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For millions of gamers, this was the promise of the original "Wii Fit." http://www.physorg.com/news174847975.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:00:01 EST news174847975 Legendary rifle maker Remington Arms Company said Friday it has teamed with videogame maker Mastiff to put virtual versions of its guns in a hunting title tailored for Wii consoles. http://www.physorg.com/news173774760.html Technology Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:46:26 EST news173774760 Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console outsold Nintendo's Wii nearly fivefold in Japan in the three weeks to September 20, helped by the launch of a new cheaper, slim version, a survey said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news173100605.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:40:06 EST news173100605 (AP) -- The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday resurrection. http://www.physorg.com/news173007655.html Technology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:00:03 EST news173007655 (AP) -- Sony plans to release a new motion controller next spring for the PlayStation 3 video game console. http://www.physorg.com/news173008341.html Electronics Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:53:10 EST news173008341 (AP) -- Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games. http://www.physorg.com/news172925967.html Electronics Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:23:57 EST news172925967 (AP) -- The video game racing genre is gearing up for a traffic jam. http://www.physorg.com/news172490638.html Technology Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:04:27 EST news172490638 (AP) -- Shane Kim, the Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" and "Gears of War," is retiring after 19 years with the software maker. http://www.physorg.com/news172240331.html Technology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:32:33 EST news172240331 (AP) -- Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana. http://www.physorg.com/news171865743.html Technology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:50:02 EST news171865743 The Walkman outsold the iPod in Japan last week for the first time in four years, handing Japanese electronics giant Sony a rare victory over arch-rival Apple, a survey showed. http://www.physorg.com/news171189561.html Electronics Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:40:12 EST news171189561 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nintendo has come up with yet another idea for an accessory to add to its list of Wii peripherals. This time it's a soft football-shaped controller that is said to simulate the feel and touch of a real ball when playing football simulation games such as the NFL game, Madden. http://www.physorg.com/news171096232.html Electronics Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:01 EST news171096232 (AP) -- With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall. http://www.physorg.com/news170958474.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:40:04 EST news170958474 (PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Andrews University reported that adult video gamers suffer higher levels of depression and weigh more than non-gamers. In the study of 562 adults (ages 19 to 90) from the Seattle-Tacoma, Wash. area, researchers also found "measurable correlations between video game playing and health risks." http://www.physorg.com/news170957243.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:20:01 EST news170957243 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is slashing the price of the high-end Xbox 360 console by $100, matching Sony's $100 price cut for the PlayStation 3 last week. http://www.physorg.com/news170573502.html Electronics Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:32:11 EST news170573502 Nintendo calls it the Wii Remote. You call it the Wiimote. Al Ries calls it a motion-detecting wand. http://www.physorg.com/news170530379.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:40:01 EST news170530379 (AP) -- Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting. http://www.physorg.com/news169448541.html Technology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:50:01 EST news169448541 Nintendo said Monday that it is updating DSi software to allow users to upload pictures from the camera-equipped handheld videogame devices to hot social-networking website Facebook. http://www.physorg.com/news168595167.html Electronics Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:20:01 EST news168595167 Kathleen Byrnes and Justin Choi, a married couple attending medical school at Tulane University, say $40 is just too much to fork over for a Nintendo Wii game they might not enjoy. They haven't bought one since last fall, when they picked up "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." http://www.physorg.com/news168192376.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:40:02 EST news168192376 (AP) -- Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states. http://www.physorg.com/news168102995.html Technology Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:30:01 EST news168102995 (AP) -- Raptr, a social network targeting gamers, is hoping to make it easier to see what your friends are currently playing on a broad range of platforms such as the Xbox 360 and personal computers. http://www.physorg.com/news167500155.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:20:01 EST news167500155 French videogame star Ubisoft on Friday made its debut in the online social scene by unveiling a gaming portal at world-leading social-networking website Facebook. http://www.physorg.com/news167112365.html Technology Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:00:01 EST news167112365 (AP) -- Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years. http://www.physorg.com/news167028108.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:30:03 EST news167028108 Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found that playing active video games can be as effective for children as moderate exercise. The findings appear this week in the journal Pediatrics from the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news166966388.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:33:40 EST news166966388 The University of Twente--Enschede, The Netherlands published newly conferred PhD Mohammed Ghiath Khatib's thesis, "MEMS-based Storage Devices: Integration in Energy-Constrained Mobile System". The new MEMS, (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) discovery will allow video camera batteries to increase their charging life approximately 2-1/2 times, consume 1/5th of the energy of disc storage and store 1-Tb on a postage stamp size device. Dr. Khatib expects this new technology to be available to the public within the next five-years. http://www.physorg.com/news164963999.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:08:31 EST news164963999 The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says. http://www.physorg.com/news163939006.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:37:16 EST news163939006 Videogame lovers are being coaxed off couches as the industry sprints ahead with a trend toward fitness titles and motion-sensing controllers. http://www.physorg.com/news163393732.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:09:21 EST news163393732 (AP) -- This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been quite the moving experience. http://www.physorg.com/news163254077.html Electronics Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:22:04 EST news163254077 Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a prototype motion-sensing videogame controller, as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals in a trend away from playing with complicated buttons and joysticks. http://www.physorg.com/news163225917.html Electronics Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:35:11 EST news163225917 Nintendo laid out videogame offerings that build on the winning momentum of its popular Wii consoles and DS handheld devices. http://www.physorg.com/news163225752.html Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:29:45 EST news163225752 Learning is a game to Brock Dubbels and the students in his class at Seward Montessori in Minneapolis. http://www.physorg.com/news163171768.html Technology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:30:32 EST news163171768