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At the E3 Expo, Nintendo introduced a new paradigm for video games and home entertainment: Wii U, a new console that includes a controller with a 6.2-inch screen. Adding a second screen to the living room creates a multitude of new video game experiences while offering families a variety of …

THQ announced that the upcoming sequel to its award-winning Action/Adventure title, Darksiders, is scheduled for release on Nintendo’s Wii U in calendar 2012. The Wii U version of Darksiders II will take advantage of Nintendo’s innovative new hardware with implemented functionality for the revolutionary controller. Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, …

Bif Bang Pow! does it again at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2011 with another astonishing array of brand-new collectibles that includes 8 Comic-Con Exclusives and 21 product debuts from Doctor Who, The Venture Bros., NCIS, Lost, The Twilight Zone, and Eastbound & Down… plus the first-ever 3 3/4-inch action figure from Dexter.  Starting with these exclusives and debuts, …

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced the North American release of Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters. The action-adventure videogame, inspired by the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures’ superhero feature film Green Lantern, based on the DC Comics’ character of the same name, is now available on the Xbox 360, the …

The fight is on. DICE and Electronic Arts announced that Battlefield 3, the next installment in the internationally acclaimed Battlefield series, will be available on October 25, 2011. After three years of development, the spectacular new game leaps ahead of the competition thanks to the unique power of the Frostbite 2 game engine. …

Syfy and THQ partnered in a first-of-its-kind transmedia deal to bring fans Red Faction: Origins, a new, original movie based on the critically acclaimed, best-selling Red Faction® video game franchise.   Red Faction: Origins follows the children of rebel hero Alec Mason, set during a period between the Red Faction Guerrilla and Red Faction …

Not everyone will survive. Leading video game developer BioWare announced that the epic action RPG, Mass Effect 3, will arrive at retailers worldwide beginning March 6, 2012. InMass Effect 3, an ancient alien race known only as “Reapers”, has launched an all-out invasion of the galaxy, leaving nothing but a trail …

Activision revealed that Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure , an entertainment breakthrough for the video game and toy industries, will deliver the first-ever cross-platform gameplay experience across the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, a variety of mobile devices, Windows PC and the web. Using the game’s Portal of Power, players …

Activision presentes the latest in immersive entertainment at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 Expo). Activision’s newest innovations will be on display in booth number 647 in the South Hall. Headlining the company’s lineup are four key offerings: The blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 , the most anticipated …

Telltale Games set the time circuits for June 23, 2011, as the day the final episode of Back to the Future: The Game launches. Buckle your seat belts and ramp up the “gigawatts” as the final episode entitled “Outatime” hits 88 MPH! Telltale Games’ Back to the Future: The Game, …