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Whilst we’re used to aggressive price battles in the software market, hardware prices are typically resilient – which makes the current price war surrounding the upcoming Black Wii all the more surprising. A number of leading online retailers – such as Amazon, Play, ShopTo and GAME – are offering the …

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As much as $250,000 for ideas that become Samsung Apps

Five former high-profile executives from Midway have been found innocent of conspiracy to deceive the public about the health of the fallen company. District Court judge David H. Coar has in the past months been hearing various allegations from out-of-pocket shareholders, who claimed that certain Midway execs knowingly kept them …

Aggrieved shareholders told that the five accused Midway execs were not liable for deception

An ambitious online games retailer believes it will be able to steal considerable” market share from Amazon, Play.com and ShopTo.net this Christmas after a major investment in its site. GameGears.co.uk is eyeing a 2 million turnover for the next calendar year, after striking deals with publishers such as Activision for …

Event adds summits dedicated to the iPhone and social online games

Though Nintendo’s third iteration of its successful handheld the DSI only arrived in Europe and North America a few months ago, Japan’s often reliable newspaper Nikkei has predicted that a new version of the handheld will be released in Japan before the end of the year. The fourth version of …

Video Games Live founders to discuss and play game music at November event

Nintendo believes that its new sleek black Wii console can single-handedly lure hard-to-reach consumers back into gaming. As revealed by MCVUK.com last week, the console will be launched in the UK and Ireland on November 6th – two weeks before mainland Europe. The move has widely been seen as a …