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Proto-Typical Savings
If you’re looking to pick up Prototype 2 on Tuesday, there’s no need to pay full retail price. The Moneysaver has found a discount on it even before the game is released. That is, unless you really want the bio-butt bomb thingie you get with the GameStop preorder. Either way, the usual 60-plus discounts, deals…
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Kirby Anthology Coming This Year for Wii, Says Nintendo
Not much more than a brief tease; as part of today’s “Nintendo Direct” news event in Japan, the company said “a special Wii disc featuring all your favorite Kirby games,” will be released this year, the character’s 20th anniversary.
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Animal Crossing 3DS Arrives This Fall in Japan
Inexplicably thin on details for a game announced two years ago in Los Angeles, Animal Crossing‘s 3DS version will release this fall in Japan, Nintendo said in tonight’s “Nintendo Direct” news event. That’s a gallery of new screenshots above. Here’s it’s video from E3 2011.
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The Week in Evil DLC
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Yes, even you in the comments, smart guy. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? LittleBigPlanet Karting: Kevin Butler Sackboy skin Available: Later…
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Ebony and Ivory: The Xbox’s Black and White Buttons, in Imperfect Harmony
Dusting off some old friends on the original Xbox I was given back in January reacquainted me with several happy memories—and the two worst features in the history of console video gaming controllers: The black and white buttons. I realize we’re more than five years removed from their reign of terror, but as the long…
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Cam Newton Challenges His Madden Cover Rival, But He’ll Play Anybody—Even You
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Cam Newton, the NFL’s consensus rookie of the year (and, according to Yahoo! Sports, the second-most valuable player in the entire league) is taking his final-round matchup with Calvin Johnson for the Madden NFL 13 cover very seriously. In this seven minute video…
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Against Long Odds, a Gamer Still Relentlessly Pursues Perfection
T.J. Brida is doing just fine, thank you for asking. “I’m definitely proud of how far I went, definitely proud of myself,” he told me yesterday. After losing his bid at a perfect game, and a shot at $1 million dollars, in the most anguishing way imaginable, Brida did come back to Major League Baseball…
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Work Out Smarter, Not Harder, With Fitocracy‘s Mobile App
It was embarassing to check back in to Fitocracy, the gamified “workout MMO” I touted about a year ago, and see almost no activity on my account since the previous summer. It’s not that I haven’t been to a gym since then. But a combination of backsliding and simply failing to log my activity meant…
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Iowa Journalism School Adds Video Games Writing to Curriculum
This fall, the University of Iowa’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will offer a course in writing about video games and reporting on the industry. “My idea is that everyone can learn from video games,” Kyle Moody, the course’s instructor and a teaching assistant in the journalism school, told The Daily Iowan, the independent…
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Report: Prey 2 Studio Hasn’t Worked on the Game Since November
There’s a good reason Prey 2 has been delayed to 2013, as announced today. It’s because its development studio hasn’t worked on the game since November, according to an anonymous source speaking to Shacknews. The reason for that? Human Head, the developer “was not happy with the terms its contract with [publisher] ZeniMax,” reports Shacknews,…
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Don’t Send Your Ace in Pursuit of Perfection in MLB 2K12
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • More than 629,000 perfect games have been attempted and 555 have been verified as thrown in Major League Baseball 2K12‘s $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge, which has about 10 days left. Those numbers are the latest available from 2K Sports. That means in…
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The Secrecy Behind the NFL’s New Look Required a Uniform Effort from EA Sports
The flawless revealing, two weeks ago, of the NFL’s new uniforms and their designs required an unusual level of secrecy. But it was a particularly nerve-wracking process for the Madden NFL developers, the game’s creative director told me. That’s because last year, a Madden teaser video—the kind everyone picks apart for clues about the new…
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Time to Play “What the Hell is This Thing Sony Just Patented?”
What the hell is this? A steering wheel? A jet fighter’s yoke? It’s certainly a peripheral for the PlayStation Move, with swing-wing handle grips out at the side. Why is that feature necessary? Who the crap knows. This device is, however, patented, and the patent was published on April 3 (it was applied for about…
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Whether Fans Pick Megatron or Cam Newton, Madden will be the Big Winner
When I chided him for seeding Detroit’s all-galaxy receiver Calvin Johnson at No. 6 in the Madden cover contest, Anthony Stevenson didn’t back down. “OK, who is it seeded above him that you would replace?” he asked. My answer? All of ’em. Megatron validated my faith in him, not as a sleeper pick, but the…
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The Spartans Will Fight in the (Correct) Shade in NCAA Football 13
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Here’s something I never really noticed before: Michigan State wore an incorrect green in NCAA Football. Their fans, as you might imagine, take that very seriously. But in NCAA Football 13, the Spartans will fight in the proper shade, Christian McLeod confirmed to…
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Turn and Face the Camera when Tiger Woods PGA Tour‘s Kinect Update Arrives
In a title update scheduled to arrive on April 20, gamers with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and a Kinect sensor will be able to face the screen as they execute a golf swing, a more natural way to play video game golf, and a feature whose absence at launch made for some nonplussed reviews…
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