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12 Dec, 2000 |
| * "Spikers Battle" for Spring 2001
* Konami Lose Japan Baseball Rights
* Konami Results: Domestic Market Covers Overseas Losses |
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12 Dec, 2000 |
| Due to poor performances in France, Kunick may look at closing their French office which represents both Sega & Midway. |
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16 Dec, 2000 |
| Midway Games Inc., recently announced an aggressive new price for its touchscreen game, Touchmaster Infinity. Effective from the beginning of this month, the manufacturer's suggested retail price will be significantly reduced from its current level. |
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16 Dec, 2000 |
| The Macao government will work out a legal outline on the future development of gaming industry in the middle of next year which is believed to include a scheme to open up the gaming business. |
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16 Dec, 2000 |
| This week saw game software giant EA Sports sign up to develop 10 games within six months for the XBox ensuring Microsoft will have high-quality games to support the console's launch. In comparison, EA has no intention of developing software for arcade release. |
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18 Dec, 2000 |
| Unveiled at JAMMA earlier this year, Sega's latest arcade music title 'Shakka Tambourine' has begun arriving at Japanese arcades. Much like Samba de Amigo, players use tambourine peripherals to play along with different tunes. |
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18 Dec, 2000 |
| Hong Kong's Skynet Ltd said on Friday it has formed a strategic alliance with Japan's video game maker Sega Corp to introduce the enhanced version of Sega's game console Dreamcast and online game platform in Hong Kong. |
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18 Dec, 2000 |
| Sega's latest gun shooting game has begun shipping to many parts of the world. For those of you unfamilar with the game. The player takes control of a James Bond type secret agent "Howard Gibson" or his female counterpart "Jean Clifford" |
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19 Dec, 2000 |
| The TournaMAXX™ system is set up to not only allow players across the globe to compete against one another for ranking, but it also gives customers the chance to compete against others in their region for prizes. |
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19 Dec, 2000 |
| 3dfx who only recently closed its Mexican manufacturing plant in an effort to cut costs have now agreed to sell their remaining assets to competitor Nvidia for a reported US112 million. |
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