Monday Gamewatch
June 2, 2008
This week: Fat panda knows kung-fu, some guy with a bullwhip gets LEGO-fied, a new racing game muscles in on Gran Turismo's turf, Robert Ludlum re-Bourne, and you wouldn't like this game when it's angry. (Note: Days listed are ship-to-store.)...
Microsoft, Sony Copy Nintendo's Playbook (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Nintendo raised the bar for casual, easy-to-play video games again Tuesday, as rivals Microsoft and Sony scrambled to imitate the family-friendly appeal of Nintendo's Wii game console with their own product announcements this week.
Keeping Up Nintendo's Momentum
After overseeing several years of rapid growth at Nintendo, President Satoru Iwata faces new challenges: how to keep players of the company's videogames interested, and how to cultivate a new wave of customers.
U.S. video game sales rise 57 percent...
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and
software rose 57 percent from a year earlier, industry data
showed on Thursday, evidence that the industry has so far been ...
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GAME REVIEWS: Ready to rumble: 'Smash...
Online multiplayer gaming has really come into its own on the current generation of video-game consoles, with millions of people logging in every day to play "Call of Duty 4" or...
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Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit"...
Reuters - For years, video games have been
blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture
off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda.
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GAME REVIEWS: `Smash Bros.'
(AP)
AP - Online multiplayer gaming has really come into its own on the current generation of video-game consoles, with millions of people logging in every day to play "Call of Duty...
03/19/08
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Japan: PS3 Catches Up to Wii, Xbox...
In Japan, the Wii's lead over the PS3 shrank from six-to-one in May to just one-point-seven-to-one in June, according to Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain. According...
Review: Online play makes `Mario Kart...
AP - It's not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but "Mario Kart Wii" waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online...
05/01/08
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Video-game review: Online play makes "Mario Kart Wii" a must-have
It's not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but "Mario Kart Wii" waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities to date.
U.S. game sales jump 47 percent in April on GTA4 (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console stole the show.
Review: Online play makes `Mario Kart...
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Sega capitalizes on Olympics with...
AP - The Beijing Olympics are about to get under way. And thanks to NBC and its assorted networks and Web sites, you'll be able to spend the next two weeks pondering the...
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'Grid' takes the checkered flag in...
AP - With gasoline prices at $4 a gallon and rising, the leisurely Sunday drive is turning back into a luxury. But there is an alternative: The automotive video game. And the...
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Nintendo bucks trend to hold Wii price
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Action games deliver thrills
The truly great action films of our time — "Die Hard," "The Road Warrior," "Aliens," say — can be summed up in one word: relentless. Once they get in gear, they put the...
Top Video Games For Gamers Of All...
TechWeb - We look at World of Warcraft, Desktop Tower Defense, Orange Box, Wii Sports, Civilization IV, and other top video games to see why video gamers of all ages are getting...
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GTA helps boost video game sales
US sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 per cent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software's Grand Theft Auto IV and Nintendo's Wii console stole the show.
Racing à la Kart: a review of Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart makes its debut on the Wii with some great new elements and a strong online offering. The kart racer is still surviving in the HD era.Read More...
Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in...
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game
console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by 3-to-1 in
Japan in March but its DS handheld machine fell behind the ...
Videogames getting more social ...
AFP - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.
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Future fun
Nintendo boss talks about what's next for the Wii
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Videogames getting more social ...
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'GTA IV' lifts April game sales by 47...
U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo's Wii console stole the...
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At E3, video games shift their aim to...
USATODAY.com - This year's downscaled E3 video game expo drew about 4,500 gamemakers, analysts, retailers and journalists to L.A. last week - less than a tenth of E3's size two...