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Square Enix nine-month profits jump 48%
Square Enix continues to see its revenues inflate after subsuming UK publisher Eidos in April 2009. This week, the Japanese gaming publisher reported revenue of ¥135.4 billion ($1.51 billion) for the nine-month period ended December 31, up 30.

Lego Harry Potter, Year 2 Vignette
A new trailer for Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 apparates onto the 4 Play blog, comprised of year 2 footage (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) this brief look at the game showcases the unique brand of parody humor Lego games have

Review of Dante's Inferno
From the very moment I pressed start, it was obvious Dante's Inferno would be a unique experience, the game begins with one of the most incredibly well realized and unnerving cinematic scenes I've seen in a game, in which Dante is sewing a cloth cross

Sequels to 'Dead Space,' 'Dragon Age' slated for 2011
Electronic Arts says sequels to horror game Dead Space and role-playing adventure Dragon Age: Origins are tentatively scheduled to arrive in early 2011.

Ubisoft unveils next 'Ghost Recon'
The Ghost Recon series is shifting from advanced warfighters to future soldiers. Ubisoft has revealed a new chapter in the series, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, will arrive in late 2010.

Wisair Wireless USB DisplayDock for Macs coming soon
Notebook users often buy a notebook for the portability it offers. However, in the home or office many of the same users want a larger keyboard and display to make for more comfortable working conditions.

zoomIt adds storage to iPhone, ugly style
One of the big issues that many have with Apple is that the company keeps its products so locked down. While most smartphones have microSD card slots for expanding storage capacity, the iPhone lacks the feature.

AMD shows off Llano CPU/GPU processor
Intel has previously talked up tech that it was working on that combined a GPU and a CPU into one device. The firm has yet to launch the technology on the market though.

NVIDIA Optimus tech takes the hassle out of changing GPUs in notebooks
There are times when a notebook user needs less performance and more battery life from their notebook. There are also times when the user has an AC outlet and needs all the performance the machine can muster.

Review: ExciteBike: World Rally
Oh rally? There's always been a beautiful simplicity to ExciteBike, and Monster's gentle remake hasn't muddled things up very much. One button means "go fast", another button means "go a bit faster", and that's about all World Rally has to say on t

OpenLierox Level - Prison Strike
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LEAK: Windows 8 Will Be Completely Different From what users usually expect of Windows
3 Even before the advent of Windows 7, Microsoft was hard at work planning the next iterations of the Windows client and server platforms.

Rockstar Confirms Fall Release for L.A. Noire
13 Rockstar has confirmed that L.A. Noire will be released in the fall.

Ghost Recon Coming to Wii
During Ubisoft's third quarter financial call this morning, chairman and CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed the recently announced title will be released on the Nintendo Wii. Ubisoft also confirmed the tite will be shipping on all platforms this holiday.

NVIDIA Optimus Revealed
Today NVIDIA, one of the world's most prevalent graphics processor manufacturers, announced their latest innovation in switchable graphics, which they call Optimus.

Warhammer & Valentine's Day
Check out new live events, in-game gifts and more in Warhammer Online, Dark Age of Camelot and Ultima Online.

Halo: Reach Covenant is 'terrifying'
Bungie says military alliance is more frightening than ever; Details of Skirmishers arrive.

Ubisoft Drops Hints About Assassin's Creed Multiplayer, New Setting
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Lego Universe Beta Sign-ups Open
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EA Planning More DLC Incentives
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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Let’s allay your fears right away: this brand-new chapter in the long-running Prince of Persia series is not an interactive tie-in to the upcoming beefcake-y Jake Gyllenhaal-riffic full-length flick based on the Prince of Persia games. Wait…what?

Square-Enix: FFXIII Will 'Resurrect' Japanese Gaming
There's little doubt that Final Fantasy XIII is a mammoth title, especially for the Japanese market.

Review: Dante’s Inferno Commits Sin of Game Theft
Gloomy new hack-and-slash action game Dante’s Inferno meticulously reinterprets its influential source material: With perfect reverence, it replicates every nuance, every glorious note, from Sony’s God of War . Oh, and there’s also some plot s

Sonic Pinball Zone
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A Rose-Tinted View: Microsoft's Game Room
Can Microsoft really make a success of Game Room? Looking back over the history of Microsoft in the console market, it is sometimes hard to tell how much of what it has achieved was down to great forward thinking or sheer fluke.