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6 Nov, 2002 |
| Film production company Mindfire Entertainment has secured the rights to Sega's Shinobi franchise. The movie, which is expected to make a summer 2004 release, will be based on the revised setting and characters of the new PlayStation Shinobi game. |
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4 Nov, 2002 |
| On 5th December EGO will hold a special meeting to discuss the role of the organisation over the coming years. Due to the huge changes planned by many European countries and the expansion of the EU a re-assessment of what is needed is essential. |
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4 Nov, 2002 |
| The inaugural European i-Gaming Congress & Expo succeeded in bringing the continent's online gaming fraternity together under one roof for the first time, providing a forum for lively and often-heated debate. |
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1 Nov, 2002 |
| Embed Integration of Australia and Innovative Leisure of the UK are pleased to announce a distribution relationship with Innovative Leisure as the exclusive distributor of Embed's Amusement Debit Card System through out Europe. |
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1 Nov, 2002 |
| Sun Amusements has announced that Brezzasoft Corporation and Sun Amusement Co Ltd are going to start consolidation their business activities and that Sun Amusement Co Ltd will be the new registered business name. |
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1 Nov, 2002 |
| The Japanese games giant Nintendo has been hit with a $147 million (168 million, euro) fine by the European Union for alleged price-fixing by illegally colluding to sell game products at significantly different prices in various parts of Europe. |
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31 Oct, 2002 |
| MGM Mirage and Nevada slot machine builder International Game Technology have reached an $85 million deal to convert 11 casinos to IGT's EZ Pay coinless slot system. MGM Mirage plans to buy 7,000 new slot machines and retrofit 11,000 more devices. |
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31 Oct, 2002 |
| Nintendo kicked off its modest online plans Wednesday with the release of Internet adapters for its GameCube console. The online add-ons consist of a modem for dial-up Internet access and a network adapter for tapping into a high-speed DSL or cable modem. |
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23 Oct, 2002 |
| Japanese developer Tecmo has revised its projections for the current half year's trading and now expects to record a 40 million Yen (€328,000) profit - reversing a previously anticipated 170 million Yen (€1.4m) loss. |
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23 Oct, 2002 |
| With the USA Sniper still active, USA media have begun to promote stories of links between Konami's Silent Scope to that of the activities of the sniper. Whilst it seems to be another media beatup, the stories seem to be picking up speed. |
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