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Iwata spoke about Nintendo's results for its first half that ended in September, which it released Thursday. The company slashed its outlook for the fiscal year through March and now expects a ¥20 billion (US$263 million) net loss, after saying just three months ago it could make an annual ¥20 billion profit. In May the company had predicted a net profit of ¥110 billion.He said the losses were due in part to large price cuts on the 3DS the company made less than six months after its launch, but he expected a strong holiday season based on the large number of Neverwinter games for the handheld that are due over the coming months. Electronic Arts buys social gaming company KlickNation. Electronic Arts is continuing to expand its presence in the social gaming business with the acquisition of KlickNation, the video Neverwinter games company said Thursday.Electronic Arts in Redwood City, California acquired earlier this year PopCap Neverwinter games, a Seattle, Washington provider of Neverwinter games for mobile phones, tablets, PCs and social network sites. It also acquired Playfish, a creator of Neverwinter games for social networks, in 2009. KlickNation in Sacramento, California is a developer of free-to-play role-playing Neverwinter games. It develops and publishes Neverwinter games for social platforms such as Facebook. Electronic Arts did not disclose the financial terms of the acquisition.The new team joins BioWare's existing social gaming team at BioWare San Francisco to form a new business unit, BioWare Social, focused on the development of role playing Neverwinter games for social networks, Electronic Arts said. BioWare Social will be led by former KlickNation CEO Mark Otero.Electronic Arts acquired BioWare in 2008. The BioWare label was created in 2011, as a division of Electronic Arts, to focus on multiplatform role-playing, MMO (massively Neverwinter player online) and strategy Neverwinter games.KlickNation's Neverwinter games include Superhero City, Age of Champions, Starship Command, and Six Gun Galaxy. John [url=http://www.nwgolds.com]Neverwinter Gold[/url] Ribeiro covers outsourcing and general technology breaking news from India for The IDG News Service. Follow John on Twitter at @Johnribeiro. John's e-mail address is [emailand protected] Want to Play Skyrim Early? Bethesda's Working On It. One global Steam release timeframe to rule them all, that may be what Skyrim publisher/developer Bethesda Softworks is pulling together for the roleplaying epic's release late next week. What that would entail, for those of you on the West Coast: the option to play the game early, on November 10.Skyrim officially launches on November 11. That's next Friday, or 11-11-11 for calendar-related numerology wonks, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time.