Wii Sports Resort game

It's the new year and many Nintendo Wii fans are wondering what to expect in 2009. There's a lot of hype surrounding the sequal to the highly popular Wii Sports™ game which has received many positive reviews worldwide. Wii Sports Resort takes gaming to an even higher level of fun and is guaranteed to be a huge hit once it's released.Not only is the game filled with several cool new sports activities but it will also come bundled with the new Wii MotionPlus accessory. This unit simply attaches to the bottom of your original Wii remote. It is more advanced and sensitive with newly added sensors that results in much higher accuracy.Some of the tropical i

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Agreement to Strengthen Square Enix’s Product Lineup and Diversify Japanese Game Market

Square Enix today announced that Square Enix and Ubisoft Japan entered into an exclusive distribution agreement under which Square Enix is entitled to distribute Ubisoft games exclusively in Japan starting April 2009.In the increasingly consolidated video game industry, Square Enix has been implementing strategic initiatives to expand its product lineup and strengthen its presence as a global game publisher. In 2008, the company began publishing third-party titles in PAL territories, and in December 2008, published its first overseas-produced game in Japan with the launch of UK-based Frontier Developments’s LostWinds for WiiWare. This exclusive distri

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Xbox 360 consoles and games sell at record levels; outsells PlayStation 3 by three-to-one ratio.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system kicked off the holidays with record-breaking console sales on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year in the U.S. Retailers reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday weekend were on pace to beat previous years, outselling the PlayStation 3 by a three-to-one ratio and estimating a 25 percent increase from Xbox 360 Black Friday sales figures from 2007.Strong game sales rounded out a historic Black Friday for Xbox 360, with record-paced software sales continuing for key Microsoft titles, such as “Gears of War 2,” “Fable II,” and “Lips.” Xbox 360 continues to have the highest ga

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