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Record Sales For Scary Games, Reuters Dates Dead Space 2

10:00PM AJ Glasser | News source Reuters says scary video games are having “a record year as zombies, monsters, demons, and chain-sawing wielding psychos fight against the consoles, making video games the new home of horror for some”. More »
Culture

Fall’s Biggest Game Discussed On The Bonus Round

10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Last week, we visited GameTrailers HQ to chat about fall’s biggest games, from Uncharted 2 to Brutal Legend to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. This Bonus Round clip is the result of that visit. More »
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Hey, It’s Me On The Bonus Round Again

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Last week, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Shane Satterfield, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter and Kotaku’s I talked about the future of video game controls. This week, we do it some more. More »
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Pachter: Used Games Sales At 100 Mil Annually In U.S., Not A Threat

9:00AM Stephen Totilo | Gaming’s most-quoted financial analyst shared some unconventional wisdom about used games today. More »
Media

Kotaku Joins The Bonus Round To Chat About The Future Of Game Controls

6:40AM Michael McWhertor
Last Friday, we sat down with GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Shane Satterfield and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter to discuss the future of video game interfaces, from the Wii Vitality Sensor to Microsoft’s Project Natal. Someone taped it! More »
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Analyst Predicts Wii Price Drop

10:40AM AJ Glasser | Wedbush-Morgan’s Michael Pachter — the guy that was so harsh on the PSPgo’s price tag — thinks the Wii will drop to $US199.99 this holiday season More »
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Analyst: Sony’s $249 PSP Go Is “Too Much”

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | PSPgo, the newest addition to the PlayStation family, will carry a premium price of $US249 USD when it launches this October. That’s $US80 more than the PSP-3000, a figure considered too high by gamers and at least one analyst. More »
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Analyst: Next Gen Begins After 2013

2:00AM Owen Good | Everyone’s favourite industry analyst, Michael Pachter, says that, rumoured Wii HD upgrade not withstanding, this current console generation is gonna be with us at least four more years. More »
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Analyst: Lost And Damned Sales At 1 Million, All-New GTA In 2010

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Rockstar Games and Microsoft haven’t disclosed exact sales of the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and Damned, only boasting that it has broken Xbox Live Arcade records. But one analyst has a guess. More »
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Analyst: Xbox Live A ‘Gold Mine’ For Netflix

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, who knows everything there is to know about video games, sees nothing but good things for the Xbox-Netflix partnership, one that could translate to another million Netflix subscribers this year. More »