NewsFactor – Microsoft’s Xbox 360  video-game console moved to the top of the U.S. market in February. The software giant’s console had been number two behind the Nintendo Wii for nearly three years.

The popularity of the new BioShock 2 game may have been behind Microsoft’s sales of 422,000 Xbox 360s in February, an eight percent increase from a year earlier, according to NPD Group. Nintendo sold 397,900 Wiis and Sony sold 360,100 PlayStation 3 consoles in February.

The BioShock 2 game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was released on Feb. 10 and sold 750,000 units. Of those, 75 percent, or 562,900, were for the Xbox 360.
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PC World – We have 2010 release dates for Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M, but could the next Zelda be on its way this year, too? A new Mario, Metroid, and Zelda, all in the same 365-day timespan? Xbox and PS3s sacrificed, Italian plumbers and koopa troopas living together…mass euphoria? …

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AP – “Heavy Rain” isn’t a fun video game. It’s actually not much of a game at all.In this video game image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America, a scene is shown from “Heavy Rain.”

Quantic Dream has created a captivating mystery set in a bleak urban landscape that happens to be interactive. Laced with nuance, “Heavy Rain” has more in common with novels in a bookstore or films in a theater than anything next to it in the gaming aisle. …

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AP – When Apple introduced the iPhone, it shook up the cell phone business but it also changed the way people play video games. About a quarter of the 100,000 applications that you can download to the iPhone are games, ranging from the simple “Doodle Jump” to a version of “Grand Theft Auto.”

Now, with the looming launch of a tablet-style computer — already nicknamed the “iPhone on steroids,” with a bigger screen that might have a place in the living room — Apple could pose an even tougher challenge to established players in the video game business. …

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Shopping for mom can be hit or miss if you don’t have a good guide to start with. . If you are like me you have a hard time knowing what to buy Mom during the holiday. Moms are very sentimental creatures and in most cases it’s the thought that counts. Personalized or Hand Crafted Gifts may be the way to go. I’ve seen some of these lists with underwear as a present. Dude I don’t know about you but underwear shopping for your mom strikes me as kind of creepy.

Like most of us, I don’t have much time for Arts and Crafts, and really Arts and Crafts are so kindergarten. Personalize gifts always great and says, Mom I thought about you when I bought this gift. But really if I buy my Mom another personalized coffee mug I think she’d kill me. You can thank me for this later; I’ve been doing some research and I’ve compile a list of the 10 most wanted Christmas gifts for parents. This list was compiled from Amazon’s bestsellers. …

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