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Shares of Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) gained more than 5 percent Thursday as the company's management team hosted an investor day presentation in which it outlined several new releases. Pokémon, Mario Bros Craze Even though the "Pokémon Go" craze of the summer has died off, Nintendo is...

The iPhone 6 event may be over, but tech companies will continue to ship new products in time for the holiday shopping season. Read on for a glimpse of what's likely on the way. 1. iPad Air 2 Little is known about the highly-anticipated iPad Air 2, but rumors suggest that it will arrive...

Domestic video game sales increased in May and June, but the upward trend could come to an end in 2019. Eva Hunyadi, a research analyst at Juniper Research, recently authored a report about the future of video games. While Hunyadi is optimistic about present-day sales, she is concerned about...

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) customers will be able to play Destiny at select stores on Saturday, July 19. The three-hour event (which is scheduled to run from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) will be held at 71 Best Buy stores nationwide. All participating locations can be found at BestBuy.com/GamingEvents....

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) enjoyed a healthy turnout when Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) came to town last week. The Japanese game publisher and developer brought two new game demos -- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS -- to more than 100 Best Buy stores in the U.S. and Canada. The two-day...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) teamed up for another Wii U event this week, to coincide with the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Designed as a promotional tool for both companies (it increases store traffic while encouraging attendees to purchase a Wii U and/...

Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console is struggling to keep up with its competitors. Will that change in 2014? The company has repeatedly lowered its sales expectations for Wii U, all the while insisting that it would remedy the situation by releasing more games. That strategy has currently...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) is arguably the most troubled developer within the video game industry. The company announced in January that it had reduced its Wii U sales estimate from nine million consoles to just 2.8 million units by the end of March 2014. This was not the first time that Nintendo...

More consumers want Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 than any other game system. On December 6, Benzinga polled its readers about the newest game consoles and handhelds, asking two key questions: Which game system would you like to receive this Christmas? Which game system are you most likely to...

Cyber Monday and Black Friday may be over, but that doesn't mean the savings have come to an end. Target (NYSE: TGT) has a number of notable sales this week, including a temporary price cut on the Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD On-Ear Headphones. Normally retailing for $179.99, the headphones now...

Which console should you place under the tree this Christmas? Despite the claim that game consoles are a dying breed, there are three new systems and two handhelds currently on store shelves. With so many options, you might just want to cash in your 401k and buy them all! The gamer in your family...

No one dives deeper into Black Friday than Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The online retail giant is currently hosting a massive Black Friday Deals Week, a period when the company promises to add new deals as frequently as every 10 minutes. There are so many ways to save that one consumer is unlikely to...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) is ready to release a game console in China. According to market intelligence and consulting firm Marbridge Consulting, Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai has confirmed that the company will bring its game console business to China. The company will begin by establishing a "...

In January, China Daily USA reported that China might lift its ban on the sale of video games. "We are reviewing the policy and have conducted some surveys and held discussions with other ministries on the possibility of opening up the game console market," an unnamed source from the Ministry of...

Another week, another batch of headlines that are nearly dominated by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). From patent filings and trade-in deals to Apple TV and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) sales troubles that were caused by the iPad Mini, Apple stole the spotlight nearly every day this week. The exception is...