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Nintendo boss admits: Wii U could have had better launch

10.06.11
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's global president, seems slightly confused. This week, he unveiled the gaming giant's new console, the Wii U... more

Nintendo takes a tumble as Wii successor disappoints

08.06.11
Shares in Nintendo plunge 5% on the Tokyo stock market as it unveils its successor to the Wii at a major trade fair in Los Angeles... more

Hands-on Wii points to future of gaming

08.06.11
The Wii U looks as wacky as its name, as if Fisher Price had been asked to make an iPad for children... more

Nintendo desperate for 3DS success as profits tumble

27.01.11
Nintendo reports a 46% fall in quarterly profit, as sales of its DS handheld console tumbled ahead of the launch of a 3D model next month... more

Sony unveil the most powerful handheld game console in the world

27.01.11
A handheld computer games machine as powerful as a living room console has been unveiled by Sony... more

Handheld games enter third dimension

19.01.11
Nintendo today revealed the first 3D handheld games console... more

Nintendo faces fight of its life to keep lead in gaming

08.12.10
Nintendo faces a tough battle to boost growth as rivals snatch the lead in console gaming, just as competition from smartphones and tablets batters the handheld market... more

HMV looks forward to Christmas movie sales

26.10.10
HMV is putting its hopes in releases of films such as Sex and the City 2 and Toy Story 3 in time for Christmas as it tries to bounce back from a disappointing start to the year... more

Console Wars: The games machines fighting over Christmas

08.10.10
With celebrity users ranging from the PM to Helen Mirren, computer games have never been more in vogue. And as Mark Prigg reports, that means fierce competition this Christmas... more

Nintendo disappoints markets with 3DS delay

30.09.10
Shares in Nintendo fall more than after the video games giant slashes its profit forecast and admits its 3DS console will be delayed in Japan... more

Get a facelift on the tube

02.08.10
Nintendo’s latest game will get you gurning like a freak, all in the name of beauty. Mark Prigg wonders if it will enliven the commute.... more

No need for special specs with new hand-held 3D games gadget

16.06.10
Nintendo has unveiled the first hand-held 3D games console, the 3DS, which is due to go on sale this year... more

Cheaper Wii and fall in DS sales hit Nintendo

28.01.10
Nintendo’s profits tumble with a fall in sales of its DS handheld games player and as the firm cuts the price of its Wii console... more

PlayStation and Xbox to put control freaks out to grass

25.01.10
Tech know: Systems led by cameras and sensors are the new games battleground, says Mark Prigg... more

Now teacher's pet is an iPhone or your mobile

18.01.10
Technology is taking over from the textbook in more and more classrooms, says Mark Prigg... more

Nintendo to launch new DS in March

14.01.10
Large screen version of Europe's best-selling games console - the Nintendo DS - will launch in the UK on 5 March, Nintendo said... more

Nintendo Wii ‘set for a sales slide’

27.10.09
Nintendo’s Wii is close to market saturation and faces falling sales, analysts said today ahead of the console maker’s first-half earnings on Thursday... more

Price cut puts Xbox ahead of game

27.08.09
Microsoft will tomorrow cut the price of its Xbox 360 games console in the latest round of a high-street battle... more

Sony launches cheaper PS3 Slim to take on rivals Wii and Xbox 360

19.08.09
Sony sparks high street price war by slashing the cost of its PlayStation 3 games console in a bid to take on rivals Nintendo and Microsoft... more

Computer games pressing all the right buttons to defy crisis

10.07.09
While consumers may be struggling with the harsh realities of the current financial crisis, it seems one area has actually benefited from the wallet-tightening being seen across the world ... more

Addictive, but games disappoint

28.01.09
The success of Nintendo's Wii has shown that turning exercise into a game really can work, and walk with me is an excellent evolution of that idea. ... more

Lazy gamers can take a hike with Nintendo's latest fitness gadget

28.01.09
Nintendo will next month release its latest fitness gadget, which it hopes will repeat the huge success of its Wii Fit game... more

Nintendo Wii at the top of it's game

09.12.08
Entertainment: The one bright spot in consumer electronics this Christmas looks set to be the hugely popular Wii games console... more

Microsoft joins war of the virtual worlds with Xbox update

19.11.08
Microsoft is set to challenge Nintendo and Sony with new "virtual world" software... more

Microsoft cuts console price

16.09.08
Microsoft has triggered a price war by cutting the cost of its Xbox 360 games console... more

Wii game tells girl, 10, she's fat

16.05.08
Obesity experts have slammed Nintendo after its Wii Fit game told a 10-year-old girl she was fat... more

'Visionary' activist ... and winner at Nintendo

04.03.08
Karen Chouhan describes herself as a professional "visionary"... more

Nintendo stages 'live' adverts in cinemas

31.05.07
Film audiences face a dose of experimental marketing this weekend as Nintendo launches its first 'live' adverts in London cinemas.... more


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