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Microsoft confirmed it will cut the price of its Xbox 360 video game console on 8/27, launching a counter move to a recent Sony PlayStation 3 price cut.

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As the global economy caused many industries to suffer over the past year, the video game industry seemed immune to any economic struggles… until now.

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LG, currently the No. 3…

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For the third month in a row, U.S. video game sales were significantly lower than the same period last year.

Total game-related revenue dropped 23 percent compared to May 2008, according to The…

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Activision could take its popular ‘Guitar Hero’ video game franchise and either turn it into a reality TV show or a concert tour, trying to branch away from just video games.

The brand "might make for a good TV show or good concert tour," according to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. …read more…

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Developers who traditionally created video games for PCs and consoles have shifted gears and started to focus more on mobile game development for the Apple iPhone and other mobile devices.

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Amazon has launched a new Xbox Live Store, offering Xbox Live subscriptions, Microsoft points, and download codes for Xbox Live Arcade games.

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The Wii MotionPlus, a long-awaited hardware add-on that provides more precise controls, has a new release time frame of June for Japan and July overseas.

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Media research group Nielsen recently issued its latest "State of the Video Gamer" report, which discloses several interesting statistics related to the gaming industry.

“Gaming, once the domain of kids and a small group of core fans, is now more mainstream than ever. As…read more…

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