Via Ripten:

"Gift givers looking for Guitar Hero, Rock Band, or Dance Dance Revolution merchandise this holiday season beware, knock-offs are out there, and while you may not know the difference, the individual receiving the gift likely will."
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16 Sep 2007

British Schoolkids Stave Off Obesity With DDR

360 News from N4G | Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2

360 - Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 - British Schoolkids Stave Off Obesity With DDR

There have been a number of new stories about US schools using Dance Dance Revolution as a way to get kids who aren't into competitive sports or their required PE classes moving - now the Brits are getting in on the act. Despite the fact that the BBC couldn't be bothered to fact-check the name of the game title, they have a short piece on the use of DDR in Bedfordshire schools - they've just done trials, targeting it's use towards girls who aren't interested in traditional sports.
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6 Jan 2009

Subway Restaurants Will Have Kids Dancing At Their Tables With DanceDanceRevolution Premiums

360 News from N4G | Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3

360 - Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 - Subway Restaurants Will Have Kids Dancing At Their Tables With DanceDanceRevolution Premiums

IGN writes: "Kids can dance into the New Year at SUBWAY restaurants with the all-new DanceDanceRevolution promotion. Konami and SUBWAY restaurants today announced a partnership that will help promote a healthy lifestyle for children by delivering the fun and excitement of Konami's best-selling get-up-and-move video game to children everywhere. From December 29, 2008 thru March 29, 2009, participating SUBWAY restaurants will offer one of six exclusive, high quality DanceDanceRevolution branded premium toy accessories along with a $10 coupon good on any of the newest DanceDanceRevolution games with each purchase of a SUBWAY FRESH FIT FOR KIDS meal."
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24 Nov 2008

Dance Dance Revolution celebrates 10th birthday

360 News from N4G | Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3

360 - Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 - Dance Dance Revolution celebrates 10th birthday

One of the most important titles in the history of casual gaming can stand up proud this week, with Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance mat series reaching the ripe old age of ten.

Known as Dancing Stage in Europe, the series first arrived in Japanese arcades on November 21st 1998 and quickly went on to become a gaming sensation. Konami ditched the traditional joypad or joystick and introduced a pressure-sensitive dance mat that registers when a player's foot hits each of the four directional pads.

It didn't take long for the arcade craze to make the move to consoles, and the series arrived on Sony's pioneering PlayStation in Japan early in 1999, bringing with it the first iteration of the console dance mat.
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29 Sep 2008

Official Konami DDR Universe 3 Site Launched

360 News from N4G | Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3

360 - Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 - Official Konami DDR Universe 3 Site Launched

Preview 40 of the songs from the game's playlist and see three screenshots from the game!
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23 Sep 2008

X3A: Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 Achievements

360 News from N4G | Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3

360 - Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 - X3A: Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 Achievements

There are 40 achievements with a total of 1000 points.
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15 May 2008

Three new DDRs announced for 10th anniversary

360 News | Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3

Konami's massively long press conference was filled with brand-new announcements, with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and Rock Revolution taking center stage. We even caught a glimpse of Pyramid Head in Silent Hill: Homecoming. But for all the music game junkies who desperately need a new set of 120BPM songs to dance to, there were three glistening new editions of DDR set up for the fall.

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29 Apr 2008

The Dark Messiah of the 360

360 News from N4G | Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements

360 - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements - The Dark Messiah of the 360

Drakol at The Bitbag reports that save data for this title may be causing Xbox 360s to freeze regardless of which game is in the console.

"My 360 console froze within a couple of hours, I reset the console. It froze again, but within minutes. Reset. That's all I did for ten minutes. I placed another game inside, but that also froze. The discs were clean, the console was almost new."
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11 Mar 2008

Dark Messiah Elements DLC Released

360 News from N4G | Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements

360 - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements - Dark Messiah Elements DLC Released

New Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements content is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, offering new weapons, maps and two singleplayer classes: Paladin and Warlock. The DLC costs 400 Microsoft Points ($5).
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23 Feb 2008

Dark Messiah Might and Magic Elements for Xbox 360 in Stores Now

360 News from N4G | Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements

360 - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements - Dark Messiah Might and Magic Elements for Xbox 360 in Stores Now

Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that Dark Messiah Might and Magic Elements for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is available on store shelves nationwide.
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