[Editor's Note: While working on my coverage of the 'Bond 50' Blu-ray set, I got to thinking about videogames based on the James Bond franchise – specifically, why there aren't many good ones. Because Brian is a lot more tuned into these things than I am, I asked him to write up an overview of Agent 007's history in gaming. -JZ]
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The machinations of two malicious organizations dominate this week’s videogame release slate. I’m referring to the Umbrella Corporation and the National Basketball Association. Can there be any room for other games when these two titans take the stage? Find out now. (Plus, Conan O’Brien.)
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To celebrate the recent release of a new and expanded edition of From Software’s peerless Role-Playing Game ‘Dark Souls’, I’ll try to scratch the surface of what makes this game so incredible.
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This week in videogame releases, pandas break free, there’s so much soccer (or “football,” depending on where you live) that it’s impossible to see it all, and scantily-clad women fight to determine the difference between life and death.
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Just this week, Valve rolled out a Public Beta for Steam’s “Big Picture Mode,” which is an alternative interface designed to stream videogames to big screens in living rooms. It also allows for navigation with just a controller if need be. Having spent some time with the Beta, it’s obvious that Valve is on the right track.
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Believe it or not, there seem to be consumers who are debating whether to buy a Wii U. Apparently, some people are even still on the fence about buying either an Xbox 360 or a PS3. Cutting out every other single factor, is there a price point that could make a videogame console purchase more obvious for the undecided?
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In this week’s videogames, there’s no rest for the wicked, but there are big titles all around. Dungeon crawling, racing, shooting, anniversary collecting, and a pink parting gem from Nintendo all play their parts in today’s highlights.
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At a time when so many Wiis are carefully stacked at the bottom of families’ junk closets (leaky batteries and all), PS3s are used mainly as Netflix players, and many people have watched their Xbox 360s melt through the floor and return to the molten fires of the Earth’s core, pricing details for the new Wii U have at last been presented by Nintendo.
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The NPD Group registered a blip in videogame industry news last week with a press release based on its “Gamer Segmentation 2012″ report. Alarming numbers, including a 5% loss of gamers in the United States, appeared in media outlets all over the internet. But how did the NPD Group arrive at this determination?
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Cyberpunk dystopia, information manipulation and tactical-espionage action. Capcom is making the stunning promise of ‘Remember Me’ a reality. Will the gameplay break new ground, or be quickly forgotten?
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