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Despite PlayStation 3 sales up, Sony’s profit down 72%. Sony reported from Tokyo, a quarterly profit decreased of 72%. Even though PlayStation 3 sales doubled compare to last year this time. The company said it sold 2.43 million PlayStation 3 consoles during the quarter, an increase of 86% over the same period a year ago. [...]

Belgium European nation has outlawed game rental. Many gamers call this move a ridiculous. Kotaku reports that stockists in Belgium have been unable to buy new titles for rental purposes since June in preparation for the change. As of December 1st, however, it will become completely illegal to rent any games software. Shops are unable [...]

Australian radio station 2UE has joined hands with Wii to promote their product. In order to help out Wii, the radio station has changed their logo as shown in the image. They have changed their logos in each and every possible. For next two weeks the radio will be named after Wii and will be [...]

Nintendo Co. said Thursday that strong sales of its hit Wii and DS video game consoles enabled it to buck a slump in the Japanese electronics industry and stay on course for record profits. The company downgraded its outlook slightly in light of the strong yen but still expects annual profits to rise by about [...]

Current economic crisis troubles almost ell the industries that exist in this world. Game industry is no exception. We hear stories about how game industry affected by the global economic crisis. Swedish video game developer Avalanche Studios has laid off 77 employees from their organization after loosing two publisher deals. Avalanche Studios is founded in [...]

Some years back Blizzard was planning to make a movie, but later on the news faded away and people forgot the buzz. Now Blizzard is saying that, they have not buried the idea of making a movie. Blizzard president Mike Morhaime told that “there are still plans for a World of Warcraft movie.” And what [...]

Video game sales have gone down in September. Some people argue that its all happened because of the economy crisis but it’s good to note that comparisons were skewed by “Halo 3,” the blockbuster from Microsoft Corp. that accounted for more than a third of all game sales in the same month last year. Americans [...]