 Today F1 Management Limited in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh hosted 1st Qualifier round at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (Dhanmondi Campus). ULAB (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh) in 5th floor in arrangement this 1st qualifier round day. Total 500 players join this event, in 420 players is participated at FIFA ’09 and other players participated on Warcraft III Frozen Throne and Guitar Hero: World Tour. Warcraft III Frozen Throne participators’ DoTA (Defense of The Ancients) players, was 5 VS 5 play this game and total 9 number of team was 1st Qualifier round participated. In FIFA ’09 participator at a time 30 player played this game, 1 VS 1 and 1 referee watched that players games. I am also here three games judgment to referee mod.
Tomorrow WCG 2009 Asian Championship 2nd Qualifier round (Bangladesh) will start 9:30 PM BST in ULAB (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh) in 5th floor auditorium hall.
 View: Photos: WCG 2009 Asian Championship Qualifier round in Bangladesh - 1st Day
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 Bangladesh has been invited in the WCG 2009 Asian Championship this year for the first time.
World Cyber Games (WCG) is the world cup for all the gamers around the world, a chance to truly see just how you good you are with keyboard and mouse against other human players. For the last couple of years, F1 Management Limited has been organising the National Round in Bangladesh, selecting the winners who will face the players from all over the world.
The Asian Championship of WCG will be held in Singapore from 3rd to 5th July, where all the past Asian Championships has been held, along with the WCG Grand Finals back in 2005. The official games this year are DoTA (Defense of The Ancients), a modified version of Warcraft III Frozen Throne, FIFA '09 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
The participating countries are among others Bangladesh, Australia, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Thailand, and New Zealand.
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 Microsoft says that this November saw the biggest European sales month for Xbox 360 since its 2005 launch, outselling Sony's PlayStation 3 across the territory while making significant gains in Span, France, and Italy.
"November was a very significant milestone for Xbox -- we sold the most consoles ever in our history in Europe, and are outselling PlayStation 3 week-on-week across Europe," says Xbox EMEA regional vice president Chris Lewis, referring to data from market research group GfK Chart-Track.
According to the company's data, sales for Xbox 360 were up 124 percent over the same period in the previous year, compared to Wii and PlayStation 3, which only saw year-over-year gains of 43 percent and 3 percent respectively.
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 There have been so many special edition Nintendo DS Lite gaming devices, I
think I've lost track. But if you or someone you know is a huge Super Mario
Bros. fan, then check out this limited edition Mario Red DS.
The bright red Nintendo DS Lite features the Mario logo, and comes bundled
with a copy of the Super Mario Bros. game. Wired
unboxed this hot little number, and predicts it will fly
off shelves when it goes on sale on November 28th.
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 Total lifetime sales of the Wii console in Japan have hit 7 million
units, according to a report by research firm and Famitsu magazine
publisher Enterbrain, as translated by blog site Kotaku.
Launched in Japan on December 2nd, 2006, the new milestone includes all
sales in the country up to November 23rd, 2008. By comparison lifetime
sales of the PlayStation 3 in Japan stand at around 2.5 million units
and the Xbox 360 around 800,000 units.
Although easily the best-selling home console in Japan, the Wii’s
dominance in its home country is not quite as total as in the West. The
console is regularly outsold, often by a significant margin, by both
the Nintendo DS and PSP – although software sales have remained strong.
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 While the DSi couldn't match the phenomenal opening sales week it enjoyed in Japan, it still shifted almost 105,000 units to top the hardware chart during the week ended November 9.
Sony's handheld again took second place, as PSP sales fell more marginally to 43,000.
The Wii was one of only two systems to see a sales increase, moving
almost 25,000 units, while PS3 sales dipped from 40,000 to 18,500.
That was still enough to beat 360 though, despite weekly sales of Microsoft's console doubling to nearly 13,000.
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 The consumer is always right. Electronic Arts Inc., stung by a siege of criticism from gamers who took issue with the copyright restrictions the company placed on its Spore game, issued an apology Friday and said it would loosen electronic locks on the game.
Spore, one of the most hotly anticipated computer games of the decade, was released two weeks ago after more than six years of development.
"We've received complaints from a lot of customers who we recognize and respect," said Frank Gibeau, president of EA's Games Label, the division responsible for Spore. "We need to adapt our policy to accommodate our legitimate consumers."
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 Sony has unveiled a new online service called Life with PlayStation, which offers PlayStation 3 users a quick way to check the weather and scan headlines using their console.
The service is part of Sony's larger effort to ratchet up its Sony PlayStation Network. The company has started offering video downloads and is poised to offer a new virtual world interface called PlayStation Home later this fall.
Life with PlayStation for now is not as interesting as Home or the video downloads. You just get a live space view of the earth with the ability to zoom in on 60 cities around the world. Each city provides you with current weather provided by the Weather Channel, a live web cam shot and local news headlines served up by Google News.
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The rumour has been killed - Google is not attempting to buy-out Valve according to both companies.
By now everybody on the planet has probably seen the rumour that was
originally spread by The Inquirer that internet giant Google was set to
buy out Half-Life developer Valve, but both companies have now refuted the claim and said it is purely a piece of fiction.
The Inquirer's
Charlie Demerjian originally set the rumour-mill going, claiming that
'well placed sources' had confirmed with him that Google was ready to
buy-out Valve 'at any second'. Predictably, the internets were set
aflame with panic and flamewars, with The Inquirer standing by the
story as the comments flooded in.
However, it now turns out that some even better placed sources at both
companies have dismissed the idea as a work of pure fantasy.
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A new comprehensive study of teens' gaming experiences dispels much of
the fear that video games can incite users to violence and, at the same
time, the study found that game playing includes heavy social
interaction and civic engagement. And, yes, girls are now playing video games almost as much as boys.
The study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project
found that nearly all teens play video games and that their games'
activity has become a major component of their overall social
experience.
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 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – September 16, 2008 – Thirty-one years ago, the first Star Wars movie galvanized audiences around the word, sparking a phenomenon that has spanned generations. With today’s release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, one of the most highly anticipated video games of the year, LucasArts proves that the Force is stronger than ever.
Available now on the Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™ home videogame system from Nintendo, Nintendo DS™, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force and casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice,” unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy seen through the eyes of this mysterious new character, who is armed with unprecedented powers.
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It's back and forth between Microsoft and Sony, while Nintendo trumps both with more Wii sales than Xbox 360 and PS3 combined.
Xbox 360 won the latest round in the monthly battle with PlayStation 3 hardware sales, according to figures released by NPD Friday. Of course, both figures--195k for Xbox 360 and 185k sold of PS3--pale to the nearly half a million Wii consoles Nintendo moved.
With 453k consoles sold, you'd think Wii was the best-selling game machine for the month. Actually, it was DS at 518k handhelds sold.
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 EA Mobile said Friday that "Spore Origins,"an original game for the iPhone and iPod touch, will debut this month.
EA Mobile, a division of Redwood City, Calif.-based Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), said the game takes full advantage of the Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices’ built-in accelerometer as players tilt, turn and twist their way through a world made of primordial ooze. In conjunction with the launch of "Spore Origins," the company also announced a list of nine games in development for both the iPhone and iPod touch platforms.
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Left 4 Dead was originally set to hit retailers on November 4 but in a video interview with Gamekings.tv,
Valve's Gabe Newell stated that the game was be pushed back to the
third week of November to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Half-Life. That meant L4D would have come out November 20, 2008, according to Newell.
Well
the date has been changed again, and now Valve's highly anticipated
co-op survival horror has different release dates for North America and
Europe. Left 4 Dead 411 made a request to Valve for definite
confirmation, and Doug Lombardi responded, "Nov 18 in the States. Nov
21 in Europe (US retailers do 'new release Tues' and the EU does that
on Friday)."
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With the Leipzig Games Convention 2008 finally closing its curtains, we now get confirmation that next year's event has already been scheduled. The announcement was made via press release by Leipziger Messe GmbH CEO Wolfgang Marzin: GC 2009 will be held from August 19 to 23, also in Leipzig.
Along with the announcement, we hear of a survey conducted to this year's event's visitors, asking them if they'd want to see another GC next year.
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Could a patent fight force Nintendo (NTDOY) to pull its popular Wii videogame console from U.S. store shelves? That's how some investors seem to have interpreted Hillcrest Labs ' announcement on Aug. 21 that it was suing Nintendo in a district court in Washington, D.C.
Hillcrest alleges that the wand-shaped remote controller for the Wii uses technology that infringes on the Rockville (Md.) company's patents for a "handheld three-dimensional pointing device" and software that works with it on a TV. Hillcrest has also asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban import of the Wii. A Nintendo spokesman declined to comment, saying the company had not been contacted by Hillcrest Labs.
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Redwood City game developer Electronic Arts today withdrew its $2 billion hostile bid for Take-Two Interactive Software, saying it could not acquire Take-Two's video games in time for the holiday market.
"We no longer believe we can integrate Take-Two ahead of the important holiday season,'' Electronic Art's Chief Executive, John Riccitiello, said in a letter to Take-Two's Executive Chairman, Strauss Zelnick,
As as result, Riccitiello said his $25.74 per share offer for New York-based Take-Two, creator of the Grand Theft Auto video-game series, would expire at midnight East Coast time.
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We first heard about it back in June, but Electronic Arts has now officially announced the latest entry in the Need for Speed series, along with a release date: Need for Speed: Undercover
will hit store shelves on November 18, and naturally, it'll be
available for every computerized apparatus with a button -- Xbox 360,
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC (via GameSpot).
As the title suggests, players will go undercover to
infiltrate an underground racing scene, which has some sort of
connection to an international crime syndicate (because everyone knows
all international crime conspirators love street racing). Helping
propel the story will be a number of live-action cut-scenes, and EA has
brought on board actress Maggie Q (of Mission: Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard
fame) to play agent Chase Linh, who oversees the undercover operation.
You can get a preview of Undercover's theatrics (sadly, sans Maggie Q)
in this new trailer:
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It was bound to happen: the 40GB PlayStation 3 previously announced for Japan and Europe
will arrive in the US in November 2 with a $400 price tag. The 80GB
model will get a price cut too, going from $600 to $500. Both versions
are still more expensive than its Microsoft and Nintendo rivals. [WSJ]
UPDATE: Here's the official word from Sony:
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Could this be the start of a new trend involving more digital
downloads of full titles? Some analysts actually believe the entire
industry will go downloadable within the next 5-10 years, so perhaps
this is the start of that...
There are already several full games available for download on the PlayStation Store, but they're all online-oriented (Warhawk, the upcoming SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation), big demos (Gran Turismo 5: Prologue), or small, arcade-style titles (flOw, Bionic Commando Rearmed, etc.).
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NEW YORK — Even in a seasonally slow month and with the economy in the doldrums, U.S. sales of video game hardware and software soared 28 percent in July, hitting $1.19 billion.
According to data from market researcher NPD Group, Americans bought $446.9 million worth of video game hardware during the month, a 17 percent jump from the same month a year ago.
The portable Nintendo DS was the top-selling gaming system with 608,400 units, followed by the Wii at 555,000.
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According to Shack News,
id's upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter will look worse on Xbox 360 than
PS3, given the limited disc space of the former when coupled with
surcharges from Microsoft.
As Carmack puts it, Microsoft charges a fee to use three discs in a
single Xbox 360 game, something Carmack's company obviously wants to
avoid. So unless Microsoft makes an exception, Rage will be compressed
onto two Xbox 360 discs and suffer from noticeable imperfections, said
Carmack.
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Following weeks of speculation and rumor, MMOG developer Cryptic Studios has confirmed that it has licensed the rights to develop and publish Star Trek Online.
Cryptic has promised to reveal details about the game, along with gameplay video clips, at the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, taking place on August 10. The event will also be webcast live, available via the official Star Trek Online website.
"When the opportunity came for Cryptic to obtain the license for Star Trek,
we were absolutely thrilled," said Chief Creative Officer Jack Emmert
in a message on the site, following the announcement. "I realized how
many people at Cryptic loved the IP when the possibility of us getting
the rights leaked out to the rest of the company. I had more Trekkies
in my office asking to work on the project than I ever imagined."
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During Microsoft's Gamefest 2008 in
Seattle on Tuesday, the company seemed to finally answer year-old
criticisms about its pricing strategy for Games for Windows - Live.
Microsoft said that it would no longer
be charging for "premium" online features in Games for Windows - Live
titles, such as TrueSkill matchmaking, cross-platform gameplay and
multiplayer achievements.
When Microsoft announced Games for
Windows - Live in 2007, the firm said it would offer free PC-to-PC
multiplayer gaming and community features, but charge $50 per year
(which also included an Xbox Live gold membership) for extra features.
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Three days after the September issue of Nintendo Power leaked onto the internet unveiling a new Sonic Wii game, Sega on Monday confirmed the news.
According to the piping hot press release, Sonic and the Black Knight is the spiritual successor to Sonic and The Secret Rings, released early last year on Wii. Only this time, Sonic isn't searching for clandestine rings, he's trying to get knighted.
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 Plug a little accessory the size of a memory card into the tail of
your Wii remote and Nintendo says you can have dramatically better
motion control. According to Nintendo's pre-E3 press splash,
the Wii MotionPlus attaches to the end of your Wii Remote and, in
conjunction with the accelerometer and sensor bar, lets the system keep
better track of your arm's position.
How much better? Nintendo claims an astonishing 1:1, arm to screen.
That's like a dozen points higher fidelity than the current system,
which works great for casual stuff like rhythm and puzzle games where
you can sort of slop through the activities, but it's always been kinda
touch-and-go with more serious stuff like Zelda and Metroid. You should
hear what comes out of my mouth when my system's infrared bar loses the
pointer in a game or just plain locks up. It happens fairly often, too.
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Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) announced over the weekend that it has slashed $50 off the price of its basic 20GB Xbox 360 game console, to $299, while also unveiling plans to release a new 60GB model in August that will retail for $349. The company said the price cut on the 20GB model will go on "while supplies last," indicating it will discontinue that version of the device, while continuing to offer the hard drive-free Xbox 360 Arcade model for $280 and 120GB Xbox 360 Elite for $450.
Separately, Microsoft on Monday announced a partnership with online DVD rental service Netflix (NASD: NFLX), which will see movies and TV episodes from Netflix streamed to the Xbox 360 for viewing on a television.
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about rumors that Microsoft was
planning to chop the Xbox 360's price in July. Well, that price cut was
all but confirmed today by Kotaku.
After posting leaked photos of upcoming Best Buy, Kmart, and
other circulars, the gaming blog now has a GameStop employee's
cell-phone snapshots of shelf art and an internal memo announcing that the Xbox 360 Pro (aka the Premium)
would drop to $299.99 on Sunday, July 13. Not coincidentally, E3 kicks
off the next day with--you guessed it--Microsoft's press conference.
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CHICAGO - Midway Games Inc. a leading
interactive entertainment publisher and developer, and world-renowned
developer Epic Games, today announced Unreal Tournament 3, for the Xbox
360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, is now
available, with several new features including split screen, five
exclusive maps and two all-new characters, as well as all previously
released downloadable content. Rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB, Unreal
Tournament 3 is available for a suggested retail price of $59.95 in the
U.S. Unreal Tournament 3, the award-winning first-person-shooter, has
already shipped more than 1 million units for Windows PC and
PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
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From the first day Microsoft unveiled Viva Pinata as a Rare-developed Xbox 360 game and a Saturday morning cartoon, it made its intentions to expand the brand undeniably clear. Since then, Microsoft has ported the original to the PC, produced a spin-off in Viva Pinata Party Animals, and is following that up with a THQ-published DS port, Viva Pinata Pocket Party.
Now, two years later, the first proper sequel to the game has a release date. Microsoft today announced the official North American and UK release dates for Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise. Gamers in the New World will be able to get back to breeding Sparrowmints and Bunnycombs beginning September 2, while their cross-Pacific counterparts will have to wait a bit longer for the planned September 5 UK launch.
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The latest firmware 2.40 put out just Tuesday for the Sony Playstation 3 was apparently pulled shortly after its release due to multiple reported problems
caused by the update. If you’ve already gotten the update and things
are working fine you are one of the lucky ones, otherwise if you seem
to be faced with a bricked console you’ll need to be getting in touch
with Sony support or possibly trying to fix it yourself.
Sony confirmed Wednesday that they had official pulled the available
update within an hour after its release due to the reported problems,
which they say were experienced by a “limited” number of PS3 gamers.
The most common problem appears to be that the console gets “stuck”
when booting and doesn’t get past that “wave” background display, never
reaching the XMB. Some argue that formatting the PS3 hard disk will fix the problem which you can attempt, but at your own risk.
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LOS ANGELES, June 30 - The makers of video game
"Rock Band 2" said on Monday the sequel to last year's
best-selling predecessor "Rock Band" will be released for the
Xbox in September, months ahead of key rival "Guitar Hero."
Both games allow players to simulate being in a rock band
by playing musical instruments.
"Rock Band 2" makers Harmonix Music Systems Inc, Electronic
Arts Inc and MTV games, a unit of Viacom Inc,
said the new version would include more instruments, a new
soundtrack and an online community. Music downloads for the
first "Rock Band" will be compatible with "Rock Band 2."
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A new video has been released over on the official PS3 blog which
gives us all a detailed look at the long awaited in-game XMB that is
due to be released in the upcoming 2.40 firmware.
Eric Lempel who is the director for the PSN, shows us how he is able
to navigate the XMB whilst having GT5:P paused in the background. It
all looks very slick as he browses through all of the menus in the XMB,
while taking time to surf through his messages. It seems to be the
update all PS3 fans have been waiting for, as a PS3 owner myself, I had
often found it very frustrating to have to go out of game to read a
message whilst playing COD4 online, this update looks to have solved
that problem completely, which will please a lot of you I’m sure.
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While interest, investment, and sales of Nintendo Wii are through
the roof, outspoken analyst Michael Pachter says traditional games will
still grow, though not as fast as mainstream ones.
"The market for next-gen games is not close to exhaustion," says
Pachter, when asked how promising of a future the Xbox 360 and PS3 have
in a post-Wii world. "As consoles come down in price, the manufacturers
will sell more of them, and the market will continue to expand."
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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.
Called
"Life with PlayStation," the service will launch with news and weather
information channels but is set to be considerably expanded in the
future, said Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, at a Tokyo news conference on Thursday.
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 Metal Gear Solid 4
is, without a doubt, one of the best PlayStation 3 releases thus far,
so seeing it post big sales numbers isn't entirely surprising. The game
is also doing well in Europe, with Konami selling over one million
copies in its first week on the shelves.
Martin Schneider, sales and marketing director at Konami Germany,
expressed the company's understandable happiness with the success. "The
Metal Gear Solid
series has again proved its huge potential, and we are delighted with
the fantastic response the game has enjoyed at retail," he said."We are
extremely pleased with the positive feedback we have received
from retail and consumers alike, and will keep satisfying their needs
with updates to the game's 'Extra' option, and via new content to Metal
Gear Online."
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Few game franchises are able to create a buzz like Konami’s groundbreaking stealth series Metal Gear Solid.
It’s now 21 years since the first game appeared on the MSX2 computer system.
Over
that time the series has built up a reputation for pushing the
boundaries of each machine that it has appeared on, and MGS4 is no
exception.
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No matter how many "inside sources" there are, rumors are always just
rumors until we hear an official word from the only source that
matters. Hence, you'll all be very happy to know that two long-awaited
and much-discussed features are headed our way with firmware update
2.40 for the PlayStation 3: the in-game XMB and trophies.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global entertainment and media revenue
is forecast rising by an average of 6.6 percent a year to $2.2
trillion by 2012, boosted by advertising-supported digital and
mobile media and an explosion in the adoption of broadband.
According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) annual
forecast released on Wednesday, advertising tied to the
burgeoning interest in watching videos on the Internet and on
devices, such as Apple Inc's iPod, will account for 24
percent of growth in the sector and is projected to grow
fastest at a compound annual growth rate of 19.5 percent to
2012.
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Microsoft Corp. may reduce pricing of its Xbox 360 game consoles in
the USA during E3 Media & Business summit in mid-July in order to
sell more of its latest video game systems, an analyst said. The
potential move of Microsoft will be inline with similar decisions made
in different regions.
“With
E3 around the corner, we can expect Microsoft to make some type of
announcement regarding a hardware price cut, the introductory of a new
hardware SKU with new features, or both,” said EEDAR analyst Jesse
Divnich in a note to investors, reports GamesIndustry web-site.
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 Sony has announced the latest version of firmware for its very popular portable video game console, PlayStation Portable. This forthcoming 4.00 update will incorporate the Google search engine directly to the XcrossMediaBar.
Needless to say, this feature will be accessible via the World Wide Web, allowing gamers to conveniently search online content on the PSP.
Eric Lempel, director (Operations) of PlayStation Network mentioned in a post on the PlayStation blog, that this newly introduced firmware upgrade will make possible Google Internet search with a recall of 20 search items.
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Is Microsoft going to copy Nintendo's Mii idea?
Moreover: Did a whole flood of information about the Xbox 360's
lineup of announcements for E3 just flood out onto the Internets?
Some sleuths at NeoGAF have dug up a marketing presentation that
purports to spill the details on all manner of different major
announcements, from Xbox 360 "Avatars" (right) to new details on Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero World Tour.
And there could even be a video of Silicon Knights' game for Sega,
if all this is true. Oh, it's just a maelstrom of intriguing tidbits
today. Below, I'll run down the major maybe-megatons. Just take them
all with a grain of salt.
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Oooh, pretty color. Japan may get like a hundred different colors for their hardware, but at least we get a few unique systems with special bundles like these.
Sony has recently announced the Madden 09 PSP Entertainment Pack, and it includes a copy of EA's upcoming football simulator and a very slick-looking metallic blue PSP. The entire bundle will retail for $199.99 and go on sale right alongside Madden 09 on August 12, which is bound to be a big day for game retailers across the US. And there's more, as you can see by that picture- you also get a 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo and a couple sweet little bonuses; one for all you die-hard pigskin fans and one for any music fan. There's a NFL Films presentation, "NFL: In Just One Play," and a voucher to download Beats from the PlayStation Network through the PSP's PC hookup. Sony says this cool piece of software uses "beat-tracking technology to create gameplay from any song that the player supplies." In short, there are plenty of reasons to want this very attractive bundle when it drops in August.
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Everyone wants to be more physically fit, but the toughest thing is finding motivation -- the motivation to get started, the motivation to keep going, the motivation to push yourself to the next level.
Wii Fit doesn't try to motivate you with before and after photos. It doesn't try to motivate you with testimonials from fitness gurus. It doesn't even offer you three easy payments.
But it does entice you to get into shape by making working out look like fun. And that it does very well.
In fact, Wii Fit might be some of the most fun you can have by just more or less standing still, which must make it about as mass market friendly as any video game product ever was.
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 In a move that could mean the revival of the PC gaming, the chip maker AMD announced a new program, AMD Game! Yes, that’s right! Not a new technology or something like that, but a new program.
Called AMD Game!, the program is conceived to help consumers select perfectly suited PCs for high-definition gaming, the company explained. Of course, as you can imagine, AMD-powered PCs.
AMD GAME! platforms will include AMD Phenom processors, the upcoming AMD Turion Ultra processors, AMD Athlon processors, ATI Radeon HD 3000 series graphics, and AMD chipsets.
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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has been doing pretty well for
itself lately. Not only did the standard pre-order completely sell out,
but the Collectors Edition version sold out too. In fact, publisher
Funcom even printed some extra pre-order discs to cover demand, but the
game still sold out.
But it isn't all good news.
According to a press release from Funcom which boasts about how fast the pre-orders have sold, the DirectX 10 version of Hyborian Adventure has been delayed - and it's a significant delay at that.
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 The Microsoft – Sony battle is
on, as gamers all over the world swarm to pre-order Grand Theft Auto IV, a
franchise that is said to make history within its first weeks of availability. Statistics
are none alike, as the PS3 version may lead in Australia or U.K. websites, but not
on Amazon.com.
Grand Theft Auto IV has
stimulated a tremendous interest all over the world, ranking both versions among
the best sold titles, behind Nintendo’s Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii – this is the
case of Amazon.com, where the Xbox version ranked no. 4, while the PS3 version
ranked sixth.
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 Sony's PlayStation 3 is off to the races with a teaser installment of its iconic "Gran Turismo" franchise, starting this year's high-octane video game lineup with a wave of the checkered flag.
"Gran Turismo 5 Prologue", which rumbled onto store shelves last week, gives PS3 owners a taste of what is in store when the full version of the highly anticipated driving simulator comes out in 2009.
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Nintendo sits atop the home video-game market. Its Wii, though less technologically advanced than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or Sony’s PlayStation 3, continues to outsell those machines and is now in more than 20 million homes.
So why are retailers having so much trouble selling Wii games?
Take Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It was one the most hotly anticipated video games of the year; it sold more than 1.4 million copies during the first week of its release, in early March, and broke records for Nintendo of America.
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Electronic Arts said today it has extended its tender offer for shares of Take-Two Interactive Software until May 16, continuing its attempt to acquire the publisher of one of the video-game industry's most valuable products, the "Grand Theft Auto" series.
The Redwood City company's bid for Take-Two of New York City remains $2 billion. That represents $25.74 per share, diluted from $26 per share following a change in Take-Two's stock incentive plan that allows for the issuance of 1.5 million additional shares to Take-Two's management firm, ZelnickMedia.
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