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Articles about handhelds: December 2, 2008

mGamertell offers gaming news optimized for mobile devices

by PJ Hruschak on Nov 20, 2008 at 09:30 AM

mgamertell site screen shotTry to look at Gamertell.com on your cell phone. Go ahead, try it. Pretty crowded, eh? Takes a while to load, don’t it?

Forget that.

Now try m.Gamertell.com. Ah, much nicer, ain’t it? No photos. Just a list of the stories with links to the full post. No ads. Just the good stuff.

It’s just one more way we’re trying to better serve you in your info consuming needs.

Also check out mobile optimized versions of sister sites Gadgetell and Appletell as well. Don’t worry, if you go to mGamertell first, there’s a link to those, too…

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Apple’s trademark application smells off videogame ambitions

by Pulkit Chandna on Feb 13, 2008 at 02:06 PM

Pippin - Apple Video Game Console
Apple has existed as a niche computer brand for a long time, while tasting amazing amounts of success with its forays into the MP3 player and cellphone markets. Now it might just be nurturing ambitions of expanding into other areas like video gaming. Trademork has unearthed a trademark extension request asking for the extension of Apple’s trademark into game devices.

The trademark extension request was filed with the US Patent and Trademark office on Feb 5, 2008. This application will secure Apple’s trademark from being illegally used in the videogaming market. The company has formally requested…

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AIAS Awards: Call of Duty 4 wins game of the year

by Christopher Buckner on Feb 8, 2008 at 03:05 PM

aias award ceremony call of duty 4The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS),  a non-profit organization that promotes entertainment software, held its 11th Annual Academy of Interactive Achievement Awards at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, NV, during this year’s D.I.C.E summit.  Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4 took home the night’s top honors with four awards.

Other noteworthy winners were BioShock, which was acknowledged for its outstanding achievement in art direction, story development and sound design, and Motorstorm earning itself racing game of the year.

Click through for the complete list of winners…

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Future projected to be big for Ubisoft

by Christopher Buckner on Jan 25, 2008 at 11:50 AM

ubisoftUbisoft has proven is it not a one trick pony. Already the third largest western independent developer, Ubisoft looks to strengthen its position within the gaming world in 2008 with another strong lineup of highly anticipated original games, continuing franchises and multi-platform titles.

With the success of Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft is riding high after a groundbreaking year. Sales jumped 44 percent during Ubisoft’s fiscal third quarter with $625 million in sales. With last years success, Ubisoft is projecting that the company will make somewhere around $1.2 billion in total sales in 2008 and…

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Nintendo’s survey either a sign of the end or time to revamp the GameBoy

by PJ Hruschak on Jan 21, 2008 at 12:46 PM

gamertell gameboy survey

Nintendo recently conducted a web poll concerning the GameBoy and, whether I fit some key demographic profile or it was a lucky pick of the draw, I happen to be selected to partake in the survey this weekend (January 20, 2008).

I was sent an email link to a survey site that was marked with the Nintendo logo and featured a few questions about handheld gaming in general, followed by five or six screens of questions specifically about the Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP, followed by several screens of DS Lite questions. Bascially, the tone of the survey pretty much pitted the GameBoy against the DS. (Note that at one point the survey indicated all references to “GameBoy” were meant to be “GameBoy Advance SP”).

A few of the GameBoy-related questions in the survey include…

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Sega and BioWare to create a Sonic RPG for the DS

by Danielle Riendeau on Jun 21, 2007 at 06:13 PM

Gamertell Sonic about to Tackle the RPG world In a move that can only be described as “unexpected,“ Sega and RPG gurus BioWare (Knights Of the Old Republic, Mass Effect) announced their partnership today to develop a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG, due out sometime in 2008 for the Nintendo DS.

Though game-specific details are slim, Simon Jeffery (President and COO of Sega of America) expressed confidence in…

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