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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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February 1st, 2007

Infogrames Sales Down

Infogrames, the company which owns Atari, is reporting that their sales have fallen 24 percent in the first three quarters of their fiscal year, according to GameSpot. The news is not entirely a surprise. The company is in the midst of a restructuring plan in which some of Atari’s internal studios are being jetisoned and […]

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January 30th, 2007

PS3 Prices To Be Cut 25% 12 Months from Launch

Tony Smith of Reg Hardware is reporting that Sony is planning on cutting up to 25% off the price of the new Playstation 3 within 12 months of its March 23rd European launch. The forecast is for Sony to cut up to or more than 150 Euros off of the 599 Euro starting price for […]

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January 27th, 2007

PS3 To Be Released March 23 Overseas

Although the next gen console has already made its debut in the US as well as Japan and other regions the highly advertised system will be released March 23 overseas. Areas for release include Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and biggest of all Europe. Sony is battling for market share with competitors Nintondo and Microsoft […]

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January 26th, 2007

PlayStation 3 to Sell for $835 in Britain

Technology blog is reporting that Sony will debut the PlayStation 3 in Britain with a euro-equivalent price of $835 dollars. The price is more than $200 over what the system costs in the U.S. but it is actually no surprise. Sony could charge nearly any price they wanted to for the system on its debut […]

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January 24th, 2007

EA Introduces Newest DS Games

Electronic Arts is developing its newest DS game looking to capitalize on the handhelds adult and casual gamer market that Nintendo has moved to capitalize on. The new game, entitled Pogo Island, follows other adult-geared games such as Big BRain Academy that looks to take advantage of the DS’ ease of use.
The game features five […]

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January 23rd, 2007

Amazon Top 10: Weef of January 22nd, 2007

Here are some current top 10s from Amazon.com:
Top 10 Wii Games

Warioware: Smooth Moves
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Play
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Super Money Ball Banana Blitz
Madden NFL 07
Mario Party 8
Call of Duty 3
Excite Truck

Top 10 DS Games

Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Kirby Squeak Squad
Brain Age
Mario Kart
New Super Mario Bros.
Big Brain Academy
Final Fantasy III
Animal Crossing: Wild […]

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January 22nd, 2007

Google Eyes Video Games

Google, an industry leader in everything advertising, has been expanding its offering in recent months including the long awaited debut of Google’s Audio Ads program. Now it appears Google will be venturing into game advertising.
In-game advertising involves advertising being directly inserted into web-connection games.  This is the next logical step for Google and for the […]

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January 20th, 2007

Gears of War Now Triple Platinum

Gears of War, the hit Xbox 360 game from Epic Games has gone triple platinum. The game was already the fastest selling Xbox 360 game selling 2 million compies in just over 6 weeks after its early November release.
The game overtook Halo 2 as the most popular game on Xbox Live, a spot Halo had […]

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January 20th, 2007

Games Industry Wire is Being Rebooted

Well let me take this time to make it official that I am the new blogger here at Games Industry Wire. My name is Kris Karkoski and I am a 19-year-old college student in northwest Pennsylvania. I mean who really knows more about video games than a college student who is stuck inside all winter […]

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