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Wolverton: Here come the new consoles -- maybe for the last time
San Jose Mercury News
US retail sales of video game products have fallen off a cliff this year after three straight years of declines. Game revenue is falling at each of the Big Three console makers -- Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony -- and Nintendo just posted a full-year ... 

Video game consumption up 46% in Canada, study says
CBC.ca
Canadian consumers snapped up new video games at a frenzied pace in the months leading up to February, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were paying to play, according to a new report. Consumers acquired more than 77.6 million games for different ...

Video game review: Dragon's Dogma
New York Daily News
LOVED IT: Pawns can be addicting despite their flaws, battles are always fulfilling, well-balanced difficulty, lively world HATED IT: Only-average visuals, quests lack information, shaky Pawn AI GRAB IT IF: You'd like Dark Souls or Elder Scrolls with a...

New York Daily News

For This Video Game, No Hands Necessary
New York Times (blog)
At the Figment public art show on Governors Island over the weekend, Nick Kenrick stood with his hands on his hips and his eyes squinted, concentrating feverishly on the classic video game Pong. “I can tie it up here,” he said, as two paddles floated...

New York Times (blog)

Video game makers look to get piece of tablet action
Washington Examiner
This year's E3 was the setting of an announcement nobody would expect from Sony, or to be made at a video game conference at all: There's new writing in the Harry Potter universe, penned by series author JK Rowling. It's delivered in the form of a new ...

Treyarch coy about Black Ops II on Wii U, but Nintendo Gamer preview suggests ...
Videogamer.com
Treyarch has remained tight-lipped over the possibility of a Wii U version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, yet Nintendo Gamer magazine has run a preview confirming the blockbuster sequel is indeed on the way to Nintendo's newest hardware.

NASCAR Video Game Contest Moves To Second Round
SB Nation (blog)
In a bracket-style tournament where fans voted via Facebook as to which driver will grace the cover of the upcoming video game NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, 16 drivers moved on to Round Two. The three most contested battles featured the Brothers Busch ...

Expo Offers a Peek at Games of the Future
New York Times
LOS ANGELES — You know you're at the world's most important video gameconvention when breakfast is a bacon double cheeseburger scarfed while crouched on the floor of a hallway packed full of nerds like me and young women in skimpy, corporate-branded ...

New York Times

Black Ops 2 for Wii U revealed?
Computerandvideogames.com
By Mike Jackson for CVG UK The next issue of Nintendo Gamer confirms that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is coming to Wii U, according to Internet scans. Scans of the issue have popped up on Twitter, showing a one-page write-up on the game with some of the ...

Best of the best from the E3 video-game show
The Seattle Times
LOS ANGELES — With a tiny drum roll, because my ears are still ringing from the amplified madness of the E3 video-game extravaganza, here are my best-of-show awards. Weapon of the Year: Composite bow in "Crysis 3." Maybe it's because of the "Hunger ...

VIDEO GAMES: Official Preview of Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicle DLC
Comic Book Movie
Featuring tables based on World War Hulk, Marvel's The Avengers, Fear Itself and The Infinity Gauntlet, this is definitely not one to miss. Check it out after the jump Chris Baker interactive manager with Marvel Studios talks tables in this Marvel ...

E3 2012: Video Games Live - A Mixed Bag of Marketing and Music
Co-Optimus.com
We were set to see Video Games Live, a concert which features music from various video games played with a full orchestra and mixed with visuals from said game. The show was created by industry veteran Tommy Tallarico, a video gamecomposer himself of ...

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Pocket Gamer does E3 2012: Our showfloor highlights
Pocket Gamer
by Will Wilson E3 2012 is over, which means it's time we kicked back in our chairs, swirled a glass of brandy, and reminisced on the show some commentators are already calling “the biggest E3 since the last one”. But forget about the games - what you ...

'Watch Dogs' video game: A cyberpunk experience of capitalist social control ...
Death and Taxes
It's been over six years since I was a semi-serious gamer, and while there have certainly been interesting and innovative titles in gaming in the years since, it seems that none have been as daring as Burroughs and the paranoid cyberpunk tradition he ...

Gamer's Domain: Wrapping up E3 2012
Ames247
The conclusion of gaming's most-anticipated annual event is upon us as E3 2012 enters its final day. We've learned much that we desired to, not enough of what we expected to, and much of which we didn't even know existed. 1) Microsoft and Sony both ...

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UK Video Game Chart: Ghost Recon Future Soldier makes it three weeks at No.1
Videogamer.com
Ubisoft is celebrating a third week at No.1 for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, becoming only the third game in 2012 to hold the top spot for three weeks or more - the previous two being FIFA 12 and FIFA Street. Max Payne 3 sticks at No.2, ...

A new video game controller has players use their brain's electrical waves to ...
PSFK
By Nestor Bailly on June 11, 2012. Strap on the headset, free your mind, and jump into the next dimension of gaming. Companies like NeuroSky and Emotiv Systems are developing consumer-ready products that translate brain activity into on-screen activity ...

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E3 2012: Brave hands-on
GameZone
Movie-based video games aren't always that great, especially when they're based on an animated film. Disney Interactive Studios has been breaking that trend, especially when it comes to Disney-PIXAR movies. Both Cars 2 and Toy Story 3 were really good ...

GameZone

UK Video Game Charts: No One Can Blow the Future Soldier Off
Spong
What is it good for?" Well, no, actually not 'Absolutely nothing' as out of touch soul singer Edwin Starr would have you believe; video games. Let's look at the Gfk Chart-Track all formats video game charts shall we? In the Top Ten alone, Mr Starr, ...

Apple's Next-Gen MacBook Pro Will Make Video Games Look Gorgeous
Kotaku
Apple revealed its new next-gen MacBook Pro laptops at the WWDC keynote today, showing off Diablo III to demonstrate the machine's powerful new Retina Display. Apple's newest laptop will have a 2880 x 1800 resolution, a quad-core i7 running up to ...

Video games bring animated film to life
In-Game
The company that created some of our favorite video games is now helping to power a new animated film. Valve -- the development company behind "Portal," "Half-Life" and "Left 4 Dead" just to name a few of their hit game franchises -- has partnered with ...

Watch: 'Wreck-It Ralph' -- video game turns movie!
Apun Ka Choice
While playing a video game, how easily we thrash and defeat the villain and feel satisfied! The catch is that it is not only once that we beat the hell out of the baddie! We do it time and again, and again, and again! Now, we need to think - think that ...

Help EXP Bar Change BC Law on Video Games in Bars
Game Politics
The idea behind the EXP Bar is to combine video games and video game culture with an adult bar atmosphere, but the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch of British Columbia has a law that says that you can't have video games and alcohol in a "red line ...

Fake Gamer of the Week: Ragequitting Baby
Kotaku
We've all been there, Ragequitting Baby. You're playing a quick round of capture the flag online, and there's this guy on the other team who just won't. Stop. Killing you. And as he does so, he lets loose an unending stream of invective, racial slurs, ...

11 Awesome Video Game Music Covers You Need To Listen To
WhatCulture!
If you're a gamer and you've ever trawled YouTube during hours of procrastination, then chances are good you'll have encountered a few of the many great game music cover versions on offer – provided by other nerds with too much time on their hands, ...

Video game consumption up 46 per cent - but revenue stalls
ITBusiness.ca
Canadian video game consumption continues to skyrocket but that hasn't necessarily translated into revenue, a new study finds. Canadians acquired more than 77.6 million games for various devices during the six months prior to February, a jump of 46 per ...

Here's the Fake Arcade Classic Disney's New Video Game Movie Comes From
Kotaku
Maybe you've seen the trailer for Wreck-It Ralph, the upcoming Disney movie about a video gamevillain who doesn't want to be bad anymore. That clip's got bad guys like Street Fighter's Zangief and Bowser from the Super Mario games opening their hearts ...

Microsoft tries to explain Inside Xbox closure
Videogamer.com
Microsoft has made an attempt to explain the reasons for shutting down popular video gamesentertainment show Inside Xbox, claiming it doesn't want to alienate core gamers. "We just felt it had reached a logical and natural position where we felt that ...

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Coming To Wii U
Cinema Blend
The latest issue of Nintendo Gamer reveals that Nintendo's new console will be getting its own version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The article's header mentions that the Wii U Black Ops 2 will be arriving in November. That would mean it's launching ...

Cinema Blend

If Video Game Characters Could Switch Powers | Cracked.com
Although, if we had the power to absorb others' powers, we'd probably spend it all on video games, since we know very few people with the ability to throw fireballs. We asked you which powers would be the most fun to try on which characters.
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Rumour: Nintendo Gamer outs Black Ops II for Wii U | VG247
By Debabrata Nath
Rumour: Nintendo Gamer outs Black Ops II for Wii U. Activision's developing a Wii U version of Black Ops II, apparently. That's according to the latest edition of Nintendo Gamer magazine, which features a full-length preview of the Wii U ...
VG247

WWDC 2012: Apple keynote (meta) liveblog ... - Pocket Gamer
Pocket Gamer is the world's leading destination for games on Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Windows Phone, Xperia Play, PS Vita, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, DSi, 3DS, Android, BlackBerry, mobile phone, Kindle, OnLive. Get news, previews ...
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Video Games: There Goes My Gimmick - Memebase: Rage Comics ...
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internet memes - Video Games: There Goes My Gimmick. Get Over Here and Play a Video Game. Submitted by: Unknown. Incorrect source or offensive? bowscategory:The Feelse3hawkeyethe avengers · Share on Facebook ...
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Play the 'Wreck-It Ralph' Video Game Right Now! | nerdbastards.com
By Sarah Moran
It features a cameo from like, every video game character ever. You just know this movie is going to score big with gamers. Disney, realizing the love of retro games, has released this real Wreck-It Ralph video game you play. Right now!
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Video games are destroying boys and men? Not again. | Psychology ...
By Paul Raeburn
We've heard it before, in so many ways. I've tossed some of the books, but I still have a few on my shelves, as archeological artifacts, you might say. The Decline of Men by Guy Garcia. Save the Males by Kathleen Parker. Guyland by Michael ...
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'Wreck-It Ralph' Game Now Actual Video Game You Can Play | I ...
By Mark
In Disney's animated Wreck-It Ralph, John C. Reilly-plus-CGI plays the eponymous character, avideo game villain trying to reform himself by leaving the confines of his 8-bit game. Well, now you can play that video game--Fix-It Felix Jr.--on Disney's... ... June 11, 2012 in disney, movie,video games, wreck-it ralph. wreck-it-ralph-fix-it-felix-game.jpg. In Disney's animated Wreck-It Ralph, John C. Reilly-plus-CGI plays the eponymous character, a video game villain trying to reform himself ...
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Active Video Games May Not Get Kids More Active | FYI BeHealthy
By admin
27, 2012 — Giving children an “active” dancing or sports video game may not necessarily make them more active. A new study shows that children given active video games were no more physically active than those given more stationary ...
FYI BeHealthy

WRECK-IT RALPH - Play the Video Game Now! - News - GeekTyrant
By Venkman
WRECK-IT RALPH - Play the Video Game Now! ... He takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a game-hopping journey across the arcade through every generation of video games to prove he's got what it takes to be a hero.
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Video Game Controlled by the Brain ‹ Hardcore Gamer
By Khris Golder
Out of the many, it was a video game that thrilled those in attendance. It didn't wow the crowd because they were surprised to hear video games counted as an artistic medium these days. Their minds were blown because this video game was ...
Hardcore Gamer

All Games Beta: Nintendo Gamer: Black Ops II coming to Wii U
By Endless
Nintendo Gamer: Black Ops II coming to Wii U. Con la tecnologĂ­a de Blogger.
All Games Beta

PC Gamer US Podcast #319 – E3 Adventures | PC Gamer
E3 happened last week, and we're here to talk about the embarrassment of riches that has emerged. On this week's podcast, we chat about Watch_Dogs awe ...
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