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June 4, 2012

E3/E3 2012/live/Xbox 360

Microsoft’s E3 conference has concluded. You can view our coverage as it originally appeared after the jump.In case you can’t make it to Microsoft’s E3 show, we’ll be covering the news as it happens in text form right in this post. Updates will be posted in reverse chronological order (meaning…

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June 4, 2012

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Activision today announced a listing of its full lineup of games for E3. How is it? Pretty darned impressive actually. Quite a few folks like to… shall we say ‘poke’ the company for stuff like cashing in on sequels and releasing a new Call of Duty- Every. Single. Year. (though…

E3 2012: Pre-E3 trailer round-up

June 4, 2012

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With the hype surrounding E3, an important part of the event is always absence from discussions; the ever-present Pre-E3. This is the name given to the preceding week of E3, where many games journalists are given early chances to get hands-on with the already-announced games of the show. While it…

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June 4, 2012

E3/E3 2012/Miiverse/Nintendo/Opinion/Wii U

The Nintendo Direct conference featured several newsworthy announcements prior to the actual E3 event. Easily the chief among these though, was “Miiverse”. If you didn’t catch the live stream or our coverage earlier, we’ll let you in on a few details about it. The second you turn on the Wii…

its-not-even-e3-but-as-nintendo-made

June 3, 2012

E3 2012/Hardware/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii U/Opinion

As many would have noticed, Nintendo has run its own pre-E3 show to show off a couple of neat things before the main event starts tomorrow. There’s some really great stuff in there – the Miiverse, especially, looks like a great take on a gaming social network and precisely what…

pre-e3-2012-nintendo-direct-live-news

June 3, 2012

E3/E3 2012/live/Nintendo Direct/Wii U

Nintendo’s Pre-E3 Nintendo Direct conference has concluded. You can see the details of the article as they appeared after the jump:Not able to tune into Nintendo’s pre-E3 Nintendo Direct conference? Never fear, Digitally Downloaded will be covering the news as it happens on this very page. The conference is set…

DLC Review: Sonic Adventure DX Upgrade (PSN)

June 3, 2012

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While the digital release of Sonic Adventure won’t exactly win over the masses today, it’s still a reasonably solid title with plenty of content for interested parties. In fact, there’s so much to do that the premise of downloadable content seems a tad unnecessary. Nevertheless, there’s some logic to it…

E3 2012: Nintendo to have pre-E3 video-stream all about the Wii U

June 3, 2012

E3/E3 2012/Nintendo/Wii U

When the Wii U was shown last year at E3 2011, confusion was the most common feeling among viewers and attendees. Was the Wii U a new system? Was it just a tablet add-on for the current Wii? And why did Nintendo’s next hardware product have a ridiculous name? While…

Humble Indie Bundle V contains horror and critical acclaim

June 2, 2012

Amnesia: The Dark Descent/Bastion/Charity/Double Fine Productions/Humble Indie Bundle/Limbo/PC

Started on May 4th of 2010, the Humble Indie Bundle promotions have been great for everybody. Not only have many video game players been able to experience many great games with no form of DRM for whatever price the players want, but a majority of the money that the promotions…

Review: Fortune Street Smart (iPhone)

June 2, 2012

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Is there a better suited game for the iPhone than Fortune Street, Square Enix’s most under appreciated franchise? I would argue no. Fortune Street Smart is a brilliant fit for the iPhone, and one of very best mobile games you’ll ever play. The series, which has been Japan-only in many…

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