Video Games - Lifestyle

1 day 4 hours ago

Simulators Take the Humans Out of Hiring

Hugh Pickens writes "Ken Gaebler discusses a new way of hiring called 'employment simulations,' which are gaining popularity among high-tech firms that are seeking data from prospective employees that you can't get from sit-down interviews. In a typical employment simulation, candidates participate in online 'video games' that leverage simulation software to determine how well candidates perform in actual job situations. 'There are no questions about your former work experience and office habits. There's simply a computer game. If you win, you get the job. If you lose, game over.' As one example, call centers are very amenable to simulations because the work environment (a series of computer programs and databases) is relatively easy to replicate and the tasks that make up job performance are easy to measure (data entry speed and accuracy, customer service, multitasking, etc). Other employment simulation programs have been written for healthcare, insurance, retail sales, financial services, hospitality and travel, manufacturing and automotive, and telecom and utilities. But skeptics say employment simulators and other computer-based hiring models have some drawbacks. 'Like any technology, the effectiveness of employment simulations is limited to the quality of the software and its accessibility to users,' says Gaebler."

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3 days 1 hour ago

Thanks to DRM, Some Ubisoft Games Won't Work Next Week

hypnosec writes "Several of Ubisoft's biggest titles won't be playable as of next week thanks to a server move by the publisher and the restrictive DRM that was used in their development. This isn't just multiplayer either. Because Ubisoft thought it would be a smart plan to use always on DRM for even the single player portion of games like Assassin's Creed, even the single player portion of that title won't be playable during the server move. Some of the other games affected by this move will be Tom Clancy's HAWX 2, Might & Magic: Heroes 6 and The Settlers 7. The Mac games that will be broken during this period are Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell Conviction and The Settlers. This move was announced this week as part of a community letter, with Ubisoft describing how the data servers for many of the publisher's online services would be migrated from third party facilities to a new location starting on the 7th February. The publisher didn't reveal how long the transfer would take."

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3 days 22 hours ago

Oklahoma Politician Wants To Tax Violent Video Games

dotarray writes "According to an Oklahoma politician, video games help cause many problems affecting the youth of today, but they can also help solve those same problems. Representative William Fourkiller, a Democrat, has proposed a 1% tax on every video game sold which has a Teen, Mature or Adults Only rating. He explains that half of the money would go towards helping to get kids playing outside, while the other half would be placed into a bullying prevention fund."

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4 days 2 hours ago

Leaked Zynga Memo Justifies Copycat Strategy

bonch writes "After taking heat over allegations of copying hit indie game Tiny Tower, Zynga founder Mark Pincus wrote an internal memo justifying the company's strategy of cloning competing titles, citing the Google search engine and Apple iPod as successful products which weren't first in their markets. Pincus infamously told employees: 'I don't want f*cking innovation. You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.'"

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5 days 1 hour ago

Linux Game Publishing CEO Resigns

An anonymous reader writes "The CEO of the once fledging Linux Game Publishing, Michael Simms, has announced his resignation. Simms attributes his resignation from the Linux game porting company he founded more than a decade ago to being burned out and having little success as of late in his work." In his place, Clive Crouse will be taking the helm.

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5 days 10 hours ago

Angry Birds Boss Credits Piracy For Popularity Boost

An anonymous reader writes "Mikael Hed is the CEO of Rovio Mobile, the company behind popular mobile puzzle game Angry Birds. At the Midem conference Monday, Hed had some interesting things to say about how piracy has affected the gaming industry, and Rovio's games in particular: '"We could learn a lot from the music industry, and the rather terrible ways the music industry has tried to combat piracy." Hed explained that Rovio sees it as "futile" to pursue pirates through the courts, except in cases where it feels the products they are selling are harmful to the Angry Birds brand, or ripping off its fans. When that's not the case, Rovio sees it as a way to attract more fans, even if it is not making money from the products. "Piracy may not be a bad thing: it can get us more business at the end of the day." ... "We took something from the music industry, which was to stop treating the customers as users, and start treating them as fans. We do that today: we talk about how many fans we have," he said. "If we lose that fanbase, our business is done, but if we can grow that fanbase, our business will grow."'"

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5 days 20 hours ago

Dutch Supreme Court Sees Game Objects As Goods

thrill12 writes "The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on January 31st that the taking away of possessions in the game Runescape from a 13-year-old boy, who was threatened with a (real) knife, was in fact theft because the possessions could be seen as actual goods. The highest court explained this not by arguing it was software that was copied, but by stating that the game data were real goods acquired through 'effort and time investment,' and 'the principal had the actual and exclusive dominion of the goods' — up until the moment the other guy took them away, that is."

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6 days 23 hours ago

Ian Bogost Replies: Deep Thoughts On Gaming

A few weeks back, you asked gaming-world academic and game designer Ian Bogost questions from the business, philosophical, and aesthetic sides of gaming; below, find his responses. Thanks, Ian!

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7 days 3 hours ago

Interactive Games and Concept Cars (Video)

So far, Timothy Lord has showed you the Tesla Model S, a CODA electric car, both gas and electric Smarts, and the Chevy Segway. Now, in his final wrap-up video from the North American International Auto Show, he looks at some concept car models he doesn't think will ever make it to production, along with some interactive games some of the car makers used to draw attention to their products.

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7 days 12 hours ago

Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling

MojoKid writes "Studios and publishers are fighting back hard against the used game market, with the upcoming title Kingdoms of Amular the latest to declare it will use a content lock. In this case, KoA ups the ante by locking out part of the game that's normally available in single-player mode. Gamers exploded, with many angry that game content that had shipped on the physical disc was locked away and missing, as well as being angry at the fact that content was withheld from used game players. One forum thread asking if the studio fought back against allowing EA to lock the content went on for 49 pages before Curt Shilling, the head of 38 Studios, took to the forums himself. His commentary on the situation is blunt and to the point. 'This is not 38 trying to take more of your money, or EA in this case, this is us rewarding people for helping us! If you disagree due to methodology, ok, but that is our intent... companies are still trying to figure out how to receive dollars spent on games they make, when they are bought. Is that wrong? if so please tell me how.'"

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10 days 1 hour ago

Iwata Confirms Nintendo Network, New Wii U Controller Functions

New submitter DeanCubed writes "In a Nintendo investor meeting, CEO Satoru Iwata confirmed a new Nintendo Network for the company's 3DS and upcoming Wii U game systems. This includes multiple user accounts per console (not tied to hardware, a first for Nintendo) and digitally distributed retail software releases for their online store. Iwata also noted that the Wii U's tablet controller will feature NFC (Near Field Communication) functionality, allowing the ability to use figurines and cards to input visual data to the console. They are hoping to use this to make micro-transactions for paid DLC easier."

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10 days 18 hours ago

Pac-Man Is NP-Hard

MrSeb writes "An Italian researcher with a penchant for retro games — or perhaps just looking for an excuse to play games in the name of science! — has used computational complexity theory to decide, once and for all, just how hard video games are. In a truly epic undertaking, Giovanni Viglietta of the University of Pisa has worked out the theoretical difficulty of 13 old games, including Pac-Man, Doom, Lemmings, Prince of Persia, and Boulder Dash. Pac-Man, with its traversal of space, is NP-hard. Doom, on the other hand, is PSPACE-hard."

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10 days 23 hours ago

Xbox 720 Might Reject Used Games

silentbrad writes "Online passes are a recent staple in staving off used sales. Limiting what used buyers can access is a protective measure for publishers, much to the chagrin of parts of the gaming community. Chris Kohler of Wired argues that the death of used games is inevitable, and passes are the first step toward something exactly like a native anti-used game something integrated into consoles. He notes, of course, that digital is the future of buying games, but in the meantime we may be looking at 'an interim period in which the disc as a delivery method is still around but ... becomes more like a PC game, which are sold with one-time-use keys that grant one owner a license to play the game on his machine.' Also at Kotaku, the source for the Wired article (which is the source for the IGN article)."

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11 days 7 hours ago

Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower

FrankPoole writes "Indie iPhone game developer Nimblebit is accusing social games giant Zynga of ripping off its popular mobile title Tiny Tower. Nimblebit's Ian Marsh got word out about the similarities between Dream Heights and Tiny Tower with an image that's still making the Twitter rounds. The image is made up of screenshots showing how Dream Heights' interface and gameplay mechanics appear strikingly similar to Tiny Tower's."

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11 days 21 hours ago

Turning the Hayden Planetarium Into a Giant Videogame

pigrabbitbear writes "Remember your first visit to the planetarium? Neil DeGrasse Tyson does — it was what inspired him to become an astrophysicist in the first place. That same planetarium, now under Tyson's direction, is currently undergoing a transformation the likes of which Neil's young self couldn't have possibly imagined: It's becoming a giant videogame."

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19 hours ago

GameSpot AU's Shippin' Out - February 6, 2012

GameSpot AU community manager James Kozanecki tells you what games are coming out in Australia in the week beginning February 4, 2011!

20 hours ago

AU Shippin' Out Feb 6-10: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

EA takes on the fantasy RPG market with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning this week.

23 hours ago

GameSpot AU SoulCalibur V Tournament Highlights

GameSpot AU and Namco Bandai Partners hosted a tournament to celebrate the launch of SoulCalibur V, with a chance to compete on the European circuit! We chat to the winner and ask the GameSpot community what their favourite characters are!

1 day 1 hour ago

Babylonian Twins - The Quest for Peace in Ancient Iraq Screens

5 new shots posted.

2 days 21 hours ago

Johann Sebastian Joust Video Preview

GameSpot's Tom Mc Shea and the gang beat the crap out of each other while checking out the console-less Johann Sebastian Joust.

2 days 23 hours ago

The Simpsons Arcade Game Review

If you have cherished memories of playing The Simpsons Arcade Game, keep holding on to them and ignore this port.

2 days 23 hours ago

Video Review - The Simpsons Arcade Game

Tom heads to Springfield for this video review of the classic The Simpsons Arcade Game.

2 days 23 hours ago

Double Fine Happy Action Theater Review

Double Fine Happy Action Theater's imaginative scenarios make for unstructured, lighthearted fun.

2 days 23 hours ago

Double Fine Happy Action Theater

Carolyn and the GameSpot crew get together to check out Double Fine Happy Action Theater.

2 days 23 hours ago

Now Playing - Twisted Metal *SPOILERS*

Is that the sound of machine guns and ice cream trucks? Hope you called shotgun because it's time to play some Twisted Metal!

1911 days 18 hours ago

GameGal Takes a Breather

Ok, you must be wondering why your favorite girl gaming website has had a paucity of new content recently. It's not because we don't love gaming or gamers or anything like that -- it's mostly because GameGal's creative team are...

1994 days 1 hour ago

Games industry failing women

We return from our extended hiatus with a story that could have been written any time in the past five or so years. Whenever the growth of the games industry comes up, not far behind is the discussion of the...

2093 days 12 hours ago

The GameGal E3 2006 Hall of Shame

It's time to pay another visit to the ever-popular GameGal E3 Hall of Shame. Established way back in 2002, we've been chronicling the giddy excesses of the Electronic Entertainment Exposition for five years now. Earlier in 2006, it was widely...

2097 days 8 hours ago

We're at E3!

Yep, we're once again stalking the floors of the Electronic Entertainment Exposition, seeking out the biggest and best new games. It's the sixth E3 for both Dan and Libe, and we're both busy covering the show for our day jobs...

2097 days 9 hours ago

Check out Oblivion, Perfect Dark reviews

Ok, it's been a while since we posted any new reviews. But don't worry, we've got two next-gen games ready for the hopper right now. Check out our reviews of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Perfect Dark Zero. We're...

244 days 4 hours ago244 days 4 hours ago

Hands-On: Beginning My Star Wars: Old Republic Adventure

The upcoming massively multiplayer PC game attempts to satisfy not only fans who want to explore sprawling worlds and kill giant monsters, but also those who are looking for a deep, personal storyline.

244 days 19 hours ago244 days 19 hours ago

Video: Music Saves the World in From Dust

How did civilization develop? If you ask From Dust, it turns out that using music to stop tsunamis was a big part of it. Eric Chahi, creator of Out of this World and Flashback, discusses his latest game in this video interview.

244 days 22 hours ago244 days 22 hours ago

Live Blog: Will Electronic Arts Go Pay-for-Play at E3?

With Activision's Call of Duty Elite already on the table, will rival Electronic Arts make a move to add a subscription service to its mega-popular sports games? Wired.com's live coverage of EA's press conference starts at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time.

245 days 13 hours ago245 days 13 hours ago

Live Blog: Kinect Games, Halo 4 Will Likely Lead Microsoft's E3 Push

The company will probably unveil new titles, including Kinect Star Wars, for its Xbox 360 motion controller during the big E3 press conference Monday. Plus, if a quickly rolled-back website update is to be believed, Microsoft will take the wraps off Halo 4 and Dance Central 2. Live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. Pacific.

247 days 20 hours ago247 days 20 hours ago

With New Hardware Far Away, E3 Expo Is Thin on Innovation

How's the old saying go? At E3, you can have any kind of game you want, as long as it's a shooter.

1 hour ago

Samsung's Galaxy Note phablet now ready for pre-order

AT&T is now offering the unique Samsung Galaxy Note device for $299.99 pre-order.

1 hour ago

Honeywell slaps Nest Labs with lawsuit over thermostat

Thermostat maker Honeywell alleges Nest Labs infringed on seven thermostat-related patents and is seeking to prevent Nest Labs and Best Buy from continued sales of the Learning Thermostat.

1 hour ago

Microsoft Bing page tips off new Windows 8 Consumer Preview

A special in-the-works Bing page is already providing some pointers to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" due out this month, though most of the links aren't yet working.

2 hours ago

Hollywood studios latest to sue LimeWire

Everywhere he turns, LimeWire founder Mark Gorton seems to be facing a new lawsuit from some new group of copyright owners.

2 hours ago

Solar startups set new power records

Startups Alta Devices and Semprius boast new solar efficiency records using very different techniques in an effort to knock down the price of solar power.

2 hours ago

Microsoft removes start button in Windows 8

Leaked screenshots of the latest Windows 8 build show that Microsoft has jettisoned the traditional Windows 8 Start button but tweaked the Charms Bar and other settings.

3 hours ago

Multi-deal Monday: Save big on tablets, speaker docks, and more!

One of the highlights: a $50 Walmart gift card when you buy the Amazon Kindle Fire. Also: an 8GB flash drive for $6.95.

3 hours ago

Tamron's 24-70mm lens takes image-stabilization lead

The new lens, with a fast F2.8 design, can counteract camera shake with vibration compensation that Nikon and Canon competitors currently lack.

3 hours ago

Verizon teams up with Redbox to offer video streaming service

Verizon is getting into the video streaming business through a new partnership with Coinstar, the company that owns the Redbox video rental kiosk business.

4 hours ago

'Psycho Siri': Scariest Siri parody yet?

Siri as a horror film star? Just watch this new video.

4 hours ago

iPhone soaks up 75 percent of all mobile phone profits

Apple holds only a 9 percent share of the global mobile phone market, but it grabbed 75 percent of the industry's overall profits last quarter, according to data from Asymco.

5 hours ago

HTC disappoints with financial results, forecast

Fourth-quarter profits slipped for the Taiwanese phone maker, and its revenue forecast for the first quarter is well below analyst expectations.

5 hours ago

How NQ Mobile plans to make a name for itself in the U.S.

NQ Mobile may be the best mobile security software you've never heard of. New Co-CEO Omar Khan has been tapped to make sure that changes.

5 hours ago

Electric vehicles: This time it really is different

The near-term picture on EVs is fuzzy at best, but electrification is the future of the auto industry with hybrids leading the way.

6 hours ago

Nikon's imminent D800 could offer high-sharpness option

It looks likely Nikon will announce a more expensive D800E SLR tomorrow, too, that abandons the convenient but blurriness-inducing antialiasing filter.

11 hours ago

Super Bowling for ad dollars (roundup)

Eli Manning connected with Mario Manningham for the big game's biggest play, but did tech advertisers connect with consumers? CNET takes a look.

12 hours ago

Should Apple heed Chrysler's, GE's Super Bowl make-it-here message?

One of the salient themes in Super Bowl ads was bringing manufacturing back to America. A lesson for Apple?

14 hours ago

Clint Eastwood in 'Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)'

What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit.

14 hours ago

Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free

Samsung's Super Bowl ad--for the Galaxy Note--claims that this is the product that can finally stop Apple fanboys from having to stand in line, waiting for Apple's latest.

16 hours ago

The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half)

Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened.

3 days 12 hours ago

Trials Evolution Trailer; Coming This Spring

Heavily anticipated XBLA game set to release this Spring. SAN FRANCISCO - February 2, 2012 — Today RedLynx (redlynx.com) released the first, full gameplay trailer for its hotly anticipated Xbox LIVE Arcade game, Trials Evolution. The trailer features the extensive single player gameplay and the jaw-dropping multiplayer that has made this successor to Trials HD one [...]

3 days 13 hours ago

Nintendo eShop, DSiWare, Video, and WiiWare Downloads for Week of February 2

Feb. 2, 2012 This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo eShop Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword™ - Travel a world rife with beauty and danger to rescue the legendary Princess Cherry Blossom. Her kidnapper has placed dozens of blade-wielding henchmen in your path. (For Nintendo 3DS™) Nintendo eShop [...]

3 days 15 hours ago

Lollipop Chainsaw Pre-Order Details; New Images Inside

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announces North American pre-order details for gamers who want to ensure their copy of Lollipop Chainsaw is reserved on launch day. Take a peek inside Juliet’s closet and pick the hottest outfit of your choice! Players who pre-order can customize the appearance of the sweet and sexy zombie-hunter, Juliet, with [...]

3 days 20 hours ago

Nintendo Zones to Add Playable Demos and Pokémon Episodes

New Content Will Be Available at More Than 29,000 Locations. REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo 3DS™ owners are getting access to a wealth of fun entertainment and information that they can access on the go. Starting Feb. 6, Nintendo Zone™ will offer a variety of new content, including playable demos of select Nintendo 3DS video games and [...]

3 days 21 hours ago

UFC Undisputed 3 Season Pass Program Details

Forthcoming Release in Mixed Martial Arts Videogame Franchise Set to Offer Robust Variety of Playable In-Game Content, Including New Fighters and Historic UFC Fights. Season Pass Program to Enable Pre-Purchase of Select Content at Reduced Price Point. AGOURA HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 2, 2012– THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization today announced extensive [...]

4 days 10 hours ago

Star Wars: The Old Republic Tops 2 Million Units Sold; Over 1.7 Million Active Subscribers

Growing Player Base, High Quality Service and New Game Updates Drive Successful Start for the Critically-Acclaimed MMO from BioWare and LucasArts. AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Just six weeks after launching one of the most anticipated videogames of all time, BioWare™, a Label of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), is continuing to set new standards in online games with Star Wars™: [...]

4 days 11 hours ago

Gotham City Impostors Launches Next Week on PlayStation Network, PC and Xbox LIVE

Today Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced that Gotham City Impostors will be available beginning February 7 in the PlayStation® Network (Americas) and Windows PC, and on February 8 in the PlayStation® Network (territories outside of the Americas) and Xbox LIVE®. Gotham City Impostors is a download only title that will be available for [...]

5 days 8 hours ago

Dragon’s Dogma Coming This May, Xbox 360 Version Ships With Resident Evil 6 Demo

Xbox 360 Purchasers to Get Early Access to Resident Evil 6 Demo. SAN MATEO, Calif. — Jan. 31, 2012 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games today confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma™, its highly anticipated open world action title, will be released for the Xbox 360 ® video game and entertainment system from [...]

5 days 21 hours ago

Soulcalibur V Brings the Fight Back to PS3 and Xbox 360 Today

A Tale of Souls and Swords Starts Anew. SAN JOSE, Calif., (Jan. 31, 2012) - Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that SOULCALIBUR® V is now available for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft throughout North America. The award-winning next chapter in the premier weapons-based fighting game [...]

6 days 19 hours ago

Just Dance 3 Adds Three New Tracks to DLC Beginning Tomorrow

Today, Ubisoft released new downloadable content for Just Dance® 3, the world’s #1 dance game brand. The DLC includes four songs: Bollywood’s “Katti Kalandal”, Love Letter’s “Why Oh Why”, Sweat Invaders’ “Skin to Skin” and Snap’s “The Power”. The tracks can be downloaded through the in-game Just Dance store for the Nintendo Wii for 250 [...]

109 days 8 hours ago

Script Translation for Rockman DASH (Mega Man Legends): Great Adventure on the Five Islands

Though it is said the game is light on content, it still seems to have plenty of the character dialogue and interactions which have made the series so popular with its fans. The portions with the Servbots are as entertaining as ever, particularly their continued efforts to stop MegaMan and the bit about getting a big reward from Miss Tron.

151 days 18 hours ago

The video game community loses a legend...

All of us at Digital Press are saddened to learn of Bill "The Game Doctor" Kunkel's passing on September 4th. Memorials are being planned, but for those unable to attend, please send along condolences to his wife, Laurie, at ElfKunkel@aol.com.

151 days 18 hours ago

New homebrew version of Donkey Kong for the Intellivision!

In 2002, Carl Mueller Jr. starting working on a faithful version of DK for the Intellivision, and it's finally done and available for purchase! The game includes all 4 levels, intermissions, and the ability to play as different characters! The folks at Mattel were right - Coleco could have done a better job.

217 days 2 hours ago

New Videogame History Museum: How You Can Help

The time has come to take steps towards creating a physical museum to honor and archive the history of the videogame industry. Join Digital Press, CGE, and an impressive Board of Advisors in making this dream a reality!

324 days 10 hours ago

Paper Mario versus Paper Mega Man

(Courtesy of "The Mega Man Network") (Video) What does it take to make a Mega Man animation? If you are YouTube user "fafonio," then it takes 238 paper cut-outs and 1,245 photographs taken on one Samsung TL205 camera.

241 days 5 hours ago

E3 Gallery: The People

E3 is always filled with unusual and memorable people. Sometimes these are in the form of statues and others are real life. Enjoy this gallery of some of the more memorable people we ran into this week while at the show.

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241 days 22 hours ago

E3 Gallery: The Scenes

E3 is a visual conucopia of eye catching displays. Check out some of the scenes that our team has been enjoying.

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242 days 2 hours ago

E3 Gallery: The Conferences

Graham and Shawn snapped a ton of great pictures at the major conferences at this year's E3. Here are a few of the pics they took.

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243 days 17 hours ago

Getting you answers: E3 2011 edition

We had a number of readers ask us about what's being shown at this year's Expo. Here's a quick rundown of some of what we learned for each title! We'll keep working to get info for you over the next few days.

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244 days 2 hours ago

Nintendo@E3: Wii U and you

Tuesday morning, as it does every year at E3, belongs to Nintendo. The company has a knack for making a big deal out of its announcements, and this year was no exception. The big question: what was this Project Cafe thing? Well now we know.

The device, which they're calling Wii U, features a 6.2" touch screen in the controller, motion features and a camera. Wii U is slated for a 2012 release. We'll have impressions of how everything works later this week.

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2 days 22 hours ago

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Xbox 360 Dev Diary

Here's a developer diary for CD Projekt's upcoming RPG sequel on Xbox 360, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. it's due in April on Microsoft's console...

3 days 23 hours ago

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Reveal Trailer

Here's a first look at some single player footage from Ubisoft's upcoming shooter Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, due in May on PC, 360 and PS3....

6 days 4 hours ago

Grand Slam Tennis 2 'French Open' Trailer

Here's another look at EA's Tennis franchise update, this time with a French open trailer for Grand Slam Tennis 2 which is due in shops on February 10th....

6 days 5 hours ago

Risen 2: Dark Waters Screenshots

Here's a set of Risen 2: Dark Waters screenshots, Piranha Bytes' Pirate RPG is due towards the end of April on PC, 360 and PS3....

7 days 6 hours ago

Aliens: Colonial Marines 'Contact' Trailer

Here's a further Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer which tipped up over the weekend, this is whoever the UK version of the 'Contact' trailer....

Second part of Firefall closed beta video series

Take a look to the second part of the live stream gameplay videos series of the FireFall clo...

Brick-Force has unveiled the start date of its closed beta

Infernum has unveiled the start date of the closed beta for its sandbox shooter, Brick-Force. Select...

WAKFU has unveiled its advance subscription deals

Ankama has announced its advance subscription deals for the online game WAKFU, including exclusive...

PerfectWorld International has presented its expansion Descent

Perfect World Entertaintment has launched a new teaser site and a video to announce the upcoming e...

Star Trek Online is celebrating its 2nd anniversary

Perfect World Entertaintment is celebrating the second anniversary of Star Trek Online. In addition ...

Boost Revenues with LeadBolt’s New App Icon

Today LeadBolt proudly announced the release of its latest high performance ad format, the LeadBolt "App Icon”. This new mobile advertising format allows Android app developers to monetize their...

(PRWeb February 06, 2012)

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SponsorPay Doubles Revenues of Creative Mobile’s Drag Racing, Partners...

SponsorPay, the leading international platform for mobile app monetization and distribution, has helped top developer Creative Mobile achieve two times the revenue of in-app purchases. In addition,...

(PRWeb February 06, 2012)

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New Tank War Game Brings World Wonders to iPhone

Tank-O-Mania is a new action shooter game for iPhone where player operates a tank to liberate famous world wonders including the Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty, Sphinx and more.

(PRWeb February 05, 2012)

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Aim2Game Giving Away Over $5,000 in Prizes and Gear to Celebrate...

Founded in 2003, Aim2Game has been recently reorganized with a new management team and backing by capital investors. To celebrate the relaunch of their game server hosting services, Aim2Game is giving...

(PRWeb February 05, 2012)

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Who Else Wants to Go Mobile, While at Work or Play? Bellco Ventures...

The New Ion Wireless Ergonomic Glove allows one to move freely while controlling the computer cursor, from 35 ft away.

(PRWeb February 04, 2012)

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San Francisco Sushi Restaurant, Ace Wasabi’s Rock n Roll Sushi, Rolls...

A new catering menu has rolled out at Ace Wasabi’s Rock n Roll Sushi.

(PRWeb February 04, 2012)

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Happy Talking Penguin for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Introduces Peepo...

iOS users from the ages of 1 to 100 can now meet a 3D Virtual Peepo the Penguin, in the stunningly animated and richly interactive Happy Talking Penguin app, built by SiXiTS - some of the best and...

(PRWeb February 03, 2012)

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New Free Flash Game Portal NextPlz.com Launches

NextPlz.com is a new flash game portal with a powerful recommendation engine that quickly learns players’ likes/dislikes and serves up new games based on these personal preferences.

(PRWeb February 03, 2012)

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Sunstorm Takes the iTunes App Store By Storm: 75 Million Downloads and...

What does it take to make an app empire? Sunstorm Interactive CEO Anthony Campiti knows - his three year old software company has been a consistent success with 13 top ranked games including ICEE...

(PRWeb February 03, 2012)

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Tweet Land - The Before and After of Videogames

Tweet Land is the first gaming platform in the world that plays with reality and is now available for download on the Apple AppStore starting January 31st. Everything said in Twitter could affect the...

(PRWeb February 02, 2012)

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