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PC Game Market Ascendent
June 20, 2008
JUNE 20, 2008 • The PC game market is dead. Again. At least that's what's often been reported. If there has been a steep decline over the past few years,...
DS Centers Coming to U.K.
June 18, 2008
JUNE 18, 2008 • Nintendo is opening 30 new DS centers within U.K. retailers such as Argos, ASDA, GAME, HMV, Toys "R" Us, and Zavvi. Consumers can check out DS...
Future Shop Goes Used Games
June 17, 2008
JUNE 17, 2008 • Best Buy Canada is bringing used game sales to its Future Shop locations in Canada. Starting with its six Calgary store, the chain expects to roll...
WoW Card Shopped to China
June 14, 2008
JUNE 14, 2008 • Having already marketed a World of Warcraft-themed credit card in the United States, Blizzard Entertainment is working with its Chinese partner The9, and China Merchants Bank,...
PSP Games Get Price Hike
June 12, 2008
[caption id="attachment_6177" align="alignleft" width="219"] Now more expensive online.[/caption] JUNE 12, 2008 • Premium PSP titles republished via the online PlayStation Store are seeing anywhere from a $1 to $11 increase...
GTA IV Sells 1.3M
June 12, 2008
JUNE 12, 2008 • According to NPD Funworld data, more than 1.3 million units of Grand Theft Auto IV have been sold in the U.S. during its two months in...
Microsoft Tests Social Network
June 11, 2008
[caption id="attachment_6169" align="alignleft" width="400"] Microsoft's take on social networking.[/caption] JUNE 11, 2008 • Microsoft's Office Labs division is testing an internal social network. Called TownSquare, the Facebook-like prototype has been...
Take-Two In Talks With Ubisoft
June 10, 2008
[caption id="attachment_6165" align="alignleft" width="350"] Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick.[/caption] JUNE 10, 2008 • While Take-Two Interactive's board of directors holds out for a better cash offer from Electronic Arts, Forbes magazine...