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Is Microsoft developing a motion-sensitive controller similar to Nintendo’s Wiimote? The project, supposedly codenamed “Newton”, has been making the rounds but Microsoft Game Studios head Shane Kim sort of put down the rumors, though he stopped short of a full denial.
Meanwhile, Yu Suzuki’s masterly Shenmue series is supposed to be up for a Nintendo [...]

Recently rumors have been flying about a planned “slimmed-down” version of the Microsoft XBox 360 gaming console. The sleeker model was supposed to have been in line for a 2009 release.
But a Microsoft representative quashed the rumor by telling tech blog Engadget the whole thing was a hoax.
Unless, of course, the rep was pulling a [...]

Japan’s $6.9 billion arcade gaming isustry has been hit hard by the increasing popularity of TV gaming consoles, particularly the Nintendo Wii, according to reports.
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. plans to close a quarter of its outlets, while rival Namco Bandai Holdings has announced that it will shut down roughly 20 percent of its [...]

PMOG stands for Passively Multiplayer Online Game. You play it by… not playing? You join, you browse the internet doing everything you usually do (or not), and your online actions are translated into in-game events like level-ups, missions and apparently even some kind of PvP melee combat.
It certainly brings new meaning to the term “browser-based [...]

Pictured above is a possible before-and-after shot of Kid Icarus, if the rumors pan out.
It seems the game’s possible developer, Factor 5, will be pitching a Nintendo Wii remake of the classic NES platform game. That would be mind-blowing–especially considering Kid Icarus has been around longer than many gamers! NES fans will certainly feel their [...]

Reports from Taiwan suggest that an ASUS subsidiary there is in the process of developing a version of Microsoft’s XBox 360 gaming console that supports Blu-ray discs. There’s been news before of Lite-On making a stand-alone Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360, but this is the first news to go in the direction of built-in [...]

A factory fire in South Korea last month caused enough damage to affect the global supply of lithium-ion batteries, and analysts are predicting a lithium-ion battery shortage that could last at least three months.
Thankfully, large companies with multiple suppliers won’t feel the pinch, but if you do your gaming on low-cost machines like the Asus [...]

It seems Grad Theft Auto 4 is giving back to the community that made its success possible: the video game console industry.
Manufacturers of the Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft xBox 360, the two platforms for which the game is available, have reported an increase in console sales. This increase has be traced directly to GTA4’s [...]

Not many gamers are aware just how much they owe this man, Ken Kutaragi. “Father of Playstation” as he is also known in Japan, Kutaragi was responsible for bringing cd-rom-based gaming to the world, changing the face of the gaming industry and leading Sony to the top of the gaming industry.
But all that changed [...]

Microsoft has announced price reductions for its XBox 360 gaming consoles in four Asian regions by as much as 20 percent.
Consumers in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore can expect the lowered prices to take effect this week.
A similar price cut was implemented in Europe last month, with price tags going down by [...]