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Last year, Square Enix posted a net loss of 12,043 million yen or roughly $150 million. Square Enix reported a turnaround this fiscal year with 6,060 million yen ($75.75 million) in net income.

One of the most widely reported, and hotly debated, topics surrounding the next generation of video game consoles is the fate of used game media. Revered by consumers and reviled by some publishers, used video games are a big business that some speculate could be locked out of the next console offerings from Sony and Microsoft, rumors that have not been proven or officially commented on.

Pokémon GO is an iPhone or Android-based augmented reality (AR) version of the popular Pokémon video game. The game is regarded as a watershed moment in the history of augmented reality gaming, as it is the first to garner widespread consumer adoption. Niantic Inc. created the new game, which runs on Google Compute and App Engine services. Pokémon was first released in 1996 for Nintendo's Game Boy device. The name comes from the game's Japanese title, Pocket Monsters. Despite the fact that the original Pokémon was created for children, many of the players in the AR adaptation are in their mid-to-late twenties or older, and may have played the Game Boy version twenty years ago. Pokémon GO is a location-based augmented reality game that makes use of a smartphone's camera, gyroscope, clock, and GPS. The game is free to play, but you may upgrade it with in-app purchases from the app store. The player creates and customizes their own Pokémon trainer. On the screen, a map of the present surroundings appears, and a rustle of grass signals the presence of a Pokémon; a tap on the touchscreen activates the capture screen. In augmented reality mode, the screen shows Pokémon in the user's real-world surroundings (non-AR mode uses a pre-rendered image). Niantic Inc. was forced to fix the iOS version of the Pokémon GO app after a security researcher reported that the game installed itself with a token that could grant full account access to his Google account, and security researchers at Proofpoint spotted a counterfeit Pokémon Go app in the wild that, if downloaded, would install malware and give the attacker full control of the victim's phone. Playing Pokémon GO has also been linked to a number of physical safety risks. Players had walked into trees and other obstacles, suffered falls and twisted ankles, been involved in pedestrian and vehicle collisions, had their iPhones stolen out of their hands because they weren't paying attention in public places, and ha

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That Red Sox guy is unfair in trying to make them pay for him. It was a really good game. One of my favorites. It chose to buy that over skyrim and then I sold it after a while after I beat the game. It was really fun. I'm really surprised they shut down.