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Third-party publisher Ubisoft on Monday hooked us up with a new teaser video for – well, we'll let you decide. For now, the company isn't commenting one way or the other about what the footage below represents, but we've got a few guesses and we think you will, too.

Behold, what looks to be a teaser video for what could be Rayman Raving Rabbids 3. The evil bunnies from the series are back and one in particular has discovered Nintendo's Wii Balance Board, which comes packaged with Wii Fit on . . . Read more

When it comes to dream careers for girls, figure skating is right up there with being a ballerina. It's the stuff of fantasy before you grow up.

Before reality sets in, girls can delight in two new games, Imagine: Figure Skater (ages 6-14, $29.99, Ubisoft, NDS, www.ubi.com/US/GAMES) and American Girl: Mia Goes for Great (ages 8 and up, $19.99, THQ, Win PC, www.thq.com). Both blend on-the-ice action with well-developed plots and light and lively minigames.

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Microsoft spends millions of dollars each year developing security products that it gives to law enforcement agencies, knowing that it may not make any money directly in return. The work is part of the company's efforts to be a good corporate citizen, although there are also some business benefits from the work it does.

The decision to make such investments was never a foregone conclusion. Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, remembers a meeting with Canadian police three years ago when t . . . Read more

AMD announced new Phenom X4 CPUs end of March. Digitimes cites Motherboard sources that there are two new 45nm Phenom X4 CPUs (codename: Deneb) coming in 2008.

The new rumored AMD CPUs include the 125W Phenom X4 9750 and the 95W Phenom X4 9850 will appear before January of 2009. There is supposedly also an updated version of the upcoming Phenom X4 9950 (June) at the end of the fourth quarter.
45nm AMD Phenom X4 CPUs are to be expected on shelves this November.

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Last week GoNintendo ran a story in which the 'GoNintendo Mole' suggested that Nintendo are planning on releasing all three Metroid Prime titles as part of a single compilation title for the Wii.

The first two entries in the series, Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes respectively, would have reportedly been revamped to make use of the Wii Remote, ala Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

However, ComputerAndVideogames has since been in contact with Nintendo who labeled the story as “purely . . . Read more

So, it seems that the decline in sales and rentals of DVD's, up to and including the HD formats, Blockbuster has decided now is the time to start dealing with more video games.

Apparently they're offering some PS3 bundles with incentives to buy there, and rent there. I'm not sure being able to rent movies for a few weeks would sway my purchasing decision, but a lot of people enjoy renting.

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CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), a leading global enterprise software and new media company, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2007. Total revenue for full year 2007 was (U.S.)$402.4 million, an increase of 30 percent from (U.S.)$309.5 million in 2006. Adjusted net income(a) was (U.S.)$18.7 million for 2007. Non-GAAP cash and cash equivalents(c) were (U.S.)$255.2 million as of December 31, 2007.

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Hot on the heels of the top-selling Street Fighter II mobile game, Capcom Interactive, Inc. has released the next chapter in the epic series, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, to North American carriers.

Following in the footsteps of its legendary predecessor, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition for mobile has been built from the ground up to play fast and frenetic on cellphones. For the first time on mobile, players can take control of all eight characters from the original Street Fighter . . . Read more

As temperatures begin to rise it's time to start planning the ultimate summer vacation to THE must-attend gaming event of the year - QuakeCon 2008. That's right! The world's greatest gaming festival and party will take place July 31 - August 3, 2008 in Dallas, TX at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. As always, this event is FREE to all attendees thanks to the incredible support of the QuakeCon volunteer staff, id Software, and the event sponsors and exhibitors.

QuakeCon will once again host North Ame . . . Read more

At a recent Electronic Arts event we got a chance to see Valve's latest shooter – the four-player co-operative FPS with a zombie survival theme, Left4Dead.

Well, OK, to say just that we 'got a chance to see Valve' makes it sound a little bit too casual. The reality is that we hung around the demo unit for the game all day, biding our time until we saw the Valve's Chet Faliszek was unguarded and idle for more than ten seconds. Then as soon as Chet's guard was down, we pounced. Very quickly w . . . Read more

Infogrames, the French video games company behind Atari, last night revealed it was behind a rejected share based bid for Lara Croft’s SCi Entertainment worth about £60 million.

The would-be predator indicated that it could go hostile, presenting investors with a choice between a SCi’s planned fundraising and a bid at a “significant premium” to the 55p the shares were trading at last week.

Infogrames said that it had presented “a detailed indicative offer” which was rejected l . . . Read more

Atari founder and Pong co-creator Nolan Bushnell has blamed the increase in violence for gaming becoming a male dominated area and its change from a casual activity to hardcore.

"I like to talk about [how] 1983 was sort of the break point where games went from casual to hardcore," said Bushnell to MTV.

"They got violent. They went long form. The violence lost the women and the long form lost the casual gamer. I actually sort of stuck to my roots, and the console game market moved away."
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Majesco Entertainment Company, a provider of video games for the mass market, announced it has shipped Wild Earth: African Safari for Wii to retail outlets nationwide.

In Wild Earth: African Safari, players assume the role of a photo-journalist on assignment in Africa's Serengeti National Park. Throughout the game's 11 missions, adventurous photographers seeking out award-winning pictures can cruise the Park by land or air to investigate the bold hyena in a midday thunderstorm or observe the . . . Read more

Officials from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have announced that sales of the SingStar franchise on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 have totaled over 12 million units in PAL territories – including Europe and Australia.

The first PlayStation 2 title was released in 2004, allowing users to sing along to music videos via bundled microphones, in the style of traditional karaoke.

The game proved an instant success in Europe, where several new versions are released every year them . . . Read more

The Ant Commandos (TAC), a leading provider of innovative wireless video game music peripherals and accessories, announced today its universal PlayStation 2 to PlayStation 3 adapter for guitar and game controllers is now available at retail for an SRP of $19.99.

This is great news for Guitar Hero and Rock Band fans as they can protect their investment in PS2 guitar controllers and revitalize them for Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band for PS3. Gamers will no longer have to throw away all of the valu . . . Read more

From the makers of the groundbreaking Sims series, Maxis presents Spore, their latest unprecedented simulation game, slated to release in the US on September 7th of 2008.

In the Spore universe players will begin as multicellular organisms called protean microbes in the cell stage, like an amoeba for instance. From this stage you will be able to progress through four other stages including creature, tribe, civilization, and space. Each stage is largely different from the next and each provides . . . Read more

Ingle Games Ltd. is gladly to announce that Phoenix Nirvana, the new highly anticipated expansion pack of Phoenix Dynasty Online is ready and you could click here to download the expansion pack now, with game client Version 7211.

The game’s unprecedented success and overwhelming popularity over the past several months have spurred players asking more and more features to be added in the game. We are delighted to oblige our supportive players by adding the Marriage System, Refining System an . . . Read more

One of the dangers of building your house upon a soft foundation is the possibility that cracks will start developing down the line after everything has had a chance to settle down.

Such seems to be the case with Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade strategy and its now infamous file size cap. What started out as a 50MB file size concession to the 'hard drive-free' Xbox 360 core unit has now become a right pain in the butt for both software publishers and consumers chomping at the bit for juicy digit . . . Read more

Sierra Entertainment has announced The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, the third chapter in the successful Legend of Spyro trilogy.

Developed by Etranges Libellules, Dawn of the Dragon sees Spyro teaming up with an unlikely ally - Cynder - to face his most challenging mission to date. With the Dark Master's evil enveloping the world like a disease, Spyro must fulfil his destiny and unlock the true power of the purple dragon within him.

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Bad news, bargain hunters; Nintendo has gone on record saying there are no imminent price cuts for the Nintendo Wii or DS. Satoru Iwata, the company's president, said he did not believe in the "model" of price slashing, as it tends to leave early adopters feeling a little disheartened. Though we do agree, surely early adopters are well out of their honeymoon phase by now?

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