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10 hrs ago | Joystiq

Deja Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

In our 2010 review of Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii, our own JC Fletcher admitted a terrible truth: He had used the Super Guide .

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Related Topix: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Monster Games Inc., Nintendo, Video Games, Donkey Kong Country Returns, 3DS

Fri May 17, 2013

The Inquirer

EA won't make any more games for the Nintendo Wii U

VETERAN GAMES MARKETER Electronic Arts apparently is shutting the door on further game development for the Nintendo Wii U. The Wii U has been a bit of a slow burner.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Wii U, Video Games, The, Deep Silver

The Inquirer

Nintendo to cash in on user Youtube walkthrough videos

GAMING FIRM Nintendo is being accused of trying to profit from user generated videos that have been uploaded to Youtube.

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver, 3DS, Nintendo, Wii U

Examiner.com

Bi-weekly News Roundup: New Wolfenstein, EA Star Wars, Pokemon X/Y, and more

There are only four days until Microsoft's Xbox 720 unveiling. Plus E3 starts June 10 with more press conferences and console goodies on the way.

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Related Topix: LucasArts, Star Wars, Video Games, Game Freak, Nintendo, Pokemon X, The, Deep Silver, Microsoft Xbox

KREX

Certain Video Games Can Improve Your Child's Health

If your kids are couch potatoes, an upcoming study in The Journal of Pediatrics recommends using "excer-gaming" to improve their health.

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Related Topix: Video Games

Thu May 16, 2013

EurekAlert!

New study recommends using active videogaming ('exergaming') to improve children's health

Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Rare Ltd., Microsoft Game Studios, Kinect Sports, Microsoft Xbox

Consumer Reports

The best video game console to help you get fit

Ever since the major video game platforms added motion-controlled gaming, players have been jumping off the couch and moving more than their trigger fingers.

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Related Topix: Video Games, UFC Personal Trainer, THQ, They, _No Company, Nintendo, Wii U, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios

Wed May 15, 2013

GiantBomb.com

Super Metroid

Super Metroid is the third game in the Metroid series and the only Metroid game to be released on the Super Nintendo.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Metroid, Team Ninja, Video Games, Mamba Games, Pirates, The, Deep Silver

JD Supra

Patent Watch: Motiva, LLC. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

The "Commission is fundamentally a trade forum, not an intellectual property forum" [and] litigation expenses directed at preventing, instead of encouraging manufacture of, articles incorporating patented technology does not satisfy the domestic industry requirement of Section 337.

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Related Topix: Video Games, US News, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, The, Deep Silver

Gamasutra

Motiva v. Nintendo: the Facts, the Law, Patent Troll Loss, and Lesson ...

The following blog was, unless otherwise noted, independently written by a member of Gamasutra's game development community.

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Related Topix: Video Games, The, Deep Silver, US News, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Inventions, Science / Technology, Section

Tue May 14, 2013

Techmeme

Nintendo Wins U.S. Court Ruling Over Video-Game Systems

Nintendo Wins U.S. Court Ruling Over Video-Game Systems - Nintendo Co. , maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.

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Related Topix: Video Games

Examiner.com

E3 2013: Death of the Motion Controller, Part IV

Way back in 2010, I suggested that motion gaming was nothing more than a simple fad, one that would die out due to an overabundance of shovelware and a lack of focus on the publisher's part.

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Related Topix: Sega, Warner Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, Sesame Street, Video Games, Nintendo, Wii U, Gamepads, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Will Electronic Arts Surge Higher?

Its offers video game products through gaming consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

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Related Topix: Video Games, The, Deep Silver, X360, PS3, Computers

CNET News.com

Analyst: Nintendo sold 55,000 Wii U units in April

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has released his monthly estimates on console sales, and not surprisingly, given recent months, April didn't look too swell for Nintendo and its Wii U. According to Pachter, which estimates console sales in the U.S. based on retail checks, Nintendo sold just 55,000 Wii U units in April , down 19 percent compared to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Video Games, Nintendo, Wii U, X360, PS3

Eurogamer

WWE 2K14 UK release date punched up

This year's entry in the long-running wrestling series is the first to be published by 2K, following the demise of previous publisher THQ.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Wii U, Video Games, The, Deep Silver, 2010, X360, Microsoft Xbox

Mon May 13, 2013

Examiner.com

New rumors of upcoming Nintendo Wii U games surface as E3 approaches

The Nintendo Wii U is off to a slow start , while it has still sold at a decent rate, many have complained of the lack of games and the lacking third party support.

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Related Topix: Nintendo, Metroid, Team Ninja, Video Games, Activision, Call of Duty , Wii U

Patch.com

Breaking and Entering on Valentine Road

Residents arrived home to 60 Valentine Rd. on Friday to find their home had been broken into, thieves taking a TV off the wall, a Wii console and some Wii games.

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Related Topix: Video Games

411mania.com

Ask 411 Games 05.13.13: Permadeath, Remakes, Boobies, More

Ask 411 Games 05.13.13: Permadeath, Remakes, Boobies, More! Posted by Mathew Sforcina on 05.13.2013 What happened to Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded? Will Earthbound make it to the Wii? How long will the Playstation 3 be supported by Sony? And what's the appeal of permanent death in games? All this and more covered this week in Ask 411 Games! Hello, and ... (more)

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver, Xseed Games, Mistwalker, The Last Story, Quantic Dream, Namco Bandai Games America, Level 5, Ni no Kuni, SCEA, Heavy Rain

International Business Times

Nintendo wins appeals court ruling decision over Wii

Co, one of the world's largest makers of video game players, won a appeals court decision in a patent case that will allow it to keep importing its popular Wii system into the United States.

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Related Topix: Video Games, 2012, Gliese Games, US News, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Bit-tech.net

Mad Genius Controller prototype unveiled

Mad Genius Controllers' eponymous product offers two-handed motion tracking accurate, the team claims, to 1/100th of an inch.

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver, PS3, Cameras, X360