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The company's name has long been synonymous with video games, but with the largest U.S. industry trade show set to begin this week, experts say that the pressure is on Nintendo to perform with their next generation console, according to Reuters reports published Friday. The gaming giant's recent hardware products have produced mixed results. The Wii helped popularize motion-controlled gaming and sold a reported 95 million units, "making it one of the most successful videogame products in...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) announced an agreement today to supply interactive online casino games to EspaceJeux.com, Loto-Quebec's Online Gaming Site. The games will launch this year on EspaceJeux.com for players in Quebec, Canada. During the first phase of this agreement, IGT will provide access to four of its top-performing titles: Cleopatra®, Wheel of Fortune® - Hollywood Edition, MONOPOLY with Pass Go Bonus(TM) and...
PARIS, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First-Quarter Smartphone Sales Up 59% Second-Quarter Growth Expected to Accelerate Significantly Gameloft achieved consolidated sales of EUR44.8 million during the first quarter of 2012, up by 14% from the previous year. On a constant exchange rate basis, the first-quarter growth was 13%. APAC and LATAM represented 44% of the company's sales; North America, 30% and EMEA, 25%....
PARIS, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shark Dash, a new hit franchise from Gameloft, has climbed into the Top 5 paying games on the App Store since its release on April 19, 2012, receiving exceptional consumer ratings in the United States (4.5/5), France (4.5/5), the United Kingdom (4.5/5), Germany (4.5/5), Mexico (4.5/5) and Canada (4.5/5). Shark Dash is a highly addictive game that takes physics puzzle games to new heights with a fun and unique cartoon style design...
Google got April Fool's Day festivities off to an early start on Saturday, unveiling the new and improved 8-bit version of Google Maps as well as a promotional video announcing that the service would be coming to what Product Management Director Ken Tokusei calls "one of the most popular computer systems ever sold" -- the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). To try out this new-and-improved old-school style version of the web application, look for the "Quest" feature on the right side of...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MLB Advanced Media, L.P., the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, today announced that MLB.TV is available on Microsoft's Xbox 360. MLB.TV, the Internet's most prolific live streaming video subscription offering, is marking its 10th year of service and in the past two years has delivered over 500 million live video streams. Beginning today, MLB.TV Premium subscribers will have access to all available Spring...
PARIS, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gameloft, a global leading publisher of digital and social games, and Sony Pictures Consumer Products, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement on the Men in Black(TM) franchise and will launch the official mobile game in synch with one of 2012's most anticipated movies, Men in Black 3. "Gameloft is ecstatic to have the chance to team with Sony Pictures Consumer Products in working with such a successful franchise as Men in Black...
Market research watcher, NPD Group, released a report today outlining a significant decline in the sale of traditional video games in February, plunging 20 percent to $1.06 billion, down from $1.33 billion in February 2011, reports Alex Pham for LA Times. Sales of consoles and games dropped 34 percent in January compared with a year earlier. However it was game software with the largest decline, dropping 24.4 percent to $464.4 million last month versus $601.4 million a year ago....
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 505 Games, a global publisher of video games, has announced that Top Gun: Hard Lock for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system has shipped to North American retail outlets. The Windows PC version is available for download at http://www.impulsedriven.com/. Top Gun: Hard Lock lets fans fly into the danger zone as an all-new crew of elite naval aviators...
FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA) announced today the North American launch of the latest installment of the number-one selling and rated Major League Baseball® (MLB®) game franchise, MLB® 12 The Show(TM), available exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3(TM)) and PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) systems. Widely considered the most authentic baseball game on the market, The Show has been and continues to be the highest...
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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...
