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  • Game news: A new Nintendo portable (AP) - AP - Real news from the virtual world:
  • Family-friendly Wii out to win battle-loving gamers (AFP) -

    Mario Pirchala holds the Wii control as he participates in the Wiimbledon Wii Tennis tournamentin June 2008 at Barcade in Brooklyn, New York. A cadre of studios joined Nintendo in San Francisco on Friday to demonstrate that the Wii's motion-sensing controllers can simulate guns and swords as well as golf clubs and orchestra batons.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joshua Lott)AFP - Eric Nofsinger is betting that Nintendo's hot family-friendly Wii videogame consoles can win the hearts of "hardcore gamers" that lust for battle in action-packed virtual worlds.


  • Nintendo's DSi: Everything You Need To Know (PC Magazine) - PC Magazine - We decided to compare notes and round up all the important info on the new Nintendo DSi handheld game console so far.
  • Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan in Sept (Reuters) -

    A model stands at Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 display at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 20, 2007. (Issei Kato/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said.


  • Hand over the controller, girl gamers say (Reuters) - Reuters - Gina Sutton takes aim and deftly strikes down several targets in a row as they pop up on the screen in front of her.
  • Nintendo expects Wii's to be in stock for U.S. holiday season (Reuters) - Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) expects to have more of its Wii game consoles available in the U.S. this holiday season, but stopped short of guaranteeing there will be no shortages of the popular device.
  • NBA tips off early in new videogames (Reuters) -

    An in-game screenshot of the Electronic Arts video game 'NBA Live 09.' (EA SPORTS/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Gamers get to hit the virtual hardwood early as new NBA videogames hit store shelves just as training camps begin.


  • Take-Two Interactive to remain independent (Reuters) -

    Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take-Two Interactive Software speaks in Los Angeles July 16, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, until recently an acquisition target of bigger rival Electronic Arts Inc, plans to remain an independent company, the makers of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series said on Thursday.


  • Nintendo DSi Adds Multimedia, Game Downloads (NewsFactor) - NewsFactor - There's a new Nintendo kid on the block. On Wednesday, Nintendo confirmed rumors of a new version of the popular DS portable game machine, called the DSi. The announcement was made during the game giant's fall press conference.
  • New Nintendo DS portable will come with camera (AP) -

    A model shows a Nintendo DSi, the revamped version of Nintendo's hit DS portable machine, during a press event in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The DSi will come with a digital camera, shown in the middle of the joint part, that will allow players to mix images, scribble on photos and create new faces, the Japanese game maker said. The Nintendo DSi will go on sale in Japan on Nov. 1 for 18,900 yen (US$180), and will be available overseas next year. Japanese on the lower screen reads: Nintendo DSi camera. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Nintendo's hit DS portable machine will come with a digital camera that will allow players to mix images, scribble on photos and create new faces, the Japanese game maker said Thursday.


  • Nintendo to launch camera, music-ready DS in Japan (Reuters) -

    Journalists are silhouetted during Nintendo Co Ltd's news conference in Chiba, east of Tokyo in this October 10, 2007 file photo. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd will launch a DS machine that can take pictures and play music, hoping to cement its lead over Sony's PlayStation and encroach into the territory of Apple Inc's iPod and iPhone.


  • Nintendo announces new DS handheld console (AFP) -

    A Nintendo Wii console is displayed at a Tokyo electronic shop, 2006. Nintendo Co., riding high on the success of the Wii, said that it will launch a new version of its popular DS handheld console next month with a built-in camera and enhanced audio capabilities.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Nintendo Co., riding high on the success of the Wii, said Thursday that it will launch a new version of its popular DS handheld console next month with a built-in camera and enhanced audio capabilities.


  • South Korea's free computer game model hits US (AFP) -

    People are pictured playing video games in Seoul, during a cyber game festival. Seoul-based AFP - Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions.


  • GameStop to buy France's Micromania for $700 million (CNET) - CNET - Video game retail chain GameStop announced Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase France-based Micromania for $700 million in cash from a private equity fund.
  • Sony says PlayStation 3 sales better than expected (Reuters) -

    Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 (PS3) game controller is pictured at a Sofmap electric store in Tokyo May 14, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 video game console and its portable cousin, the PSP, are selling faster than expected and are poised to meet full-year sales targets even if the current economic crisis hurts holiday demand, Sony said on Wednesday.