Direct Textbook, a college textbook buy-sell-rent search engine, today announced the launch of Flipsy.com, a free web service that helps consumers sell used iPhones, iPads, video game consoles and books for the highest possible prices. ...
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Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced that it is now accepting applications and submissions for its 2013 Gamers in Real Life (G.I.R.L.) Game Design Competition. Now in its sixth year, the G.I.R.L. Scholarship prides itself as ...
A Resident Evil deck-building card game has launched in the UK. Esdevium Games is supplying the £24.99 SRP game to retail, which is based on the popular zombie horror video game franchise, officially licensed by Capcom. The ...
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First there was Skylanders, then Disney Infinity was announced - and now Hasbro has entered the new 'toys to life' category. The new B-Daman marble battling line from Hasbro, under licence from D-rights and with manufacturing ...
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More than 100 million Skylanders toys have been sold across the globe. And the Skylanders franchise has just passed the $1 billion mark in terms of worldwide retail sales. Both figures inclusive of toy and accessory packs, according ...
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After decades of playing second fiddle to the No. 1 video game hero, Luigi is getting some love from Nintendo. Nintendo has named 2013 the "Year of Luigi," thanks to the numerous appearances that Mario's timid, green-clad twin brother will ...
Nickelodeon and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced a worldwide, multi-year deal to develop and publish video games inspired by the new CG-animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja ...
"You don't scare me! You're gonna need more bears," says Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in his best menacing tone, and the game moves up to the next level. Now you have to dislodge the helmet off the Belarusian leader's head by ...
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Skylanders is Activision's very popular video-game line that lets you use a physical toy as an in-game character. At Toy Fair this year, we got a sneak peek at the upcoming Skylanders: Swap Force, the third installment in the game series. ...
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The Sly Cooper game series from Sony Computer Entertainment is set in a fun, cartoony world of anthropomorphic animals. It centers on Sly, a raccoon and a thief. Thieves in Time is the fourth installment and the first new Sly Cooper game ...
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Gaming chairs enhance your experience of a game through interactivity, audio features and even movement. Some of these chairs may not be exactly inexpensive, so keep that in mind. But then, for a gaming enthusiast a suitable chair can ...
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Green Throttle Games, maker of the Atlas wireless game controller, the Arena console app and publisher of mobile games, is gaining momentum in the video game developer community with the availability of its software plug-in on the ...
The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing developments and achievements of the interactive entertainment industry, has announced the 12th Annual 2012 NAVGTR Award ...
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The third Skylanders video game features figures that can transform. Skylanders: Swap Force comes with over 50 new toys, 16 of which can be split in two and combined together to form different combinations. In a demo shown to ToyNews ...
The 2013 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit kicks off today, marking the 12th anniversary of the video game industry's most prestigious and exclusive event. The annual event, produced by the Academy of Interactive ...