Critics Awards judges. BioShock, which captivated video game fans with its tale of an underwater utopia gone wrong, took the top honor from the Game Critics Awards on Thursday. Released last August…
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Despite delaying two games, company keeps revenue estimates in line with Wall Street targets due to strong sales of Rock Band. Top video game publisher Electronic Arts lowered its profit forecast Thursday as it delayed Mercenaries 2 and a new Battlefield title, sending its shares down 6 percent….
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Film scheduled for July release is basis for game being developed by Brash Entertainment. Brash Entertainment is developing a video game based on the upcoming movie Space Chimps, from Vanguard Animation and Starz Media. The Chimps game, which has been in development for more than a year,…
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Games help resuscitate careers of many film and TV actors, whose distinctive voices can make them a hot commodity the game world. You may know actor Keith David for starring opposite Kurt Russell in the 1982 horror film The Thing or for his Tony Award-winning role in the…
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Holiday demand for cameras, camcorders helps and game division revives, but concern over U.S. economy, rising yen lingers. Sony, maker of PlayStation game gear and Vaio PCs, posted a small rise in quarterly operating profit and cut its outlook as weaker markets eat into its investments and a…
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Viewers will be able to download up to 10 bingo cards a day on GSN.com, then play along with the broadcast. GSN is launching Bingo America, a new 40-episode half-hour interactive game show series to be hosted by actor Patrick Duffy. Bingo America combines elements of…
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Studio signs deal to create and merchandise virtual goods in teen-centric online community based on films such as Mean Girls. Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment and Habbo, the teen-centric virtual world, have inked a deal to create and merchandise virtual goods based on at least three of the studio’s…
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Sony Computer Entertainment America is offering popular MTV programming on the Universal Media Disc for PSPs, marking the first collaboration between Sony and a major TV content provider. The Universal Media Disc, a proprietary format for Sony’s PlayStation Portable, failed as a movie format. But Sony’s continued attempts…
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Holiday sales of the Wii and DS game consoles help company more than double fourth-quarter operating profit. Robust holiday sales of its Wii and DS game machines helped Nintendo more than double its quarterly operating profit and prompted it to raise its outlook above market expectations. Operating…
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Take-Two Interactive Software will release the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV video game on April 29. Take-Two Interactive Software said Thursday that it will release the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV video game on April 29, sending its shares up about 11 percent. The announcement lays…
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New German law that bans online gaming and most betting said by EU to thwart foreign gaming-market competition. The European Commission is set to step up legal action against Germany next week for thwarting foreign competition in the country’s gaming markets, sources with knowledge of the decision said…
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Consumer spending for console and portable games netted $8.64 billion, a 34 percent increase from 2006, with Halo 3 in the lead. DVD sales might have slipped in 2007, but another key segment of the home entertainment market had a banner year: video games. Sales of video…
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Kinesiology student and colleagues monitor heart rates and exertion during three types of activity, including Wii boxing. Canadian students have given each other a Wii workout to see if the top-selling video game console can get couch potatoes to work up a sweat. Twenty-eight students at Dalhousie…
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A microphone the company planned to start selling in Japan for the new service did not meet Skype specifications, forcing the delay. Sony said on Wednesday it is delaying the planned introduction in late January of a Skype Web phone service for PlayStation Portable users in Japan due…
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While new digital music services struggle to convince music fans to pay $1 for a single, downloadable tracks for video games are flying off the digital shelves. In the two months since MTV Networks and Harmonix released the music-based video game Rock Band, players have purchased and…
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Survey shows that strike has cut TV viewership, turning people to other forms of entertainment. Even reading has gotten a boost. The Hollywood writers strike looks like a boon for the DVD and video game industries. According to a survey released Thursday from new-media consultancy company Interpret,…
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Last year’s string of A-list titles will be a hard act to follow, but several games set for release soon will give it their best shot. Video gamers, finally emerging from the pixilated haze brought on by last year’s bumper crop of best-selling titles, are now turning their…
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Searching for new sources of revenue, music industry watches with interest as players of the video game download lots of music. It looks like MTV’s Rock Band video game is the new jukebox hero. Players of the rock music simulator have downloaded more than 2.5 million songs…
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Amid fears of growing Internet addiction as the number of players soar, state media says the country will issue new rules. China said it would issue new rules cracking down on “undesirable” elements of online games amid fears of growing Internet addiction as the number of players soar,…
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