• Nintendo says price cut, new games lift Wii sales
    Nintendo says price cut, new games lift Wii sales AFP - Thu Jan 28, 12:21 PM

    TOKYO (AFP) - Nintendo Co. said Thursday a Wii price cut and the popularity of new games had helped to reinvigorate sales of the hit video game console over the crucial year-end shopping season.

  • Somalia Islamist group bans video games
    Somalia Islamist group bans video games AFP - Thu Jan 28, 8:13 AM

    MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's Islamist insurgents on Thursday banned video games, one of the last forms of entertainment left for local youth, arguing they were destroying the country's social fabric.

  • Nintendo Q3 profit down 23 pct
    Nintendo Q3 profit down 23 pct Reuters - Thu Jan 28, 4:35 AM

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd posted a 23 percent fall in quarterly profit as software sales for its DS handheld game player slowed and it cut the price of its Wii console, keeping its forecast for the first annual profit decline in four years.

  • Nintendo 9-mth profit down 41 pct, keeps outlook
    Nintendo 9-mth profit down 41 pct, keeps outlook Reuters - Thu Jan 28, 2:16 AM

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd posted a 41 percent fall in nine-month profit as sales of its DS handheld game player slowed and it cut the price of its Wii console, and the company kept a forecast for a first annual profit slide in four years.

  • Winnipeg man shot in dispute over video game
    Winnipeg man shot in dispute over video game CBC - Wed Jan 27, 9:53 PM

    A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly shooting his older brother in a dispute over a video game inside an apartment in Winnipeg's Spence neighbourhood on Wednesday.

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