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BioShock Infinite wins big, Vita edges out Wii U in E3 Game Critics Awards

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

The results are in for the Game Critics Awards’ Best of E3 2011. BioShock Infinite came away the clear winner, with a victory in every category it was nominated for, for a total of four wins. This comes at the expense of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, which tied with BioShock for most nominations, but came away with a big zero. Battlefield 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim managed to grab two awards a piece, and the PlayStation Vita knocks out the Nintendo’s Wii U to take best hardware.

Head over to the official site for a full list of winners and quick facts.

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Daily Scoop: June 28, 2011 – Uncharted 3 Beta time!

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Nicole Kline

The day has finally arrived: the Uncharted 3 beta will be available for download in just a few short hours! I’m personally freaking out. The Uncharted 2 beta completely destroyed my life when it came out, so I’m eagerly anticipating having my life trashed once again. Sleep? Who needs it! Check out Mike “The G Spot” Gutierrez’s news post about it for more details.

What else? Well, Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Cataclysm for the PC, on sale today for $19.99. If you’ve been waiting for this expansion, I’d definitely say that 50% off is a good deal!

No game-related t-shirts today, but the cleverness at Tee Fury made me chuckle:

Tee hee!

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Vesperia Community Manager retracts statement that Microsoft “paid for exclusivity”

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Despite having a PS3 version in Japan, many fans have wondered why Tales of Vesperia is still Xbox 360-only in Europe and North America. Namco Bandai Community Manager Charlotte Toci explained on her Facebook page back in April, “Microsoft paid for the exclusivity, the same way as Sony paid for having Heavy Rain only on PS3. It’s just one way the business works, sadly.” It would appear someone got upset about this, as Toci has issued the following apology:

A few months ago I replied to a fan who asked me why Tales of Vesperia wasn’t localized in Europe on my Facebook page. I replied that it was because of a Microsoft exclusivity, thinking that that was the reason why, even though I didn’t have any official information on that.

I was wrong to do so, and sadly my reply was relayed on many websites, thus sharing a false information to fans around the web.

I would like to send my sincere apologies to all the Tales Series fans I have wrongly informed, and Microsoft & Namco Bandai for any damage that might have been caused with this.

I know hindsight is 20/20, but it seems to me Namco Bandai could have saved a lot of trouble if they just released their games on the platforms they actually belong on in the first place.

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NPD report shows Xbox 360 leading online gaming

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

A new NPD report looks at the many different trends in gaming, from motion control to 3D. One of the most interesting areas, however, is online-enabled games. In this category, the Xbox 360 is seen selling more than double the amount of online-enabled games as the PlayStation 3, and considerably more than that of the Wii, from 2006 to 2010. Microsoft’s newest console also garners most of the sales for online digital points cards, selling almost four times as many as the PS3 did in 2010.

For a full breakdown of the stats and more information on how motion control and 3D have done, head over to Gamasutra.

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Kenshi brings his telekinesis to Mortal Kombat

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

We knew Kenshi would be joining the Kombatants in the latest, and potentially greatest, iteration of Mortal Kombat, we just didn’t know how beast he would be. Despite not being in the original trilogy, Kenshi can still hang with the rest of them, as he does some pretty unpleasant things to Johnny Cage in the video above.

You can pick him up July 5 on Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store for $4.99.

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Team Bondi’s horror story in making L.A. Noire

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

L.A. Noire turned out to be a pretty great game. But in the seven years it took to bring it to market, not all of the team members had such a great time working on it. In addition to a website detailing the real credits of L.A. Noire, a feature has popped up from IGN revealing some of the horror stories many former developers shared about working on the project.

The piece is a strong indictment of Studio Founder, Writer, and Director Brendan McNamara, as sources claimed working 100+ hour work weeks with “the angriest person” they’ve ever met. IGN also gave McNamara a good amount of space to respond, with him explaining, “you’re competing against the best people in the world at what they do, and you just have to be prepared to do what you have to do to compete against those people.”

While you can’t argue with the results of McNamara’s style, one would certainly hope these harsh revelations would cease before the game industry becomes a less attractive job market.

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Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta details revealed, available 6/28 2PM Pacific

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

We’ve been dying to get more information on the upcoming multiplayer beta for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and now they’re in. Taking up about 1.7 GB of hard drive space, the beta will last about three weeks, with stereoscopic 3D support and splitscreen co-op. PlayStation Plus subscribers and InFamous 2 owners will be able to download it tomorrow at around 2 PM Pacific time (5 o’clock for us east coasters) with more details on when others may be able to download it incoming.

Head over to Naughty Dog’s site for more details.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies go “In the Jungle” in Annihilation DLC

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

“Call of the Dead” from the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation DLC was a hard act to follow for Treyarch. Instead of trying to up the star-studded cast of its previous effort, they decided to just bring you more interesting Zombies settings with new gameplay mechanics. Ride on a rail or down an aqueduct while you cut down the endless horde of the undead with all new weapons. Annihilation will cost you $15 and arrives on Xbox Live tomorrow with a future date for PC and PS3.

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