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Nintendo: Wii U Is Core Enough and It’s the Most Innovative Game System Ever Made
The Wii U launches in just two months on Nov. 18, once again pitting Nintendo’s ability to create enthralling, never-before-seen gameplay against the less intrepid, core-focused muscularity of competitors like Microsoft and Sony. …
11 Things I’d Like to Know About Nintendo’s Wii U
So we know when it’ll be here and how much it’ll cost, but Nintendo’s Wii U preview event yesterday left several important questions unanswered — most conspicuous of all, the list of day-one launch games.
In case you missed …
Wii U Out November 18, Priced Up to $350, ‘Nintendo TVii’ Unveiled
It was getting close, with autumn knocking, but Nintendo this morning finally announced a release date and pricing for its imminent Wii-quel, the Wii U. The set-top video games system will officially hit shelves in the U.S. on …
Will Apple’s iPhone 5 Revolutionize Mobile Gaming with ‘Console Quality’ Graphics? Not Likely
You have to hand it to Apple — the company knows how to move mobiles. In just five years, it’s sold over 244 million iPhones, and according to ComScore, iPhone users accounted for 12.4% of all U.S. mobile subscribers last …
Nintendo Wii U Will Be More Expensive than PS3, Xbox 360 in Japan
Apple iOS 6 Here Next Week, iTunes Update Today, New iTunes in October
After another reality-warping stage show with all the razzle-dazzle of a lecture hall slider, the new iPhone is here, a little taller, a little thinner, a trifle lighter, sporting a svelte new dock connector and available on …
Ultrafast Chips that Run on Light: Nanoswitch Breakthrough Brings Us Closer
When you think about microprocessors and chipsets and circuit boards, if you’re like me, you think in metaphors: tiny green-and-silver cities comprising dozens of chips — some with billions of transistors — on copper …
9 Ways Guild Wars 2 Is Better than Any Other MMO
Here’s a surprise: I’m still infatuated with Guild Wars 2 a week after launch, entering the final 20-level spread of the PvE game with PvP and World vs. World and all the other potential character builds and instanced stories in …
All the Least Wacky iPhone 5 Rumors in One Place
Raise your hand if you think the No. 5 in Apple’s Sept. 12 press-event graphic is really bait and switch for something not iPhone-related (you know, like an Apple iHovercraft). No hands? Just one? The person in the back wearing …
Survey Says Core Gamers Recently Declined — Should We Be Worried?
I was browsing Good Old Games’ catalog the other day and noticed they’ve put up the entire Ultima saga, all re-wrapped and verified to run on modern operating systems, from Windows XP through Windows 7. Madness! (In a crazy-good …
The 11 Things I Like Least About Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2 forces you to hunt for bad things to say about it. I mean it — you really have to try. And since I’d rather work a little than glide down another compliment slide, it’s probably time for a gripe post.
They’re …