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US Dragon Quest IX Events Let You Play Tag With A Friend

7:40AM July 30, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Is your Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies experience a little lonely? Mine was. For those in the United States who are looking for an adventurous friend (and a few exclusive downloadable treasure maps), Nintendo brings good news. More »


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Kinect Is Going On A Road Trip

10:00AM July 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Microsoft is taking its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 on a summer holiday, hitting up dozens of locations in the United States and offering a chance to play with the device before it launches this November. More »


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The President May Get The Authority To Kick Us All Offline

3:00PM June 19, 2010 | Kate Finegan

As weird and scary as it sounds, there may be a time when you’ll be able to blame your server going down on the current U.S. President instead of your internet provider. More »


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Nintendo Continues Hardware Kill Streak In Slow April

9:00AM May 14, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

The Wii and Nintendo DS killed the competition in the United States last month, partly because the other hardware makers didn’t put up much of a fight. It was, bluntly, an ugly month for video game sales. More »


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Splinter Cell: Conviction Was April’s Big Winner

8:40AM May 14, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Sam Fisher used little stealth in his slaying of the competition in April, with Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction clearly visible at the top of April’s bestselling games list, according to the NPD Group. More »


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Nintendo DSi XL Off To A [Adjective] Start In U.S.

12:00PM April 17, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Last month, the Nintendo DS had a hell of a month, selling more than 700,000 units to portable gamers in the U.S. That was the same month the larger Nintendo DSi XL launched. How’d it do? More »


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Pokémon Helps Nintendo Walk To March Hardware Domination

9:00AM April 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

As it is wont to do, Nintendo dominated hardware sales in the United States in March, the Nintendo DS and Wii combining to move more than a million shiny new game machines last month. More »


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God Of War III, Pokemon Battle It Out For March’s Bestseller Crown

8:40AM April 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

March was a battle between one very pissed off Spartan, a girl named Lightning and too many Pokemon to count. Who came out on top in US video game sales for the month of March? More »


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Final Fantasy XIII PS3 ‘Nearly Doubles’ Xbox 360 Version

8:20AM April 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

First month figures for Final Fantasy XIII are in, with the North American version of Square Enix’s role-playing game epic moving more than 1.3 million copies in the United States. The vast majority of those were on the PlayStation 3. More »


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NPD Top 20 Shows How MAG, Bayonetta Fared In January

10:40AM February 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Well-read sales analysis enthusiasts are already well aware that some of January’s most anticipated games did not become January’s bestselling games. While some new properties, like THQ’s Darksiders, managed a top ten showing, some settled for the top 20. More »