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The Moneysaver: All The Borderlands Are Belong To You
It is a far, far lower price I pay now, than I have ever paid before. If you haven’t gotten your hands on the Borderlands series yet, today is absolutely the day. Our buddies at Green Man Gaming and Amazon are running a killer sale on the series. • Borderlands 2 ($11) | Use GMG20-LLASD-D8WBQ…
By Shane Roberts Published May 17, 2013 -
Snails Smoke Fast And Furious In The Battle Of The Mobile Movie Racers
This movie season sees not one but two different racing films hitting theaters — one aimed at a younger, less-mature audience, and the other an animated snail movie from the folks at DreamWorks Animation. One of the two scored a rather entertaining little mobile game tie-in this week. The other just adds drifting to CSR…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2013 -
Virtual Same-Sex Marriage is Thriving in This Online Fantasy Game
You can play as an orc or dark elf in loads of massively multiplayer online games. But you can’t marry someone of the same gender in most of them. That’s not the case in Nexon’s Mabinogi. The marriage guide for the cartoony role-playing game explicitly states that “a wedding can take place between two players…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 17, 2013 -
The First Time I Played The Last of Us…
… was a year ago, but it was brief, just to prove that it was a real game so I could vote for it for a pre-release E3 game critic’s award… The second time I played the game was last night. And, as you can see above and below, it really does look that damn…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2013 -
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: It’s crossover craziness as GiantBoyDetective begins a new feature where he looks at games inside cartoons. And his opposite number TinyManCriminal runs down TV shows inside video games. Great entries, both of ‘em. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 17, 2013 -
If Nintendo Did Ever Make A Phone, Maybe It’d Look Like This
Now, I don’t think Nintendo will make a smartphone, nor do I think Nintendo should ever make a smartphone. But this concept video is too cool not to share. Created by the folks at T3, this video shows what a Nintendo Phone (WiiPhone?) could look like. And… it looks kind of awesome. I kind of…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2013 -
Moneysaver One-Shot: Studio Ghibli Friday
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art cheaper. Our coverage of Amazon’s Mayhem Sale on 1500 games has been our most popular post ever. The sale is still going, so get in there. Looking for the current Moneysaver? Click here Amazon’s Gold Box deal today features many of Studio Ghibli’s films at…
By Shane Roberts Published May 17, 2013 -
A Much Deeper Look at Pikmin 3
You’ll be using the Wii U gamepad in a different way to control to the three new characters in the third installment of Nintendo’s too-cute strategy series. Alph, Brittany and Charlie are all astronauts trying to save their home planet by bringing food back. Pikmin 3— which comes out on August 4th in North America—looks…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 17, 2013 -
Nintendo Re-Writes Rules of E3, Letting the Public Play…At Best Buy
Nintendo will make several of their unreleased Wii U games playable at more than 100 Best Buy locations during the week of E3, according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Details are scarce, but it appears to mean that, instead of squeezing into the Los Angeles Convention Center during the week of June 10…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2013 -
Here Are All of Today’s Nintendo Direct Announcements In One Video
In case you just missed Nintendo’s latest stream of Direct To You announcements, you can check out the full video here. The gist? There’s a little bit of Sonic. A little more of Sonic plus some Mario. Some old school Zelda, thanks to the Virtual Console. Luigi gets the spotlight. Japan gets another thing we…
By Tina Amini Published May 17, 2013 -
New Super Luigi U Gets A Full Retail Release August 25
Nintendo’s Luigi-centric remake of New Super Marios Bros. is hitting the Wii U in two varieties this summer. Owners of the original game can download New Super Luigi U for $19.99, while folks that may have say, traded in their original copy already, can purchase the game as a standalone product for $29.99 on August…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2013 -
Yakuza 1 & 2 Coming to Wii U in HD for Japan
Sega and Nintendo just announced that PlayStation 2 crime saga Yakuza 1 and its sequel Yakuza 2 are headed to the Wii U in Japan. The games are getting HD makeovers, and will take advantage of the Wii U GamePad via in-game maps and GamePad only play. This is the first time the series has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2013 -
The Next Sonic Game Is A Nintendo Exclusive [UPDATE 2]
Sonic Lost World, the next Sonic game, will launch exclusively on the Wii U and 3DS, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said today in a Nintendo Direct video. It’s part of a new Nintendo-Sega partnership. UPDATE: A Sega press release indicates that this is a three-game deal: “Sonic the Hedgehog has proven incredibly successful on Nintendo…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2013 -
Mario & Sonic At The Olympics Coming To Wii U
The Wii U’s next big sports game will star Mario and Sonic. The next Mario & Sonic At The Olympics game is coming to the Wii U. No word on a release date yet, but it’ll take place in Sochi, Russia, where the real 2014 Winter Olympics will also occur. With EA pulling support from…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2013 -
Killzone Mercenary Is The Vita FPS With Crotch-Stabbing
The PlayStation Vita is a good, powerful handheld machine that’s run some piss-poor first-person shooters. After rushed, clunky Resistance and Call of Duty shooters, the system will get a Killzone in September. It merely needs to be mediocre to improve Vita FPSing dramatically. After having played the Vita’s Killzone: Mercenary last night at a Sony…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2013
