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So, What the @$%& is the Deal With Swearing in FIFA 13?
In Microsoft’s E3 keynote yesterday, a demonstration of voice-command Kinect support in FIFA 13 yesterday left the impression that if you’re on the adverse end of an official’s decision and you swear at the judgment, you could draw a booking for dissent. It sure looked that way on the video. There was a bleep and…
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I’m Knee-Deep In Synthetic Bad Guys in Halo 4’s Bold new Multiplayer
When Halo 4 launches on November 6th later this year, it will ship with a full season of a multiplayer mode called Spartan Ops I got to check out a quick chapter of said episodic content today on the E3 showfloor, where the Majestic Spartan team met those red-laced synthetic enemies from the demo that…
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See This? See This Blend of Sports Skill and Dancing Rhythm? Yeah, Owen’s Gonna Try That on Video
No, NBA Baller Beats, a Kinect rhythm game, is not a joke, but I’m sure as hell going to look like one attempting to play it when I swing by Majesco’s booth later this week at E3. I can’t do a crossover dribble. I can’t even dribble with my left hand. Now, I can dribble…
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Razer’s Artemis is an Elaborately Sexy Way to Play Mechwarrior Online
My very first E3 2012 appointment this morning was with peripheral company Razer. At the forefront of their booth beneath a glass case sat this thing. My first question for the team: “What the hell is that thing?” The Razer Artemis is a concept device aimed at giving players of Piranha Games’ Mechwarrior Online a…
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Wizardry Online Doesn’t Look Like any Wizardry I Know
One of the first PC games I ever bought with my own money was Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant. These screens from Sony Online Entertainment and Gamepot’s Wizardry Online show off a game that’s completely dissimilar to that one. For me, Wizardry will always be walking turn-based corridors in a first-person perspective. Can this…
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Trine 2: Director’s Cut Will Swing, Leap, and Slice Across Wii U
Puzzling platformer Trine 2 is bringing its trio of heroes to Wii U with a Director’s Cut of the game. Indie title Trine 2, like its predecessor Trine was well-received when it debuted on Xbox Live, PSN, and PC. The game has the player switch on the fly among three characters—a knight, a thief, and…
By Kate Cox
