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In what can be viewed in some ways as a departure from the series (not a whole lot of melee fighting going on in Mass Effect generally) or others as more closely holding to the spirit of the series (melee is awesome, Mass Effect is awesome, you do the math), Mass Effect 3 is apparently getting a … [Read more...] about Mass Effect 3 Getting Heavy Melee Class

"I promise to do all I can to deliver the new Mario game this year," Shigeru Miyamoto pledged in a recent interview. Unfortunately, he was a bit short on the specifics and although we have seen the game in action at GDC, Nintendo usually likes to take their time with these things, especially if … [Read more...] about Super Mario 3DS Could Be Out In 2011

It's actually just a memo originating from Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirschberg that made the rounds about the time of Guitar Hero's greatly exaggerated demise. It's understandable that the execs wanted to give employees some reassurance, and it's actually pretty humanizing for Activision as a … [Read more...] about Call Of Duty Not Ending Up Like Guitar Hero, Activision Pledges

This was certainly the way the tide seemed to be going, what with Kinects, Moves, and whatnot flying around, but it's nice to hear it confirmed. Or rather, heavily rumoured, which these days is about the same thing. "Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they're delaying, to milk the … [Read more...] about PS4 & New Xbox Not Due Until 2014

Looks like all that work on prettying up the 3DS Resident Evil Mercenaries hasn't left Capcom too exhausted to look after the franchise's main breadwinner. The new title will apparently make a clean break from the all-action format that the fifth game in the series pioneered. There isn't much info … [Read more...] about Resident Evil 6 To Be Completely Different But Still The Same

If the guys at Epic were actual, honest-to-goodness Gears, apparently their Locust would be the $1 games on the App Store. At least according to president Mike Capps, who also maintains that there hasn't been this much uncertainty in the industry for the past twenty years. At this point, who's … [Read more...] about Epic Claims Game Industry “Scary” Because Of $1 Apps

You can add churning rumor mills to that old death and taxes adage, and the Nintendo ones just seem to keep going. Hot on the heels of touchscreen controllers with buttons and front-mounted cameras, Xbox 360-grade hardware, and E3 announcements, word is now coming down the grapevine that someone … [Read more...] about Nintendo In Talks With Rockstar About Wii 2 Development

Very rarely have user opinion and critical opinion been so at odds with regard to one game, especially with a game both players and journalists were expecting to be universally loved. Which means that despite the warm and fuzzy 95 rating where Portal 2 is now holding steady, the user ratings barely … [Read more...] about Portal 2 Metacritic User Score At Odds With Critical Reception

It's certainly not what everyone was expecting after Back to the Future, but unexpected doesn't mean unwelcome, especially since unlike the CSI games for instance, this probably won't be painfully horrible. The game will follow the LA entry in the Law & Order family, still in its first season, … [Read more...] about Episodic Law & Order: LA Game Coming From Telltale

At least in Capcom producer Masachika Kawata's opinion and he'd know, right? And well, he'd also say that about his own game. But we have, fortunately, gone eyes-on with the thing and can confirm he's not exaggerating, as the game does look amazing. Not exaggerating by much, anyway. "We're very … [Read more...] about Resident Evil 3DS “Blurs The Line” Between Console & Portable Graphics