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E3-0-9: Two New Mario Games Headed Your Way!

E3-0-9: Two New Mario Games Headed Your Way!

From the Nintendo Press Conference, we’ve gathered already that there are two new Wii games starring the fat Italian plumber. One is Super Mario Galaxy 2 which was announced, and one is New Super Mario Bros. which I got a hands-on on.

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E3-0-9: Bungie Says Halo For The Fourth

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E3-0-9: Bungie Says Halo For The Fourth

Cue Gregorian chant overdrive
So, Microsoft’s press conference is all done and done, so what can be gathered from its ashes apart from the “Metal Gear for Xbox 360″ hullabaloo? How about a new Halo game?

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E3-0-9: Microsoft Motion With Project Natal

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E3-0-9: Microsoft Motion With Project Natal

Call it a Wii sensor bar rip-off if you will, but Microsoft has big plans for their new motion controller-sensing camera, dubbed Project Natal in the meantime. The camera is a machine that senses and recognizes faces, body movements, objects, and even voices to make player into part of the gaming environment.

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E3-0-9: EA Press Conference Features Live Jedi Fights

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E3-0-9: EA Press Conference Features Live Jedi Fights

Late this afternoon at 2pm, Electronics Art had their press conference in the Orpheum Theatre. Kick-starting the event is a trailer of Dante’s Inferno. I did a write-up on this a while back, and it still proves to be the same God of War-style game but with Hell and “Ninth Circle of Hell” poems inside [...]

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Ascaron Files Bankruptcy Protection – Console Sacred 2 to Blame?

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Ascaron Files Bankruptcy Protection – Console Sacred 2 to Blame?

According to a press release dated 17th April, Ascaron Entertainment, the developers of the Sacred series of action-RPG games, have filed for bankruptcy protection under German law. This piece of news comes together with an announcement just yesterday that they’ve just completed the console versions of Sacred 2, which are expected to go on sale [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII To Use Nearly 100% Of PS3’s Power

Final Fantasy XIII To Use Nearly 100% Of PS3’s Power

Straight from the horse’s mouth, ladies and gentlemen. Producer Yoshinori Kitase said in Japanese magazine Dengeki Playstation 3 that Square Enix’s latest in the series of Final Fantasy games will push the black monolith of a system to its limits. To quote, “Doesn’t the demo use about 50 percent of [the PlayStation 3's] power? Of [...]

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EA Asia President Host Of New Local Show

EA Asia President Host Of New Local Show

Talk about 180 degrees turning. Thanks to a tip-off from one of our awesome readers, president of EA Asia Jon Niermann is the host of a new talk show called Asia Uncut, coming to you on Star Networks.

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OnLive Game Service Might ‘Change It Up’

OnLive Game Service Might ‘Change It Up’

Imagine a world where Mac users and laptop owners could pop up a game of Crysis regardless of the hardware they’re using. Imagine also a world where you can play that behemoth of a game onto your TV. Well, imagine no more because that’s what OnLive Game Service, the recently announced online system that enables [...]

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