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Listed in: Wii , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 Tags: Capcom , Nintendo Power O 8 Someday, Mega Man will be a real life human boy.

The video game industry continues to see phenomenal growth, and the market is only going to get bigger in the years ahead.

A recent news story at IGN revealed that EA and Harmonix are hard at work on Rock Band 2, which ships for Xbox 360 in September and "other platforms" later in the year.

So if you're looking to pick up some recent hits for the Wii and DS, you might want to keep an eye on the Amazon Gold Box today, where some big titles are being sold at almost a 50% discount.

Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech ...

Nintendo will fight a court's decision to deny the game maker's appeal of a $21 million patent infringement verdict involving game controllers, Nintendo told Next-Gen on Friday.

It all came down to this. Montgomery County had their first ever Senior Nintendo Wii championships Wednesday, and it turned out that more than one grandma has game.

If you have recently purchased Super Smash Bros . Brawl and are experiencing technical problems playing the game on your Wii, please read the following information to learn how this issue can be resolved.

Jun 26 2008 For months, and especially since the announcement of Order of Ecclesia for DS, we've been hearing rumors that Konami's Castlevania series was headed to the Wii.

Sony has had quite a few problems since there launch. For one, they haven't exactly been leading in system sales.

Join an illegal street racing underground in the new Wii title. June 26, 2008 - With the price of petrol going through the roof this could mean the nail in the coffin for Boy Racers, Speed Maniacs, Street ...

Sony is preparing a non-game service for its PlayStation 3 console that at first glance is similar to one available on Nintendo's Wii.

The "Southwest Airlines Ultimate Gamer" promotion will run June - October 2008. Consumers can enter online at www.southwest.com/mgc or at MGC tournaments.

Jumping the gun a bit on E3, are we? Nintendo decided to use this morning to announce several new games coming later in the summer to Wii and Nintendo DS, including new Wario and Kirby titles that have already ...

And with Microsoft also losing money, the future looks good for Nintendo.... June 25, 2008 2:10 PM As our Gamesblog noted yesterday: "Sony has made its annual filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

We're all well aware that Sony was losing money big-time to the PS3. It was a lose-lose situation for them, with the Wii and Xbox 360 proving to be much more popular while being cheaper to produce.

With the Wii's new audience that is casual gamers, there has been a lot of hype about the 'core' gamers being forgotten.

Activision and Treyarch have released further details about Call of Duty: World at War as well as the trailer for the game and a couple of screenshots.

Slated for 6/25 release . BestBuy has the Alone in the Dark Game for a low $59.99. $2.99 Shipping.

He's running in place, moving his arms back and forth. So excited about the virtual race he is running that his physical therapist, Barbara Maxwell, is having trouble catching up with him - on screen, of ...

SONY Chairman Howard Stringer said yesterday that the company's top priority was "to restore profitability in our television and game businesses," both of which lost money last year.

What's your biggest fear? Spiders? Heights? For DJ WiiJ, it's a broken Bluetooth connection.

Linky Sprinks' durable, high-quality plastic, components and fittings are carefully designed to make it easy for little hands to secure.

Nintendo has had a bit of an image problem over the past couple weeks, with the company's Laurent Fischer dismissing complaints from Wii fans about the console's lack of storage by saying it was only "geeks and ...

Nintendo has struck at Wii homebrew coders hard and fast today by closing exploits in the Wii menu.

Ever since the Nintendo Wii was announced, gamers have dreamed of being able to swing the remote as if it were a lightsaber .

NEW YORK The video game industry is expected to shoot from $42 billion in global sales last year to more than $68 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent and better than all other media ...

Home automation and home theater integrators looking for a complete home entertainment system have a new choice from SE2 Labs called the Integrated Theater Console One.

Nintendo Europe senior marketing director Laurent Fischer has pulled an about-face. His comments last week hurt the feelings of "geeky" Wii owners seeking more space for their WiiWare and Virtual Console ...

Home arcade-machine manufacturer Dream Arcades agrees with Nintendo in its claim that games need to be about more than sitting on the sofa.

British women who use the Nintendo Wii Fit video game to workout have caused a total of nearly $40 million in destruction to their homes, research indicates.

Majesco has announced a new Wii title that uses the Wii Fit balance board, based on the workouts of celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels -- most will know her from her appearances on TV's The Biggest ...

Though Nintendo has been uncharacteristically mum as to its upcoming Wii and Nintendo DS releases, the company has stated that it will soon reveal several new games that should entice hardcore gamers.

Press Release New Dev Blazing Lizard Making Wii Title From the maker of Pirates vs.

Today at the CommunicAsia show in Singapore, Sony Ericsson introduced the F305, the company's first in a new line of gaming oriented cell phones.

The first phase of Netflix's plan to enter the living room is so far proving to be a success.

WOMEN working out on Nintendo Wii Fit are helping to cause millions of dollars worth of damage to their homes.

Read more Consoles , Games , Gizmodo UK , Online , Wii , Xbox Ever since Nintendo allowed Wii gamers to create little digital avatars called Miis, it's been heavily rumoured that Microsoft is working on some ...

Acoustic Research HTB80 virtual surround bar If your dad has a fancy HDTV but is still using the built-in speakers, the HTB80 is a low-cost way to help him get more out of movies and sports without running ...

Two Nintendo video games designed to appeal to both novice and expert gamers posted healthy numbers in the May sales charts, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks sales of video game products in ...

U.S. video-game sales rose 41 percent in May, led for a second month by Take-Two Interactive Software's "Grand Theft Auto IV." Consumers purchased 1.31 million copies of the game at U.S. stores last month, Port ...

A Nintendo of Europe executive's comment that only "geeks and otaku" want to be able to download more than a small handful of games onto their Wii has continued to cause controversy this week.

The game is based on the highly anticipated animated movie created by Exodus Film Group in cooperation with The Weinstein Company.

Following the release of the impressive May video game sales data , EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has weighed in with a few comments.

GamesIndustry is reporting that Sony Computer Entertainment is at work on a new PlayStation 3 controller which will "break apart" into two individual units, each containing an accelerometer for Wii Remote-like ...

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against peripherals manufacturer Nyko after alleging that the firm's wireless Nunchuk infringes its patented design.

Posted Jun 13th 2008 9:30AM by Dustin Burg Filed under: News , Console wars Going into this we'll be as upfront and honest as you can expect a fanboy to be.

Lauren Bernat, 25, a Miami advertising account executive, gyrating while clad in a yellow T-shirt and blue underwear to Nintendo's Wii Fit video game.

U.S. retail sales of video games, consoles and game accessories hit $1.12 billion in May, a 37 percent rise over the same month last year, driven by the chart-topping Grand Theft Auto video game, market ...

Injured athletes may find themselves playing Nintendo's Wii Fit as part of their rehabilitation.

An official job listing at Nintendo of America suggests that multiple USB devices are on their way to Wii, this amid storage concerns for the console that lacks a hard drive.

Girl in Wii fit YouTube clip gets TWO MILLION admirers By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:20 PM on 10th June 2008 A video clip showing an attractive blonde in her underwear gyrating along to Nintendo's ...

You may be a wicked axe man thanks to the "Guitar Hero" videogame by Activision Inc, but are you ready to take on a whole orchestra? Two U.S. professors have created "Virtual Maestro," which allows a player to ...

London, June 11: A video showing a young girl in underwear practising her moves to Nintendo's Wii Fit video game, has created a stir in the online world, ever since it hit the online video sharing website, ...

Indiana Jones has rescued the UK all formats chart from Grand Theft Auto IV. It's all change at the top of the UK charts this week as Lego Indiana Jones has pushed Grand Theft Auto IV into second place, pushing ...

Veterans of Apple-focused trade shows may have noticed a significant change of pace at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote and the Mach rollout of the iPhone SDK .

VIDEO: Gaming industry expecting big summer It may be a hot summer for blockbuster movies but the video game industry has planned its own firestorm of new releases.

LucasArts' Lego Indiana Jones has ended GTA IV's 6 week run at the top of the UK ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats chart.

Atari today announced that development is complete on the highly anticipated action survival game Alone in the Dark, and the game is on track to ship 20 June in Europe and 24 June in North America for Xbox 360 ...

Anyway, this Wii Remote turned into a spray can is the product of a student's thesis at Bauhas-University in Weimar, Germany.

A Bellevue man wants to thank Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron for helping police catch two suspects who may be involved in more than 20 burglaries at homes across Brown County.

The Spartans of Broad Run dominated the Spartans of Salem 8-0 in the semifinals of the Group AA ... Thousands rally for Obama in Prince William County Between 10,000 and 12,000 people sweated out temperatures ...

How much time do gamers spend playing Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3? A Nielsen consumer report takes a crack at the answer with a new technology called "polling." According to Nielsen respondents , gamers between the ...

According to reports, LucasArts has gotten shot of around 100 staff. As a result, some particularly annoyed employees leaked information that there is a KOTOR 3 project with BioWare and it is within the MMO ...

Researchers at the University of South Carolina plan to use popular video game systems to help rehabilitate stroke victims.

Assemblyman James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville, donated a Nintendo Wii gaming system to the Douglas County Senior Center, along with a collection of games which offer physical opportunities for seniors.

While Nintendo's Wii may be the fastest selling current gen console, it's Microsoft's Xbox 360 that's getting the most play time, according to consumer research group Nielsen.

Unity Technologies has announced that its eponymous game engine is now an authorized middleware option for Nintendo Wii console game development.

Listed in: Wii Tags: Famitsu , From Software O 2 It's time to get your stealth on! Recent scans from Famitu have indicated that Tenchu 4 is coming in just a couple of months.

Videogames publisher Lexicon Entertainment and talented Chinese games developer TF-H Co Ltd have announced a two-year agreement which will see the two companies bring a number of new IP to Nintendo DS, Nintendo ...

Wii Fit has apparently sold out completely in the United Kingdom, Nintendo's disruptive exercise game unavailable at any retail chain according to a stock checking website .