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Sony Nixes PS Vita Price Cut Rumors

Should have shown more Vita games at its E3 conference. In the second round of the Sony-Nintendo handheld wars, Nintendo’s 3DS has thus ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2012

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E3: ZombiU Makes a Case for the Wii U Controller

The dead walk, and the Wii U controller is your best hope. Nintendo desperately wants stronger third-party support for its home consoles, and ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: Third Party Support for Wii U Includes Mass Effect 3

Now Wii U owners can complain about the Mass Effect 3 ending, too. The third party support for Nintendo’s consoles has always been ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: Pikmin 3 Swarms Wii U

A decade after the original Pikmin, the little critters return. Nintendo’s Pikmin series made its debut last generation with the GameCube. It was ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: Kratos Stabs Elephant Men in New God of War

Elephant men and time powers await the furious Spartan. By the end of God of War III, Kratos had pretty much killed everyone ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: Assassin’s Creed: Liberation Stalks PS Vita

Kill the British as a female assassin in New Orleans. At its E3 press conference, Sony confirmed earlier leaks that the main console ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: South Park Needs a Savior, and It’s You

Unless you’re Jewish. The peaceful mountain village of South Park is burning. War is upon its people. The school is destroyed. When the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2012

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E3: Xbox Smart Glass Brings Xbox and iPads Together

Control your games with your Android phone. Microsoft’s “Smart Glass” technology will link all of your smart devices together – whether you have ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2012

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E3: Kill With Voice Commands in Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Call in airstrikes without a single button press. Microsoft is heavily promoting the use of its Kinect technology in games that might not ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2012

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E3: Cortana Goes Bonkers in Halo 4

The Forerunners may be returning. Microsoft kicked off its E3 2012 conference with the name that is synonymous with its Xbox console: Halo ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2012

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Explore Studio Ghibli’s Ni no Kuni Next January

A boy journeys into another world to save his mother. Legendary Japanese animation genius Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has produced some of the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2012

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UPDATE: Dracula Returns in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Trailer

The legendary vampire looks a little familiar. A quick SPOILER WARNING: The trailer you see here to the right contains some fairly major ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2012

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