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IGN Review:

The game has been in development within Google for many months by a small internal group known as Niantic Labs, headed up by John Hanke. Hanke is perhaps best known as the CEO of Keyhole Inc., a mapping & technology company Google acquired in 2004. After the acquisition, Keyhole’s flagship product was renamed Google Earth and Hanke would go on to lead the group that developed Google Maps, StreetView and more.

These portals exist in real world locations like libraries, museums and other “interesting public spaces,” defined automatically by Google’s extremely extensive database of locations.

Gameplay revolves around capturing and controlling these portals for your faction before the other side can get their hands on it. Capturing a portal is as simple as being nearby and hitting a button on your phone. But the catch is that you truly do need to be nearby. Ingress uses your phone’s GPS to know if you truly are at the art museum you claim to be at.

Source: IGN

Ouya 1st Android base game console is available for pre-order [Here]. The device cost 120$ and it will be available for shipping in April 2013.

Here small list of the games announced in E3 2012:

Xbox 360 (Exclusively):

• Gears of war: Judgment
• Forza Motorsport: Horizon
• Halo: 4
• Fable: The journey

PS3 (Exclusively):

• God of war: Ascension

Wii U (Exclusively):

• New super mario bros. U
• Wii U fit

Cross Platforms:

• Call of Duty: Black ops 2
• Dead Space 3
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
• Far Cry 3
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Resident Evil 6
• Tomb Raider

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Haaaa its finally here! unfortunately i have to build up a new powerful PC for this game and thats my plan for the next month.

Source: Diablo III

Since im too lazy to visit Al-Rehab Complex, i tried Digumz online store they provide you with two options:

1. Game Rental (Digumz.com)
2. Game Purchase. (DigumzStore.com)

Nintendo announced the new price of the new handheld device 3DS, new price will be 170$ instead of 250$ and effective on August 12th.

Nintendo Official Statement:

REDMOND, Wash., July 28, 2011 – Nintendo of America today announced plans to drop the suggested retail price of its portable Nintendo 3DS™ system to $169.99 in the United States, as new games based on some of the world’s most beloved video game franchises head to the system. The new price, down from the suggested launch price of $249.99 and effective Aug. 12, makes an outstanding value even better and sets up a strong holiday season for the system.

Source: Nintendo

• E3 Microsoft XBOX 360:

Whats New ?

The New Dashboard. Simpler. Cleaner. Easier to navigate. With the addition of new entertainment content on Xbox LIVE and our commitment to continuously improving the overall Xbox experience.

Bing on Xbox. We are bringing Bing to Xbox. Bing on Xbox searches Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN, as well as our music, video and Xbox LIVE marketplaces to find exactly the entertainment you want to enjoy.

Expanded Kinect Voice Support. We want Xbox LIVE members around the globe to experience the magic of Kinect’s voice recognition technology so we are committed to bringing voice to eight additional markets by the end of this year with a total of 13 markets that will have Kinect voice.

Beacons. We want to make it easy for you to connect with friends over your favorite games on Xbox LIVE, so we are introducing Beacons to the service. Beacons are a way to tell your Xbox LIVE and Facebook friends that you want to play a game on Xbox LIVE.

Cloud Storage for Game Saves and LIVE Profile. Here at Xbox LIVE we listen to your feedback. We are making it easier for you to sign into your Xbox LIVE account from any console at any time to access your game saves and full profile, including items such as Microsoft Points to make purchases, Achievements and friends.

New Video Games:

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2. Tomb Raider Origin
3. Mass Effect 3
4. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Warfare
5. Gears of War 3
6. Ryse
7. Halo 4
8. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition
9. Forza 4
10. Fable: The Journey
11. Star Wars Kinect

• E3 Sony PlayStation:

PS Vita:

Sony unveiled at the show is the new PlayStation Vita, the replacement for the PSP, previously known as the NGP (Next Generation Portable.) The PS Vita will come in WiFi and 3G flavors. The Vita will also sport six-axis controls, dual thumbsticks, dual-touchpads (the screen on the front is a touchpad, and there’s a touch-sensitive pad on the rear of the device,) and both front-facing and rear cameras for augmented reality games.

Sony also showed off an Uncharted game built for the PS Vita called Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and a Diablo-like 3rd person swords-and-sorcery game called Ruin. Sony used Ruin to demo Sony’s new cloud storage system for game states, and how a player can game on their PS Vita, save their game, and pick up immediately where they left off on their PS3 at home.

Sony concluded the event with a promo reel full of upcoming PS Vita titles, and announcing that the WiFi model will be $249.99, while the 3G model will be $299.99. Both models will be available just in time for the holiday shopping season this year.

PlayStation 3D TV:

Sony is also betting that 3D is the future of interactive gaming. They’re going to the extent of launching a PlayStation-branded 3D HDTV. The new 24-inch 3D display, manufactured by Sony of course, along with a pair of 3D glasses, HDMI cables to connect it all, and a copy of Resistance 3 in 3D will set you back $500. If you want to play with friends, you’ll have to drop another $70 for each additional pair of glasses.

New Video Games:

• Sony PlayStation Games:

1. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
2. Resistance 3
3. ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection
4. God of War Origins Collection
5. BioShock Infinite
6. Dust 514
7. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

• Sony PS Vita:

1. Uncharted: Golden Abyss
2. Ruin
3. ModNation Racers
4. Street Fighter x Tekken

• E3 Nintento:

Nintendo Wii U:

New Nintendo Wii U:

Nintendo Wii U Controller:

The big announcement everyone has been waiting for and talking about is Nintendo’s new system. The controller is Tablet like with a 6.2 touch screen in the middle with a joy stick on each side, a D pad, 4 buttons, 2 triggers on the back, a camera, microphone, speakers, accelerometer, & gyroscope. The controller enables users to play their came from the 6.2 touchscreen with out the use of the TV.

The controller uses an augmented view of the game, as well use of motion control, and drawing with the use of a stylus

The controller also allows video calling, web browsing, and backwards compatibility of the Wii

This is NOT a portable system and the system will be 1080p HD

There is no release date on the system nor was there any specs given about the actual system the keynote only focused on the controller and functionality it has in gaming.

Major Developers for the 1st time are giving huge backing to Nintendo and the new system and big tentpole games are set to be released with the system:

Batman: Arkham City, Ninja Gaiden 3, Super Smash Bros, Darksiders II, Assassins Creed, Ghost Recon Online, Tekken, and Aliens are all going to be released for the Wii U.

New Video Games:

• Nintendo 3DS:

1. Mario Kart
2. Luigi’s Mansion
3. Super Mario
4. Paper Mario
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
6. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
7. RESIDENT EVIL: Revelations
8. Metal Gear Solid 3D Snake Eater

• Nintendo Wii U:

1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Ninja Gaiden 3
3. Super Smash Bros
4. Darksiders II
5. Assassins Creed
6. Ghost Recon Online
7. Tekken
8. Aliens

E3 is coming to you this week (6-9 June) where new games and maybe new consoles will be unveiled.

What We Expect in E3 2011:

• Wii HD
• New Super Mario Bros. (3DS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
• Call of Duty: Elite
• Xbox Live Diamond TV Service
• Uncharted 3
• Final Fantasy XIII-2
• Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D

More to come.

Source: Gamespot

Nvidia unveiled Project Kal-El – the next-gen Tegra super chip – as the world’s first mobile quad-core processor. Kal-El combines a battery-friendly, powerhouse of a quad-core processor with a 12-core NVIDIA GPU that supports 3D stereo.

Nvidia Tegra will be available on next generation Android mobiles.

Source: Engadget

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