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October video game sales jump 18 percent
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AP - People flocked to buy video games in October despite a drop in consumer confidence to a historic low, spending $1.31 billion in U.S. retail stores on hardware, software and accessories.
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Videogame sales up 18 percent in October
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 Reuters - U.S. sales of videogame hardware and software rose 18 percent in October from a year earlier, after falling 7 percent in September, as Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console sold over 800,000 units, market researcher NPD reported on Thursday.
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Review: 'Gears 2,' 'Resistance 2' resume the fight
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 AP - In November 2006, Sony and Microsoft went head-to-head with violent war games that, at the time, defined their respective consoles. Sony's PlayStation 3 got "Resistance: Fall of Man," easily the strongest of the launch titles for the brand-new system. Microsoft's Xbox 360 got "Gears of War," which quickly became the year-old machine's best-selling title.
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Review: 'Mirror's Edge' is innovative
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 AP - Occasionally, a video game will reshape the way gamers see virtual worlds. Much like "Wolfenstein 3D," "Super Mario 64" and "Half-Life" before it, the stunning first-person action-adventure game "Mirror's Edge" (Electronic Arts, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $59.99) smashes the conventions of its predecessors.
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Vivendi net profit up sharply
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AP - French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi SA said Thursday that net profit increased more than fourfold to 2.76 billion euros ($3.46 billion) in the third quarter from 578 million euros a year earlier, thanks to gains on Vivendi's stake in video game publisher Vivendi Games.
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'World of Warcraft' blitz on game fans
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 AFP - Top video game maker Activision Blizzard threw crowds on streets Thursday for the launch of the much-awaited new extension of its record-breaking "World of Warcraft" which already has a claimed 11 million players worldwide.
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Reuters - Video game sales are expected to be strong this year and in 2009, despite the economic troubles that have hurt some of the retail stores that sell the games, industry executives said on Thursday.