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Mike Tyson seems like he’s everywhere these days, and THQ today announced that the former boxing champ will make an appearance in WWE ?13. See how you’ll be able to get your hands on him this October. First screens and details.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Epic Games this morning revealed that Tencent Holdings Limited, a Chinese Internet and mobile and telecommunications corporation, is set to acquire a minority stake in the company.
AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon and Baby are all returning in the most advanced Monkey Ball title yet, and Sega today revealed exactly when you’ll be able to pick up/download a copy of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz for your PlayStation Vita. Check out the latest trailer also.
Konami today sent over some brand new assets for the Zone of the Enders HD Collection headed to the PS3 and XBox 360 this Fall. As expected, it’s looking awesome, and those who never had a chance to experience the games on the PS2, will finally be able to do so. Check ’em out.
Microsoft today announced that they have signed up 3 advertisers (Toyota, Unilever and Samsung MobileUSA) to deliver interactive new “NUads” via Xbox Live. This is not probably what gamers had in mind when they picked up a Kinect for their Xbox 360, but hey, what can you do.
For whatever reason, Microsoft today announced that they will not be taking part in either gamescom or the Tokyo Games Show this year. Instead, they will be promoting the Xbox 360 and Xbox brand in smaller, more localized events.
Not a bad update this week for 3DS owners. The classic Donkey Kong Jr. is available for download, there’s an old school arcade full motion video wild-west shooter, and the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man has a demo.
This morning, Square Enix released a new batch of screens for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance], their anticipated upcoming Nintendo 3DS RPG. Today we get a look at Pinocchio’s world, Prankster?s Paradise.
Activision and High Moon Studios this morning confirmed that the original talent behind the voices of Optimus Prime and Grimlock, will indeed be lending their famous voices to Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. New trailer included.
For those into the Populous, God-game sty;e strategy action, this week’s XBLA release seems worth checking out. It even has some Kinect controls if you want to really get into your smiting.
Even though the E3 has come and gone, Sony has scraped together a solid new PlayStation Store update with a number of PS3 and PS Vita games and content worth checking out.
Zen Studios today confirmed that Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles will be coming to Marvel Pinball via PSN and Pinball FX2 via XBLA, beginning on June 19th. The collection of tables will cost 800 Microsoft Points/$9.99. Check out the new trailer.
Namco Bandai Games and Paramount sent over some quite nice looking new screenshots and art from the new Star Trek game based on the rebooted movies series. Too bad it won’t be launching until next year.
One of the most visually impressive Wii U titles on display at the E3 just happens to be an expanded and enhanced port of an excellent downloadable PSN, XBLA and PC title. Click through to check out the magic.
There are a few downloads worth checking out this week on the various Nintendo Download services. There’s even a whole selection of E3 3DS trailers and demos on the eShop, so make sure to queue a couple of those up.
Sony’s PlayStation Vita E3 lineup was, well, kind of anemic. We were honestly expecting a few big announcements and whatnot, and they never quite materialized. On the bright side, we did get some new LittleBigPlanet PS Vita screens, a trailer, and plenty of details as you can see.
You can really never have enough mascot-driven kart games. I’m pretty sure it’s a genre that will never completely die… like fighting games. Sony delivered another new look at LittleBigPlanet Karting for the PS3 during the E3, and here’s a selection of new media.
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