EA Announces My Sims Party for Wii – I4U

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EA Announces My Sims Party for Wii
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Ea has announced the new My Sims Party game will ship this week for the Nintendo Wii. The title offers a variety of mini-games designed to take advantage of the Wii's unique control methods. The game lets players put reflexes, strategy, and smarts as ...
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Study: Xbox 360 Is 'Console Online Gaming Leader,' 87% Play PC … – Shacknews

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Study: Xbox 360 Is 'Console Online Gaming Leader,' 87% Play PC ...
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The Wii made up 29%, a jump from 2008's 18%. As for PC, NPD told Shacknews that 87% of those surveyed used a PC to play games online. That's down from 90% in 2008, described as a statistically significant decrease. Specific figures for other platforms ...
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Activision CEO confident in tough economy – Reuters

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Activision CEO confident in tough economy
Reuters
Kotick also sees an opportunity to develop stronger games for Nintendo's (7974.OS) Wii console. "In the past we approached the Wii as an extension of what we were doing on PlayStation and the Xbox and I think we can do a better job of creating original ...
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Video-game companies hit the motherlode – Globe and Mail

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Video-game companies hit the motherlode
Globe and Mail, Canada
In the video game Quake III, it was a taunt designed to shame feeble players. But lately the same phrase has become a bragging point for kids whose moms are dab hands at Xbox and Wii games. In living rooms across Canada, a growing number of mothers are ...

First look at Nintendo's DSi, coming to the U.S. in April – Los Angeles Times

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First look at Nintendo's DSi, coming to the U.S. in April
Los Angeles Times, CA
The Japanese game company is counting on the DSi to juice its momentum this year as sales of its flagship Wii console begin to slow. (Nintendo in January projected it would sell 26.5 million Wiis in the fiscal year starting April 1, down from 27.5 ...

What makes a great Nintendo Wii game? – USA Today

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What makes a great Nintendo Wii game?
USA Today
Catering to the audience is among the keys to creating a successful Nintendo Wii video game, two game producers and an industry expert tell Gamasutra. Video game analyst Michael Pachter says recognition factor and good use of the Wii's motion controls ...
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‘Pikmin’ Vs ‘New Play Control Pikmin’ – Impressions Of The GCN-To … – MTV.com

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‘Pikmin’ Vs ‘New Play Control Pikmin’ - Impressions Of The GCN-To ...
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I wanted to compare the games and test whether the change from GameCube controls to Wii controls was for the better, the worse or just different. The GameCube and Wii games both had the player moving their hero, Captain Olimar, with a left thumbstick ...
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EA releasing sports games for the Wii – Bizjournals.com

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EA releasing sports games for the Wii
Bizjournals.com, NC
Electronic Arts will release two sports games for the Nintendo Wii on June 16 -- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis -- in attempt to take advantage of the popularity of the console, which outsells its competitors every month. ...
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New Details About EA’s Wii-Exclusive ‘Spore: Hero’ – MTV.com

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New Details About EA’s Wii-Exclusive ‘Spore: Hero’
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She suggested that dancing and singing were just some classic “Spore” behaviors that would be more fun driven by a Wii remote than by the click of a computer mouse. “When you see the game, you’ll go, ‘Oh yeah, that’s definitely a Nintendo Wii game. ...
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Emergent Integrates Gamebryo LightSpeed with NVIDIA PhysX … – Business Wire (press release)

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IT Examiner

Emergent Integrates Gamebryo LightSpeed with NVIDIA PhysX ...
Business Wire (press release), CA
With this integration, Wii game designers developing on Gamebryo now have an unprecedented level of physics support to make more immersive and interactive titles. “With our launch of Gamebryo LightSpeed we wanted to create the most flexible, ...
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