No New Xbox “Anytime Soon,” Says Microsoft

Microsoft confirmed today that it won’t be unveiling a new Xbox console at the E3 video game conference in June, and said consumers probably shouldn’t expect new hardware for quite a while.
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No PS4 at E3. Really.

“We are not making any announcements at E3.”
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EA’s Sims Social Comes to Life on Facebook

The game, which launches today, promises to change your social life forever, but it’s also hoping to wreak havoc on Zynga’s dominance in the space.
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June Gloom Hits Videogame Industry

The cloudy weather at E3 in Los Angeles last month should have been a sign of how videogame sales were faring.
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Nintendo’s Pop Fizzles After It Squashes Multiplatform Talk

Nintendo’s shares rose as much as 4.9 percent today after investors got their hopes up that the game company had changed its policy regarding developing games for mobile phones. Turns out it wasn’t so, and most of the gains melted away.
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Nintendo’s Iwata Won’t Gamble on Free Games (Part 2)

Although Nintendo’s main mission is to expand the number of people playing games, it draws the line at using emerging platforms, like mobile or social, or new business models, like free-to-play games. In an interview, Nintendo’s Global President Satoru Iwata’s explains why.

Nintendo’s Iwata Hopes the Wii U Will Steal Back Couch Time From the iPad (Part 1)

In an interview with Nintendo’s Global President Satoru Iwata from E3, he discusses the successor to the original Wii, called the Wii U, and how he expects it to compete against laptops, tablets and phones being used increasingly in a consumer’s spare time today.
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Mind Candy’s Moshi Monsters Roar to Life Through Toys “R” Us Deal

Mind Candy CEO Michael Acton Smith chated last week at E3 about how he believes he can leverage the company’s gaming roots to build a Facebook alternative for kids while also creating an entertainment brand worth billions.
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Nintendo Shows Off Wii U’s Online Gaming Features. They’re Social!

Nintendo’s unveiling of the Wii U has been one of the big highlights of this year’s E3. At a joint press conference between Nintendo and Ubisoft, the two companies provided additional clues as to how a touchscreen can be used to interact with a console and how it will be connected to the Internet to be more social.
The Wii U's touchscreen also has high-definition graphics.

Digital Game Revenues Hit $5.9 Billion in 2010

The Entertainment Software Association, which organizes the E3 every year, has released results of a study saying that the format and demographic make-up of gaming are changing.
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