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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn releasing on November 29

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

New titles are coming from the house of this holiday season. A new chapter in the Golden Sun history is set to be released in .

The developer has announced that the will be launched for the family this November.

The new installment of the series is a 30-year leap from the earlier chapter titled . It showcases some new characters in a different atmosphere.

The new series will enable players to set out on an adventurous mission. There will also be spirits dubbed Djinn possessing special and dynamic abilities. In it gamers can also call for the deities to launch attacks.

If gamers collect over 70 Djinn, the players can make use of the power of these spirits to traverse through mystifying dungeons.

The release date of is set for on November 29, 2010.

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Nintendo DSi and DSi XL prices slashed from September

Monday, August 30th, 2010

is dropping and XL prices from September 12 onwards.

The company announced the recently. According to the new price list, the will be sold for $149.99 and the XL will be priced at $169.99.

of ’s executive vice president of Sales and Marketing said, “We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out of every dollar they spend. Our new prices make it easier than ever for consumers to access the tremendous variety of games, applications and social tools on the and XL system.”

However, the earlier model of will remain to be sold at $129.

This year the sales of was high. Over 3.4 million handhelds were sold in the U.S. through July said .

also announced earlier that they will come up with a 3D version of the device and it will be named as . This new will feature the technology without the use of glasses.

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Goldeneye 007 and DJ Hero 2 releasing on Wii

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Two new dates was announced recently by Activision for the autumn release of and .

, the new face of for an old tale, sees the British sleuth do some of the good damages to the deadly satellite operation. Gamers will see some blasts through the Saint Petersburg in a tank and also some leaps of a huge dam.

This remake of the 64 classic in is set to ignite the four-player split screen memories after its release on November 2, 2010.

The DJ Hero installment will be available from October 19th 2010 onwards across multiple platforms in the US and in it is being released on 22nd of October.

So, scratch your own tunes and break new beats with DJ Hero installment.

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Games slaes down, hardware sales up says survey report

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Seems to be a tough time for the . A slaes slump is plaguing the industry these days.

According to data, in July the video games sales and consoles were off 1% and this has happened in the fourth month in a row. The sales in United States dropped.

The sales of 3 from and that of 360 of increased, but the sales of ’s games fell reveals market research firm NPD Group Inc.

Analyst with Webush Securities Michael Pachter said, “ is responsible for all of the annual decline… owners are buying fewer games per capita than people who own the other two consoles.”

The group also reports that the are up. Ther has been a 12% jump in the sales of console in the month of July where as the sales of game fell 8%.

NPD’s game analyst Anita frazier said, “It’s the first time since September 2007, when launched Halo 3, that the 360 was the top-selling hardware platform.”

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30 million Nintendo Wii sold in US so far

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

The fastest selling games console in the history of US is ’s . Since its launch the company has sold more than 30 million units of the and that too in just 45 months.

In a recent statement, the said that the offers motion gaming and it has surpassed the 30 million units marks in the United States. The company further said that the had sold faster than of .

According to analysts, the is going to become the most popular games console in the world.

claims that as of June 2010 the company has sold 74 million of units globally.

Currently the of is the most sold games console of the world. In last 10 years has sold 145 million units of .

of ’s executive vice president of sales and marketing said, “More than any other system in history, has expanded the world of video games to new audiences. This milestone is another reminder that people want fun games they can play with others — all at a value-minded price.”

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Face Training game in Nintendo for facial wellness

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

In the game had announced earlier to release a camera for the and . Three years had been passed since the announcement and in between two new versions of the had been released. Now, finally September 24th is the date when the will be released. Its a European release date.

So, now, apart from and XL, gamers can enjoy this game on also.

In fact is not a game. It is similar to the Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training series. Here, instead of training the brain daily, there is a daily session with to improve the facial wellness.

Gamers are suggested to use it every morning. There will be avatar Miles to demonstrate the exercises on the left screen and gamers can see their face through the video feed on the right screen.

However, did not mention that this exercise will make anyone younger.

It says, “Target the Ocular Muscle with an eye exercise that can help to ease tension around the eyes.”

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Nintendo unveils 3DS platform to stop illegal play

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

, as the report comes, has now tightened bolts on its anti-piracy measures. It has unveioled the and this will surely ensure that the gamers only play the legal games.

This new platform is too tough to crack than what it was with the previous versions. It is in fact impervious to cracks from illegal downloaders.

Executive vice-president of THQ Ian Curran said, “The problem with the market in the last few years, particularly with , is that it’s just been attacked by piracy. It’s made it almost impossible to shift any significant volume. The combated it a little bit, but the has taken a step further.”

Well, let us wait and watch how difficult it is to crack and how long the hackers take time to crack it. Wish this do not happen.

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Nintendo 3DS succeeding Nintendo DS

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Over the past 5 years it has been seen that the stock of () is on a steady growth and this is not because of the success of . In fact this success of was due to the system released in late 2004.

The fortune of also grew after the release of ’ first hardware revision named .

More than 130 million units across the world has been sold of the various incarnations of the console and it became the best selling platform in the history of gaming industry.

But all these only seems to be just a begining. unveiled the , the next gaming device.

It was revealed at the event that the will be succeeding the and it will be a clamshell-shaped device with 2 LCD screens.

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Europe drops DS price

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

After , now it is to cut price. The price of both model ’s falls, but not that of the XL.

confirmed that ’s and the ’s prices will be dropping from June 18 in .

Well, there has been no set amount yet for the drop in the prices because it will be left up to the retailers. They will be deciding the reduced price for the consoles.

It is not clear why this move comes from . Is it that it is to clear stock for a new that is coming soon?

Also in Australia there was a price fall of and the was ignored after the came to the market.

Well, don’t expect any more drop.

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DS line again leads hardware sales in Japan

Monday, May 31st, 2010

The sales of three-models of led the charts of for the week ended May 23 reveals latest sales charts. The chart says that week-on-week the overall were stagnant.

Including the LL, and , the total sales were 26,145. The previous week it was 28,564 unit.

During the most recent week the segregation of the sales are as given below:

LL - 14,108

- 9,356

- 2,681

The PSP-3000 of led individual platform rankings. It was sold 23,313 units, which was down from the previous 24,475 units.

Initially in this month the PSP sales was double with the release of Konami and Hideo Kojim’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The total PSP line sold more than 61,000 units.

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