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In January, China Daily USA reported that China might lift its ban on the sale of video games. "We are reviewing the policy and have conducted some surveys and held discussions with other ministries on the possibility of opening up the game console market," an unnamed source from the Ministry of...

Another week, another batch of headlines that are nearly dominated by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). From patent filings and trade-in deals to Apple TV and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) sales troubles that were caused by the iPad Mini, Apple stole the spotlight nearly every day this week. The exception is...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) made two sizable announcements today. The first -- a price cut for Wii U -- has been anticipated for months. Effective September 20, the deluxe version will retail for $299. Nintendo's second announcement was a bit more surprising. The company unveiled a new handheld game...

Over the last two years, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) has popularized the large smartphone concept with the Galaxy Note series. Now the South Korean tech giant is attempting to popularize another (somewhat familiar) idea: the flip phone. Instead of building a razor-thin device like Motorola's (NASDAQ: GOOG...

Is the timing coincidental or a sign of things to come? Target.com (NYSE: TGT) has lowered the price of Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console, Wii U, from $299.99 to $239.99. According to GameSpot, Target has only chosen to reduce the price of the basic 8GB version. That is not the only Wii U-...

During the late '90s, when Nintendo's console was failing and its handheld was thriving, Hiroshi Yamauchi (the company's president) reportedly told the Japanese press that the only game Nintendo needed was Pokemon. While his comments -- which suspiciously cannot be found on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG...

Midnight launches might be a thing of the past for GameStop (NYSE: GME). A person familiar with the video game retailer told Benzinga that it might cut back or end its midnight game and console launches in 2013. A company spokesperson adamantly denied the claim. GameStop recently promoted the...

Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console, Wii U, is expected to outperform its predecessor when it is released on November 18. IHS (NYSE: IHS) researchers estimate that global sales of the new console will reach 3.5 million units by the end of December 2012. The original Wii sold 3.1 million units...

After failing to acquire a larger share of the market, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) has lowered its full-year profit and sales forecasts. According to Bloomberg, the Japanese game developer had previously expected to post a profit of 20 billion yen (roughly $250 million according to xe.com's currency...

PlayMG, a new startup formed less than 60 days ago, has unveiled a brand-new, Android-powered handheld gaming device that is scheduled for release this November. Retailing for $169.00, the MG (which stands for "More Games") will launch with a lower MSRP than Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod Touch, Sony...