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Some new Nielson  stats have been released today.  Now 37% or 1 and 3 adults owns a video game console, and 16 percent own a portable gaming device.  71% of …
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Looks like Nintendo may not have to be so quiet for much longer.  The pending stock trade looks to be going through in the next couple weeks:

This may have …
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Mario Mario is in at number 15 on the Forbes list of the richest fictional characters. Other noteworthy characters on the list: Lara Croft, Mr. Monopoly, and C. Montgomery …
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Grasshopper Manufacture, developer of Killer7 and the new No More Heroes game for Wii, has announced they will conducting a conference on April 14 in Tokyo, Japan.  The conference is …
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London (9th March 2007) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces FINAL FANTASY® FABLES: CHOCBO TALES (CHOCOBO …
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1. Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) 2. Crackdown (Microsoft) 3. The Sims 2: Seasons (EA) 4. FIFA 07 (EA) 5. Sonic and the Secret Rings (Sega) 6. Pro Evolution Soccer …
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LEGO and developer, NetDevil, have revealed that a LEGO MMO game is in development. Here’s a snippet of the press release:

“Playing with LEGO bricks and developing online worlds …
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It may take a second to load, but it’s pretty cool when it does.

Source: Kottke

A loyal Nintendo fan, who lives in Japan, recently spent many hours constructing a 3D model of Nintendo’s headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. He used Google’s Sketchup program to create …
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Possible new game announcements tomorrow in Japan. Nintendo will be holding a meeting with retailers in Japan.

Nintendo will be holding another retailers meeting tomorrow in Japan. The purpose of …
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