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What will become of the game industry after PlayStation 4, Xbox 720 and Wii U arrive? Many think that this is the end of the line for consoles. With the rise of Android and iOS gaming, some argue that we no longer need a game-specific device. Never mind the fact that mobile gaming is nowhere near...

As Zynga loses players, Facebook is losing gamers. Who's responsible for their decline? IHS (NYSE: IHS) has released a new Screen Digest Media Research Insight report (via Forbes) regarding Facebook's gaming platform. The results are anything but positive; IHS said that after two years of growth...

Sony's forthcoming console will not launch anytime soon. There have been many conflicting reports (and many conflicting assumptions among consumers) about the so-called 10-year cycle that Sony (NYSE: SNE) proposed for PlayStation 3. In the beginning, it sounded as though Sony would merely support...

The unveiling will presumably occur at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo), which is scheduled to take place on June 5-7 at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles. MCV did not provide any further details. However, My Nintendo News picked up on an interesting tweet from one of the publication's...

Nintendo's Senior VP and general counsel is planning to step down this spring. The only question is why. Unlike Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), whose ongoing legal troubles may have prompted its chief patent counsel to leave, Nintendo (NTDOY) doesn't seem to have many legal battles going on right now. But...

What can we expect from Apple, Zynga, and insider trading reform in the coming year? It's almost hard to believe that we are less than 30 days away from 2012. But after the confetti has settled and people drag their drunken bodies back to their homes and apartments, we will be faced with another...

Mario's first 3D outing is his best handheld adventure yet. Have you ever wondered what Mario would be like if his 2D and 3D worlds collided into one massive adventure? Super Paper Mario gave us a few hints by providing the player with the option to switch between 2D side-scrolling and pseudo-3D...

Talk to a so-called expert about the best way to experience pinball and they will always say the same thing: you have to play it on a real machine. Talk to anyone else and they will give you two recommendations: play with a real table or pick up a copy of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb...

New games? Nope. Better third-party support? No way. But guess what – now you have ANOTHER source of Hulu Plus! Because, contrary to popular belief, several dozen devices aren't nearly enough for this streaming video service. You must have another. At least, that's what Hulu Plus wants you to...

Or were buyers simply excited to get a $500 device for 80% off? Consumers love a good sale. Between the weekly ads in the paper, the endless number of coupon options online or off, the onslaught of commercials, and the growth of daily deal sites, you would think that our desire to save would...

It's like a benefit concert to save a dying species. In a move to prevent the Nintendo 3DS from becoming extinct, Nintendo (NTDOY) is rumored to be holding an event in Tokyo next month to announce new games and potential hardware modifications. Shares of the company rose more than eight percent on...

And all this time I thought that a delay was the worst thing that could happen to Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next-gen handheld. It turns out that there was something far worse brewing: the simple fact that people don't care about PS Vita. At all! That's according to Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour at Heavy...

Small short-term gains, massive long-term losses. Bloomberg is reporting that Nintendo investors are increasingly unhappy with Nintendo, a company that is determined to stick to its tried-and-true business model of making games exclusively for its own devices. This strategy is nothing new;...

I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with cupid. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has not been having a good year. From quarterly losses to major hackings, the once-powerful electronics manufacturer is taking a beating in virtually every area in which it conducts business. Now, several months after toying with the...

From the, “Hey, we don't know what the heck we're doing!” department. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has reportedly confirmed that its next portable game system, PS Vita, will not be released in Europe or the United States in 2011. This follows a previous report claiming that the system would be released this...