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Rumor: EA, Ubisoft to take over SCi Entertainment; Eidos

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2008-12-02 02:26:17 by Jon G. in Nintendo DS
 
The rumor mill is abuzz over talks of someone making a grab for Eidos Interactive 's parent company, SCi Entertainment . With a devastating drop of 92 percent from their share price, a buyout for SCi is certainly not unbelievable at this stage According to the sources of Daily Mail, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts have both approached the...
 
Tags: sci entertainment, sci, undeworld ps3 takes, undeworld, tomb raider, parent company, company, percent, talks
 
 
 
 
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Sony's Turn to Spin the NPDs: 410% Increase Year-Over-Year for PS3 Software

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2008-05-17 21:46:10 by Chris in Gaming Today
Okay, with Microsoft out of the way , its now Sonys turn to give their spin on the NPD Groups data for last month . Of the three current-gen consoles, PlayStation 3 sold the least in April (albeit by an extremely slim margin) and, overall, Sony platforms didnt have a particularly good month. So what angle would Sony take The main talking point...
 
Tags: ps3, ps3 momentum, ps3 continues blockbuster, drive ps3 sales, units, million software units, ps3 sales targets, sales, hardware sales
 
 
 
 
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Are Game Over Screens A Thing Of The Past?

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2008-10-22 18:30:04 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
Dying in video games, like in real life, seems to be a natural part of the process. You play, therefore you die and you usually have to start over But does it have to be that way Not necessarily. I recently spoke to three developers whove all been making dying in games a little less painful. They explained to me why theyre saying no to game over...
 
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Well over half

2008-10-16 13:58:05 by Snafzg in The Greenskin
 
Of people who left WoW for WAR have returned Q: Did you notice a drop off in World of Warcraft users when Warhammer Online launched Paul Sams : Not significantly, weve certainly had some of that happen, which is the same thing we experienced with Age of Conan and each time an MMO has come out weve seen some amount of reduction of use. The good...
 
Tags: people, people eat, people cited war, war, warhammer online, mythic, mythic entertainment, conan, conan players
 
 
 
 
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The Ultimate Xbox 360 Achievement Quest Is Over Just Days Before Smash Brothers Brawl

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2008-03-04 20:34:10 by Jason Cipriano in MTV Multiplayer
It took 26 weeks, 59 games, and two Super Smash Bros. Brawl delays, but I am finally done with my 25,000 point achievement quest Its over Brawl is coming out in less than a week, and I can have a little time to relax - detox if you will What started as a seemingly good idea at meager 10,000 points in 10 weeks ballooned to 25,000, and 26 weeks,...
 
Tags: achievement, quest, achievement quest, achievement whoredom, two-year achievement addiction, games, games strictly, game, game hunter
 
 
 
 
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QuickJump QuickPeek 42: Of Sony's curiosity over homebrew, Stephen King's elephants, and how Zanarkand was discovered in outer space

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2008-04-12 16:25:27 by Gino D. in Xbox 360
Editor's Note: Lots of interstellar updates this week! Massive news on some of the biggest games this year. And so that you guys could easily hitchhike your way around this week's news, we're helping you out with another QuickJump QuickPeek! And yes... is Zanarkand really out there? And what's this talk about elephants? We'll leave that up to...
 
Tags: playstation home beta, playstation home, nintendo wii team, team, playstation home rumor, nintendo wii, wii-white gamecube controller, gamecube controller, store
 
 
 
 
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QuickJump QuickPeek 42: Of Sony's curiosity over homebrew, Stephen King's elephants, and how Zanarkand was discovered in outer space

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2008-04-12 16:25:27 by Gino D. in PSP Updates
Editor's Note: Lots of interstellar updates this week! Massive news on some of the biggest games this year. And so that you guys could easily hitchhike your way around this week's news, we're helping you out with another QuickJump QuickPeek! And yes... is Zanarkand really out there? And what's this talk about elephants? We'll leave that up to...
 
Tags: playstation home beta, playstation home, nintendo wii team, team, playstation home rumor, nintendo wii, wii-white gamecube controller, gamecube controller, store
 
 
 
 
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Chinese MMO Operator Sued Over In-Game Losses

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2008-05-21 10:03:03 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
Chinese MMO operator Shanda Entertainment is being sued by a denizen of the company's Legend of Mir II over the loss of 31 virtual items, all of which mysteriously vanished from the player's in-game inventory over the last year The player, surnamed Wen, is seeking a little over $14,000 USD in damages from the company in a suit filed in the...
 
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QuickJump QuickPeek 55: Of pre-E3 madness, Square Enix's Phoenix Down for FF7 fans, and dyslexia over a very large Hadron Collider

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2008-07-14 12:17:21 by Gino D. in Xbox 360
Hey hey hey! E3's already begun! We're just starting to roll in with the E3 news, and right about now, things are just starting to heat up as the press conferences progress down the schedule. If you're interested to check out E3's schedule (know when to cheer for your camp, why not?), we've posted a useful outline to plot down the key events...
 
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