News tagged with game industry
Would-be Pirate Bay buyer ousted from stock market
(AP) -- The would-be buyer of Swedish file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay has been kicked out of the smallcap stock exchange Aktietorget for misleading the market, the Swedish trading platform said Wednesday.
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games
(AP) -- With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Fine threat puts The Pirate Bay off the Intenet
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing websites, is off the Internet after a Swedish court threatened its bandwith supplier with a hefty fine, news reports said Tuesday.
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Video game minority report: Lots of players, few characters
If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Video game group files lawsuit over CTA ad rule
(AP) -- A trade group that represents software and video game publishers sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, saying a rule barring ads on trains and buses for "mature" and "adults only" games violates the right ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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US video game sales slide 23 pct in May
(AP) -- U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year's release schedule couldn't compete with Take Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" last spring.
Jun 12, 2009 |
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March video game sales slump more than expected
(AP) -- U.S. video game sales slumped more than expected in March and were flat in the first quarter when compared with a year earlier - hurt by the recession, a shift in the Easter calendar and fewer big game launches.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Sony PS3 tops Nintendo Wii in Japan in March: survey
Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Video game industry bucks downturn with Feb. sales
(AP) -- The video game industry continued to defy the recession in February, posting double-digit year-over-year growth with Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii gaming system leading the way.
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Prosecutor seeks prison terms in Pirate Bay filesharing case
A Swedish prosecutor on Monday called for one year jail terms for four men charged with running The Pirate Bay, one of the world's top websites for illegal downloading.
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Good games get lost in year-end sales push
If game makers take anything away from 2008, it should be that sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. So many good and great games were released at the end of the year during the holiday blitz that gamers were forced ...
Dec 30, 2008 |
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