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Hyrule Historia, the Zelda Encyclopedia, Will Be Localized for North America
Serious Legend of Zelda fans in the West have treated Hyrule Historia something like a venerated text—and one in a language many of them couldn’t read. Today, Dark Horse Comics announced that it at long last would be bringing an English-language version of the Zelda encyclopedia to North America, the UK and Australia. Known for…
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Preordering Persona 4 Golden Makes Your Vita Look So Pretty
Available while supplies last at participating retailers, this gorgeous Persona 4 skin for your Vita is yours free when you preorder the upcoming sprucing-up, Persona 4 Golden Not only is it sticky and colorful, the skin also melds seamlessly with the eight included wallpapers, transforming the face of your Vita into a work of art.…
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NBA 2K13 Isn’t the First to Feature the Dream Team. This Genesis Game Is.
Not only that, Team USA Basketball featured all of the Dream Team’s 12 players, including Scottie Pippen, who won’t be in NBA 2K13 because he and 2K Sports couldn’t reach an agreement on his appearance. It’s remarkable that 1992’s Team USA Basketball by Electronic Arts—then under the “EA Sports Network” label—is the only video game…
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Darksiders II Is Just The Most Recent Game to Prove that Imitation Really Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
I was far from the only reviewer to observe that Darksiders II very clearly draws inspiration and ideas from a number of other games that came before it. Happily, it does so well, and it does so successfully. The mechanics and concepts it brings forward from other games are nearly all good ones, and for…
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Speak Clearly—But Carry a Fast Joystick—If You’re Using Madden‘s Voice Commands
Of all sports, American football would figure to be the most natural fit for voice command support in a video game, if for no other reason than play doesn’t begin until the quarterback orders the center, usually by voice, to snap the ball. Say “hike,” and Madden NFL 13 will, in fact, hike. You can…
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Watch Me Play TF2’s New Mann vs. Machine Mode
Team Fortress 2’s long awaited Mann vs. Machine update launched yesterday and so far it’s been a mixed bag. As Mike Fahey mentioned earlier today, matchmaking is an unplayable mess, due to the sheer demand and a lack of community servers. Hopefully that will be resolved in the coming days, but in the meantime you…
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The First Fully Downloadable New Mario Game Dominates the Weekly Nintendo Download
With Sunday seeing the debut of New Super Mario Bros. 2, the first Nintendo-published title launched simultaneously at retail and in digital form, a game would have to be some sort of crazy chicken pirate to try and muscle in on this week’s Nintendo Download. So yeah, Mario and two games named Crazy Chicken: Pirate…
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Ubisoft Launches Their Own PC Gaming Client, and Is Selling Some Games For $1 to Get You To Try It
Not one to be left behind by the likes of EA , Ubisoft officially launched their uPlay client for PC today. Like Origin, it acts not only as a storefront to Ubisoft’s games, but also as a universal launcher for them. It also ties into uPlay’s existing currency and reward features, and links a player’s…
By Kate Cox
