Hand over the controller, girl gamers say

REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gina Sutton takes aim and deftly strikes down several targets in a row as they pop up on the screen in front of her.

A self-described girl gamer, she traveled from her home in Virginia to spend her 16th birthday at the Nintendo World Store in New York, and she can't understand why anyone would think video games are just for boys.

"It's like saying boys play with action figures and girls play with dolls," she said as she used a Wii Zapper in a game called Link's Crossbow Training. "I'm the girl who plays... Read more

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New Nintendo Machine

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

Nintendo said it would begin selling a new DS machine that can take pictures and play music on Nov. 1 in Japan, in a move to cement its lead against Sony's PlayStation Portable and potentially encroach on a market dominated by Apple's iPod and... Read more

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NBA tips off early in new videogames

REUTERS

VANCOUVER, Canada (Reuters) - Gamers get to hit the virtual hardwood early as new NBA videogames hit store shelves just as training camps begin.The latest installments of 2K Sports's "NBA 2K9," EA Sports' "NBA Live 09" and Sony Computer... Read more

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Nintendo expects Wii's to be in stock for U.S. holiday season

REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd expects to have more of its Wii game consoles available in the U.S. this holiday season, but stopped short of guaranteeing there will be no shortages... Read more

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Nintendo says to launch new DS in Japan

REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it would launch its new DS handheld game console on November 1 in Japan for 18,900 yen ($179).The new DS model will have... Read more

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Japan home video game market shrinks: report

REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's home video game market declined by 21.3 percent in the April to September fiscal first half compared to the same period last year to be worth 238.8 billion yen,... Read more

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Closure of Halo Wars' developer shocking

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

It's hard to believe that any developer making a game based on Halo could be shut down for financial reasons, but that's the fate awaiting Dallas-based Ensemble Studios.Microsoft, which owns... Read more