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Furious 4 is More Like Inglorious Borderlands
Face it: A shooter set in World War II is going to be called derivative of something, and as a sequel, it’ll probably be called derivative of itself. But what Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 most resembles is not the 2009 film Inglorious Basterds, to which everyone connected the game after Ubisoft revealed it on…
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Dance Central 2 Will Take Two to Get Down
Though the game only recognized one player’s moves, whenever someone broke out Dance Central at a party, invariably someone else joined the fun. Multiplayer, therefore, was priority No. 1 for Dance Central 2, and is the most notable feature of a game that still gets the best of the Kinect. A second player may drop…
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Showing Little, NBA 2K12 Makes Its Presence Known
Michael Jordan didn’t sit around contemplating his greatness and, a year after featuring him in their game-of-the-year heirloom NBA 2K11, 2K Sports has come to terms with the fact it can’t either. And yet, facing the toughest encore in annual sports gaming, on video gaming’s biggest stage, they left about half the game back at…
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Infamous Real-Life Mercenaries to Star in Blackwater, the Video Game
Blackwater Worldwide, the real-life mercenary team linked to the killing of civilians and noncombatants in Iraq during U.S. operations there, will be the subject of a Kinect-supported video game coming to the Xbox 360 later this year. Published by 505 Games and titled, simply, Blackwater, the game is being produced in consultation with the private…
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The Wii U’s Title Lineup Touts the Console’s Hardcore Cred
A montage video of third-party video games coming to Wii U left no doubt that this will not be a kid’s stuff console. In addition to high definition visuals, titles like Alien: Colonial Marines and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge showed Nintendo’s intention to make something with hardcore gamer appeal. Shown during a video montage…
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Smash Bros. Returns with Versions for Wii U and 3DS
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata just said that a new Smash Bros will release for the company’s new console, the Wii U, as well as for 3DS. No specific time frame was given, but Iwata said the game will feature cross platform compatibility.
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Nintendo’s New Console is the Wii U
Nintendo revealed the name of its new console today. It is Wii U. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime announced the name at the company’s E3 news conference moments ago, saying the name reflected the gaming-together theme of its predecessor, the Wii, while making it a perfect fit for the individual user, hence U. The…
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Star Fox 3D to Feature Tilt Control on 3DS
When it releases, Star Fox 3D will make use of the Nintendo 3DS’ unique features, including its tilt-control functionality and internal cameras, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said at the company’s E3 2011 news conference. Star Fox 3D will capture your facial expressions through the camera. In multiplayer, this means it will display your…
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All-New Super Mario 3DS Coming by Year’s End
At E3, Nintendo revealed it has an all-new Super Mario adventure built specifically for the 3DS, arriving on store shelves by the year’s end. A short video following the announcement showed Mario and Luigi in action in 3D platforming levels, some with shifted perspectives, that used longtime series motifs and new elements altogether. Nintendo of…
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The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords is Free in September
At its E3 2011 news conference, Nintendo announced that The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords will be available as a free DSiWare download in September. The re-release is part of the company’s plans to release Zelda content on all of its platforms in the series’ 25th anniversary year. Also, concurrent with the launch of…
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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Available Today on 3DS eShop
In The Legend of Zelda‘s 25th anniversary year, Nintendo has plans for Zelda games on all of its platforms, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto said today at the company’s E3 keynote. The first, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening will be available today for download from the recently launched 3DS eShop. The game will be available…
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Electronic Arts’ E3 2011 Keynote Liveblog
Console makers aren’t the only ones giving presentations during the week of E3. Publishers are, too, and Electronic Arts fires first with its news conference, and RPGs should figure prominently, with Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic all coming in the next year. Oh yeah, and there’s a game called Battlefield 3…
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Master Chief Returns with Halo 4 in 2012
A teaser trailer for Halo 4 concluded Microsoft’s E3 news conference today. In it, the series’ longtime hero, Master Chief, awakens from cryonic sleep to the voice of Cortana, calling him by his name. He then grabs Cortana and flees the wreckage a ship hurtling toward some sort of portal. Microsoft’s Don Mattrick said Halo…
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Fable Sequel Brings Magic to Kinect
The next episode of Fable will support Kinect when it releases in 2012. A demonstration of Fable: The Journey at Microsoft’s E3 news conference showed players in a first-person mode, driving a carriage and attacking foes with magic, using different gestures for each spell. “How can we make you feel a hundred times more involved…
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HD Remake of Halo: Combat Evolved Coming November
Widely expected, Microsoft will publish an HD remake of the original Halo on Nov. 15. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will feature “seven of the greatest multiplayer maps of all time,” in addition to “the campaign of the decade remade and remastered.
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What is Ghost Recon Future Soldier‘s ‘Gunsmith’?
As was rumored, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will support Kinect, as publisher Ubisoft demonstrated today at the Xbox 360’s E3 news conference. Body tracking and voice command will be features of all Ghost Recon titles going forward, beginning with Future Soldier. Ubisoft showed off a feature called “GunSmith,” through which gamers may examine…
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EA Sports to Offer Kinect Support with FIFA, Madden, Tiger Woods
EA Sports will offer four titles with Kinect support in the coming year, EA Sports president Peter Moore announced at Microsoft’s E3 news conference just now. FIFA, Madden NFL and Tiger Woods PGA Tour will be among the first titles to implement the Xbox 360’s motion control and voice recognition. “Imagine calling audibles from the…
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Hacker Group Says It’s Snagged Sony Computer Entertainment’s Developer Code
The hacker collective Lulz Security isn’t taking a break from its attacks on Sony simply because it’s E3. This morning, via Twitter, Lulzsec bragged that it had compiled Sony Computer Entertainment’s Developer Network source code. Earlier in the week Lulzsec went after Sony BMG and Sony Pictures, and broke into Nintendo USA’s website.
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Demolition Dash is an Adorable Little Rampage
The cops are yelling something at me in French—I think it’s “We’re cops!”—but, like a two-year-old with a head of steam, I pay them no mind, knocking over everything in my way and screaming at whatever won’t move. Demolition Dash doesn’t put you at the wheel of a terrible toddler but something just as cute,…
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Departing From Gate E3
Departing from Gate E3 | A similar tableau at many airport bars in the United States this afternoon. Mine is in Eugene, Ore. (Photo: Owen Good) Signs of E3 Are All Around Us, as are These Mutant Things It’s Sunday, two days before E3 technically starts here at the Los Angeles Convention Center. What you…
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