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The Xbox One fact sheet

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There is a lot of information coming out about the Xbox One. In an effort to tidy things up a bit, we’ve come up with a fact sheet about its features. Absent from this list are the details surrounding the console’s ability to play used games. We know Xbox One won’t ban all used games more »

Sony and LEGO want the next generation of gamers

As the youth of today get more and more immersed in digital content, toy companies like LEGO run the risk of losing them as customers. In an effort to integrate traditional LEGO construction sets with video games, Sony and LEGO decided to work together to make them one in the same. A Sony research lab more »

Opinion: Just clear up the confusion about Xbox One, Microsoft

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Wii U had a launch that consumers are still unaware of. Sony had a PS4 reveal that didn’t show the console. All this left Microsoft with a low bar to get over for its May 21 presentation. Somehow they still failed, because of a stubborn refusal to clear up the most persistent questions surrounding the more »

Xbox Live Update for the week of May 22, 2013

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Yes, yes all the talk this week is about the Xbox One. The Xbox 360 still has plenty of life in it, and we’ve got some goodies for you now. After a brief and catastrophic dalliance with modern times, Call of Juarez is back with Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. This downloadable shooter stars Silas Greaves, more »

Yuu-Nama: The Puzzle sneaks onto PlayStation Mobile

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Sony has got to kick up the PlayStation Mobile support. Seriously, if I hadn’t taken the time to visit the PlayStation Mobile section of the PlayStation Store for giggles yesterday, I would never have seen Yuu-Nama: The Puzzle! Wondering what Yuu-Nama is? Let me explain. This is a spin-off of the awesome, dungeon management, PSP more »

Review: Men’s Room Mayhem

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Title: Men’s Room Mayhem Price: $1.99 System(s): Vita (Also available on Android and iOS devices) Release Date: May 21, 2013 Publisher (Developer): Ripstone (Ripstone) ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Blood, Crude Humor and Violence Once upon a time, you may have heard of a game called Flight Control. In it, players would use their fingers to more »

Casual Friday casual game update for May 24, 2013

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Good morning everyone! Is it time for a casual game update? I think so! This week we have four new games to play. Most are hidden object games, as usual, you should expect that by now. Three of the five are available for both Windows and Macs, which is also nice. Particularly notable is Princess more »

Epic Mickey 2 could be better on the Vita

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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two tanked when it hit consoles. Of course, you have to expect the possibility of something like that happening when you not only don’t fix the camera issue that haunted the original game, but make the sequel a forced two-player experience since the Oswald AI is terminally stupid. Can more »

E3 2013: XSEED game line-up has appeared

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Time for another E3 2013 game line-up announcement! XSEED has come forward with the list of games it will be showing at E3 this year and it is a great showing. Anyone interested in Japanese games is going to both want, and have, to stop by this booth. Which is good, because the last few more »

E3 2013: Square Enix Presents everything you’ll need to know

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I told you this was the week E3 2013 news was really going to start hitting the internet. Well, the E3 2013 news we can actually talk about and aren’t forbidden from discussing due to embargos. Square Enix is one of the first to come forward to announce its Square Enix presents series. Usually, companies more »

Nintendo eShop Update for May 23, 2013

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Oh, you’re here! Drat, I was hoping you wouldn’t see me like this, what with the most barren eShop update ever. Alas, you’re here and it simply can’t be avoided. I suppose I’ll have to make the best of it, seem like the fact that Groove Heaven being the only new download somehow isn’t a more »