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With a crucial holiday approaching for video game makers, Reggie Fils-Aime, President and COO of Nintendo America, said he expects the close release dates of big-name titles “Call of Duty” and “Super Mario Bros. Wii,” out Sunday, to revive the industry from its sales lag. “That type of back-to-back shot in the arm for the industry

Heavy Rain creator David Cage has said that he would like to see the game’s industry grow up a bit when it comes to creating characters for videogames. “As an industry we make games for teenagers and kids,” Cage told NowGamer. “So we try to make things very casual and as clear as possible. ...