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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 »

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 »

E3 2013: Nintendo’s next Nintendo Direct is June 11, 2013

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Okay, so Nintendo said that it wasn’t going to do an E3 2013 press conference, which was a good idea.. The company said it was going to focus on more Nintendo Direct presentations, in which it would make all it’s major announcements in clusters and wouldn’t restrict them to E3. Smart. Except now, Nintendo has more »

Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 free today

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Need a game with a crazy long game like Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 to play? No? What if I told you said game was a fun RPG and also happened to be temporarily free. I’m guessing it suddenly sounds a lot more inviting. I bet you’re really interested now. That’s more »

The Sony PS4 console will be shown at E3

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The actual PS4 console will be shown during Sony’s E3 2013 conference on June 10th. How do we know this? Well, Sony have released a short trailer that tantalisingly shows off small parts of the next generation console including vents, ports, some plastic corners and what looks to be an eject button. Exciting!

Game & Wario’s Crowdfarter amuses me

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I love Wario. I think he’s one of Nintendo’s best and most underused characters. So naturally, I’m eagerly anticipating Game & Wario. However, while I wait, I’ll more than happily browse and support the game on Crowdfarter.

Preview: Plants vs Zombies Adventures

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The Plants vs Zombies Adventures beta has begun! EA and PopCap decided to capitalize on the success of Plants vs. Zombies and social networking sites to bring a spin-off of one of the best tower defense games to the masses. While the beta is naturally geared towards making progression easy and doesn’t feature constant wallet more »

May 17 Nintendo Direct about 3DS and Wii U games

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Another month, another Nintendo Direct. I guess I was right about Nintendo not needed an E3 2013 press conference. Look how often they do this! This month’s conference will be held at 7am PST on May 17, 2013 and, as usual, can be viewed either during or after the event on the Nintendo Direct website.

Google+ Games is shutting down on June 30

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Google may be getting more serious about games, but it’s also shedding some gaming-related dead weight as well. On June 30, 2013, Google+ Games is going away. Google+ Games was introduced in August 2011 as a way to boost engagement on the social network. The games portion of the site didn’t really take off like more »

RIFT is free-to-play starting June 12, 2013

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It is happening, just as I had foretold! Well, not really, though I have always said that World of Warcraft is the only MMORPG that can get away with charging a subscription fee. The news that Trion Worlds is making RIFT a free-to-play game supports that assertion, I suppose. The news just came today that more »