Will 'MadWorld' take a chainsaw to Wii's goody-two-shoes image?

This week, Nintendo once again topped the news in the world of video games, taking a risk with the exclusive release of "Madworld", a violent, Mature-rated game for the Wii, a console that generally supports wares of a more family-friendly variety.

By Walaika Haskins

13 Mar 2009

Meanwhile, Take-Two announced a big loss for the first quarter of 2009, while Amazon, apparently eager to recession-proof its business, announced a new game trade-in program.

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