With demand growing,the D.C.area - including the Maryland and Virginia suburbs - has about 100 game-oriented technology firms.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Instead, the rules of the euro game demand that governments keep their budget deficits down.

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Nintendo's frontman went on to credit the demand for downloadable game add-ons and the convenience of digital titles as contributing factors in the company's surge.

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True, its stock has been depressed for more than a year due in large part to the weakened global economy that has slowed demand for video game products.

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