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New ‘Guitar Hero’ game rocks Activision stock

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) investors decided to rock out with their stock out Wednesday on news that the video game publisher plans to release its first version of the once-popular music game “Guitar Hero” in five years. Activision shares were up as much as 2.2% on the stock market today. In afternoon trading, Activision was up a fraction, near 23. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based game publisher said that “Guitar Hero Live” will be available this fall on Microsoft ‘s (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Sony ‘s (SNE) PlayStation 3 and 4 and Nintendo ‘s (NTDOY) Wii U console, as well as select mobile devices. The game will cost $99 and include one controller. “Guitar Hero Live” will use a redesigned

Nintendo’s Mario to make the leap to smartphones

Nintendo’s stock scored a power-up on Tuesday after the Japanese video game company announced that it will finally bring its popular characters like Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokemon and Kirby to smartphones and tablets. Nintendo’s (NTDOY) U.S. shares were up 27% in early afternoon trading on the stock market today, at a 14-month high above 18. Nintendo has long resisted the idea of bringing its intellectual property to mobile devices other than its own game hardware, such as the current Nintendo 3DS portable device. But early Tuesday, Nintendo announced a partnership with mobile game developer DeNA (pronounced DNA) to create new games for smart devices, using Nintendo’s IP, and to build a new multi-device membership service for consumers worldwide. Their new games for smart devices will be original and not simply existing Nintendo games ported to smartphones and tablets. This will ensure a quality gaming experience as the games will be…

Nintendo’s Zelda works magic on video game sales

After declining four straight months, sales of new video game products at U.S. retail returned to growth in February. Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 8% year over year to $956 million last month, the NPD Group reported late Thursday. The industry segment was helped by strong sales of the latest generation living-room consoles from Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE). Portable game players from Nintendo (NTDOY) also gave a boost. Game hardware sales rose 10% to $378 million. Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 saw sustained momentum in February. After 15 months on the market, Xbox One and PS4 have outsold their predecessors, the Xbox 360 and PS3, by close to 60% in terms of units, NPD analyst Liam Callahan said in a statement. Nintendo’s 3DS handheld device got a boost from the release of “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D,” an exclusive first-party title…