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• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., announced today the product specifications for the handheld video game system, PlayStationPortable
  Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., announced today the product specifications for the handheld video game system, PlayStationPortable, three-dimensional-CG games incorporating high-quality, full-motion video similar to PlayStation2 can be played anytime, anywhere with PSP. PSP is scheduled to be launched in Japan in the end of 2004, followed by the North American and European launches in the spring of 2005.
  Author: Dan Barber - Date: July 21, 2004



• Amateur game designer gets his 15 minutes of fame
  Robo Battle Pigs is one of seven finalists announced yesterday in the 2001 8x8 Game Design Competition sponsored by About Boardgames, Abstract Games magazine and the Strategy Gaming Society. Randy Cox, the designer of Robo Battle Pigs, was taken by surprise.
  Author: Bill Kern - Date: March 12, 2004



• Desktop Publishers for Crossword and Word Search Puzzles Print, Export as a Graphic Image or as a Playable Puzzle for Web Play
  Insight Software Solutions, Inc. has released major updates of its popular Crossword Construction Kit and Word Search Construction Kit programs. The programs feature totally new user interfaces as well as some powerful new features and functions.
  Author: Bill Kern - Date: March 12, 2004



• Board Games Appeal Grows With New And Classic Parlor Games
  Following a healthy 2003, the popularity of board games continues with several new parlor games, including all-new titles as well as new twists on old friends. At next month’s American International Toy Fair, Winning Moves Games, known for bringing back some of the most popular classic card and board games ever created, will launch a new rendition of Pente and introduce Coda, an addictive game of strategy and deduction that is currently one of the best-selling games in Japan. Other new games for the entire family include Domino Squares, Super Scrabble, Deluxe Pass the Pigs, Rubik’s 4x4, Rubik’s Checkers, Instant Insanity and a special 100th anniversary edition of the commodity-trading card game Pit.
  Author: Nelly Ashton - Date: March 11, 2004