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Nintendo announces Wii price cut
The anticipated Wii price cut has at last been made official, with drops for machine in both North America and Japan due to come into effect.
US: Zelda: Spirit Tracks dated
Nintendo has announced The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks will arrive in the US on December 7th.
US: Toys R Us backs pre-owned
Having embarked on a low-profile pre-owned video games trial in “a couple” of its North American outlets earlier this year, Toys R Us is to press ahead with plans ...
US: Gran Turismo PSP bundle unveiled
The UMD version of the upcoming Gran Turismo for PSP will be available as a PSP bundle in the US.
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Wii Sports Resort nears 2m sales
Nintendo has confirmed that its high-profile Wii MotionPlus debutant Wii Sports Resort has sold over 600,000 copies in Europe since its High Street debut on July 24th.
US: Wii Sports Resort sells 500,000 units
Nintendo announced that Wii Sports Resort has sold more than 500,000 units in the United States.
US: Ghostbusters sells 1m
Some say that licensed games have enjoyed their time in the sun, but Atari has proved many naysayers wrong with news that licensed action outing Ghostbusters: The Video Game has ...
US: 2009 releases fail to perform on Wii
Almost all 2009 releases on Wii have been outsold in the States by games launched in previous years, with only EA Sports Active standing tall.
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US: Digital casual games come to retail
Online monetization firm PlaySpan has announced that a new code card range in conjunction with PBS Kids Play called Ultimate Game Card that will be stocked in over 800 of ...
US: Pre-owned market worth $2bn
Games market analyst Michael Pachter has stated that the pre-owned games market in North Ameica is worth around $2bn annually, with 100m units sold in stores across the region each ...
US: File-sharing mum fined $2m
A 32-year-old single mum has been ordered by a Minneapolis court to pay $1.92m to the Recording Industry Association of America after being found guilty of breaching the copyright of ...
US: First month Xbox Live subs drop to $1
Microsoft has lowered the price of an Xbox Live Gold subscription to $1 for the first month.
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US: GameStop bags Halo exclusive
GameStop has gained exclusive rights to the Halo 3: ODST Collector’s Pack.
US: Tiger Woods series tops $500,000,000
EA Sports’ Tiger Woods series has generated more than $500,000,000 in sales in the US to date.
US: Final Fantasy XIII gets 2010 release
It’s hardly the biggest surprise in the world, but a new poster advertising campaign in the US has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will be released in the region in ...
Factor 5 closes US dev studio
Factor 5 is to close its San Rafael studio, the company's CEO has revealed.
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US: Job losses and wage cuts at Best Buy
Best Buy has reportedly told staff of a slew of job losses and wage-cutting measures in North America as the leading electricals retailer aims to restructure in an effort to ...
US: Games dominate kids’ Christmas spend
Gaming may nowadays be a pursuit for all ages, but that doesn’t mean that the appetite for the hobby amongst kids has diminished – indeed, new research from US stats ...
US: World Tour instrument pack wins at retail
Flying in the face of the wallet-tightening global credit crunch, it has been revealed that the full-price, complete band kit SKU of Activision Blizzard’s Guitar Hero: World Tour has to ...
US: Circuit City closes its doors
Circuit City closed the last of its 567 stores yesterday, putting an end to the firm’s retail operation in the US.
Toys R Us trialling pre-owned
US retail giant Toys R Us has become the latest High Street retailer to test out the pre-owned game waters with the news that it is trialling a second hand ...
NPD: Microsoft and Nintendo gain but PS3 sales fall
Nintendo and Microsoft were the main beneficiaries of the promising Janauary sales climbs seen in NPD’s latest numbers – but Sony’s PS3 continues to suffer a decline in sales, surely ...
US: $823 million spent on games marketing in 2008
Research from the Nielsen Company and the Monitor-Plus advertising monitoring service showed that the games industry reportedly spent $823 million on marketing and promotion in the US during 2008.
US: Wii Play tops ’08 best sellers
New NPD figures show that Wii Play was been confirmed as the best selling multi-SKU game of 2008 in the US.
NPD: Games industry “already being affected by the recession”
The latest stats from NPD show that 2008 was a record year for the video games industry in North America – but signs that the worsening global economic climate is ...
