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The Sports Fan Playground announced on Thursday that the store will offer markdowns of nearly 50% on the Xbox Live subscription cards. Detroit, MI (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 The Sports Fan Playground, a leading provider of sporting goods and fan apparel, announced that the store will be offering markdowns of up to 50% off on the Xbox Live subscription cards for users of the Xbox 360 game consoles. The Xbox Live subscriptions are available in 12-month, 3-month and 1-month subscriptions, and...
First-Ever Joint Compilation Featuring Rhythms from across the Globe--including Music from Lady Gaga, Will.I.Am and LMFAO, as well as Original Zumba® Fitness Songs--Hits Stores March 5 MIAMI, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and Zumba(®) Fitness are making it easier for the millions of Zumba enthusiasts across the globe to get their Zumba fix anywhere, anytime. For the first time ever in the United States, Zumba Fitness has teamed with UMe to create...
~The internationally renowned rapper, producer and DJ takes over turntables for an exhilarating fitness party experience led by celebrity Zumba® instructor Gina Grant MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zumba(®) Fitness, the global, multimedia brand that fuses fitness, entertainment and culture into a dance party lifestyle, is taking the fitness party to the vibrant nightclub scene. Today the company announced that it has teamed up with internationally renowned DJ Lil Jon to...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Microsoft has sold 76 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide since launching the device in 2005, making it one of the company’s most successful products to date. Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, revealed the figures during an onstage interview at this week’s “Dive into Media” conference in California. The Xbox 360 is the best-selling gaming console in history, and has...
LONDON, February 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - Game Community and Retailer embark on their BIGGEST ever free game giveaway Playfire [http://www.playfire.com ] and Green Man Gaming [http://www.greenmangaming.com ] will be giving away four free PC games this weekend, in their biggest ever giveaway to date. This gives gamers GBP37/$42/EUR41 worth of gaming pleasure for free. Starting at 12:00GMT on Friday 8th February, a new game will be available free each day for...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stereo Vision Entertainment Inc. - (OTC:SVSN) announced today that their wholly owned subsidiary REZN8, delivered new looks for both "Uno a Uno" ("One on One") show opens and Rules of the Octagon for the Ultimate Fighting Championships. (UFC) The UFC is the world's largest Pay-Per-View provider. UFC programming is available in over 354 million homes in 19 languages and 145 countries, and is now going global in 3D. "This is an example...
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OneBeat, the emerging leader in online electronic dance music media and original content, announced today it has partnered with Microsoft to create an exclusive, EDM-centric entertainment app for the Xbox LIVE platform. Available free to Xbox LIVE users via their Xbox 360 consoles, the app will feature a mix of OneBeat original series along with live streaming performances featuring top EDM artists. The ad-supported app will be available to...
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the appointment of Blake Krikorian as corporate vice president for its Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB). Krikorian will report to Marc Whitten, chief product officer for IEB. This announcement follows the acquisition of Krikorian's company, id8 Group R2 Studios (R2 Studios). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) "We are thrilled to have Blake join the Xbox team,"...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Hot new products are always being displayed at the 2013 International CES, and one of those this year is the new Boogie Board by iMPROV electronics. The company introduced two new Boogie Board devices during the show in Las Vegas, bringing both the Boogie Board Sync 9.7 LCD eWriter, and the Boogie Board Jot 4.5 LCD eWriter to the mix. Boogie Boards made a run at CES last year, introducing a new way to jot down notes, paperlessly,...
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the double-digit engagement results of the first NUads experience, interactive polling, which it rolled out earlier in the fall of 2012 on Xbox LIVE in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) The first wave of NUads was provided by a lineup of top advertisers, including SUBWAY® Restaurants and Toyota, which on average saw the following...
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The Nintendo 64 (N64) is a game console produce and sold by Nintendo. It was released in June 1996 in Japan; September 1996 in North America; March 1997 in Europe and Australia; September 1997 in France; and December 1997 in Brazil. The N64 was the third generation home game console from Nintendo and the last to use ROM cartridges. The N64 was discontinued worldwide by the end of 2003. Its successor was the Nintendo Game Cube released in 2001. Worldwide sales for the N64 reached 32.93...
The Nintendo GameCube (NGC in Japan, GCN in North America) is a video game console produced by Nintendo and released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 14, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia. It is the sixth generation game console produced by Nintendo that uses optical discs as the primary storage, and uses miniDVDs instead of full sized DVDs. The GameCube was the first Nintendo console to support online play outside of Japan using a modem...
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1990 as the Super Famicom. The SNES brand was released in North America on August 23, 1991, in Europe and Australia April 1992, and in South America 1993. This system was the successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and featured advanced graphics and sound. It was the first game console to offer 3D graphics with the game Star Fox. Even...
The Dreamcast is a video game console released by Sega in November 1998 in Japan, September 1999 in North America, October 1999 in Europe, and November 1999 in Australia. In the first 24 hours of release 225,132 units were sold and a total of 500,000 in the first two weeks. On January 31, 2001, Sega announced it would discontinue the production of the Dreamcast in March 2001 and concentrate solely on software. Even though the console production was discontinued, Sega of Japan still...
Image Caption: An Atari 2600 four-switch "wood veneer" version, dating from 1980-1982. Shown with standard joystick. Credit: Evan-Amos/Wikipedia The Atari 2600, originally named VCS, was released in October 1977 by Atari Inc. It is a video game console using cartridges for game play instead of having the software built into the system. In 1978 only 550,000 units were sold out 0f 800,000 that were manufactured. Once the public realized pong was not the only video game to play, enthusiasm...
