Microsoft is expected to unveil a successor to Xbox 360 videogame consoles next month. Microsoft sent out invitations yesterday to the May 21 event at its main campus in Redmond, Washington at which its Xbox team will reveal a "new ...
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The smash Beyblade property is spinning back to toy retail. The collector's edition of Nintendo 3DS video game Beyblade: Evolution will include an exclusive, six-piece Wing Pegasus 90WF toy previously unavailable outside of Japan. ...
Nintendo developers are working on a new game set in the world of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which launched for Super NES in 1992. The game makes use of the 3D abilities of Nintendo 3DS, and allows Link to become a drawing and ...
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I was really pleased to be asked, as a special needs parent, to write an article for ToyNews. As with anything I write, I think about my approach and I started by looking up the definition of toys. This is what good old Wikipedia said: ...
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Youth research agency and games development studio, Dubit has bolstered its team with two new appointments. Adam Woodgate (pictured left) joins the firm as research manager. He arrives from BBC Worldwide, where he spent 20 years in ...
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Nvidia hopes to make its ambitious break into the portable handheld gaming market in the next few months, the company's CEO said Tuesday. Speaking to analysts on the sidelines of the company's annual developer conference, Jen Hsun Huang ...
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The 'toys to life' video game category is about to get a lot more interesting, with the announcement that Pokémon figures will enter the fray. First there was Skylanders, then Disney Infinity was announced, and Hasbro has dabbled ...
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As demand for PC processors plummets, Advanced Micro Devices has borrowed technologies from mobile devices and gaming consoles as a way to perk up sales for its latest A-series laptop processors that were introduced on Tuesday. AMD's ...
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Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The US Video Game Industry Outlook to 2017 - Transition from Console to Online and Mobile Gaming EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report titled "The US ...
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The UK’s biggest independent toy chain's owner Gary Grant (middle) and his directors – and sons – Stuart (right) and Duncan (left), explain how the retailer is offering the traditional toy shop ideal on a national scale. ...
The toy industry should shout louder about new product launches in order to reap greater rewards, says Gary Grant. The owner of the UK's biggest independent toy chain The Entertainer says it works more closely with suppliers and licensors ...
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It's a shift from the old idea that you buy games on a DVD, put them in a little black box on your lounge room shelf and play alone, or, if you're lucky, with your family members. It is the new spirit of gaming espoused by Sony Computer ...
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The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has polled more than 2,500 North American game developers who attended the conference in 2012 or plan to attend GDC 2013 in March about their development practices, revealing several notable trends with ...
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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. ...
Tags: Direct Textbook, search engine, Flipsy, Used Hardware
Disney Infinity might not even be out until the summer, but Toys R Us has already hinted it may be stocking exclusive figures. CEO Jerry Storch, who has announced he will step down from his current role, told Family Gamer his views on ...
Tags: Disney Infinity, Toys R Us, Nintendo Life, toys