News tagged with handheld game


Global sales of Nintendo's Wii top 50 million

Technology / Business

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday global sales of its popular Wii video game console have topped 50 million since it went on sale worldwide in late 2006.





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"Fallout 3" crowned videogame of the year

'Fallout 3' crowned videogame of the year

Technology / Software

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 11

Post-apocalyptic adventure "Fallout 3" has been crowned Game of the Year at a major gathering of videogame makers in San Francisco.


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Nintendo's Game Boy turns 20

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twenty years ago Japan's Nintendo Co. launched the Game Boy, the iconic handheld video game player that spawned characters from Super Mario to Pokemon and sold 200 million units worldwide.


Video game industry bucks downturn with Feb. sales

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created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game industry continued to defy the recession in February, posting double-digit year-over-year growth with Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii gaming system leading the way.


Journalists play with Nintendo's portable video game console DSi

Nintendo DSi users get to share pictures on Facebook

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Handheld 3M digital projector offers glimpse of the future

Handheld 3M digital projector offers glimpse of the future

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

You probably shouldn't buy the MPro120 handheld digital projector from 3M. But you should definitely be excited about it.


March video game sales slump more than expected

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. video game sales slumped more than expected in March and were flat in the first quarter when compared with a year earlier - hurt by the recession, a shift in the Easter calendar and fewer big game launches.


Ubisoft making food-raining game as side dish for film

Technology / Software

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French videogame titan Ubisoft is cooking up a title to serve along with the release of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," an animated film set in a town where food rains from the sky.


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AMD to License Graphics Technology for Handheld Devices

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created Feb 13, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AMD today announced a new business focused on developing and licensing leading-edge graphics core technologies to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the handheld industry.


June video game sales drop sharply

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(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.


Fewer strokes for focused folks

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A video game developed by a McGill University psychologist has already been shown to reduce stress and improve performance among telemarketers by training the mind to ignore negative social responses. New studies now indicate ...



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