Archive for October, 2008

Beatles Will Be in Non-’Rock Band’ Harmonix Game (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - The Beatles will license their entire music catalogue to MTV Networks and Harmonix for the production of a new video game set to debut at the end of 2009. It will not fall under the "Rock Band" brand.

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Looking for a Halloween scare? Try the newest videogames (Reuters)

Reuters - Looking for more than ghosts and ghouls to liven up Halloween? The latest videogames are offering plenty of scary options and new terror is waiting just around the corner.

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Nintendo bucks industry gloom with rising profits (AFP)

File photo shows an elderly woman playing on a Nintendo Wii in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Nintendo has said that strong sales of its hit Wii and DS video game consoles enabled it to buck an industry downturn and stay on course for another year of record profits.(AFP/ANP MAG/File/Ilvy Njiokiktjien)AFP - Nintendo Co. said Thursday that strong sales of its hit Wii and DS video game consoles enabled it to buck an industry downturn and stay on course for another year of record profits.

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Nintendo cuts annual profit forecast on strong yen (AP)

A visitor walks by a Nintendo logo during a press event to unveil Nintendo DSi, the revamped version of its hit DS portable machine, in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Nintendo Co. has cut its full-year net profit forecast by 15.9 percent as a surging yen undercut brisk sales of its popular Wii console and DS handheld device, the Kyoto-based company says Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Nintendo also said net profit in the April-September half jumped 9.4 percent to 144.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion). (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Nintendo Co. said Thursday it posted a 9.4 percent gain in first-half profit but cut its full-year outlook as a surging yen undercut brisk sales of its popular Wii console and DS handheld device.

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