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Nintendo shares double in price since Pokemon GO release
The Pokemon effect continues for video game company Nintendo. Its shares shot up another 14 percent on Tuesday. Based on the value of those share, the Japanese firm is now worth twice what it was just over a week ago when it released the...
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Pokemon GO has gone home to Japan
Pokemon GO launches in Japan Tie-in with Mcdonald’s restaurants Government issues safety guidelines Pokemon GO has gone home. Nintendo’s record-breaking global mobile game has launched in Japan – the home of the Pokemon characters....
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Why fans love Pokemon Go
Aspiring Pokemon trainers search for digital monsters roaming outside the CBC broadcast centre in Toronto
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New smartphone game Pokemon Go hugely popular
Video game critic Matt Peckham on latest version of the popular Japanese franchise, which has claimed top spot in the Apple iTunes store in less than a week
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Pokemon Go, explained
Mobile Syrup's Patrick O'Rourke explains how to play Pokemon Go, a new mobile app by Nintendo that's exploded in popularity over the weekend
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Virtual gaming gets real at the Electronic Entertainment Expo
Virtual Reality (VR) was virtually everywhere at the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, with double the number of exhibitors from last year. Game makers are taking on new dimensions in a budding market that is...
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Slimmer Xbox One S shimmies on to the shelves in August
Microsoft has showcased its new Xbox One S, due to roll out in August. The slimmer gadget will also include High Dynamic Range gaming, with extra brightness and robust colour. Xbox One S. Coming August 2016 for $299....
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Dealing with dementia via video games
A new initiative aims to ease the suffering of the estimated 45-million people worldwide living with dementia. Scientists are collaborating with professional gamers to use a new on-screen adventure in order to accelerate research for...
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Warcraft’s world of knights and orcs leaps to the silver screen
The “Warcraft” video game series comes to life on the silver screen, complete with its knights and orcs. The film sees the human civilization of Azeroth face a fearsome race of orc invaders who are fleeing their dying world, Draenor,...
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Kiel students take Tetris to a whole new level
It is one of the most successful, and most played, video games of all time, a simple concept that has proved to be of near-universal appeal and which has grown beyond the wildest dreams of its inventor. And now Tetris is even bigger, not...
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Angry Birds hope to make Happy Shareholders as movie comes out
The Angry Birds have made the transition from telephone game to top billing at Cannes, with a 3-D animated movie coming out that spills the beans on why our feathered friends are just so angry. Co-producer John Cohen says like everyone...
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Xbox 360 killed off
The Xbox 360 console is being killed off by maker Microsoft. It has been around for 11 years, in various incarnations, and more than 80 million have been sold. Sales of older-generation consoles, such as the Xbox 360 and Sony’s...
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Canada's Pinball Wizard
The CBC's Ian Hanomansing catches up with world pinball champion Robert Ganyo
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‘Hardcore Henry’, a ground-breaking first person action
‘Hardcore Henry’ is a first-of-its-kind – an action thriller completely shot with Go-Pro cameras offering a first-person view of events. The movie is seen from the perspective of Henry, a cybernetic man who wakes up in a laboratory run...
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Red from the ‘Angry Birds’ becomes honorary ambassador at the United Nations
Red, the animated character in the upcoming ‘The Angry Birds Movie’, was named Honorary Ambassador for Green on the International Day of Happiness at the United Nations. The appointment is part of the ‘Angry Birds for a Happy Planet’...
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Canadian boy looks to better semi-final result in 2nd straight Scripps spelling bee
Isaac Brogan is 12 years old and already has two regional spelling bee titles under his belt — as well as multiple trips to the Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, D.C. The Grade 6 student is from Windsor, Ont., and says...
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This leap-year kid is celebrating his 3rd birthday
Kolton Emigh was born on Feb. 29, 2012. While he's 12 years old, he's technically only had three birthdays in his life because of the leap year.
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Disney’s Entertainment Takeover
David Stryzewski, CEO of Sound Planning Group, breaks down Disney’s latest results, from adding Taylor Swift to building out ESPN, and why Bob Iger’s leadership is crucial.
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What's behind recent job cuts at some Montreal video game studios?
The city is known for its thriving video game industry, but lately it's been facing some choppy waters. A few high profile studios have announced layoffs.
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How one Manitoba group is trying to get absent kids back in class
The issue of absenteeism has led the province's largest school division to make changes. Some students in Winnipeg School Division will either be starting classes an hour later or going home an hour earlier for one day each week, the...
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Thousands of students "unaccounted for" in Manitoba's education system
The issue of absenteeism has led the province's largest school division to make changes. Some students in Winnipeg School Division will either be starting classes an hour later or going home an hour earlier for one day each week, the...
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13-year-old US gamer becomes first to beat 'unbeatable' Tetris — by breaking it
US teenager Willis Gibson managed on 21 December to trigger a kill screen on Level 157, which the gaming world takes as a victory over the game
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Teen gamer becomes first to finish 'unbeatable' Tetris - by breaking it!
Teenager Willis Gibson managed on 21 December to trigger a kill screen on Level 157, which the gaming world takes as a victory over the game.
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Rockstar Games release Grand Theft Auto VI trailer earlier than expected
Rockstar Games has released the highly anticipated latest installment of Grand Theft Auto after the trailer was leaked hours before its scheduled release.