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For Video Game Makers, Playing The Competition Is A Heroic Task

Industry execs reveal their strategies for powering through the stack overflow of this year's AAA holiday games.READ»

Call Of Duty: How Top Video Game Makers Are Innovating For The Crowded Holiday Season

For video game buyers, it's the most wonderful time of the year: A plethora of top-notch titles beg for you bottom dollar--every game from "Modern Warfare 3" to "Super Mario 3D Land." Among game makers, there's an epic battle raging that would rival any on-screen action.READ»

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Wehab: Wii Homework For Stroke Victims

Nintendo's Wii has been used for a while now by physical therapists, but a revolutionary new platform could transform the game system into an at-home recovery tool, with therapists overseeing progress over 3G. READ»

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Nintendo To Make Games For iPhone?, Intel Bets Against Tablets, QR Codes Scanned By 14 Million In June

QR Codes Used By 14 Million In June Alone While different augmented reality technologies are gaining ground, All Things Digital on Thursday reported that in June 2011 alone, some 6% of U.S. phone owners, or a whopping 14 ...READ»

Wii Are Not Amused

Nintendo's hotly anticipated Wii U console is based on an idea the company tried in 2003. It bombed, then. But its time may have finally come.READ»

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OK Go's Human Kaleidoscope, All Is Not Lost, And How It Translates Into Sales

Damian Kulash and director Trish Sie walk us through the making of All Is Not Lost, and OK Go's approach to the music experience.READ»

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Phone-Hacking Scandal Shuts A UK Newspaper

In the wake of en extensive high-tech phone-hacking scandal, Britain's tabloid newspaper News of the World is killed off. This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.READ»

Lady Geek's Best Bits From E3: Top 5

Get down on the dance floor Harmonix have finally blessed us with Dance Central 2, with even more songs and dance routines to choose from and more excitingly a multi-player feature. Finally your friends can join in with you as ...READ»

Nintendo's Wii U Is Flashy--But Its Competitors May Be Flashier

Nintendo's Wii U device promises to truly reinvent the console-gaming scene. But rivals Apple and Sony are hot on its heels, promising similar, if not better, touchscreen innovations that will be on the market sooner. A look at the contenders for consoles of the future. READ»

Nintendo Crashes The Tablet World With A Game-Changing Entrance

Body-enveloping 3-D virtual environments come to everyone's living room with Nintendo's new Wii U controller.READ»

Nintendo Wii U Announced, Brings HD Tablet Gaming

The Nintendo Wii U, the latest console from Japanese gaming company Nintendo, was announced in a press event in Los Angeles today. It features the use of a tablet-like controller and cutting-edge HD graphics.READ»

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A Brief History Of Video Games

As players big and small convene at E3 in Los Angeles to catch a glimpse of gaming's future, we take a look back at the innovations that got us here.READ»

LulzSec Touts Hacktivism And NATO Considers War

LulzSec is in the news for hacking Sony, Nintendo, and PBS, among others. And now it seems the group is tied to hacktivist group Anonymous. NATO is not happy.READ»

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iFive: Nintendo Hacked, Next-Gen Wii Teased, China Threatens Google Weirdly, Kno Goes iPad, AT&T's Tiny SIM Plans

It's Monday, named for the moon via a mix of Old English, German and Latin. It's true! Also true, our early news summary, iFive:READ»

Driving App Lets You Know If You're A Demon Or A Granny On The Road

A new iPhone app uses the device's accelerometers and other sensors to work out how safely you're driving. Fortuitous timing, as it's just emerged that Apple is the world's second-biggest buyer of these sorts of tiny sensors.READ»

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iFive: Nintendo Profits Tank, Lenovo's Honeycomb Tablet, White iPhone 4 With A5, SpaceX Mars Plans, China's Investment List

Start the week how you mean to finish it--informed and ready first thing in the morning, with our early news piece, iFive:READ»

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iFive: Steve Jobs Bio, Epsilon Breach's Costs, Street View in Germany, Photoshop Embraces Touch, Apple Playing for Games Market

If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters. But since you managed to get up anyway, here's our early news summary to help you on your way.READ»

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Jack Dorsey's Re-Tweet, Radiohead's Newspaper, eBay's Billion-Dollar Spending Spree, Facebook Prof, and more...

Welcome to Fast Feed, the Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day.READ»