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Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library (AP)

Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market - first with the Game Boy, now with the DS - for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore ...





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Amazon might grow market for used games

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Investors in GameStop Corp. may have panicked earlier this month on the news that Amazon.com was entering into the used video game space, but a new study suggests that the slumping economy may help make room for plenty of ...


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.


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.


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Sony's PS3 outsells Wii fivefold in Japan: survey

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Briefs: Survey shows record U.S. video-game sales

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created Jan 16, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The sale of video games in the United States set a record last year with a 6-percent increase over 2004 to more than $10 billion, a recent survey concluded.


'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players of the "Immune Attack" video game measurably improved their understanding ...


Tokyo Game Show kicks off with turnaround hopes

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


The new Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) are packed and ready to go on sale after midnight in 2007 at the Sony Center in Berlin

Sony PS3 tops Nintendo Wii in Japan in March: survey

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.


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.


Microsoft adds touch screen, Web browser to Zune

Microsoft adds touch screen, Web browser to Zune

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The next generation of Microsoft's Zune music player, due in the fall, will have a touch screen, Web browser and an HD Radio receiver.



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