FTC Suggests 5% Consumer Electronics Tax to Save Newspapers
In case you haven’t heard, newspapers across the country are dying — both as a result of rapidly decreasing revenue and increasingly stiff competition from digital alternatives.
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CoD: Black Ops’ Co-Op Modes Separate from Campaign
One of the early details on Call of Duty: Black Ops was that it would feature four-player co-op , but if you thought that’d mean playing through the main campaign with three of your friends, you can give up that dream right now. Treyarch has confirmed that the co-op in Black Ops will be entirely separate from the single-player story campaign, and will instead be in “unique” modes built specifically for multiple players. “Single-player is the epic, cinematic, seat-of-your-pants thrill ride that you star in,” said Treyarch head Mark Lamia to MTV Multiplayer , breaking down the main modes of Black Ops.
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Lego Harry Potter Demo Due June 7 on Xbox 360
You’ll soon be able to try the latest Lego title by Traveller’s Tales for yourself. The studio announced today that a Lego Harry Potter demo will be available on the Xbox 360 later this week.
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New Details for Wii Party Found on HMV Japan
A lot about Nintendo’s upcoming title Wii Party has been left to the imagination since Satoru Iwata promised the game would have “unique gameplay only available with the Wii Remote,” but the first details are beginning to leak ahead of the game’s July 8th release in Japan (the North American release date still unknown.) Three of the game’s reported eighty minigames have been found detailed on a listing on HMV.co.jp, with Andriasang translating them as Wanwan Karuta (“The Wiimote for each of four players plays back a different sound. Which sound matches the animal that’s shown on screen?”), Remote Control Hide and Seek (“Hide your Wiimote somewhere in the room and have other players search for it, relying only on the sound made by the Wiimote.”) and Sensitive Bomb (“Hold the Wiimote like a bomb, and try to pass it off to other players without shaking it.”)
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Square Enix’s Next Game Involves Throwing Bears Around
In Japan, Final Fantasy creator Square Enix has unveiled a new WiiWare game called Kumange, which is a “throwing action” game involving mansions, paper bears and picture books. According to Japanese gaming site Andriasang (as translated from the game’s official website ), The Tales of Bearsworth Manor (as it will be called for its English language release) allows players to “make use of the [Wii remote] to throw things in order to solve puzzles.”
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Michael Jordan Confirmed for NBA 2K11 Cover
Stars like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce will be looming large over the upcoming NBA Finals, but Michael Jordan is the one appearing on the cover of the upcoming NBA 2K11 . 2K Sports announced today that the NBA legend and current Charlotte Bobcats owners will be appearing on the cover of the upcoming NBA 2K11 (via CNBC ), confirming earlier rumors. 2K Sports vice president of marketing said that it was because they had created the “best NBA video game ever made” that they opted to bring in Jordan.
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May NPDs Delayed Until Early July
Looks like we’re have to wait a little longer than usual to analyze and dissect the latest videogame sales data. Industry Gamers is reporting that The NPD Group is in the process of making significant changes to their IT architecture. Consequently, the release of the May sales data has been delayed into July
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EA Sports Active is Legitimate Exercise, Says Study
We’ve heard that Wii Fit may lack in discernible health benefits, but a new study from the University of Wisconsin suggests EA Sports Active does count as a full workout. The study was conducted by Dr. John Porcari, and concluded that the game passed fitness guidelines for an effective workout as defined by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
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Nintendo’s Next Major Release, Wii Party, Hits Japan on July 8
Nintendo’s newest party game, Wii Party , is coming much sooner than we may have thought. After originally being announced as a game that would simply make it out this fiscal year, which runs until March 31, 2011, it’s already set for release next month in Japan on July 8.
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Japan Review Check: Xenoblade, Just Cause 2
Some highlights from the console games due to hit Japan next week, courtesy of Famitsu magazine’s review pages: – Xenoblade (9/9/9/9, 36 points): The top game of the week, and a review score that’s particularly striking because even Xenogears — director Tetsuya Takahashi’s most famous RPG — received only 31 points upon its release in 1997. “The massive field to explore, plus the sheer number of side quests, is enough to make you forget about the main story,” one writer said. “The battles are also excellent, requiring you to constantly think about your position against the enemy’s.” While the story was interesting to the review crew, much of the praise was reserved for the battle system, which is “MMORPG-style in the way it plainly defines every character’s role in the fight It’s hard to keep track of everything when a lot of enemies are attacking at once, but the chaos that results just adds to the tension.” – Just Cause 2 (9/9/8/8, 34 points): Famitsu’s reviewers were more positive with their text for this game than Xenoblade, perhaps because they’re always a little less lenient with JRPGs over other genres
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