BusinessWeek Online – Nintendo’s (ntdof.pk.PK) Wii strategy was conceived from the get-go to encourage a less sedentary form of gaming. Now the company is unveiling its calorie-burning coup de grce, Wii Fit.
PC Magazine – It may seem recently that there’s been an exodus from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). First came Activision/Vivendi’s departure, and then again more recently with LucasArts just last week. But not all agree that it was the right thing to do.
AP – If someone had pulled me away from “GoldenEye 007″ in the late 1990s to tell me that I’d one day be using my video game system to get in shape, I would have likely drawn James Bond’s Golden Gun and shot a hole in that cockamamie theory.
PC World – Games consoles contain toxic chemicals that would not be allowed in young childrens’ toys, even though the technology to…
Reuters – Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd (9684.T) said it is considering taking stakes in game developers to combat rising competition from established game publishers and other entertainment companies.
NewsFactor – How to lose that spare tire around your middle? A miracle pill won’t do it, and neither will eating to exhaustion. But Nintendo may have the answer with the Wii Fit video game that it introduced to the U.S. on Monday.
AP – One of the best features of Nintendo’s Wii is the Virtual Console, a downloadable library of more than 200 classic games. It’s a great resource for young gamers who want to see what they missed, and for geezers who wonder if old favorites were as great as they remember.
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Reuters – Electronic Arts Inc said on Monday it extended by one month its $2 billion hostile offer to acquire rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc .
TechWeb – InformationWeek – The Nintendo video game encourages physical fitness by letting users ride a virtual snowboard, do yoga, twirl virtual hula hoops, and do other exercises.