Nintendo today announced a Wii U price drop of $50 effective September 20, a sign that the company is trying to take the Xbox One and PS4 head-on in the next-gen console battle. Sales of Nintendo’s Wii U console have lagged since its launch late last year. While the Wii U price drop itself isn’t […]
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It appears the Xbox One release date leaked a bit earlier than Microsoft may have liked, based on an internal GameStop memo showing midnight launch events. Per the internal memo, the Xbox One release date may actually be one full week before the PS4 release date, which Sony confirmed at Gamescom as Nov. 15 in
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We’re big fans of Skylanders Giants, and not just because four members of our editorial staff have kids. The franchise is just plain fun. Skylanders Swap Force, which we recently got to play with several new characters, seems to be shaping up even better for those adults in the household. But before Swap Force ships,
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Protagonists with wiped memories are apparently in vogue again, with the big screen getting Oblivion and a Total Recall reboot, and video gamers getting an original IP from Capcom called Remember Me. It was bold of Capcom to release a new franchise on the eve of a new console generation, but it was even more
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On the eve of Gamescom, I had the opportunity to get hands-on with an updated build of Skylanders: Swap Force to see (and dynamically swap) some new characters. The approachability of the overall game is in line with the franchise’s young-gamer roots, but the new ability to swap the top and bottom halves of real-life
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We now know the full list of confirmed Xbox One launch titles, as Microsoft hit Gamescom hard with a fistful of news. Microsoft and its third-party publishing partners have lined up an impressive list of Xbox One launch titles, with almost two dozen games slated to be available on the Xbox One release date. That
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Five hours at the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal only scratched the surface of the game’s online offerings. People may say “Call of Duty is Call of Duty,” but Infinity Ward has added enough to make even franchise stalwarts take notice. One of the multiplayer aspects on people’s minds is the list of Call
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The PS4 release date is now official. Sony Computer Entertainment today at Gamescom announced that the PS4 release date actually isn’t a single date worldwide, but a waved approach. The PS4 release date is Nov. 15 in North America, Nov. 29 in Europe and Australia, and Nov. 29 in 10 Latin American countries. Per Sony’s
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Throughout its Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer Reveal event, Activision talked about the importance of having a memorable game world. Much of the commentary revolved around gamers customizing their worlds and making them their own, which COD: Ghosts certainly allows. But after playing through three of the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer maps, including Octane
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Activision showed several maps during its Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer reveal event, giving attendees a taste of the different sizes, layouts and environments that are in store when the game ships this November. Some environments felt thoroughly abandoned, while others felt almost alive. One Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer map, Strikezone, felt like an
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