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The PlayStation 2 debuted in 2000, March in Japan, October in the US, and November worldwide. The system sported a DVD drive, a first for game consoles, and may have been the key to quick adaptation of the new video format. Sporting backwards compatibility with the first PlayStation, the system debuted with a gigantic library. […]

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Eidos takes to Arkham Asylum
By Martin Robinson
While not quite the announcement of the heavily rumoured game of The Dark Knight that’s supposedly in the works at Pandemic Studios, word has broken on another new Batman game, with Eidos and developers Rocksteady Studios said to be at work on a title based around Arkham Asylum.
With details […]

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What the legendary game maker does in his spare time is their business.
By Ben Silverman
 When he isn’t designing groundbreaking video games, Shigeru Miyamoto partakes in a variety of interesting hobbies. And Nintendo doesn’t want you to know what they are.
Citing anonymous Nintendo sources, the Times Online reports that the man responsible for smash franchises like […]

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The official website won’t be revealed for another two days and some change (around 12:00 noon EST Friday, August 15), but the word is out on the newest Batman game, and it is a very pleasant surprise.
Worthplaying.com has broken the news that the next Batman game is coming in 2009 from Warner and Eidos Interactive. […]

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At 70 million units sold and counting, it’s the most important sports franchise in video game history, so Electronic Arts pulled out all the stops for its newest release.
For “Madden NFL 09,” EA threw a party first at CocoDeVille/STK last week then Monday at the Rose Bowl. The former drew such celebrities as Hugh Hefner, […]

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Screenwriter Justin Marks has lots of amazing projects on his to-do list, including big screen adaptations of “Voltron,” “He-Man” and “Street Fighter.” Newsarama spoke to Marks about “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,” who revealed that his goal is to provide a serious script for the film.
“Well the guy who wrote it, Steven E. de […]

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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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While their E3 2008 Press Conference may have seemed a bit lackluster, not providing announcements on any of their major franchises, Nintendo certainly has reason to celebrate this week. The Nintendo Wii gaming console is now the number one selling console in the United States.
Nintendo actually overtook Microsoft’s Xbox 360 last September in worldwide sales. […]

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After weeks of rumors and leaked retailer’s pamphlets, Microsoft finally came clean about the price drop of their standard Xbox360 model. Yes, the 20gb hard drive equipped Pro edition is dropping in price by $50 in the US and Canada, to $299. However, as few of the rumors uncovered, it is merely a clearance price. […]

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