As things stand now, however, even a crash program to resuscitate the NPR would be unlikely to prevent a period of virtual U.S. nuclear impotence.
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Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.
ENGADGET: Nintendo Wii U to get Virtual Console service this spring
Each game in the Wii U Virtual Console library has been developed to include off-TV play on the Wii U GamePad controller, customizable controls, Miiverse community support and the ability to instantly save game progress.
The update also lays the groundwork for the imminent launch of the Wii U Virtual Console service.
The Wii U Virtual Console's official launch may still be a few months off, but based on the first game in the Famicom 30th Anniversary Virtual Console trial campaign, it's shaping up to be a strong evolution of its predecessor.
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U.S. citizens are allowed to visit Cuba, an island shrouded in a virtual blackout to the U.S. and other parts of the world, but must apply for special licenses to do so.
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Hiro estimates that the potential market size for sales of virtual items in the U.S. is in the billions of dollars, but that issues like too many virtual currencies are roadblocks for potential customers.
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The prices for NES and Super NES Virtual Console games for Wii U will be the same as they were for the Virtual Console on Wii.
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The project has been commissioned by In-Q-Tel, a national-security-focused technology investment company funded by U.S. intelligence agencies, and has the mission of using virtual environments to let uncommunicative U.S. intelligence agencies interact with each other more efficiently and with more trust.
Cable in the Classroom's eLECTIONS campaign simulation Make all the decisions for a virtual run for the U.S. presidency, allocating budget, selecting key issues, choosing where to campaign, and responding to the opponent's moves and other external events.
Unlike the expansive microcosms of Linden Lab's "Second Life" or Vivendi's "World of Warcraft, " In-Q-Tel's digital environment will likely be a single room, designed to function as a virtual meeting place for U.S. intelligence agencies, according to a Forterra spokesman.
This virtual currency will be available for U.S. customers to purchase apps, games, and in-app items on the Kindle Fire.
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The slow sales growth and virtual halt to expansion in the U.S. explain why Greenberg is so eager to bring in new customers.
Users can take virtual tours of major cities in the U.S. online.
Nintendo's Satoru Iwata just announced via Nintendo Direct that Virtual Console will be available on the Wii U this spring.
Tapping the gamepad's screen or pressing the ZR button brings up the Virtual Console menu, laying bare the Wii U enhanced features Iwata told us about: restore points and controller settings. 3DS owners should be familiar with the former -- restore points allow you to save your game at any moment and restore it without penalty.
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With that virtual death sentence, Mr. Vahedi escaped to the U.S. in February 2010.
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The slow U.S. sales growth and the virtual halt to expansion here explain why Greenberg is so eager to bring in new customers.
Despite the fact that Arthur pays U.S. dollars to "own" virtual land in Second Life, and that his renters also pay him in real money, it's unclear whether he, or any of Second Life's "residents, " have lasting rights to these virtual tracts.
The success of Virgin Mobile in the U.K. and Amp'd Mobile in the U.S. prove the so-called mobile virtual network operator business model.
Given the virtual silence or at least lack of seriousness on foreign affairs in U.S. politics, will sufficient domestic support exist for whatever those political leaders come up with?
Sounds like Ugland and its virtual residents are now off the political hook, as Democrats acknowledge that U.S. investors like Mr. Lew are paying the U.S. taxes they owe.
Most of this revenue is generated by in-game spending on virtual goods, an area which is just beginning to take off in the U.S. Online gaming is all about owning the user experience, and traditional display advertising is viewed as something which takes away from the game experience.
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An interesting precedent will be provided by the outcome of a pending Nintendo patent application regarding methods for MMOG players to collectively alter a virtual environment without directly interacting with each other. (In filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during 2012, Nintendo has substantially narrowed the claims with respect to those in the original 2010 application.) Nintendo, of course, is a game company, not an individual player.
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In-Q-Tel wouldn't reveal which, if any, of the U.S.'s 16 intelligence agencies had expressed interest in assembling the virtual world or how much the project would cost.
Because Entropia has a real cash economy (players can exchange Project Entropia Dollars for real U.S. dolllars at a fixed 10:1 exchange rate), virtual entrepreneurs can start real moneymaking businesses in the game.
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Entropia is an online game that has a real cash economy--players can exchange Project Entropia dollars for real U.S. dollars at a fixed 10:1 exchange rate, enabling virtual entrepreneurs to start businesses in the game.
BetOnSports made millions from taking wagers in what was a virtual gambling establishment, but now the Internet firm is turning the lights off for good on its U.S. operations, and around 800 "real-life" employees are losing their jobs.
Originally created for the U.S. Department of Defense at the University of Iowa as part of the Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) program to help reduce physical strain on soldiers, Santos has been heralded by ergonomists as a breakthrough in digital modeling.
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But thanks to a virtual monopoly on communications, it generates a pretax profit margin of 47%, almost double that of U.S. phone giant SBC Communications.
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