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  • 17 June 2013

  • News: 3 hidden gems of E3 2013

    It's going to be a good year for gamers. E3 2013 was one big coming-out party for the next generation of gaming consoles--and the party got loud.

  • News: Hunting down the best unique games at E3 2013

    It's no big secret that game sequels have gotten out of hand. Everybody has a favorite franchise, and it's always hard to see beloved characters retired from the roster. But when it comes to clinging to the tried-and-true to the exclusion of something new, the game industry is guiltier than most.

  • News: Sid Meier sees new opportunities in gaming

    Sid Meier is the latest game industry veteran to embrace the burgeoning mobile gaming space. The man behind Civilization--a classic PC game that successfully made the transition to tablet--has launched his first mobile game.

  • 14 June 2013

  • News: How Sony can still screw up the PlayStation 4

    Sony's PlayStation 4 may be the fan favorite right now, as far as next-generation consoles go.

  • Opinion: Free-to-play World of Tanks rumbles into your living room

    When World of Tanks arrives on the Xbox 360, it'll introduce the 48 million-userstrong Xbox Live community to free-to-play gaming on an unprecedented scale. The game's "freemium" model has earned developer Wargaming.net a tidy sum, but will console gamers long accustomed to upfront pricing and balking at downloadable content take kindly to--ostensibly--being nickel and dimed?

  • Opinion: Lego Songbird from Bioshock Infinite looks like it could sing you the song of its people

    Imagine Reyney's rendition of the Songbird from Bioshock Infinite makes my heart want to soar. The details are lovely, and the Songbird is pretty much a spot on replica--from the ever-so-slightly tattered wings to the building it has half-crushed below a claw. The chaos depicted on ground level is pretty awesome as well (though I am still undecided as to whether Lego minifig Elizabeth quite works). Be sure to check out the Flickr gallery for more photos.

  • News: Game maker writes a love letter to classic strategy games with Massive Chalice

    Brad Muir is a Double Fine man with a mission: Build the best tactical strategy game possible with money and feedback from the people who want to play it.

  • News: Ubisoft's Rocksmith 2014 guitar software includes a new Session Mode tool

    Rocksmith, edutainment software from Ubisoft that teaches you how to play a real guitar under the guise of a Guitar Hero-esque game, now morphs into Rocksmith 2014, with an exciting new feature called Session Mode.

  • Opinion: PCs share the love--and the games--with consoles

    Fate has a rep for being the most fickle of mistresses, but the highs and lows of destiny can't come close to touching the whirlwind of emotions generated by the state of PC gaming at E3.

  • News: Indie games leave E3 for a press event of their own

    E3 is dominated by the biggest names in games--Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, and other such 800-pound gorillas. As a result, independent game makers have a hard time getting noticed amid all the fanfare. So a few of them decamped from this year's E3 and held their own press conference at a nearby art museum.

  • News: Hands-on with the Virtuix Omni gaming treadmill

    After using Virtuix's Omni omni-directional treadmill at E3, I don't think playing a game with just a keyboard or a gamepad will ever be as satisfying again.

  • News: Second-screen apps get a primary role at E3

    For all the focus on the new consoles at E3, developers sure seem to be in a rush to get you to put down your controller and pick up your tablet.

  • How-Tos: Windows 8 game of the month - Doodle Army

    Countless games are available for Windows 8 PCs and laptops, and our favourite this week is a truly simple and addictive little game called Doodle Army

  • 13 June 2013

  • News: Xbox One pricing paves way for Sony PS4 success

    A series of blunders by Microsoft has paved the way for Sony's PlayStation 4 console to capture the top spot in year-end holiday sales.

  • News: Bungie's Destiny is a highly personal shooter (that makes you play with your friends)

    LOS ANGELES--After you've birthed the classic Halo series, and breathed life into it for more than a decade, what do you do next? For Bungie, the answer is to embrace Destiny, the cooperative, sci-fi, open-world, "shared experience shooter" that the company demoed at E3. It's on the way for every major platform available: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4. Bungie would neither confirm nor deny a future PC verison.

  • News: Why always-online consoles are actually good for gamers

    LOS ANGELES--Internet access is always a hot topic at E3--Wi-Fi access is notoriously scanty--but this may be the first year that attendees are more concerned about the health of their home networks. Microsoft and Sony built their next generation of gaming consoles expecting that they'll be jacked into a broadband connection most of the time; Microsoft took it a step further, advising players with poor Internet access to skip the Xbox One entirely and content themselves with current-generation hardware.

  • News: Mario who? Why nobody loves the console mascots anymore

    LOS ANGELES--Sonic Lost World is shaping up to be a pleasant return to form for the legendary blue hedgehog, re-imagining that quintessential, blisteringly fast Sonic experience. And it's also largely invisible at E3 this week, lost amongst a sea of zombies, military shooters, and whatever's going on with Microsoft's tone-deaf PR.

  • News: Nvidia hopes Shield eventually overtakes Xbox, PS4

    Nvidia's Shield is complementary to gaming consoles for now, but the company hopes that wide adoption of Android gaming ultimately could make the US$349 handheld an alternative to Xbox and PlayStation.

  • News: We made a game in only 20 minutes with Microsoft's Project Spark

    LOS ANGELES--Project Spark is the most intriguing game Microsoft brought to E3, because it really isn't a game at all--it's a toolbox for making your own games and sharing them with others.

  • News: Hordes of zombie games overrun E3

    LOS ANGELES--If there's one thing we can take away from this year's E3, it's that zombie games have overrun the show--almost like a horde of zombies. There are zombie adventure games, zombie third-person shooters, zombie MMOs, and even zombie strategy games. It's been difficult to walk more than five feet on the show floor without bumping into another game infested with shambling undead monsters.

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