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Nintendo hopes to expand audience by adding consoles in schools

Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?

Finally some love for the PS3

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The Videogame BAFTAS. Arkham Asylum does good.

The videogaming BAFTAs are usually the sort of event where high-brow industry "types" vote for stupidly obscure or woefully out of date games in categories no one gives a fig about. Who the hell wants to know which game had "the best use of broomhandles in a motion capture item"? Not us.

Confirmed PlayStation Move games

With Sony's motion controller set expected in stores sometime this holiday season, more than a dozen games are currently in development that should be available in the first few weeks of its availability.

Ports, not original games rule PSP

Despite an effort to encourage the release of original content for PSP, the most popular titles for the handheld are ports of older games such as Final Fantasy VII and Tetris.

GDC: Creating Deus Ex 3?s Unique Visual Direction

Creating a cyberpunk aesthetic without cliché for Deus Ex 3 was a challenge, explained Eidos Montreal art director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête during GDC, one that had many failures on the way.

Central Interference: The US Armed Forces Will Rely More on Videogames

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PSP and Pokemon Continue to Dominate Japan

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BAFTA Video Game Awards winners announced

It isn't just the movie-makers and musicians who get to enjoy flashy award ceremonies these days - Video game creators get to enjoy a little of the limelight too, courtesy of the annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts Video Games Awards. So, who were the winners at the 2010 awards ceremony?

The crystal ball of Xbox 360 hardware

It seems that always before E3 every year we have a lot of sources that are writing, Emailing and calling us with the latest Microsoft hardware news prior to the show. This year has been no different, with the exception that it seems to have gotten started a little earlier this year than last time around. We have to think that Valhalla is a lot of the reason for this. From a hardware perspective we have our best sleuths on the job and here is what our crystal ball says about Xbox 360 hardware between E3 and the end of the year.

Video games go from fantasy to realism

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Nintendo takes the DS to school

Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?

Kids protected from video games by Atkinson resignation

By resigning as South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson may indeed achieve his goal to protect children from the possible harmful effects of the increasingly mature content found in video games.

ITV Video Game Debate

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Video Daily: The PlayStation Move in action

Sony recently launched their highly-anticipated motion controller, the PlayStation Move, a system that should rival the Wii and Microsoft's upcoming Natal motion system.

Console shortages to continue, says GameStop

According to GameStop, recent PS3 and Wii hardware shortages will continue for some time, both in store and online.

Technology: Dr. Nintendo

Poor Nintendo. The Japanese conglomerate may have enthralled youngsters with the world's most popular home-video games, but it gets no respect from adults. An antiviolence watchdog group has rated some 70% of the company's games "harmful for children." Physicians warn that too much rapid-fire button pushing can lead to hand strain, a condition dubbed Nintendinitis. And many parents, seeing their kids play Super Mario Bros. for hours on end, are asking what a nonstop diet of synthetic reality is doing to impressionable young minds.

Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools

Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?

Research and Markets: Games Consoles in Europe: An Essential Resource for Top-Level Data and Analysis

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dfc391/games_consoles_in) has announced the addition of the "Games Consoles in Europe" report to their offering.

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine is an extension to Microsoft XNA Framework, 100% written in C# and XNA, offering materials, post process, lights, shadows, skeletal animations, high dynamic range rendering and much more. The lastest release of the engine is able to load motion capture data from Biovision Hierarchy (BVH) files and will support Acclaim's Motion Capture (AMC) files in future releases.

Triangle Game Conference Announces Speaker Line Up, New Career Lounge

RALEIGH, N.C., March 19, 2010 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC), returning April 7-8, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center, has announced its line up of tracks and speakers for an immersive learning exchange on market innovations, game development trends and the future of the video game industry. In addition to presentations from leading industry experts, TGC 2010 will feature a new and improved Career Lounge with hands-on access to local industry professionals.

Theme park taps game console appeal

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Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools

Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?

Nintendo to integrate the DS into classroom education

Having already established its diminutive DS as the world’s best-selling videogame console, renowned gaming giant Nintendo is apparently looking to bring the dual-screened platform’s considerable influence to the classrooms of Japan.

News: The great Nintendo DS school invasion

Shigeru Miyamoto says he's game to introduce the DS to the education system, and working to make it happen.