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'Dishonored' tops a diverse year in video games
The video game universe in 2012 is a study in extremes. At one end, you have the old guard striving to produce mass-appeal blockbusters. At the other ...
Wii U: New console launches in a sea of gadgets
In the six years since the last major video game system launched, Apple unveiled the iPhone and the iPad, "Angry Birds" invaded smartphones and ...
Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming
When Nintendo first broached the idea of multiple-screen video games in 2004, many critics were skeptical that players could focus on two images at ...
Nintendo trims red ink, lowers forecast for year
Nintendo Co. narrowed its losses in the fiscal first half, but the Japanese game maker lowered its sales and profit forecasts for the full year ahead ...
Xbox Music to offer on-demand music free on tablet
Buyers of tablets that run Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows 8, are in for a pleasant musical surprise: They'll be able to handpick from ...
Netflix CEO to step down from Microsoft's board
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is leaving Microsoft's board of directors next month, giving him more time to focus on the myriad of challenges facing ...
Sesame Street's next chapter: Elmo talks back
Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Elmo are giving kids a glimpse of television's future. The "Sesame Street" crew has been talking to kids for more than ...
Nintendo's Wii U to launch Nov. 18, start at $300
Nintendo has a knack for changing the course of video games, appealing to the masses from kids to grandparents even if its technology isn't the most ...
Nintendo to start selling 3DS with larger screens
Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. has upgraded its 3DS handheld to sport a screen nearly twice as big as the previous model amid hot competition ...
'Diablo III' tops list of video game sales in May
U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories fell for a sixth consecutive month in May. According to market tracker NPD Group, ...