If developers and publishers have a problem with used game sales, Reggie Fils-Aime thinks they should make games people don’t want to sell. The president of Nintendo of America spoke to Polygon about the controversial issue of used games on next-gen consoles. Fils-Aime said they don’t significantly impact Nintendo’s sales. …
Read More »Walking Dead 400 days coming this summer on Vita
The Walking Dead: 400 Days will lurch onto PS Vita this summer. The mid-season content appears to expand the first season of Telltale Game’s critically acclaimed series with a new, self-contained story, and Sony’s rising to the the occasion with a new bundle. The special PS Vita bundle will include …
Read More »The Crew, Ubisofts car MMO, coming to next-gen early 2014
When Ubisoft transitioned from discussing the next generation of gaming, it’s first stop was its brand new racing game, The Crew. Made by Reflections, the team behind the Driver franchise, are now making an online game based on similar concepts of high octane racing and infiltrating a criminal operation. Only …
Read More »Steven Spielbergs dubious history with gaming
Please welcome Steven Spielberg! Those four words above mean different things to different people. If youre at the Academy Awards or a film premiere, people immediately applaud to show their respect and gratitude for everything Steven Spielberg has done for cinema over the last 40 years. But if you hear …
Read More »First new Smash Bros. footage coming in June 11 Nintendo Direct
The new Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS will be revealed to the world in video form on June 11. Nintendo already announced the future of the fighting series would be “discussed” during its next Nintendo Direct, but series designer Masahiro Sakurai tweeted earlier today that we’ll get …
Read More »Sony and Microsoft set E3 press conferences
Sony and Microsoft’s pre-E3 press conference plans are set. The PlayStation maker today announced its presentation will begin at 6 p.m. Pacific on June 10, and Microsoft previously revealed its conference will start earlier that day at 10 a.m (via Polygon). Neither company has further elaborated on what it plans …
Read More »Assassins Creed III Liberation preview Our first look at murder for hire in New Orleans
After an extended stay in Italy, Assassin’s Creed III pushes forward the franchise’s clock a couple centuries, bringing players into the 1700s and putting you in the middle of the Revolutionary War. With Colonial style buildings and old fashioned American wilderness, it’s a brave new world for for the series …
Read More »E3 2012: Resident Evil 6 demo of Leon gameplay is less exploding-y, much more classic survival horror-y
A lot of what we’ve seen of Resident Evil 6 so far has been exploding blockbuster nuts-out turbo-action, so it’s nice to see things are more reminiscent of classic Resi survival-horror shits ‘n’ scares in this Leon and Helena gameplay demo from Capcom-Unity at E3. It’s creepy, it’s atmospheric (even …
Read More »Fable: The Journey preview – Is it really better with Kinect?
The reaction to Lionhead’s Kinect-powered Fable: The Journey at last year’s E3 was anything but optimistic. The section showed off made it look like an on-rails racing game, and a gimmicky one at that. This year, however, we had a chance to see more of the game and to try …
Read More »FIFA 13 preview – First hands-on with a chaotic new twist to gameplay
Judging by EA’s buzz around FIFA 13, it seems that the juggernaut franchise is in a polishing year. No, htat’s not the same as “it’s the same game with a roster update.” As the team pointed out in last month’s unveil details, there’s lots to look forward to in this …
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