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THQ Bringing Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3-D To DS |
 Publisher THQ has announced that it will release Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3-D, originally a Jules Verne novel, for the Nintendo DS simultaneously with the Brendan Fraser-starring 3-D film from New Line Cinema this summer. Billed as "the first ever digital 3-D live action release," Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D has actor Brendan Fraser exploring never-before-seen worlds and encountering a variety of unusual creatures while venturing deep beneath the ...
  
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Nintendo Profits Up 48% To $2.5 Billion In Full Year Results |
 Officials from Nintendo have released details of the company's full year results, for the period ended March 31st, 2008. During the last twelve months the company has seen revenues rise by 73 percent and profits up by 48 percent. Sales were up by 73.0 percent over the last twelve months to a total of ¥1.67 trillion ($16.1bn), and profits up 47.7 percent to ¥257.3 billion ($2.5bn). The company described Nintendo DS sales worldwide as "robust" ...
  
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New Publisher GreenScreen Acquires DSI and ZOO, Announces Game |
 New video game publisher GreenScreen Interactive Software announced its own existence today, alongside news that the New York City-based outfit has acquired formerly independent publishers Destination Software, Inc. and ZOO Digital Publishing. Sheffield, UK-based ZOO, publisher of the Premier Manager series, and Sicklerville, New Jersey-based DSI will join forces to form casual subsidiary Zoo Games, which GreenScreen plans to use to target "the emerging mass-market sector." Both companies have significant experience publishing casual and mass-market ...
  
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NASA Offering Licensing Agreement For Educational MMO |
 Contrary to Gamasutra's report earlier this week that NASA Learning Technologies had cut its educational MMO budget, asking developers to create and maintain the game for free, NASA has clarified that it will offer a licensing agreement in which the developer would still make money from the MMO's release. While NASA will not be directly funding the MMO's developer, its previously reported $3M budget will be used for its contributions to the project, including access ...
  
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Xbox 360 Kiosks Provide Games, Private Network To Hospitals |
 Microsoft has partnered with nonprofit organization Companions in Courage to deliver hundreds of Xbox 360 kiosks to children's hospitals across the US. The consoles will include select games, video content, and a private network allowing hospitalized children across the country to play games and chat over Xbox Live. Microsoft and Companions in Courage are celebrating this partnership and the installation of the first wave of Xbox 360 kiosks with three simultaneous events today at Morgan ...
  
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EA Bringing Monopoly To Wii, Xbox 360, PS2 |
 Following previously reported plans to bring Hasbro titles to consoles, EA's casual division has further detailed its plans for Monopoly, with versions of the game headed to Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, mobile phones and Pogo.com this fall. EA says the the multiplatform title will be based on Hasbro's Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition board game, and promises "a fresh take on the timeless classic with accessible gameplay for players of all ages and ...
  
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Activision Announces Wii/DS Exclusive Little League World Series 2008 |
 Publisher Activision has announced that it will be bringing a Little League licensed baseball title to the Wii and DS with Little League World Series 2008, with each version using the platform's unique control methods for batting, pitching and fielding. Due for release on August 5th, Activision notes that the game is the "first officially licensed Little League video game to hit next-generation consoles," and will let players make their way from "local sandlot slugger ...
  
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Monje: Game Industry's Debt To Dungeons & Dragons Bigger Than Many Think |
 As part of an in-depth opinion piece debuting today, Volition senior designer Alvan Monje (Saints Row) has been examining Gary Gygax's legacy, arguing that, rather than just influencing RPGs, all "games that tell a story" owe a debt to Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons. Within a wider-ranging essay that also looks at other major influences on open-world digital games from the resolutely pen & paper-based D& D, Monje particularly comments: "Today most gamers take it for ...
  
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Marvel Gets Sony Vet As Digital Media VP |
 Comic book giant Marvel has announced that it has hired 12 year Sony veteran Ira Rubenstein to the newly created position of Global Digital Media executive vice president, where he will oversee the company's push into mobile and casual games and strategic partnerships. Most recently, Rubenstein served as Sony Pictures Digital's executive VP, where he oversaw the division's growth across SonyPictures.com, mobile games and personalization products, casual games, and innovative strategic partnerships. There, he managed ...
  
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Europe Considering Game Rating Change |
 A new survey on how the PEGI (Pan European Game Information) rating system is being used in European Union member states has recommended that it be strengthened in order to protect children. In particular, the lack of effort made in some countries to enforce the age limits specified by the system came under criticism. As a result, a code of conduct has been called for by 2010, to ensure retailers pay more attention to the ...
  
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