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Games Industry Wire

February 3rd, 2007

Dan Aykroyd Backing New Ghostbusters Game

Dan Aykroyd, one of the actors from the original series of Shosbusters movies has publicly said that he will be lending his voice to a new Ghostbusters game. According to the Edmonton Sun he will not be doing the voice and motion capture until next year which means a late 2008 release for the game […]

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July 7th, 2006

DS helps gaming industry

A few weeks ago I was talking about my unhealthy fetish with Nintendo DSs. I finally got my hands on a DS and played Brain age for the first time. It’s a really neat concept, to improve your brain age by doing simple arithmetic and other types of problems everyday. But that’s not what […]

By Justin -- 1 comment

June 7th, 2006

Everything Looks Positive for the Wii

There have been a lot of rumors flying around about how Sony will lose a hefty billion on the PS3. I’m not sure how legit that is, but I do know that Nintendo is reporting that they will not lose much at all on the Wii’s launch. Initially almost all game companies, that produce consoles, […]

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May 31st, 2006

MS execs slam PS3 online service

Just like the presidential bashing that happens during election year, the gaming industry disintegrates into verbal mish mash of bashing each others hardware, services, and strategies.

Microsoft is “flattered that they’ve followed our clear direction,” when referring to Sony. However, top MS execs still don’t understand PS3’s online strategy. MS execs see the service as hazy […]

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May 16th, 2006

Video Game Sales Are Finally Up

After seven months of lackluster video game sales, the gaming industry reports that there is now a bright side. Video game sales rose %16 during the month of April to $699 million. With the beefed up shipments of 360s,  the price drop of the PS2, and E3 hype gamers went out in masses to get […]

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March 30th, 2006

Majesco denies shareholder request

Majesco has rejected an offer from Trinad to purchase 2 million shares. Majesco believes that Trinad is seeking to gain control of the company, and Majesco insists that they have enough capital to continue to operate without that large investment.
In an open letter, Majesco claimed Trinad was “effectively seeking to acquire control of the […]

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March 28th, 2006

Xbox 360 Increases the Popularity of Xbox Live

With the release of the Xbox 360, Xbox Live has become a significant part of the Xbox experience.
Microsoft released new numbers for their Xbox Live service. They claim that gamers have spent more than 1.5 BILLION hours gaming on Xbox Live since the launch in 2002. Halo 2 alone accounted for accounted for 500 million […]

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March 20th, 2006

Xbox Handheld and xTunes

According to Dean Takahashi, author of the forthcoming book” Launch of the Xbox 360,” Microsoft is launching in to the handheld gaming industry alongside Nintendo and Sony. Supposedly, J Allard is heading up the project now that the Xbox 360 is in cruise control. The device will allow users to watch movies, play games, […]

By Justin -- 1 comment

March 18th, 2006

Ubisoft Shares are Up

Ubisoft, I believe, has created the first killer app for the 360, Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter, and it seems that gamers are letting Ubisoft know the game is amazing.
Ubisoft’s shares have risen 4% on account of this one title for the 36O and Xbox. GRAW has sold over 240,000 in the US and 120,000 in […]

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March 16th, 2006

Microsoft Responds to Sony’s Announcement

In a recent interview, Shane Kim, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios, played down Sony’s announcement by saying, “For us, Sony’s announcement doesn’t change anything. We’ve had a very clear strategy for a long time now and we’re not going to change that. We’re not going to react to anything that they do.” He is […]

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