With new Wii Sports, Wii Music, the Wii's future is casual
Nintendo's press conference held few surprises, but a new Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and the announcement of Wii Music show that Nintendo is more dedicated to the casual market than ever. Ars reports from Nintendo's E3 press conference.Read More...
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. 
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...
Driving Force in Video Gaming: Women...
A new report out today claims that 38 percent of US gamers are women, the average player is 35 years old, and 24 percent are over 50. According to Los Angeles-based intelligence...
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The state of Montana is instituting a NFL-based fantasy-football lottery game. The idea of using fantasy sports as a lottery game is legal under federal law, which could open...
08/22/08
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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...
04/29/08
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Lawsuit flags EA for illegal...
EA has enjoyed having a lock on the interactive football market. A new class action complaint claims this constitutes a monopoly, and wants EA to pay. Ars explores whether they...
06/13/08
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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.
Of gyroscopes and gaming: the tech behind the Wii MotionPlus
The new "MotionPlus" add-on for the Nintendo Wii is supposed to again revolutionize motion-controlled gaming. Check out this exclusive look at the tech in the MotionPlus direct from the source of the unit's powerful brain, InvenSense.Read More...
1st-person shooting games win top...
AP - Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry's most prestigious awards show.
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AP - Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry's most prestigious awards show.
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Microsoft may be responsible for the foundation of Windows-based gaming, but its recent efforts to help the waning PC gaming industry have done little: developers and gamers...
07/02/08
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EA Springs "Spring Break" Games,...
You know how E3's dead (long live E3!) and all the game publishers were supposed to veer off and stage their own annual "personalized" media events? Well EA held its annual...
05/14/08
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Survey: Nearly every kid a video gamer
Katherine Graden doesn't really like shoot-'em-up video games. She prefers games on her Wii system that test her fitness and agility - the ones her guy friends tease are her "sissy games." 
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There’s a special place in Peter Cohen's heart for racing games like FlatOut 2. It offers bloodthirsty combat, high-speed racing and tons of mini-games give you a lot to see...
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