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We’re Liveblogging Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference Right Here
The pre-E3 keynotes from the industry’s major players concludes this morning in Los Angeles with Nintendo, expected to give a full reveal of its upcoming Wii U console. Kotaku will have Stephen Totilo, Kirk Hamilton and Chris Person tweeting live from the scene. You can follow Here now, we’ve got our own Evan Narcisse, Mike…
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NBA Live 13 Bounces Back With Its First Five Screenshots
My exclusive first look at NBA Live 13 was illustrated by a screen that was a deliberately chosen tease. EA Sports wanted to show a little leg on Friday before giving you the full monty at E3. The publisher just released a batch of five screens showing off the player modeling in the game, but…
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Inevitable Movement to Restore Splinter Cell‘s Voice Actor Begins, Will Fail
Well, this didn’t take long. No sooner was it revealed that Michael Ironside, the voice of super agent Sam Fisher through five Splinter Cell video games, would not portray Fisher in the Splinter Cell: Blacklist, than an Internet petition shot up demanding Ubisoft reverse that decision. “The fans of Splinter Cell are going to be…
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Big Daddy Will Bring Little Sister to PlayStation All-Stars, Too
This is Big Daddy, recently outed as a character in PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, and how he’ll perform inside the free-for-all. GameTrailers TV had the first clip of gameplay featuring Big Daddy, shortly after the end of Sony’s E3 keynote. Little Sister will join up with Big Daddy in some of his super attacks,…
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Far Cry 3 Brings the Crazy with Four Player Co-Op
Far Cry 3 will offer four-player co-operative multiplayer when it releases, Ubisoft said at Sony’s E3 keynote address. A live gameplay demonstration then followed. “We were working on two games,” Ubisoft Montreal’s Dan Hay told the audience. The multiplayer suite will include a map editor, Hay added. The PlayStation 3 version will include free exclusive…
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Kick Ass on PS3 and the Vita with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BLgycbUogSony’s ensemble fighting title, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will be available on the PlayStation Vita and will be cross compatible with the PlayStation 3, Sony said at its E3 keynote. Fat Princess, Sly Cooper, Kratos, Sweet Tooth and many other characters from PlayStation-exclusive titles were shown in a live demonstration on stage. Here’s another image…
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The Real Time for Physics is Now, Says Madden
It’s true. A real-time physics engine will debut in Madden NFL 13. The wait is over, the disappointment is over and along with it, the era of animation-based gameplay in one of the most visual of sports video games. In Los Angeles moments ago, EA Sports formally announced the “Infinity Engine,” which will drive the…
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Jesus Will Appear and Farts Will Be Lighted in South Park: The Stick of Truth
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone introduced South Park: The Stick of Truth at Microsoft’s E3 keynote, and its trailer was just as hilarious, subversive and bleeped out as you expect the show to be. The story appears to center on a “new kid”—which will be you, the player—rather than introduce a new…
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The Next Tomb Raider Journeys into Uncharted Territory
Tomb Raider‘s reboot will offer its first downloadable content extension to the Xbox 360 as a timed exclusive, the game’s developer said on the stage of Microsoft’s E3 news conference. A long gameplay sequence from late in the game also was shown. Breathtaking action is the obvious goal here, as we saw Lara Croft thin…
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Audible to a Better Option with Voice Commands in Madden NFL 13
After showing what voice support in FIFA 13 entails, EA Sports then brought NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana on stage to demonstrate voice support in Madden NFL 13 EA Sports label head Andrew Wilson handed Montana a controller and put him back on his old home field with the San Francisco 49ers. Montana flipped…
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FIFA 13 Will Know if You’re Cursing the Ref, Thanks to Kinect [Corrected]
Kinect support for FIFA 13 won’t just mean calling for formation changes or ordering substitutes in. You can even swear at the officiating. Correction: Though swearing appeared to draw a booking for dissent, EA Sports tells Kotaku that cussin’ at the screen will only trigger commentary from the booth that acknowledges the ref isn’t happy…
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Sam Fisher Returns in Splinter Cell: Blacklist
On stage at Microsoft’s E3 keynote, Ubisoft revealed the next chapter in the Splinter Cell franchise—Splinter Cell: Blacklist The reveal included teaser trailer and live gameplay- showing Kinect support. The player was able to use Kinect voice commands to issue orders and distractenemies.
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Good morning, dear readers. There is much to discuss today. We’re sure you have plenty on your minds as well as E3 begins with a preamble of major publisher and console-maker keynotes. This is your space to talk about anything games related, so feel free to Talk Amongst Yourselves. Yet again, the TAYpic for today…
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Culture
New Games Up Against the Next Games
E3 is always a tough week for anything to release, which is why we’re probably seeing the likes of Katy Perry’s Sweet Treats and an old-school six-platform movie adaptation. Inversion is the week’s big name. Tuesday • Inversion (PC, 360, PS3) • Rayman Origins (3DS) • Bang Bang Racing (PSN) • Virtua Fighter 5 Final…
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MLB 2K12 is Finally Getting Patched
Nearly three months after its release, Major League Baseball 2K12 got its first and possibly only title update yesterday, a development that leaves a few more tea leaves pointing to the end of the title. The game went without a patch from its release March 6, despite a few conspicuous bugs that aroused gamer complaint—most…
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The Least Useless Crap I Got at E3
I travel light when I travel to E3 and I travel light when I return home. People are under the impression that it’s one ginormous swagfest for anyone fortunate enough to attend, and I do see a fair amount of those ridiculous bags you see at cons, the ones that stretch armpit to calf, stuffed…
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GameStop Selling PSN Downloadables in Australia and Europe
In a statement given yesterday, GameStop said it and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe had reached an agreement for stores in Europe and Australia to sell vouchers for downloadable content and games games over the PlayStation Network. The deal means customers will be able to purchase DLC with any form of payment—whether cash or trade-in credit…
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Excuuuuse Me, Princess, Would You Like to Fulfill Link’s Freaky Fantasy?
OK, let’s get something straight first. Many of you know I live in the Eugene, Ore. area. Longtime readers remember I got bored and trolled the Craigslist personals in this 2009 post. But I swear to crap I am not the weirdo who posted this. On May 27, some lonely heart in the Eugene area…
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Wonder Nin Powers
Shigeru, Satoru and Reggie rolled up on the set in L.A. for what figures to be a big E3 for Nintendo. In this picture tweeted yesterday by Nintendo of America, the company’s three big honchos all united for one Triforce brofist outside what appears to be the Nokia Theater, where we’re going to get a…
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