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Date: Thu, 17. December 2009 03:10:10

PC World - Final Fantasy XIII, one of the most awaited video games of the year, went on sale Thursday morning in Japan. The game marks the first time the long-running series has appeared on the PlayStation 3 and launches as the console is enjoying better sales.

Date: Sat, 20. June 2009 12:40:01

PC Magazine - Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a published report on Friday it may stop making video games for Sony's PlayStation 3, the No. 3 console in the United States, due to high costs and poor sales.

Date: Tue, 15. July 2008 15:04:49

Tim MacDonald writes "In a pre-conference announcement at E3, Nintendo has unveiled the newest accessory for the Nintendo Wii — the Wii MotionPlus. The Wii MotionPlus combines with the Wiimote's accelerometers and the Sensor Bar to give true, almost 1:1 matching of motion. More to come during Tuesday's conference." If all these battery mods and add-ons to the Wiimote continue my controller is going to start looking less like a controller and more like a quarterstaff. Looks like the wrist strap is going to have to go through another round of beefing up.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Mon, 10. August 2009 03:05:44

happierr writes "The gaming industry has been struggling in the last few months, and it is about to struggle even more when OnLive and Gaikai launch later this year. The new services are both a step in the right direction to counter piracy and provide easily-accessible gaming to people with low-end PCs. They might even do for PC gaming what the Wii did for casual gaming; greatly expand the market and draw interest from people who would not ordinarily play games. The services are a real threat for the Big Three video game companies (Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo). How will they combat these revolutionary services? There are a few steps that the Big Three are taking to combat the New Two, such as an increased reliance on peripherals and vision cameras, exclusivity deals, and more online multiplayer features, which OnLive and Gaikai will have a hard time matching."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/09/0522223/OnLive-and-Gaikai-mdash-How-To-Stop-a-Gaming-Revolution?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/08/09/0522223"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/09/0522223/OnLive-and-Gaikai-mdash-How-To-Stop-a-Gaming-Revolution?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/YxpM0hcLeq4" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 17. July 2008 04:19:32

AP - One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more.

Date: Tue, 19. August 2008 00:37:07

GulfNewsNintendo's Wii is the champion console yet againUSA Today - 2 hours agoBy Paul Sakuma, AP file By Mike Snider, USA TODAY The Nintendo Wii remains the hottest selling next generation video game system, outpacing competing consoles for the 10th straight month.Microsoft Windows To Support Blu-ray HD Content InformationWeekWhy Xbox Live gaming should be free for all CNET NewsGamesAreFun.com - EndSights - Ars Technica - CrunchGearall 307 news articles

Date: Tue, 31. March 2009 14:34:55

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Date: Wed, 16. September 2009 13:13:03

AP - Apple has turned the iPhone into a popular device for video games. Sony is about to introduce the PSP go, a slick new version of its handheld PlayStation Portable. But both companies are still playing catch-up with Nintendo, which has dominated the portable game market for decades.

Date: Fri, 18. July 2008 04:15:42

AFP - Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony.

Date: Thu, 26. June 2008 08:24:10

AP - The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore for English students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods.