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Free-to-play RPG Destiny of Spirits hits Vita this year

by Danny Cowan (Jun 12th 2013 6:00PM)

SCE Japan Studio and Lumines developer Q Entertainment are teaming up to deliver the free-to-play RPG Destiny of Spirits to PS Vita owners later this year. In Destiny of Spirits, players command an army of upgradable creatures in a series of turn-based battles. Spirit types are assigned ...

Hotline Miami 2 is in some kind of playable form at E3

by Jessica Conditt (Jun 12th 2013 10:55AM)

Hotline Miami 2 is well on its way through the brutal development process, and it's playable at E3, a tweet from Devolver press agent Stephanie Schopp revealed. We spoke about Hotline Miami 2 with developers Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin at GDC this year, and they said the sequel ...

The Walking Dead 400 Days: Dissecting one of its stories at E3

by Jessica Conditt (Jun 11th 2013 10:15PM)

The Walking Dead's next episode, 400 Days, stars five different characters in five separate stories of survival during the zombie apocalypse, all tied together by a geographical locale: A truck stop. These newcomers offer a fresh perspective on the events in season one of The Walking Dead, but ...

Drink in these PlayStation 4 hardware photos

by Richard Mitchell (Jun 11th 2013 8:45PM)

We snagged some photos of the PlayStation 4 hardware and accessories at E3 2013. Just try to look at that console without thinking of "Also Sprach Zarathustra." Also, try not to look too close – it's pointy. ...

The Walking Dead 400 Days due in July for $5, choices carry over

by Jessica Conditt (Jun 11th 2013 6:25PM)

The new episode for Telltale's The Walking Dead, 400 Days, is set to launch in July for $5 on PC, Mac, XBLA, PSN and iOS. It'll hit Vita one month later, in August. That version will be bundled with the entire first season, for the first time ever on Vita. That bundle is a good deal for fans of ...

Sony throws down new games, new footage, and the gauntlet at E3 2013

by Mike Schramm (Jun 11th 2013 4:30PM)

Sony finished day 0 of E3 2013 with a bang, following up on its PlayStation 4 console announcement from earlier this year with some more game teases and reveals, and then laying down one of the most memorable E3 moments ever, with Jack Tretton taking full advantage of the public discontent with ...

The Walking Dead 400 Days DLC has five stories of (maybe) survival

by Jessica Conditt (Jun 11th 2013 12:00PM)

The Walking Dead "400 Days" DLC is on its way to XBLA, PSN (including Vita!), Steam, and iOS this summer. This fresh (see: not rotting) DLC includes the stories of five new survivors in the zombie apocalypse. Five times the fun! And death, probably. ...

Sony E3 press briefing wrap-up live with Joystiq and Engadget

by Richard Mitchell (Jun 10th 2013 11:35PM)

Our News Editor Alexander Sliwinski and Engadget Senior Associate Editor Ben Gilbert have a difficult task. They have to break down every bombshell dropped during Sony's gasp-filled E3 press briefing. No draconian always-online policy? Used games that work just like ... used games? That price? ...

PlayStation cloud service launches in 2014, will stream PS3 games

by Richard Mitchell (Jun 10th 2013 11:06PM)

Sony's new cloud service will launch in 2014, Sony Computer Entertainment president Andrew House announced during the company's E3 press briefing. The service will allow players access to a library of "critically acclaimed" PlayStation 3 games using Gaikai streaming technology. It will initially be ...