Topic: Games

Nintendo denies report games designer Miyamoto to retire

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd on Thursday denied a report that Shigeru Miyamoto, widely seen as the world's most influential games designer, would step down from his current position and take a smaller role in the company.Wired magazine had quoted the ...

Nintendo wants to keep up Black Friday momentum

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a strong Black Friday showing, Nintendo now has to focus on maintaining the momentum for its products over the next five weeks of the crucial holiday season, the company's U.S. president told the Reuters Global Media Summit ...

Activision CEO taunts EA, talks up "Skylanders"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick told Reuters that stores may face a shortage of its new children's game this holiday season and tried to cast doubt on a rival's upcoming game that analysts say could eat into ...

Video game taps into Occupy Wall Street

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When gamers take the wraps off the new "BioShock" video game next year, they should not be surprised if parts of the game remind them of the Occupy Wall Street protests.Ken Levine, the creative director of the Boston-based ...

Activision's Warcraft loses steam, Call of duty shines

(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard revealed it has lost almost a million users for its "World of Warcraft" cash cow, dampening enthusiasm for its blockbuster "Call of Duty" franchise and wiping 3 percent off its share price.The largest U.S. video games publisher raised ...

Hulu shows heading for Nintendo Wii and 3DS

Nintendo said Friday that online video service Hulu Plus will stream movies and television shows to Wii and 3DS videogame systems by the end of the year.The Japanese videogame giant also planned to release in November a software update that will let ...

Nintendo unveils raft of software in bid to rescue 3DS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo on Tuesday announced a raft of new software in a bid to prop up disappointing sales of its latest handheld games gadget, the 3DS, but there was no sign of the add-on accessory that games blogs have said ...

Sony unveils 'world's first' 3D 'visor'

Sony on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the world's first three-dimensional head mounted display, a device that enables its wearer to experience cinema-like virtual screen viewing.The "Personal 3D Viewer (HMZ-T1)", is a visor-like gadget weighing only 420 grammes (14.7 ounces) that wraps ...

Nintendo shares leap on 3DS optimism

Nintendo shares surged on Tuesday amid hopes that its struggling 3DS console would finally take off following a price cut and on expectations of new game titles for the upcoming Christmas season.The jump came after the Japanese videogame giant announced its dedicated ...

Electronic Arts upbeat about holiday season sales

FRANKFURT, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Video games publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is upbeat about Christmas holiday sales as it expects to release top titles and prepares its most high profile launch ever: "Star Wars: The Old Republic"."We think it should be a ...
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