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    Video game industry bullish on Asia despite financial turmoil (AFP)

    Visitors play a basketball video game at the Games Convention Asia 2008 in Singapore. A regional video game expo opened Thursday here on a positive note despite global financial turmoil, with industry players predicting online titles will generate robust growth in coming years.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - A regional video game expo opened Thursday here on a positive note despite global financial turmoil, with industry players predicting online titles will generate robust growth in coming years.


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    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement (Reuters)

    Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district January 24, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.


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    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:46:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Think Video Games Are Solitary? New Study Says No. (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - If you think video games are solitary, antisocial endeavors, a new study indicates otherwise. Released Tuesday, the survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that 76 percent of teenage gamers play with others online at least some of the time, with 65 percent playing with others in the same room. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:22:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    'World of Warcraft' Costs Just $200 Million (PC Magazine)

    Visitors play the computer 'World Warcraft' at an exhibition stand at the Games Convention 2008 fair in the eastern German city of Leipzig August 20, 2008. The Games convention, Europe's leading fair for computer games, runs from August 20 to 24. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)PC Magazine - Everyone always talks about how monumental a money generator World of Warcraft has been for Blizzard, but here's a figure you don't hear much about: How much does WoW actually cost Blizzard to maintain?


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:21:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Survey: Nearly every kid a video gamer (AP)

    In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, Judy Mellett of Toronto poses while playing a video game through Myvu's personal media viewer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A new national survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that while they don't necessarily play the same thing, nearly all U.S. youth — girls included — play video games of one kind or another. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)AP - Katherine Graden doesn't really like shoot-'em-up video games. She prefers games on her Wii system that test her fitness and agility — the ones her guy friends tease are her "sissy games."


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:50:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Take-Two sinks after EA says it won't buy company (AP)

    A stack of Electronic Arts' FIFA Street 3 sits next to Take-Two Interactive Software title Grand Theft Auto IV, in New York, March 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)AP - Now that a potential buyer has walked away, the video game publisher behind the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series could remain an independent company for the foreseeable future.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:09:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    EA walks away from Take-Two buyout (AP)

    A stack of Electronic Arts' FIFA Street 3 sits next to Take-Two Interactive Software title Grand Theft Auto IV, in New York, March 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Sunday it ended talks to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., best known for the "Grand Theft Auto" series of games.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:12:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Take Two shares plunge after EA pulls bid (Reuters)

    A stack of Electronic Arts' FIFA Street 3 sits next to Take-Two Interactive Software title Grand Theft Auto IV, in New York, March 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Shares of U.S. video game publisher Take Two Interactive Software Inc plunged nearly 30 percent in premarket trading on Monday after larger rival Electronic Arts Inc abandoned its takeover bid.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:58:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    EA drops $2 billion bid to acquire Take-Two (CNET)
    CNET - digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/EA_drops_bid_to_acquire_Take_Two'; Electronic Arts has abandoned its $2 billion bid to acquire rival game maker Take-Two Interactive Software, ending a seven-month takeover effort that turned hostile before the two companies entered private talks last month. -- read full article
    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    EA drops bid for 'Grand Theft Auto' maker Take-Two (AFP)

    This image shows a scene from the video game AFP - US video game giant Electronic Arts announced Sunday it was ending a bitter seven-month battle to acquire "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:06:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    EA walks away from Take-Two buyout (AP)

    This image shows a scene from the video game AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Sunday it ended talks to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., best known for the "Grand Theft Auto" series of games.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:17:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Electronic Arts ends merger talks with Take Two (Reuters)

    'Grand Theft Auto IV' video game boxes are displayed on a rack inside a GameStop store in New York prior to the midnight release of the video game April 28, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. video game giant Electronic Arts Inc has pulled away from an offer to buy rival Take Two Interactive Software Inc after pursuing the "Grand Theft Auto" game publisher for more than six months.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:57:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Video games sales rise 9 pct in August: NPD (Reuters)

    A visitor plays the 'Halo Wars' video game during the 2008 E3 Media  and  Business Summit in Los Angeles July 15, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. video games sales rose 9 percent in August from a year earlier, marking the smallest monthly sales increase in more than two years, according to data from research firm NPD on Thursday.


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    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:48:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    'Spore' doing well in first week (CNET)
    CNET - In its first week on the market, the long-awaited evolution game, Spore, from Electronic Arts and The Sims creator Will Wright seems to be holding its own at retail. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:42:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
    Video game industry shows signs of slowing (CNET)
    CNET - Sales of video game software and hardware in the U.S. rose 9 percent in August to $1.08 billion, the smallest monthly increase in more than two years, according to data released Thursday by market researcher NPD Group. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology - Video Games
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