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  The New SimCity Looks Gorgeous And Lively

  Here’s a new trailer for the upcoming simulation game, which EA will release next February for PC. Pretty, eh?

  By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012
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  EA Confirms Battlefield 3 Premium

  While the trailer (above) spilled the beans a little early, EA has today confirmed its Battlefield 3 Premium service, allowing users to pay for stuff like new dog tags, DLC bundles and upcoming expansions that include stuff like motorbikes. It’ll cost you $50.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  Even the Cross Section of X-Com: Enemy Unknown Looks Great

  The turn-based strategy revival of classic PC game X-Com continues to impress. Here’s the game’s E3 trailer. Even the cross-section of the base looks good. (And the game plays well, too.)

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012
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  Dead Space 3 Will Have Co-Op, Be Out February 2013

  EA just showed off Dead Space 3, which, as expected, will have a cooperative multiplayer mode In a new trailer that EA just showed at its E3 press briefing, we can see presumable protagonist Isaac Clarke teaming up with fellow hero Earthgov Sergeant John Carver to shoot aliens on a frozen planet called Tau Volantis.…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012
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  We’re Liveblogging EA’s Press Conference from E3 Right Here

  E3’s Monday presstravaganza continues with the EA press conference. Here now, we’ve got our own Kate Cox, Chris Person and Owen Good livetweeting the Electronic Arts press conference. Refresh the page to get the most up-to-date updates, and of course, follow Kate Cox, Owen Good and Chris Person as well. [View the story "Kotaku @…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2012
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  And Now a Guest Post from Gearbox Boss Randy Pitchford …

  Note from Stephen: Hey, Kotaku, Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford was sitting next to me in the Spike TV green room this afternoon, so I asked him to write a guest Kotaku post. He hesitated for maybe 15 seconds. Here’s Randy… Hey – You’re letting me do a live post? Crazy, Stephen… Ok – what’s…

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  Internet Explorer Coming to Xbox 360

  It wasn’t headline news, but buried in the middle of Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass reveal was the long-awaited news that, finally, an internet browser would be appearing on the Xbox 360. The Wii and PS3 have had the feature for years, but for the longest time Microsoft seemed unwilling to cross that line. Well, they have…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  This Dream-Like Flying Game Will Be a Wii U Launch Title

  Indie developers have slammed Nintendo during the Wii console cycle saying that it hasn’t been worth the trouble to bring their games to the undernourished, practically forgotten WiiWare service. But it’s just been announced today that Broken Rules’ Chasing Aurora—a lovely 2D flying game last seen at the beginning of May—will be a launch title…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012
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  The South Park Guys Take On the Superconnected Future

  South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone appeared at Microsoft’s E3 press conference today to show off their new South Park game, The Stick of Truth. Riffing on the interconnected, multi-screen theme of Microsoft’s presentation, Parker asked the house, “How many times have you been watching an episode of South Park and thought, ‘I’d like…

  By Kate Cox Published June 4, 2012
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  Here’s Usher Nailing (And Whiffing) Some High Notes at Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference

  Press conference musical performances are always a bit mortifying for all involved. The stage sucks, the audience isn’t there for music, and no one’s been drinking. (Well, almost no one. These are journalists, after all.) Usher’s performance for Dance Central 3 at the Microsoft E3 press conference was no different. As Mike Fahey pointed out,…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2012
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  Catch Devil May Cry’s E3 Trailer

  A PlayStation-branded trailer for Capcom and Ninja Theory’s upcoming Devil May Cry reboot has been released. Long-time fans can say what they want, but as someone who hasn’t given a damn about a Devil May Cry game for a very long time, the fact I’m even remotely interested in this at least shows Ninja Theory…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  Five Minutes of Impressive Halo 4 Gameplay Footage

  Forget shaky-cam beta stuff, here’s five minutes of direct-feed, singleplayer gameplay footage of Halo 4, direct from Microsoft’s E3 press conference earlier today. I don’t know whether it’s the improved visuals or the new developer (or both!), but for the first time in a long time this looks almost as though it’s a truly new…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  Iron Man 3 Started Filming at Epic Games Today. Huh?

  Production began today on Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man 3 at, of all places, Epic Games, the North Carolina studio that makes Gears of War, according to local TV station WRAL. (Marvel tweeted a photo from the set, presumably from the North Carolina/Epic shoot.) “Scenes were being shot inside and outside the Epic Games studios,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012
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  ‘Xbox Music’ Brings a Music Store and Subscription Music Streaming to Your Xbox 360

  Today at their E3 press conference, Microsoft announced a new music app for the Xbox 360 called “Xbox Music,” which will allow users to buy and stream music on their Xbox 360, which can be accessed from any screen. Users can download music from a new music store, or subscribe to streaming channels or artist-based…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2012
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  Forza Horizon’s E3 Trailer Cruises Past Some Eyeballs

  Forza is one of the few first-party franchises Microsoft bothers maintaining these days, at least for more serious gamers, so you can bet they were showing off a Forza Horizon trailer during the company’s E3 presentation. Here it is. Congratulations if you got past twenty seconds, because as soon as I hear someone say “throw…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  LocoCycle: The Road Rash Successor We’ve Been Waiting For?

  Not much was shown for new Xbox 360 title LocoCycle at Microsoft’s E3 2012 media briefing but the short teaser above makes it seem like players will be controlling sentient motorcycles capable of speedy and stealthy assassinations. It might just be that the upcoming game from the makers of The Gunstringer and the ‘Splosion Man…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012
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  Nintendo to Reveal a New Model of the 3DS?

  Ahead of Nintendo’s E3 press conference tomorrow, it appears some news of what they’ll be discussing has already spilled out in the Japanese press. The most important piece being that the company plans to launch a new model of the Nintendo 3DS. According to a report from Nikkei, this new model of the 3DS will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  Dance Central 3 Unveiled, Here’s the First Footage

  Everybody’s favourite – or secretly favourite – Kinect game, Dance Central, just got its second sequel. The third game in the series sees players taken back in time, dancing to tracks from 70s right through to the present day. It also introduces a new game mode called “Crew Throwdown”, which “pits two teams of up…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  Black Ops II’s DLC Hits Xbox First

  You may have seen this coming, given Microsoft’s history of such manoeuvres, but in case you didn’t, the company announced earlier today that all of Black Ops II’s DLC will hit the Xbox 360 first. All of it.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
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  Nintendo’s Wii U Smartphone Integration Won’t be Ready at Launch

  One of the more intriguing things Nintendo showed off yesterday during its pre-E3 show was the ability for the Wii U to host some of its community features on devices like smartphones. Sadly, that’s a feature that won’t make the console’s launch. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said as much over Twitter earlier today, while adding…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012