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Friday, May 16, 2008

Sony Promotes Shuhei Yoshida to President SCE Worldwide Studios

Posted: 05/16/2008 01:28:00

Rather than looking outside the company to fill Phil Harrison's shoes, Sony has moved one of the initial members of the PlayStation business into the important role.

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Media Coverage: Review Schizophrenia

Posted: 05/15/2008 22:39:00

Media Coverage makes an argument for segregating the technical video game review from the critical think-piece.

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Denis Dyack Sets the Record Straight on His Role at Silicon Knights

Posted: 05/15/2008 22:14:00

Responding to reports about whether or not he will remain president at Silicon Knights, Denis Dyack has issued a brand-new statement to GameDaily BIZ.

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Sony: PSN Members Total Almost 4 Million in North America

Posted: 05/15/2008 21:59:00

Despite delays to PlayStation Home and missing features like in-game XMB access and friends lists, the PlayStation Network membership has climbed to almost 4 million.

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Sony: DualShock 3 Rakes in $10.9 Million in April

Posted: 05/15/2008 20:53:00

The new controller is rumbling the cash out of consumers' pockets. The DualShock 3 generated close to $11 million in sales during the month.

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Sony on April NPD: PS3 Software Sales Grew 410%

Posted: 05/15/2008 20:42:00

SCEA chief Jack Tretton couldn't be happier with the attach rate of GTA IV to the PlayStation 3 in April. PS3 software sales were way up as a result.

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NPD: GTA IV, Mario Kart Drive U.S. Game Industry Sales to $1.23 Billion in April

Posted: 05/15/2008 18:33:00

GTA IV sold 1.85 million units on 360 vs. 1 million on PS3, while hardware sales for both platforms mysteriously failed to top 200K. Regardless, the Wii once again was in comple...

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Castlevania Enters Order of Ecclesia

Posted: 05/15/2008 18:15:00

Drac is back... but are the Belmonts? No word on the legendary vampire slaying clan, but players will get to use a combination of glyphs to fend off the legions of Dracula.

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Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! Coming to Wii

Posted: 05/15/2008 17:44:00

Wii owners can try and survive while stranded on a mysterious island this fall in Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked, which brings new motion controls to the series.

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London Games Festival 08 Announced

Posted: 05/15/2008 17:35:00

Last year's festival drew over 100,000 attendees, with events like a Video Games Live concert and Electronic Arts' two-day Be The One event. More is planned for this year's event.

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Konami Announces Three DanceDanceRevolution Titles

Posted: 05/15/2008 17:19:00

Konami plans to release three new DDR games for the PS2, Wii, and Xbox 360 in celebration of the series' 10th Anniversary.

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Konami Profits Up 13% in Fiscal '08

Posted: 05/15/2008 16:53:00

DDR on Wii in North America and Pro Evolution Soccer in Europe helped drive Konami's sales and profits up during the last year. With Metal Gear Solid 4 on the way, Fiscal '09 sh...

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Konami Drums Up Rock Revolution

Posted: 05/15/2008 15:35:00

Not content to let Guitar Hero and Rock Band steal the spotlight, Konami is launching a new music game of its own with "the most realistic drum peripheral on the market."

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Georgia Giving Tax Breaks to Gaming Production

Posted: 05/15/2008 15:03:00

In the rare piece of legislation that actually favors gaming, the 2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act (HB 1100) gives tax credits to film, TV and video game companies tha...

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Xbox 360 Reaching its Graphical Limit?

Posted: 05/15/2008 13:55:00

Hidden Path developer Mark Terrano believes graphics have been pushed almost as far as they can go on Xbox 360, but there's lots of room for improvement in camera techniques, no...

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Penny Arcade Adventures Powered by Torque 360

Posted: 05/15/2008 13:48:00

The upcoming RPG-Adventure game is the latest Xbox Live Arcade title to be developed using GarageGames' game engine. Torque 360 was chosen in part because of the engine's multi...

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Sega Publishing Four PlatinumGames

Posted: 05/15/2008 13:16:00

The Osaka-based developer with prominent members of the acclaimed Clover Studio group has announced a multi title deal with Sega that includes MadWorld, Infinite Line and Bayone...

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NCsoft Profits Fall 43% After Spacetime Write-off

Posted: 05/15/2008 12:33:00

Removing Spacetime's Blackstar MMO from its lineup cost NCsoft, but excluding the write-off profit would have been up, in large part thanks to record sales for Lineage II.

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Nintendo Ordered to Pay $21 Million Over Controller Patent

Posted: 05/15/2008 11:33:00

Anascape, a company based in Tyler, Texas that you've likely never heard of before, was awarded $21 million from a jury over its game controller patents. Nintendo is looking to...

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Disney Launching Online Community for DS Gamers

Posted: 05/15/2008 11:06:00

Available with the DS version of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, DGamer is Disney's new online community with features such as customizable avatars and honors from gam...

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CBS to Buy GameSpot Parent CNET for $1.8 Billion

Posted: 05/15/2008 11:01:00

More and more big media are getting in the game. Fox owns IGN, and now GameSpot is about to join the CBS family in a deal that will give the TV network a significant web presence.

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Top 10 PC Games (Week Ending May 3, 2008)

1. The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
3. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
4. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest
5. The Sims 2: FreeTime
6. World Of Warcraft
7. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
8. Sins Of A Solar Empire
9. Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
10. Crysis
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