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Mar 19, 2008

Greenpeace: Nintendo must clean up its act

GC News | Gamecube

Environmental campaign body Greenpeace has once again slammed Nintendo for its policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. In Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks the 18 top manufacturers of PCs, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on tackling environmental waste, Nintendo remains bottom of the pile, having been the first brand to score a zero out of ten when it was first included in the ...
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Mar 19, 2008

Next week: it's the Week of Hate on GR!

GC News | Gamecube

Gamers hate everything. Of all people, doing all sorts of hobbies, all over the world, gamers hate the most. Whether it's moaning about console prices or release dates, complaining that a game is too long, or too short, or too hard, or too easy, or too realistic, or too unrealistic. Or typing bile at each other on forums, or screaming it down the headset on LIVE. Gamers love to hate.So in celebration of this integral piece of gaming ...
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Mar 13, 2008

EA gets aggressive with Take-Two

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EA's conquest to buy GTA IV publisher Take-Two has stepped up a gear as it extends a tender offer directly to Take-Two shareholders, following the company's rejection of its original offer. EA has made a tender offer of $26 per share to Take-Two's shareholders, which is valued at approximately $2 Billion - the same sum Take-Two itself turned down last month. The offer is scheduled to expire at 5am GMT on Saturday, April 12. Take-Two is due to ...
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Mar 5, 2008

Ziff Davis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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Ziff Davis Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York City today in an attempt to restructure its operations and pay off its debts. "The restructuring, if approved by the court," says business publication BtoBonline, "would reduce Ziff Davis Media’s $225 million senior-note debt. That amount will be exchanged for a new $50 million (face amount) senior secured note and at least 88.8% of the common stock in the reorganized ...
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Mar 5, 2008

Uwe Boll: Spielberg is sloppy

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Dungeon Siege and BloodRayne movie director, Uwe Boll, has lashed out at Stephen Spielberg - pitting his film, an adaptation of videogame Postal, against the new Indiana Jones flick. In an email sent to horror website Bloody Disgusting, Boll said: "On the Indiana Jones weekend - May 23 - we will go out and destroy Indiana Jones in the Box Office! We all know that Harrison Ford is older as my grandpa and his time is up - would Michael ...
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Mar 3, 2008

"38% of gamers are female"

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Thirty-eight percent of gamers are female, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, sourced by CNN technology. According to the ESA, girl gamers spend 7.4 hours a week playing games, in-between hiding every television remote and moaning that we've left the toilet seat up. Studies and sales data have shown that women are more likely to play casual handheld games such as Nintendo DS titles, along with "social games" ...
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Feb 22, 2008

EA: Metacritic rating a 'very big deal'

GC News | Gamecube

In a meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA head John Riccitello has lashed out at the company's average metacritic score, which last year dropped from 77 to 72. "There is nothing acceptable about that," Riccitiello says. "Our core game titles are accurately measured and summarized by these assessments, and that is a very big deal." ...
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Feb 14, 2008

World of Nintendo

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This month’s Top 20 things is a festival of old and new, scary and nice, handy and, erm, useless. And with millions more consoles out there, 2008 will be even more packed with the kind of random nonsense that makes the world of Nintendo such a fun place to be. Enjoy! ...
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Feb 14, 2008

New Xbox, Nintendo consoles by 2010?

GC News | Gamecube

Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson believes Microsoft and Nintendo will release new home consoles by 2010, the year he says will likely mark the end of the PSP and DS cycles.In an investor note issued to GameSpot, Wilson said it is unlikely that Microsoft or Nintendo will attempt to extend the traditional five year console cycle in this generation."We believe that peak industry sales will occur in 2010, given that Microsoft will ...
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Feb 14, 2008

Wii sales surpass GameCube's lifetime sales?

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It's (almost) official. The Wii has overtaken the worldwide lifetime sales of the GameCube in the thirteen months since its release.On February 9, the Wii had sold 21.490 million consoles, while its predecessor had sold a mere 21.515 million units.Based on the amount of Wiis sold last week, the console is currently selling 64,000 units per day.Pop all that information in a mathematics machine and you get a figure of 21.554 million Wiis sold by ...
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