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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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EmeraldAge.net’s own Homeless Willie has broke his silence regarding Metal Gear Solid 4.
EmeraldAge.net set down with Homeless Willie and talked about the game.  In an emotional and sometimes heated manner here is just a taste of what Willie had to say:
EmeraldAge: Willie, what type of game is Meatl Gear Solid 4?
Homeless Willie: Metal Gear Solid [...]

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Thanks to its innovative design and wealth of fantastic games, the Nintendo DS has scrambled to the top of the handheld gaming war, making the hardware wizards at Nintendo the darlings of the games industry.
But what if they don’t hold the patent on the touchy tech?
As reported by video game blog Gamepolitics, John R. Martin [...]

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LucasArts finally broke their silence on the “Wii Lightsaber game” that has been rumored for over a year. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels is due for the Wii this holiday season. Krome Studios, who are also developing the Wii, PS2, and PSP versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, are at the reins [...]

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Microsoft will cut the price of its most popular Xbox 360 model, the 20GB Pro, by $50 to $299 in the coming weeks, game industry sources have confirmed.
Microsoft would not comment, but a major retailer, which requested anonymity, said the price move will come before the major video game trade show, E3, which runs July [...]

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