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Nintendo’s new 3DS game player is hands-down the coolest new toy in the world for kids 13 and under, and those who just love electronic toys. It’s more fun than a barrel of smartphones. It’s too expensive and some may think it’s gimmicky, but the 3DS will give Nintendo bragging rights again, until it comes out with…

Microsoft is crowing over the monthly NPD report on U.S. video-game sales, which show a 118 percent jump in Xbox console sales during July. That was the most dramatic gain in a month when overall game sales were down 1 percent, to $846.5 million. July’s usually relatively slow but hardware sales were 12 percent higher than…

LOS ANGELES — New James Bond, Zelda, Mickey Mouse and Donkey Kong games announced at Nintendo’s E3 press conference were just a prelude to the really big news. There is indeed a 3-D version of the Nintendo DS and it not only plays 3D games, it also has dual camera lenses for taking 3-D photos. Nintendo’s…

After a long cold winter, video game sales perked up in March, posting a 6 percent gain to $1.52 billion, NPD reported in its closely watched monthly report. It’s the first overall sales increase for the industry outside of a holiday season since February 2009, the firm said. But year-to-date sales are still down 7 percent, to…

If you or your kid missed the “Halo” fest at EMP on Monday, there’s a Nintendo promotion happening next Wednesday at Westlake Center. To promote its new DS puzzle game, “Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box,” the company is sending someone dressed as Layton — with a brown overcoat and top hat — to…

May is usually a slow month for game sale, but this past May was particularly bad, according to a new NPD report. Overall sales of video games fell 23 percent, to $863 million. That’s the first time since August 2007 that monthly sales fell below $1 billion, the firm said. Hardware sales were off 30 percent, and…