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Wii gets a new look

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With the Wii U releasing sometime next year, Nintendo’s hoping to give its predecessor one last big push.

For the first time since its introduction in 2006, the Wii has gotten a facelift. Rather than being designed to stand vertically, the buttons on the new streamlined system are labeled for horizontal placement. It’s a small shift, but one that will make the system easier to integrate with other audio/visual components, like your cable box and other consoles. It’s also one that comes with a hitch.

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Sony drops PS3 price to $249

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The 2011 holiday price wars have begun.

During the Gamescom event in Germany on Tuesday, Sony cut the global price of the PlayStation 3 from $299 to $249, positioning the company for a tremendous holiday season. The price drop is effective immediately.

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Meet the world’s best Pokemon player

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Ray Rizzo isn’t just a Pokemon collector.

He’s a Poke-champ.

For the second year in a row, the 18 year-old from New Jersey has been named the Pokemon video game world champion, topping competitors from around the world in the Pokemon World Championships, an invitation-only event that wrapped up this weekend in San Diego.

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Google+ launches games section, takes on Facebook

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The social war between Facebook and Google just got a lot more fun.

Google+, the search giant’s fast-rising social network, has added games to its offerings, encroaching on the most profitable and popular part of Facebook’s empire. And it’s boasting some big titles, too.

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NPD: July video game sales worst since 2006

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Retail video game sales nosedived in July, hitting their lowest level since October 2006.

Year over year sales were down 26 percent, with declines across the board in all hardware, software and accessories — and no breakout hits. While July is often a slow month for the industry, the dip in software sales was more than twice as bad as Wall St. analysts were predicting.

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Director Ridley Scott answers Activison’s Call of Duty

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Activision is bringing in some Hollywood heavyweights to help it entertain the Call of Duty social community.

Director Ridley Scott, whose hits include “Alien,” “Blade Runner” and “Gladiator,” is leading the charge on “episodic entertainment” that will be available exclusively to Call of Duty: Elite subscribers. Included among the other contributors are actors Will Arnett and Jason Bateman.

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Star Trek theme park beaming down to Jordan

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Most kings adopt a regal air, separating themselves from the common folk. Not Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He’s a geek and he’s proud of it.

The Jordanian monarch is the chief investor in an upcoming theme park that will revolve around Star Trek. Slated to open in 2014, the park costs a reported $1.5 billion.

That’s a lot of Gold-Pressed Latinum.

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Is Boardwalk worth it?

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For some families, Monopoly is a bonding experience. For others, it’s a Machiavellian affair that tosses love and loyalty aside in favor of a capitalistic bloodlust where there is but one goal: Drive mom, dad, grandma and weird Uncle Steve into bankruptcy as soon as possible.

But what’s the most efficient way to do that? Everyone has a theory about how best to win at Monopoly. Some try to buy a single property of every color, while others swear that becoming a slum lord, buying up the low rent properties, is the key to victory.

And no matter the strategy, there’s no greater jewel in a player’s crown than Boardwalk. But is that pricey blue spot — and it’s sister street Park Place — really worth it?

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Woman goes into labor during Skyrim demo…and stays for demo

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The annual QuakeCon video game expo in Texas draws a pretty dedicated crowd. Few, however, are as dedicated as engaged gamers Chaz and Stevi.

This past Thursday, the couple was sitting in a demonstration for Bethesda’s upcoming role-playing epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when Stevi, who was nine months pregnant, began to feel what she thought were contractions.

This is when a normal person might go to the hospital. Not Stevi.

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Maroon 5 frontman sues Activision

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Add Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine to the list of musicians who are angry with Activision.

The singer and co-star of NBC’s hit series “The Voice” has sued the publisher over the use of his likeness in 2009’s Band Hero, saying he did not authorize many of the ways his image is used in the game. Sound familiar? It should. Levine’s complaints are virtual carbon copies of the ones made by No Doubt and the former members of Nirvana.

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