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TOKYO — Nintendo’s profits rose by almost a third in the second quarter of 2008 thanks to the continued strong performance of its Wii console, the company said Wednesday.
The gaming giant’s profit for April through June rose to 119.19 billion yen ($1.1 billion), up 31.5% from 90.63 billion yen a year earlier. Net income for [...]

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LONDON — The government has launched a consultation on the way video games aimed at children are classified, in a bid to protect youngsters from increasing amounts of harmful or inappropriate material offered by a new generation of video games.
The new system is expected to either update, modify or simply strengthen the current legally binding [...]

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 Opens: Friday, Aug. 1 (Universal)
NEW YORK — You might not be able to kill a mummy but as “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” demonstrates, you can kill a franchise.
The third entry in the series starring Brendan Fraser ups the ante in terms of special effects and action, but there’s an undeniably tired air [...]

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As “The Dark Knight” took off overseas, Warner Bros. Pictures International became the third major international distributor to surpass $1 billion in foreign boxoffice revenue.
This is the eighth year in a row and the 10th time overall that WBPI has hurdled the industry benchmark.
Warner Bros. said that the Caped Crusader’s opening blast of $40 million [...]

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With Heath Ledger’s villainous Joker drawing attention and boxoffice dollars, Sony is moving forward with “Venom,” a potential “Spider-Man” spinoff based on a bad guy.
The studio is developing the project, based on the gooey nemesis who appeared in “Spider-Man 3″ and is hoping the character could serve as an antidote to the aging “Spider-Man” franchise [...]

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