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10 Wii U games we want to see at E3 2013

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Nintendo fans the world over have had much cause for concern over the last six months. After an underwhelming Wii U launch and month after month of poor Wii U sales, many have started to question the strength of Nintendo’s grip on the home console market. But the lack of first and third party games more »

10 Best video game rabbits

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Happy Easter! While it is a religious holiday, anyone can take time this weekend to enjoy time with friends and family, supping upon the freshest of Cadbury Cream Eggs and Peeps, using the sugar rush to power an afternoon filled with video games. Word of advice: The cake batter Peeps are glorious. However, you could more »

Super Smash Bros Melee is the EVO 2013 fan choice

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With EVO 2013 coming up, it seems that Super Smash Brothers Melee still has some fight left in it. The fans of the game have raised $94,683 for Breast Cancer Research Foundation to make Gamecube classic the eighth game in EVO 2013′s tournament lineup.

Wii U Countdown: 22 days, and a final adventure with the GameCube

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Now that Nintendo is officially closing the GameCube’s legacy by not supporting its games on the Wii U, I’ve decided to pay my respects by playing through one more on the Wii. Problem is, I don’t have many around anymore. Most of those still sitting on my shelf are Zelda games, and you know they’ll resurface multiple times as distribution methods change. So, what to play?

Goin’ Retro: A conversation between three old consoles (or is it consouls?)

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The Tell game channel editor pulls out an oldie but a goodie that pits a PS2 against an Xbox in a battle of words and wits that could only have taken place back in 2004…

Important Importables: Digimon

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Okay, so this week I was going to try and simplify the BlazBlue series story. Except when I started to try, I only ended up confusing myself. I had about five paragraphs written up on Calamity Trigger, then realized I messed up and didn’t include some characters and it was a kerfuffle. (Yes, it’s a more »

OnLive’s Universal Controller doesn’t support the Nexus 7, but it will soon

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The Nexus 7 is capable of a lot of things, but it currently has no way to connect to OnLive’s Universal Controller. It would be silly for OnLive not to support what is probably the most desired Android tablet of all time. Fortunately, OnLive is working on fixing that.

Comic-Con 2012: Sonic Adventure 2 getting tweaked for PS3 and Xbox 360 release

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Okay, after this story we should be all caught up on Comic-Con 2012 news. Sega had a Sonic Boom 2012 panel at the event and decided to take that opportunity to announce a new game. Well, not really new. It’s a new rerelease of an old game. Which means soon PS3 and Xbox 360 owners more »

Battlefield 3 receives Audio of the Year at 10th annual GANG awards

Winners of the 10th Annual G.A.N.G. awards announced

Important Importables: Namco Bandai’s Tales of…

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With Tales of Xillia being released on September 8, 2011 in Japan, it seems only appropriate this week to look back at the Tales series. It’s a fantastic group of RPGs from Namco Bandai that, for some reason, never seemed to get the respect and attention it deserved outside of Japan. However, with Tales of Vesperia‘s success and the forthcoming North American release of Tales of Graces and rerelease of Tales of the Abyss, that could change…