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It seems that the PlayStation 3 Slim is having quite the impact on all the significant videogames markets. In Japan, the console is said by gaming magazine Famitsu to have moved around 150,000 units to gamers in the first three days. And now GamesIndustry.biz is saying that sales of the Sony made home gaming console ... |
9 September 2009
15:41 GMT |
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It was clear from the moment it was first rumored that the new version of the PlayStation 3 from Sony would make a big impact on the gaming world. After all, if only the initial promises of a lower profile, better power consumption and more efficient ventilation were fulfilled, gamers would have been interested in th... |
8 September 2009
06:49 GMT |
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Nintendo is clearly very fond of white. When the Wii home gaming console was initially launched in 2006, the Japanese manufacturer was talking about offering it in a variety of colors, including eye-popping red and mellow green, but it took it about 3 years just to move away from white and towards the other non color... |
2 September 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Activision Publishing, one of the biggest videogame publishers in the world, has announced that it plans to release a game called Rapala: We Fish for the Nintendo Wii. The title will be taking advantage of the unique motion tracking capabilities of the Nintendo-made home console in order to create a fishing experienc... |
2 September 2009
02:25 GMT |
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Reggie Fils-Aime, the man who heads up Nintendo of America, has announced that Wii Fit Plus is set to be released on October 4 in the United States. The game will be packaged with a Balance Board and will be retailing for a suggested 100-dollar price.The announcement came at a conference that GameStop organized in La... |
1 September 2009
08:15 GMT |
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Does the price really matter? At one end, the answer seems to be yes. After all, Amazon has announced that it will have some issues shipping all the PlayStation 3 Slim consoles that have been pre-ordered, at the same time limiting each consumer to one purchase, and Microsoft has been very quick to cut the price of th... |
31 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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In September, both the Xbox 360 Elite from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 Slim from Sony will be retailing for the price of 299 dollars, which is 100 lower than in August. A cut of one third of the price of gaming consoles is pretty significant however you look at it and the impact on the videogame industry will lik... |
31 August 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Sony has long struggled to actually position the PlayStation 3 and its overall home console business in a way that truly connected to gamers. Initially, the PS3 was said to be a “gamer's console,” offering power and exclusive titles.Then, it all became a “multimedia center,” which focused... |
28 August 2009
04:54 GMT |
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It all began with the Wiimote and the Nunchuk, the two controllers that allow the Wii to work its motion-tracking magic and attract towards videogames people who might otherwise be totally put off by the complexity of a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 standard controller. But Nintendo did not stop there.Wii Fit is partly s... |
27 August 2009
14:01 GMT |
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With the PlayStation 3 Slim announced by Sony at Gamescon and confirmed as arriving on most markets on September 1, a lot of people are now wondering how Microsoft and Nintendo, the two rivals of the Japanese manufacturer, are preparing to respond to the new hardware unveiled and to the price cut attached to it. We m... |
26 August 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest companies in gaming today, thanks to its permanent innovation and the fact that it manages to market its products extremely well, no matter how strange they may look or feel. But with the recently announced Wii Vitality Sensor, which was introduced to gamers at this year's Electro... |
12 August 2009
04:37 GMT |
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Harmonix and MTV Games are announcing that Gorillaz, the band put together by Damon Albarn from Blur, is set to contribute its first tracks to the Rock Band Music Store during this week, on dates depending on the system on which you plan to get them. Alongside three songs from the virtual band, players will also be a... |
11 August 2009
14:31 GMT |
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As the data released by the NPD Group showed, the month of June registered a drop of 31% in the amount of money customers in the United States spent on videogames. But a different set of indicators, this time coming from Nielsen, is showing that even as spending plummeted, the amount of time that players spent with t... |
11 August 2009
13:11 GMT |
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The numbers that the NPD Group releases related to hardware and videogame sales on the North American market are expected towards the end of the week and industry analysts are projecting that they will again be disappointing, with sales going down by 22% overall when compared with July 2008.Michael Pachter, who is an... |
11 August 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Another week brings on another set of charts for videogames and hardware sales from the Japanese market. And after three weeks at the top, Dragon Quest IX, the newest role playing game from Square Enix, has been dethroned by a new release, Monster Hunter 3 from Capcom. As a side effect, the success of the fresh title... |
10 August 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers on the market but in recent years, its archrival, Activision, is consistently making more money than it, prompting the executives in charge of it and its various labels to come up with new strategies. One such plan is the push on the hugely popular Nintendo Wii platfo... |
10 August 2009
02:47 GMT |
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At this year's E3 trade show, both Sony and Microsoft tried to woo gamers and developers by presenting motion tracking solutions. Project Natal from the latter will allow players to use hand gestures and no controller to guide their gaming experience, while the new wand and camera system from the former will per... |
7 August 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest companies active in gaming at the moment. Not only has the Japanese corporation taken the world by storm thanks to its hugely successful franchises like Mario or The Legend of Zelda, but its newest lineup of hardware, in the form of the Nintendo DS and Wii, have broken sales records for... |
7 August 2009
02:18 GMT |
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Activision's Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest and most profitable video game series in the world. Already up to five full-fledged installments, the series is gearing up to receive the biggest one yet, in the form of the direct sequel to the award-winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. But even thou... |
6 August 2009
03:05 GMT |
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This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo was really something of a roller coaster in terms of big announcements. While the peaks were registered at Microsoft and Sony's press meetings, a lot of people went home disappointed by the one held by Nintendo. Even though the company revealed quite a few new titl... |
6 August 2009
02:22 GMT |
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During recent months, things haven't been so rosy for video game companies, starting with small developers, who keep their high-end titles for the end of the year, and ending with console manufacturers, which have recorded losses across the board, with a few exceptions here and there. This is evident with the s... |
5 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Sports games are extremely popular thanks to the fact that they offer fans of sports such as soccer, football, basketball or hockey the opportunity to lead their favorite teams or athletes to victory in various competitions. But these sports aren't the only ones to get special video game treatment, as even snoo... |
5 August 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Capcom has announced that it plans to release Monster Hunter Tri on the North American and European markets in early 2010, as the game had a spectacular debut in Japan, with more than 1 million units shipped in the first day on sale.Monster Hunter Tri is the third iteration in the series created for home gaming conso... |
4 August 2009
07:42 GMT |
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SEGA, the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has announced having again lost money in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. The company has seen sales of 638.44 million dollars, which is a reduction of almost 20% over the same period in 2008, and the net reported loss has been 108.66 million dollars, which is abo... |
4 August 2009
03:25 GMT |
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This summer season is especially dry in terms of new game releases, but one title is certainly making a lot of profit off of this “drought” as THQ's UFC 2009: Undisputed is by far the most played game out there. The mixed martial arts title is making a big amount of money for the publisher, which has... |
4 August 2009
02:44 GMT |
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James Cameron is used to innovating. He pushed the envelope of technology in movies when the created Titanic and put together The Abyss. Now, it seems that the legendary movie director is also trying to push the boundaries of technology on gaming consoles with his upcoming videogame Avatar: The Video Game, the compan... |
3 August 2009
03:51 GMT |
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While online services can make or break a console these days, only Microsoft and Sony have really taken on each other in an arms race and are trying to implement every new feature into their Xbox Live and PlayStation Network services. Nintendo has, for the most part, been content with releasing WiiWare and steadily r... |
3 August 2009
02:24 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii is a hugely successful console, but not because it appeals to every gamer out there, but because it mostly attracts people who haven't been introduced to gaming. That is why a lot of the titles made for it are designed with the “casual” market in mind, meaning that they are easy to p... |
31 July 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Success on the Nintendo Wii has been something of a mystery to many third-party developers and publishers, as it seems that the user install base is only interested in video games that come straight from Nintendo itself. But Electronic Arts is beginning to achieve such a thing, as it has a number of decent selling f... |
29 July 2009
02:20 GMT |
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Everybody's getting with the motion sensitive trend, as all the major consoles of this generation have received or are preparing to receive new technologies that will allow them to detect the movements of the player and imitate them in the games made for the platforms. Speaking with VideoGamer on this subject, ... |
28 July 2009
11:11 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii is now the most popular current-generation console, thanks to its innovative motion sensitive controls, its fun nature and the fact that it introduced a lot of people previously unattached to the gaming industry and to video games. Electronic Arts, as any smart company, has really pushed to bring in... |
28 July 2009
02:18 GMT |
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It's truly amazing to see the impact that one successful videogame release can have on the industry as a whole. The Japanese videogaming market has been pretty much stagnated this year, with sales below 2008 levels in both the hardware and the software categories. The summer release of the Square Enix developed ... |
27 July 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Motion controls are slowly becoming more and more present all around us, and this is especially true in gaming, where Nintendo has paved the way with its Wii console. Now, the arch rivals of the Japanese company, Microsoft and Sony, are ready to jump in and are already developing their own takes on this technology. ... |
27 July 2009
02:22 GMT |
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Racing games make a lot of money these days, as every gamer wants to unwind by pushing a virtual car to its limits and eventually come out on top and beat his opponents. Without a doubt, one of the most exciting racing franchises is EA's Need For Speed, which is preparing to receive three new titles in the follo... |
23 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Motion controls are seemingly starting to appear in everything we do. In gaming, the phenomenon is largely due to Nintendo, as the Japanese company boldly implemented it in its extremely popular Nintendo Wii console, and thus introduced a wide variety of users to it. But, at this year's Electronic Entertainment... |
21 July 2009
02:27 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii has introduced a lot of interesting things, from the likes of motion control to new titles that make gamers get off of the couch and start moving around, thus burning some of the calories that many people have in excess. But while a lot of people try to unwind with a friendly match of tennis thanks ... |
20 July 2009
13:01 GMT |
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The console war is underway on many fronts, among the top three companies involved, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. But what really sets the hierarchy is the monthly charts from the NPD Group research company, which charts retail sales across the United States for both consoles and video games made for them. While las... |
17 July 2009
13:11 GMT |
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EA Sports, the division of Electronic Arts that deals with franchises like Madden NFL, NBA, NHL, has confirmed that it plans to release FIFA 10, the newest game in the long running football simulation, on October 2.That date will see the title get versions for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, the Pl... |
16 July 2009
05:58 GMT |
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With the NPD Group sales numbers for both hardware and software due to come out towards the end of the week, analysts who are watching the videogame industry have been presenting their estimates. Yesterday, we heard from one firm, which believes that the slowdown in sales could amount to as much as 20% year over year... |
15 July 2009
03:13 GMT |
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Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that it is producing and releasing a new horror videogame named Calling, which is being developed by Hudson Soft. The game is only being created for the Nintendo Wii and the publisher hopes to have it out in early 2010.The big selling point of Calling, which Konami is emphas... |
14 July 2009
03:15 GMT |
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This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was filled with big announcements from almost all of the major companies involved in the gaming industry. But while Nintendo kept its announcements on par, there was one thing that really stood out for almost everyone present at the company's press conference: ... |
14 July 2009
02:22 GMT |
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There are certainly a lot of fighting games out there, from the likes of Tekken to Virtua Fighter, or Dead or Alive. But one of the most established companies in this genre is Capcom, which owns the Street Fighter franchise. However, the Japanese company hasn't been focused only on that series, as it has gone up... |
13 July 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Sports games generate quite a lot of money for the companies responsible for them, especially as they allow to be exploited every year in the form of new iterations, each with a couple of new things added to the core gameplay mechanics. One of the most popular European football or soccer simulators is Konami's ... |
10 July 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Capcom is one of the biggest Japanese video game companies currently active in the field. The large corporation has a lot of profitable franchises, but leading the group is its action-survival series Resident Evil, which has seen its latest full title, Resident Evil 5, appear on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But, ... |
9 July 2009
13:11 GMT |
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One game creator who always gets a lot of trust, support and resources from Nintendo is Shigeru Miyamoto, the developer who managed to almost single handedly build the publisher's biggest franchises.The E3 Nintendo presentation this year featured him prominently and the company made sure to please its hardc... |
8 July 2009
05:16 GMT |
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As most of you have already seen, motion-sensitive technologies will appear in the near future for all the major current-generation consoles. As Nintendo started the trend with its Wii, Sony and Microsoft will follow up with new technologies starting next year. There have been some mixed feelings about them in the t... |
6 July 2009
02:21 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii is the most popular console currently on the market, boasting a huge user base, much larger than the ones of its two main rivals, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. This would theoretically mean that any third-party developer would desperately try to make new, high-quality titles for the Wii. But, ... |
3 July 2009
02:44 GMT |
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When Brutal Legend was unveiled and detailed, a lot of rumors indicated that a Nintendo Wii version of the game was in development, alongside those aimed at the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony, but that the developers from Double Fine were not talking about it because they were concerned about... |
2 July 2009
18:21 GMT |
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Paramount Digital Entertainment and 505 Games have entered into a partnership aimed at creating a series of games based on the well-known musical Grease. The titles will be launched for the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS and are set to arrive sometime in 2010.Grease was well-known for launching the career of John T... |
2 July 2009
14:21 GMT |
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SEGA released two M-rated videogames for the Nintendo Wii lately and the results have been less than stellar, with both titles failing to sell more than 100,000 units in the United States in their first month on sales, if NPD Group numbers are to be believed. Many saw this as proof that the Wii is a platform suited o... |
2 July 2009
02:31 GMT |
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