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Bungie Jumping: Bungie's Frank O'Connor: Games on Other Platforms Possible

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Forbes magazine reports (direct quotes): Bungie Studios will break away from Microsoft, its parent since 2000, both companies said Friday, though Microsoft will keep an equity interest in Bungie and will continue to publish many of Bungie's games--future spin-offs from "Halo," included. Why would Microsoft allow such a marvelous cash cow to roam free? ... "This is seen as a reward t

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Guess Who Has A New SKU: UPC filing reveals possible new Wii SKU

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Engadget has seen products make their first appearance in the form of a UPC filing before, and it looks like Nintendo may now be following the trend, with a recent filing of its revealing what looks to be an awful lot like a new Wii SKU. According to Codename Revolution's "distributor contact," the mystery product is described only as the "New Pack," and it apparently boasts a

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Mark Rein: No money in Wii engines

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Epic has achieved stunning visual feats on the high-end consoles of today, most notably with Gears of War and Unreal Tournament III. But there seems little chance of it going to work on Wii's microchips, as Mark Rein openly admits: "I don't think there's a lot of money in making engines for the Wii." It's a common notion that relatively few games push the Wii to its graphical limit (Supe

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GamesIndustry: Wii Raising the Bar for 360 and PS3

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Nintendo's meteoric rise on the stock market brings with it new challenges. The phenomenal success of Nintendo over the last three years is hardly a new topic, either for this column or for the industry in general. You know the drill by now; by innovating with proven technology and delivering low-cost products with new user interfaces, the firm has propelled itself back to the top of the market, a

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The Simpsons Game Demo Gameplay Video

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Bartman and Homer take down the menace that is Lard Lad in this awesome montage from the demo on PS3.

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Don't miss these UK gaming events in October

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October is a busy month not only for some great games but also for some cool gaming events. This month in the UK there's the Video Games Live at the London Games Festival, The Golden Joystick Awards and the BAFTA Video Game Awards. Each event will feature lots of great games and of course some specialty events such as hearing some of gaming's wonderful music played by a live orchestra. More detail

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Guitar Hero III Hands On..."Best music title to date!"

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Just this last Monday, PSU had the opportunity to get hands on with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, the third installment in the Guitar Hero franchise. Having time to test their skills on several different songs, and trying out all the latest co-op features; they feel confident in naming Guitar Hero III one of the best music titles to date.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Co-op Play In Adventure Mode Confirmed

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In Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary, you can also play with two players simultaneously! Of the two, one will be the protagonist. Essentially, the camera follows the protagonist, so the other player has to keep up. Basically, it?s the same as a standard Smash brawl, so if you take damage and get knocked off the screen, you lose a life. If Player 2 gets separated from Player 1 by the screen scr

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Goldman Sachs: Nintendo Looks A Lot Like Apple

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Wired Game|Life writes: Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs began covering Nintendo today with a "buy" rating, saying that the company's "innovative business model... could bring it close to the level of Apple" in terms of stock valuation. Investors quickly started buying, bringing Nintendo's stock to an all-time high of 64,800 yen. Goldman Sachs' target price is 71,000 yen,

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PS3 the Lowest and DS Highest-selling games device in Australia in Q3 with the PS2 in second.

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Nintendo?s recent hardware dominance has seen its share price reach record highs, and it seems that Aussies haven't been immune to the House of Mario's resurgence. New figures from industry tracker GfK Australia show that Nintendo had the highest selling portable games device (the DS) and the highest-selling next-gen console (the Wii) down under in the last three months, easily eclipsing Sony and

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