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No one car should have all that power (in Forza Motorsport 4)
It's the 21st century, folks. And whether or not you're "doing something mean to it" like our main man Kanye, you may want to take a peek at a new ... Read more
Turtle Beach's Xbox 360 Bluetooth Chat Adapter hands-on (or: One of the best things I saw at E3)
Over five years ago, I wrote a post on this very website about one enterprising Xbox 360 owner who velcroed a Jabra A210 Bluetooth adapter to the ... Read more
BioShock Infinite E3 demo video coming July 7, first two minutes right here
You've surely already read about what we saw during the E3 demo of BioShock Infinite, from the sky-lines to Elizabeth's tearing ability and all ... Read more
BioShock Infinite sweeps Best of E3 Game Critics Awards, PlayStation Vita wins Best Hardware
There was little confusion amongst this year's E3 judges as to which game was most deserving: Super Stick Man Golf. Unfortunately it wasn't ... Read more
EEDAR picks its most promising retail performers from E3 2011
Using a complex mish-mash of chicken bones, crystal spheres and traffic reports from IGN and GameTrailers, game industry analysis firm EEDAR has ... Read more
Now you too can watch the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD E3 demo
Anxious to get your first glimpse at Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD? Well, here's your chance -- just try not to be too harsh on the person ... Read more
Ninja Gaiden 3 preview: The evolution of mammals
When I asked Ninja Gaiden 3 lead Fumihiko Yasuda how the protagonist was able to glide through the air with nothing more than a black, skin-tight ... Read more
War of the Worlds screens class up the joint
We were pretty eager to take a look at War of the Worlds, this fall's XBLA and PSN release from Paramount based on H.G. Wells' classic novel. For ... Read more
Yoshinori Ono on the 'violent' and 'friendly' rivalries in Street Fighter X Tekken
Capcom was showing a playable build of its latest, and weirdest, crossover fighter, Street Fighter X Tekken at E3. So I'm sure producer Yoshinori ... Read more
Buy Peter Molyneux's E3 badge for a good cause
Looking for the perfect accessory for that "Peter Molyneux at E3 2011" costume you've been putting together for the last week or so? Good news: you ... Read more
E3 recap video picks out the show's lowlights
We're likely to keep hearing about the highlights of all the big companies' respective E3 press conferences for the foreseeable future. Why don't ... Read more
E3 2011 spurs half a million PlayStation Home visits
We like to make fun of PlayStation Home, but it turns out if you put cool stuff there, people will log in. VentureBeat reports over 500,000 people ... Read more
Zoom in on these SpyParty Joystiq E3 meetup stats
Playing SpyParty at the Joystiq E3 2011 reader meetup may have been a lot of fun, but it was also serious business. As it turns out, attendees were ... Read more
Shinobi preview: The re-revenge of Shinobi
If you've heard that the new 3DS Shinobi game feels exactly like the original -- or any Shinobi game to date -- you've heard wrong. Even though ... Read more
Assassin's Creed: Revelations trailer sets the harbor on fire
During Ubisoft's E3 presser, we watched an elderly Ezio set an entire dock ablaze in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Thanks to a just released ... Read more
Risen 2: Dark Waters preview: Murky depths
There's an interesting trend lately of hardcore PC RPGs coming out of Europe, of which The Witcher 2 is only the latest and greatest so far. One of ... Read more
Kirby Wii preview: King Dedede, you, and me
It's hard to speak about Kirby Wii without a tinge of regret, and harder still to do so after seeing this video of a very similar, cancelled Kirby ... Read more
Cave Story 3D preview: Pixel goes polygonal
I'll admit it: my excitement about a new version of Cave Story to play on the 3DS was tempered a bit by fears that it wouldn't turn out right. To ... Read more
Wii U won't have DVD or Blu-ray playback, will include social media functionality
We already knew that the Wii U's games wouldn't be coming on DVD (like the Xbox 360) or Blu-ray (like the PlayStation 3), but we didn't know that ... Read more
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon media is full of bugs
Bugs don't have emotions. Bugs don't have a sense of right and wrong. All they know is that our delicious human bones are delicious. And that's why ... Read more
Joystiq's favorite games of E3 2011
Normally, after E3, some clear "best games" emerge -- either the ones that everyone knew would be amazing going in, and did not disappoint on the ... Read more
Disneyland Adventures preview: Virtual Imagineering
Much like the real theme park, Disneyland Adventures isn't so much a game as it is an attraction. To be sure, the Kinect title has available ... Read more
Starhawk's brutal universe detailed in E3 2011 cinematic
There are, like, so, so many things in Starhawk to drive/pilot/murder with, and the latest cinematic teaser for the forthcoming sequel depicts ... Read more
Hands-on with Power A's E3 lineup
In addition to our video rundown of Power A's Batarang controllers, we also managed to snag some hands-on time with the rest of the company's ... Read more
The Gunstringer preview: How the west was fun
The phrase "on rails" has something of a negative connotation in the video game industry. It implies that one's game design is lazy, or that it ... Read more
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition preview: Fight in the future
Before I get started detailing what Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition is, I should mention what it isn't: an Xbox Live Arcade ... Read more
Video: Joystiq vs. E3 2011
With the Joystiq staff recovering from a week of exhaustive coverage, it's time to say goodbye to E3 2011. The remainder of our coverage will be ... Read more
Silent Hill: Downpour preview: Shattered Homecoming
Noisy trade show floors are notoriously bad places to preview survival horror games. You can try to preserve crucial atmosphere with headphones, ... Read more
XCOM Preview: Mass affect
2K Marin creative director Jordan Thomas wasted little time in addressing XCOM's year-long absence after E3 2010. "We're here to pull back the ... Read more
CCP shares big plans for Dust 514 and EVE Online at E3
The MMO market may be dominated by World of Warcraft, but while other games have come and gone, there's always been one other constant in massively ... Read more
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