An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for
illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global
release, the firm said Tuesday.

Nintendo said it had settled the Federal Court action against the man who hacked into New Super

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Thousands of US videogame shops will be open the instant Tuesday
arrives for expected hordes of "Bioshock" fans eager to return to the
grim, morally-tattered undersea world of Rapture.

The "shocking" sequel to the title crowned 2007 Game of the Year launches globally after its release date was delayed several months in hopes of an improved
economy and

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A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game
publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts
and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.

The company, whose games include the popula

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Video game
publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports its fiscal third-quarter
results after the stock market closes Monday, the day after running its
first-ever Super Bowl
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: EA, known for games such as

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Video game makers should begin to emerge in 2010 from one of their worst industry downturns on record, but investors remain cautious about a sector that has been plagued by bad news.

With a dismal 2009 finally in the rearview mirror, expectations are low for the industry as key game publishers prepare to release results from the crucial holiday season.

That could present a buying opportunity in a sector that underperformed the market last year, some analysts say.

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Denum Anthony Null, 16, is facing a first-degree murder charge and, now, a $1 million cash bond.
In his initial appearance on Saturday morning at the Linn County Courthouse, Null listened and nodded as Judge Casey Jones agreed with the prosecution’s call for a $1 million cash bond.

Jones set Null’s next c… Continue