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10-05-2008
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For the third week in a row, the two top selling titles in Japan have remained the same, as Mario Kart Wii and Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G on PSP continue to sell in large quantities during the Golden Week series of national holidays. One of the most important dates on the Japanese retail calendar sales have seen an increase across the board, although with few prominent new ...
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10-05-2008
Why Apple should release a game console -- As more people trust and enjoy Apple products in the home, the company could easily capitalize on its success elsewhere and create a gaming console that could do the same. Nvidia CEO discusses his beef with Intel --Jen-Hsun Huang describes his company as laser focused on just one thing: visual ...
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09-05-2008
Sony's popular quiz-show series is making its long-overdue debut on the PlayStation Portable. We stepped up for a play test at a recent Sony press event in London.
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09-05-2008
Shipments of the Gran Turismo series of car racing games edged past the 50 million unit mark at the end of April, Sony said...
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09-05-2008
Sony Computer Entertainment America recently filed a trademark for a product named "Qore," but we don't expect to necessarily see a game coming to the PlayStation 3 or PSP with that name.
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09-05-2008
The Nintendo Channel offers DS downloads, teasers, and user comments on Wii as well.
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09-05-2008
Nintendo of America has launched its latest Wii channel, known as the Nintendo Channel, in the U.S., featuring video previews and news, information on Wii and DS titles, and downloadable demos for a number of DS games currently on the market. First released in Japan in November of 2007, the channel has launched with a wide variety of promotional videos, including Wii and DS game trailers and ...
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07-05-2008
Nokia on Tuesday announced a new version of its software development kit (SDK) for Java-based mobile gaming at Sun's JavaOne...
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07-05-2008
This has got to be one of the strangest mash-ups I've seen on a cell phone, because it seems to borrow elements from nearly every handheld known to man.
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07-05-2008
Sony have told the assembled might of the European gaming press that PlayTV will launch in September, and will cost 99 Euro (something like 79 GBP in the UK).
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07-05-2008
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07-05-2008
Sony's popular quiz-show series is making its long-overdue debut on the PlayStation Portable. We stepped up for a playtest at a recent Sony press event in London.
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07-05-2008
Nokia has amped up its XpressMusic portfolio of music-centric phones with two new offerings – the 5320 and the 5220 (picture).
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06-05-2008
Bringiton has partnered with Nokia's N-Gage mobile gaming platform on a global scale for their groundbreaking youth series Play Us, announced today by Martin Gisselman, President of Bringiton.
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06-05-2008
Sony unveils a new headset with remote for the Sony PSP 2000 series portable console. The new PSP Headset features a microphone with a flexible arm. This makes the headset ideal for using Skype on the Sony PSP.
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06-05-2008
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06-05-2008
Probably the most fun you'll have with a game full of bugs. Insecticide, published by Gamecock Media Group and created by Crackpot Entertainment, is a game for the Nintendo DS that takes a bold risk, trying to straddle the gap between adventure and action games. It's a hard-boiled detective mystery containing both action and adventure elements, set in a futuristic city full of anthropomorphic ...
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06-05-2008
The official N-Gage site's installation instructions seem to concentrate on installing the N-Gage application using a PC. However, there is a much quicker and simpler alternative which lets you install the N-Gage app directly onto your phone through its web browser.
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04-05-2008
Infogrames Entertainment plans to buy the rest of beleaguered video games pioneer Atari for US$11 million, the companies said Wednesday.
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04-05-2008
Sony has enjoyed another week atop the Japanese hardware charts as its PSP claimed a further 92,000 sales and pushed closer to 1.5 million units shifted in 2008.
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04-05-2008
Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game gear outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) DS portable player more than 2-to-1 in Japan in April, game magazine publisher Enterbrain said.
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04-05-2008
Classic arcade fun is reinvented in this cutting-edge pinball videogame. April 30, 2008 - SouthPeak Games today announced that Dream Pinball 3D has shipped for the PC, Wii and Nintendo DS. The dazzling pinball simulator combines striking 3D graphics, realistic physics and a refined control scheme tailored to the unique features of each platform.
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02-05-2008
Sprint and MobileAccess are building a universal communications system to deliver wireless voice and data services throughout the M Resort's 2 million-square-foot facility.
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02-05-2008
New offering joins gold and silver models in Japan Sony has launched a Bronze PSP (PlayStation Portable) pack, including a pouch, strap, cleaning cloth, 32 MB Memory Stick, and a D-Terminal cable for TV output, in Japan.
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02-05-2008
France's Infogrames has announced it plans to buy the rest of venerable video game developer Atari for $11 million.
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02-05-2008
Denmark-based international publisher The Game Factory has signed a licensing agreement with toy and game designer Seven Towns Limited to adapt the Rubik's Cube into a 3D puzzle game for the Nintendo Wii and DS titled Rubik's World. Children aged eight and older will be able to "step inside the cube" with a collection of addictive but easy-to-play puzzle games which increase in difficulty as ...
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02-05-2008
Classic arcade fun is reinvented in this cutting-edge pinball videogame. April 30, 2008 - SouthPeak Games today announced that Dream Pinball 3D has shipped for the PC, Wii and Nintendo DS. The dazzling pinball simulator combines striking 3D graphics, realistic physics and a refined control scheme tailored to the unique features of each platform.
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30-04-2008
Nokia announced today that SNAP Mobile, its connected mobile Java gaming platform, has expanded games distribution channels in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. Through further cooperation with SINA Corporation, a leading online media company, Chinese consumers can access more connected games on Nokia devices and download them through local online storefronts.
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30-04-2008
New offering joins gold and silver models in Japan Sony has launched a Bronze PSP (PlayStation Portable) pack, including a pouch, strap, cleaning cloth, 32 MB Memory Stick, and a D-Terminal cable for TV output, in Japan.
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30-04-2008
Terminal Reality has revealed the new Ghostbusters game could make it onto PSP after all. So far the game has been confirmed for PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 and DS - while Sony's handheld appeared to be missing out.
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27-04-2008
Launching "this summer," Sony and Sky's GO! VIEW is an exceedingly clever way of shovelling TV shows onto your PSP for watching at your leisure.
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27-04-2008
The question is no longer whether or not Nintendo outsold everybody else, but rather by how much. Find out here.
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26-04-2008
— Apr. 17, 2008 — Epoq Multimedia has announced a wrist-watch-sized mobile phone that runs Windows Mobile 5.0. The Epoq EGP-WP98B includes a 1.8-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) screen, quad-band GSM telephony, Bluetooth, WiFi, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and music and video playback capabilities.
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26-04-2008
Nokia's second shot at mobile gaming now available for a variety of hardware.
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26-04-2008
Launching "this summer," Sony and Sky's GO! VIEW is an exceedingly clever way of shovelling TV shows onto your PSP for watching at your leisure.
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26-04-2008
Sony and Sky have teamed up to bring the first official PlayStation Portable video download service to Europe. Set to be launched in the summer, Go!View is a portable, video-on-demand service designed to provide a range of programming including entertainment, comedy, sport and movies for the PSP.
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25-04-2008
TOKYO - Nintendo Co.'s net profit surged 47.7 percent to a record high, powered by strong sales of software and accessories for its popular Wii video game console and brisk sales of its DS handheld devices.
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25-04-2008
The Sony PSP is so much more than just a portable video game machine. It can be used as an MP3 player, an RSS aggregator, a media player, and a point of debate with Nintendo DS aficionados. The PSP will also soon be able to enjoy on-demand video through an online store courtesy of Go!View.
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25-04-2008
Nintendo of Europe has announced release dates for its currently announced 2008 lineup of first and third party Wii and DS titles, also confirming that its digital download WiiWare and informational Nintendo Channel services will launch on May 20th and May 30th, respectively. The European launch of the WiiWare service will follow close to a week behind the U.S. launch on May 12th, around which ...
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25-04-2008
These N-Gage promotions seem to be appearing thick and fast!
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25-04-2008
Over on our sister site All About N-Gage, Ewan has reviewed FIFA 08 , pronouncing it great for both novices and footie fanatics, praising the crisp graphics and training touches in particular. The only downside was though to be the lack of multi-player options.
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25-04-2008
Tokyo, Apr 25, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Nintendo Co.'s portable game machine Nintendo DS is likely to achieve cumulative sales of 100 million units by summer 2009, only about four and a half years after its launch, in the best performance ever for a game console.
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24-04-2008
HOOKING UP with games producer, Hasbro, is fuelling a new big push into mobile gaming by industry leader, EA. The first fruit of this alliance is Monopoly Here and Now.
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24-04-2008
Announced last year, we finally learn today when European gamers will be getting the Go!View on-demand video service for the PSP from Sony, and their partner in crime Sky Television.
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24-04-2008
Launching "this summer," Sony and Sky's GO! VIEW is an exceedingly clever way of shovelling TV shows onto your PSP for watching at your leisure.
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24-04-2008
It's been given a 'U' for Universal age rating by the British ratings board, and a subtitle to boot...but has THQ secured the portable version of Rare's colourful game...
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24-04-2008
Over on our sister site All About N-Gage, Ewan has reviewed FIFA 08 , pronouncing it great for both novices and footie fanatics, praising the crisp graphics and training touches in particular. The only downside was though to be the lack of multi-player options.
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24-04-2008
These N-Gage promotions seem to be appearing thick and fast!
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23-04-2008
Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) announced today BK CITY(TM), a new mobile multi-level game with three distinct worlds and 12 dynamic, progressively challenging mini-games developed and released by Mobliss, Inc., a licensee of Burger King Corp. Designed to appeal to the gamer in everyone, the BK CITY(TM) game is supported by a variety of national carriers and available exclusively for download by ...
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23-04-2008
Rockstar Games has scheduled Midnight Club: Los Angeles' US release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 9th, with the Europe release following on September 12th. Midnight Club: LA Remix, newly revealed for the PSP, will also arrive on the same dates. Created and developed by Rockstar San Diego, Midnight Club: Los Angeles will be the fourth entry in the Midnight Club street racing ...
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23-04-2008
Yesterday, Amazon.co.uk dropped the ball and became the source of a very promising Sony PlayTV rumour. A listing, since retracted, put a release date of 31st July on the system and a price tag of £60.
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23-04-2008
14 Apr 2008: Plus: Famitsu publisher says PS3 needs price cut
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23-04-2008
The latest installments in the Pokemon video game franchise put players in the game from the perspective of a Pokemon character. The two games are called Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time. A cont...
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19-04-2008
The NPD numbers are in for March, and both hardware and software sales are way up. With Nintendo leading the way, the gaming industry seems to be oblivious of the constant talk of a recession. Read More...
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19-04-2008
Sony has unveiled a new arcade golf game for the PSP boasting 16-player online tournaments.
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19-04-2008
More than 720,000 Wii systems sold in March, representing the highest monthly sales total outside of holiday months (November or December) to date, while Nintendo DS also sold through nearly 700,000 systems.
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18-04-2008
Rumors have surfaced that Nintendo plans to unveil a new version of its popular DS handheld game platform in July. Those rumors stem from an interview with a Japanese magazine publisher who gave his prediction on what to expect from the giant gaming company during the upcoming E3 trade show.
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18-04-2008
Here's a look at Sony's striking new PlayStation Portable (PSP), which could be the ultimate digital-convergence device. Alt.Windows, Part 2: Windows Alternatives You Should Consider Are you ready to turn toward OS alternatives that offer a chance to distance yourself from the Microsoft hegemony?
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18-04-2008
IRVINE, California - April 16, 2008 - Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns for Nintendo DS(TM), starring everyone's favorite careless, jobless, and penniless female protagonist with a love for dungeon crawls.
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18-04-2008
The stars of High School Musical 2 have a new act. This time they play it out on the Nintendo DS in a video game called High School Musical 2: Work This Out!
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18-04-2008
Ideaworks3D Ltd, developer of the cross-platform Airplay native execution environment, today announced that Airplay SDK 3.5 fully supports Nokia's new N-Gage gaming platform.
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18-04-2008
To promote N-Gage, Nokia has put up a new interactive gaming site - Get out and Play . The loading screen itself is Breakout, there's a film based on Snake and you can then play Breakout with real people as blocks/paddle/ball. Hmmm.... Comments welcome.
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17-04-2008
The GP2X F-200 is open source, available now, and can play nearly anything you throw at it. So why isn't it better known? Ars reviews the gaming handheld. Read More...
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17-04-2008
Here's a look at Sony's striking new PlayStation Portable (PSP), which could be the ultimate digital-convergence device. Alt.Windows, Part 2: Windows Alternatives You Should Consider Are you ready to turn toward OS alternatives that offer a chance to distance yourself from the Microsoft hegemony?
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17-04-2008
Sony confirms North American release for Open Tee 2; latest installment in long-running links franchise adds portable online play.
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17-04-2008
Sony will release another special edition Sony PSP console in Japan. The Sony PSP mat Bronze Value Pack (PSPJ-20002) introduces yet another new color for the PSP and comes packed with extra cables. Besides the bronze PSP console the value pack contain...
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17-04-2008
Majesco Entertainment Company , an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced Air Traffic Chaos for Nintendo DS.
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17-04-2008
Nintendo has dismissed rumours that it plans to reveal a redesigned DS at this year's E3. Speculation started when Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura made comments suggesting that Nintendo would be ready to showcase a hardware revision of its portable device at the E3 Media and Business Summit.
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17-04-2008
To promote N-Gage, Nokia has put up a new interactive gaming site - Get out and Play . The loading screen itself is Breakout, there's a film based on Snake and you can then play Breakout with real people as blocks/paddle/ball. Hmmm.... Comments welcome.
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14-04-2008
14 Apr 2008: Plus: Famitsu publisher says PS3 needs price cut
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14-04-2008
A rumor about Nintendo announcing a new version of its highly successful Nintendo DS sprung up in Japan. Enterbrain boss Hirokazu Hamamura guesses that Nintendo is announcing a new Nintendo DS portable console at the E3 2008. The E3 Media & Busine...
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14-04-2008
Ideaworks3D Ltd, developer of the cross-platform Airplay native execution environment, today announced that Airplay SDK 3.5 fully supports Nokia's new N-Gage gaming platform.
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13-04-2008
Airplay is a cross-platform portability technology that delivers binary compatible native code across ARM-based mobile devices.
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13-04-2008
ESPOO, Finland -- Nokia (NYSE:NOK) today launched the worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a unique global competition with EUR70,000 in prizes, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future.
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13-04-2008
Akayuki.com this week report that a brand new version of the Nintendo DS handheld could be unveiled at E3, taking place in LA this July.
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13-04-2008
Two weeks at the top for Sony. April 11, 2008 - Despite a flood of new releases over the week, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G remained at the top of the Media Create Japanese software sales chart, and helped push the PSP hardware to another week of 100,000-plus sales.
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13-04-2008
Monster Hunter fever continues to grip Japan as both game and PSP dominate their respective charts. The Sony handheld sold 121,000 units this week, the figure slightly down from last week but still more than double that pertaining to its nearest competitor, the Nintendo DS.
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13-04-2008
Nokia launched its N-Gage mobile gaming service on Monday, in a move that marks yet another attempt by the Finnish company to crack mobile gaming.
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11-04-2008
Nokia, the mobile communications company, has launched the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a global competition designed to encourage the development of game concepts that will 'positively disrupt' the mobile gaming industry.
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11-04-2008
SEGA(R) Mobile is gearing up for an exciting year of mobile entertainment with a strong portfolio featuring big brands and popular gaming franchises crossing a variety of gaming genres, from casual sports and puzzle games to action and arcade. Games featured include Sonic at the Olympic Games, SEGA Columns Deluxe(TM), Beijing 2008(TM) - The Official Mobile Phone Game of the Olympic Games(TM), ...
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11-04-2008
SANTA MONICA, Calif.----The Game Factory, an international publisher of family-friendly videogames, will debut a new gaming experience targeting the growing number of female casual gamers in the fall of 2008.
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11-04-2008
In a release revealing that it was behind Sega's iPhone Super Monkey Ball demo revealed in March, Gordon Wood, senior developer at former Foundation 9 studio Other Ocean said he believed Apple's newly opened platform would end up a 'major player' in the handheld market. In its latest release, the studio confirmed that it had developed the Super Monkey Ball iPhone demo shown off by Apple at the ...
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11-04-2008
Ideaworks3D Ltd, developer of the cross-platform Airplay native execution environment, today announced that Airplay SDK 3.5 fully supports Nokia's new N-Gage gaming platform.
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11-04-2008
Video games take us everywhere from the depths of the ocean to outer space, but they rarely take us to a court of law. That's the beauty of Capcom's Ace Attorney series for Nintendo DS: You get to play as a defense attorney. Your battlefield is the courtroom, your enemy is the prosecution, and your weapon is evidence.
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11-04-2008
Gameloft®, recently named the world's leading publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones, announced today that they are releasing Brain Challenge to the Nokia N-Gage platform available immediately at http://www.n-gage.com.
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08-04-2008
SAN FRANCISCO----SEGA® Mobile is gearing up for an exciting year of mobile entertainment with a strong portfolio featuring big brands and popular gaming franchises crossing a variety of gaming genres, from casual sports and puzzle games to action and arcade.
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08-04-2008
7 Apr 2008: Arcade classic bound for handheld
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08-04-2008
Sony has released details for the next firmware update to its handheld PSP system, bringing more functionality to the Playstation 3 "remote play" feature and also more customization for playback of Playstation 1 games. According to a post on the official Playstation blog, PSP firmware 3.95 will include the ability to customize the button mapping for playing PSone games purchased from the digital ...
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08-04-2008
Sony releases a new firmware 3.95 for the Sony PSP. The new PSP firmware has two minor improvements, one of which fixes though an issue I had with remote play on the PS3 from the beginning.
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08-04-2008
Good morning, campers. Thought we'd start the day off with some screenshot candy and a pointer to the first look at Gauntlet for the Nintendo DS.
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08-04-2008
Nokia has announced that its long-awaited N-Gage mobile games service has been launched globally, with an initial range of five compatible Nokia devices. Users of the service can find, try and buy mobile games, plus take part in the N-Gage Arena community, directly from their Nokia handset. Compatible devices include the Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N95, and Nokia N95 8GB, and ...
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07-04-2008
Don't let the monolithic title get you down - Square Enix has crafted a pretty enjoyable RPG for the DS. It's so cute.Really. I've never been much afraid of losing my masculine image, so let me say this with all the gleeful abandon of a high school girl: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate is as cute as a button, darn it, and it's a pretty decent game, too.With Ring of Fates, ...
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06-04-2008
Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, launched its N-Gage gaming service on Thursday, hoping to energize an ailing market for mobile gaming.
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06-04-2008
New listing suggests Irem shooter compilation headed for Sony's latest systems in downloadable form.
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06-04-2008
Pushed back by PS3 development. Want to comment on this article? Log in, or register ! IF Sony stuck analogue support in the PSP emulation, then I'd quite happily play GT2 while waiting for GTpsp!
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06-04-2008
Internet forums and one potentially mad French retailer have sent the internet loopy over the last couple of days, the two less than ideal sources conspiring to inform us that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV could be on the way to the DS handheld.
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02-04-2008
Sony today announced that it's teaming up with Woodward Camp for the fifth annual Playstation Am Jam Tour. The tour hits skateparks across the country, giving amateur skateboarders and BMXers a chance to compete for $5,000 and some Playstation prizes.
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02-04-2008
Lots of Grand Theft Auto IV news leaking out of the waterlogged PR machine, with the latest rumour revolving around a possible Nintendo DS version.
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02-04-2008
While in San Francisco last month, Ewan popped in to see N-Gage's 'Ikona'. Here's his exclusive interview with the man who is N-Gage's public 'face' . Find out how he got started with N-Gage, and find out just how important the N-Gage blog now is to Nokia.
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01-04-2008
Glu Mobile's ongoing partnership with Sega looks set to bring a huge drawcard to the mobile gaming platform, with the 'ancient' 1993 Virtua Fighter getting some spiffy new graphics for the upcoming Java port.
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01-04-2008
A second instalment in the Trauma Center series is coming to Nintendo DS. Titled Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2, the game will star Dr Stiles again and he'll be assisted by Nurse Angie Thompson. They'll be mopping up the messes left by the GUILT virus and solving a few mysteries along the way.
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01-04-2008
If you've been looking for Nintendo DS accessories, Meritline has an excellent sale going on right now, taking 50% off their stock of merchandise. You can score a wall or car charger for $9, an extra battery for $7 and silicon skins for $6.50.
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31-03-2008
REDMOND, Wash.----At CTIA Wireless 2008, Microvision , a leader in the development of ultra-miniature projection display and image capture technology for mobile devices will demonstrate advanced pico projector prototypes enabled by the company's PicoPTM- display engine.
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31-03-2008
These days, all those Hollywood types so want to get into gaming. Next up to enter the fray? Movie studio Paramount Pictures! The studio is starting up its own interactive department to finance games and more directly oversee development.
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31-03-2008
Internet forums and one potentially mad French retailer have sent the internet loopy over the last couple of days, the two less than ideal sources conspiring to inform us that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV could be on the way to the DS handheld.
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30-03-2008
These days, all those Hollywood types so want to get into gaming. Next up to enter the fray? Movie studio Paramount Pictures! The studio is starting up its own interactive department to finance games and more directly oversee development.
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30-03-2008
After posting the PC World rumor earlier this month saying Portable Copy was going to be hitting the PS3 and PSP last week (and then finding out that, no it wasn't) I got a hold of Sony to find out what the time frame looked like.
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29-03-2008
Paramount Pictures said this year it will be expanding its interactive department to publish video games, focusing in particular on casual, handheld and mobile games, according to Variety.
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29-03-2008
If you think the Google Phone is all talk, you're wrong: Here are eight technologies--GPS, multimedia, mobile Web browsing, gaming graphics, and more--which Open Handset Alliance members will bring to the upcoming mobile handset.
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29-03-2008
- If you've bought any games on the beta test, you will of course get to keep them on the release version of N-Gage, but you may have to reinstall them.
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28-03-2008
Sony's PSP marketing chief, John Koller, believes that developers are only just beginning to work out which games work on the PSP platform.
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28-03-2008
Hope you like the PSP! If not, you better, buster. Because you are stuck with it. Well, at least for the next ten years. That's right, count 'em, ten years.
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28-03-2008
Publisher Atlus has announced a sequel to cult 2007 title Etrian Odyssey in the form of first-person dungeon crawling follow-up Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard - to debut on Nintendo DS this June. Continuing what Atlus describes as "one of the genre's purest experiences", this sequel builds upon the original cult DS title with more diverse areas to explore, new character classes, more ...
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28-03-2008
OK, so I said earlier that AAS doesn't deal with rumour and vapourware. But we make exceptions for the later-than-a-very-late-thing-indeed N-Gage games platform.
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28-03-2008
Current Operating Income of EUR2.9M, up 15% in 2007
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26-03-2008
Being a Review of Japan Studio's Patapon for the Sony PSP In the summer of 2006, LocoRoco was released for the PSP - and with precious little in the way of fanfare. With the exciting launch of the first next-gen console forthcoming and a crowded release calendar, which included new installments of such venerable franchises as Half-Life, Tomb Raider, Splinter Cell and Final Fantasy, it wasn't a ...
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26-03-2008
There has been quite a bit of excitement about the possibility that Sony's latest PS3 firmware update will allow Blu-ray titles to be compressed and transferred to the PSP for portable viewing.
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26-03-2008
The PSP really seems to on a role of late, doesn't it? Don't fret! Sony says that's not going to stop anytime soon.
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26-03-2008
In Download! on most Nseries devices there's: a new games catalog 'Try for free', a collection of fairly decent native [or at least ported through a runtime] S60 games from 3D Arts; Shockwave Minis, mini-games across a variety of genres; a new catalog of Jamster games (probably all Java); SNAP Arcade, in-house Java game creations from Nokia; 'Just for Laughs', a 'fun' video player and downloader.
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25-03-2008
SAN MATEO, Calif.----Glu Mobile Inc. , a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced that it has signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. to develop and publish the mobile game for the 2008 movie release of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", the sequel to the studio's 2005 hit animated movie, "Madagascar."
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25-03-2008
Why combine a mobile phone with an x86-based nano-PC?
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25-03-2008
Plans for new PlayStation Portable titles revealed Sony has promised a number of "very unique" game titles for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) later this year.
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25-03-2008
{mosimage}The notable part of the 2.20 Playstation 3 firmware update will be the major Blu-ray Disc playback functionality with the addition of BD-Live capabilities. However, another new feature will be the ability to pop in a Blu-ray Disc, use the PS3's Remote Play feature, and then watch the movie on a PSP. The new feature was first announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. At a ...
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25-03-2008
Turns out it's a good thing I was so dubious. SCEA contacted us today to let us know we were right to doubt , the Playstation 3's firmware 2.20 update will not include Portable Copy support, despite reports to the contrary.
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25-03-2008
Activision and Vicarious Visions brings the gaming phenomenon, Guitar Hero, to the Nintendo DS. IGN and Yahoo finally got their hands on Activision's new Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. When Guitar Hero was announced for the DS alongside the Guitar Hero III announcement, gamers wondered at what kind of wacky peripheral would be needed to play this title. Well, Vicarious Visions and ...
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24-03-2008
SAN MATEO, Calif.----Glu Mobile Inc. , a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced that it has signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. to develop and publish the mobile game for the 2008 movie release of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", the sequel to the studio's 2005 hit animated movie, "Madagascar."
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24-03-2008
Thumbplay(R) (www.thumbplay.com), the largest and fastest growing mobile entertainment content service in the U.S. (Nielsen Mobile, Q3 and Q4 2007), today announced a relationship with Clear Channel Radio to roll out customized mobile content stores across more than 650 of its local music stations' Web sites, plus several more news and sports stations, throughout 2008.
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24-03-2008
Carnival Games is going handheld, while Wii gets an offshoot mini-golf title.
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24-03-2008
Officially, the recent N-Gage beta testing phase (aka "First Access") was only open to N81 owners. However, some people managed to find unofficial ways for other phones to take part as well.
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23-03-2008
New Game Introduces Revolutionary Guitar Hero Guitar Grip Peripheral for Anytime, Anywhere Guitar Hero Gameplay
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23-03-2008
Last September, the design manager for Vicarious Visions, Adrian Earle, blabbed about Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS having an exciting new peripheral, to rawk out to all the Bon Jovi tracks the game will no doubt contain.
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22-03-2008
MoConDi, a mobile entertainment creator and distributor, has partnered with Greystripe, a provider of ad-supported mobile games and applications, to make over 800 free mobile games available to community members of the MoConDi-run MeYou Community.
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22-03-2008
Playing Super Monkey Ball and Spore on the iPhone sure sounds like a nifty diversion, but is a $400 mobile device really going to be a success as a gaming platform? Not if Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter's perspective on new ventures from Sega, EA and THQ is spot on.
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22-03-2008
Activision said on Thursday it will release a version of its "Guitar Hero" video game for Nintendo's (7974.OS) DS, bringing its blockbuster musical series to the most popular handheld gaming device.
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22-03-2008
Game developer Vicarious Visions Inc. has developed the latest "Guitar Hero" game, this one for the Nintendo DS.
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22-03-2008
Bloomberg has reported that Nintendo has had its stock investment rating downgraded to "hold" from "buy" and its 12-month price estimate decreased by 30 percent to 57,500 yen ($580 US) by KBC Securities Japan, because of concerns that "demand for the DS and Wii will slow." KBC also reduced profit estimates for Nintendo's next fiscal year by 8 percent to 391.6 billion yen ($3.94 billion), ...
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22-03-2008
Officially, the recent N-Gage beta testing phase (aka "First Access") was only open to N81 owners. However, some people managed to find unofficial ways for other phones to take part as well.
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21-03-2008
The PSP Headset is a perfectly good set of bargain headphones, but why Sony didn't include the accessory needed to enable the microphone is beyond us.
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21-03-2008
Activision said on Thursday it will release a version of its "Guitar Hero" video game for Nintendo's (7974.OS) DS, bringing its blockbuster musical series to the most popular handheld gaming device.
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21-03-2008
- If you've bought any games on the beta test, you will of course get to keep them on the release version of N-Gage, but you may have to reinstall them.
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20-03-2008
Sony has released its latest firmware for the PSP, version 3.93, which expands support for Playstation Network titles and adds 20 new internet radio players for users of the PSP Internet Radio feature. Sony did not release specific details on how the new firmware expands support for PSN, but did explain that the new radio players are "organized into more specific styles of music so that PSP ...
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20-03-2008
SouthPeak Games today announced another title for its 2008 Nintendo DS line-up, in the form of fireworks-based shooter Big Bang Mini.
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19-03-2008
PSP gets more features that make it more than just a gaming device...
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19-03-2008
Stop waiting around for those rare special occasions to light fireworks; SouthPeak Games today announced Big Bang Mini for Nintendo DS. The game, which encourages filling the night sky with brilliant bursts of fireworks, will be exploding into stores this fall.
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19-03-2008
FlatOut: Head On follows the same basic formula as the rest of the series, but the PlayStation Portable version is the current definitive package.
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18-03-2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. – (March 18, 2008) – Namco Networks, the leading publisher and developer of mobile games and entertainment for mass-market casual gamers, today announced the availability of its much anticipated mobile game, Dilbert Cubicle Chaos.
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18-03-2008
Sony released a new firmware update for the Sony PSP today in Japan. The firmware 3.93 brings Skype functionality to Japan. The rest of the world already got Skype with PSP firmware 3.90 in January.
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18-03-2008
Primary school pupils in the UK could soon be using the Nintendo DS as part of classroom activities designed to boost cognitive skills.
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18-03-2008
Kratos is back – and this time he's portable. PlayStation Portable (PSP) gamers in search of a bloody good time – and with graphics so good you'd swear it was a console game – should boot up God of War II: Chains of Olympus ($39.99, rated Mature).
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17-03-2008
Kratos is back – and this time he's portable. PlayStation Portable (PSP) gamers in search of a bloody good time – and with graphics so good you'd swear it was a console game – should boot up God of War II: Chains of Olympus ($39.99, rated Mature).
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17-03-2008
There are two kinds of video war games: those in which you play a soldier (“Call of Duty 4,” “Army of Two”) and those in which you play a general. The former, more action-oriented type is better-suited to video-game consoles; the latter, more cerebral type is more popular among computer gamers.
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16-03-2008
Today TMO readers are discussing the potential impact the iPhone and iPod touch will have as gaming devices now that Apple has revealed both handhelds will be joining the video game world
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16-03-2008
A boom in social networking and a new delivery platform from Nokia may offer mobile video game publishers a lift after a lackluster year in 2007. The mobile game market suffered an unexpected slump last year, with many developers and analysts pointing to a lack of interest from telecommunications operators in spending to market games. Now they are looking at booming interest in new social ...
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16-03-2008
Amsterdam, 14 March 2008 – Today, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq OTC: PLGC.OB), an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, announced that Dragon Hunters for Nintendo DS will hit stores across the world starting April 2008.
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15-03-2008
In the U.S. mobile broadband market, all major mobile carriers except T-Mobile have launched 3G mobile networks. At the end of 2006, out of the 225 million cellular subscribers in the United States, 15 million used a 3G-based mobile broadband service via cell phone, PDA, laptop or other device. Also, we estimate there were 3.5 to 4 million data card service subscribers in the U.S. in mid-2007.
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15-03-2008
The $2.25 billion casual gaming industry is on the brink of explosive success. How can you join the game?
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15-03-2008
Once upon a time, tech pundits predicted Sony's PlayStation Portable would be an "iPod killer" because of all its flashy features. But the PSP has suffered from a slightly unfortunate image among gamers and gadget lovers: It's the device that can do pretty much anything, from surfing the Web to playing games, but that actually seems to spend most of its time gathering dust.
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14-03-2008
Classic 80s synthesizer, the Korg MS-10, is currently being recreated inside the diminutive Nintendo DS handheld console. Far from being some cheap hack ported on to a SD card and slapped into a dodgy machine, this is fully functioning, absolutely 100% official synth, drum machine and sequencer. It's called the Korg DS-10 - can you see what they've done there?
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14-03-2008
Amsterdam, 14 March 2008 – Today, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq OTC: PLGC.OB), an independent worldwide publisher of entertainment software, announced that Dragon Hunters for Nintendo DS will hit stores across the world starting April 2008.
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13-03-2008
Get your Wii Points ready. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! Is Super Turrican good? I LOVED Turrican 2 on the C64.
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13-03-2008
A boom in social networking and a new delivery platform from Nokia may offer mobile video game publishers a lift after a lackluster year in 2007. The mobile game market suffered an unexpected slump last year, with many developers and analysts pointing to a lack of interest from telecommunications operators in spending to market games. Now they are looking at booming interest in new social ...
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