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This move is anticipated to give Microsoft’s console a boost in its currently neck-and-neck race with the PlayStation 3.

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Maybe that last-day-of-school Halo LAN wasn’t such a good idea afterall.

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Can we just get back to being removed from reality now?

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The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) has released data showing that the alleged economic slide has yet to begin affecting the gaming industry, and that the gaming demographic there continues to broaden.

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Perhaps we can finally put the Aerosmith edition behind us?

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You heard it here.

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Look out, XBLA and PSN!

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Find out just what makes their high price tag so special.

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Betheseda seals the deal with one of the brightest video game composers around.

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If you’ve been biding your time for cheaper Rock Band tracks, here’s your chance.

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Just when you thought the parent’s homework policy wasn’t enough.

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GTA IV’s controversy continues to soar across America.

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 Proof that gamers can go outside by choice.

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Different is not always better.

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Nintendo franchises still have some catching up to do.

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Whats more shocking is the previous holder of that title.

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More is better.

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Let’s blame Nintendo.

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All we wanted was a taste of the cake… was that so hard?

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All things considered, it wasn’t on your mind this week anyways.

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Perhaps the PS3 won’t have the last laugh after all?

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Rock Band to get much more than a little Judas Priest.

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Molyneux offers an in-depth insight into problems facing the video game industry and it’s future.

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Subscribers prove that nothing is too early for the internet!

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A special edition, just for those Aussies.

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EA fights Capcom’s one week plan with a 10 year for game success at retail.

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Does every publisher have this kind of positive outlook on sales?

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Long story short, folks, Electronic Arts had taken its $2 billion buyout offer directly to the shareholders of Take-Two Interactive, but after today’s rejection of said offer by Take Two’s board of directors, it appears as though any hostile takeover of the firm will be ever more difficult to accomplish.

While Take-Two reiterated what everyone was thinking, that they wanted to wait until after the 29th April release of Grand Theft Auto IV before considering any major deals, the company went a few steps further what appear to be preventative measures against any future hostile takeover attempts. Take-Two shareholders, as a result of these measures, now have more time to contemplate new members of the board of directors, as well as a "poison pill" agreement that will come into affect if a new shareholder buys twenty percent of the company stock or if an existing shareholder purchases another two percent of stock in addition to their current holdings.

For now, at least, it appears as though EA’s attempts to stave off the juggernaut that the Activision/Vivendi merger created have failed.

What could this mean for the future of competitive gaming?           

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Not exactly a promising preemptive concern for a film.

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Microsoft, the leader in the European home console race, confirms price cuts for its Xbox 360 console on the continent. Sony expected to feel pressure to follow suit.

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German video gamers, long wedded to their personal computers, are switching to games consoles and mobile devices, pushing German games software sales up 21 percent to 1.36 billion euros ($2.1 billion) last year.

The German games software association (BIU) said on Friday sales of games for consoles such as the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation or Microsoft Xbox rose 38 percent to 904 million euros in 2007.

By contrast, sales of PC games slipped 3 percent to 458 million euros.

Games for mobile devices were the fastest-growing segment of the market, with sales rising 65 percent to 360 million euros as more casual gamers entered the market, the BIU said.

U.S. console software developer Atari has confirmed that it has received an offer from French parent company Infogrames to acquire all of its outstanding stock, enveloping the smaller American developer full into its parent company.

In breaking this story, Gamasutra has aptly suggested that Atari’s fortunes have begun to change for the better in the most recent of times, largely due to its sale of assets to relieve financial pressure and the hiring of Sony expatriate Phil Harrison.

The only comment offered by Atari’s board of directors was that they will give the proposal a "thorough evaluation".

Japanese tracking firm, Media Create Company, Ltd., has unveiled the latest Japanese sales charts. The PSP has turned in a solid performance, with the Xbox 360 surprisingly landing a charting title. The sales charts are as follows:

Humble doesn’t quite describe Sega these days.

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Just what really goes on in the rating of our games?

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To be released in Q2 2008; PSP Bundled with  God of War: Chains of Olympus also announced

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Just another $50 to go until the landfill.

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