One of our initial stops at E3 2013 was the Disney Interactive booth to see Disney Infinity, a new game a la Activision’s Skylanders in which players can place a real-life toy on an NFC-enabled portal to have that toy appear as a playable character in the game. The Skylanders games have been two of […]
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The PlayStation 4 pre-order craze hit Amazon hard a few days ago, with the PS4 Launch Day Edition selling out very quickly. With Amazon’s stand-alone launch units allocated, the online retailer opened up a host of PS4 launch pre-order bundles, which are now racking up orders just as quickly. If history is any indication, you’ll
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When it rains it pours, and right now Microsoft is navigating some flood-like backlash in light of the Xbox One price, used-game policy and outright requirement of a broadband connection if you want to play games. The latest cloud to pass over Redmond came in the form of a confirmation of first-party Xbox One game
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A new Xbox One Halo game debuted at Microsoft’s E3 press conference this week, about an hour after we predicted it would based on seeing Frank O’Connor among the VIP attendees. Turns out, that may not be the only Halo-related news this week, as Steven Spielberg just predicted the “implosion” of the movie industry, a
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While Microsoft and Sony duked it out at E3 2013 for coverage of the Xbox One and PS4, respectively, Nintendo was much more reserved this year, canceling its normal press conference at the Nokia Theater and instead holding a much more intimate event inside its E3 booth. Nintendo’s event began with a brief presentation, then
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The next-gen consoles and E3 2013 have inspired more questions than answers, from Microsoft’s position on used games (read our Xbox One used-game policy analysis) and the status of PS4 pre-orders to the future of GameFly on Xbox One and the Xbox One and PS4 release date. Much to Nintendo’s chagrin, the upcoming console war
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indiePub Entertainment has released an arcade-style combat racing game called Fireburst today for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live. The PS3 version will hit in a few months. In Fireburst, players blast opponents off the road via arcade-style combat racing, and as they outrun their opponents they can even set them ablaze in their flaming wake.
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There’s a new puzzler on the XBLA landscape today called Storm, which has been referred to in the past as a cross between Braid and Flower. Certainly that’s a good comparison, so you may just want to take note and download it today. PS3 owners, you’ll have to wait until next week, as the game
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E3 2013 is now in the books, which means it’s time for people to play the games that are on the shelf today rather than simply talk about the games coming to the shelf tomorrow. With that in mind, Sony and Naughty Dog have released The Last of Us for PS3. Naughty Dog is best
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No matter what outsiders may say, E3 should be taken seriously. Booths cost millions of dollars, events cost hundreds of thousands, and the stability of half-finished video games could make or break the careers of hundreds of family-wage developers. Maybe it’s that very pressure that causes such funny things to be said. It’s important to
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