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  The Wii U Has Been Beaten to the Punch by an…iPad Game

  One of the big draws of Nintendo’s new Wii U console is the fact it can stream games to a controller and also use that controller as a secondary screen. While Wii U won’t be out until 2012, though, this iPad game can do it a lot sooner. Real Racing 2 HD, already one of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Welcome, welcome. This is Talk Amongst Yourselves. I think you’re familiar with the drill: say something about games. We want to hear it. Our writers work day and night to bring content to the site—this is your place to drop your two cents and do the same. After days of uncertainty, Incursor came to our…

  By Drew Cohen Published June 9, 2011
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  First Professor Layton, Now Gundam

  Professor Layton designer Akihiro Hino will be penning the story for the upcoming Gundam series, Gundam Age. [JEFusion]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Super Mario 3DS’ E3 Trailer Brings the Easy-Listening

  Just when you think you’ve seen it all, a Mario game comes along with just enough of a twist on the last one to make you fall for it all over again. If you’d like to see some gameplay footage of a more authentic variety, we got some hands-on time with the game the other…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  Fun Facts about the Wii U Controller’s Size

  Bigger isn’t necessarily better, but it’s not necessarily bad, either. The Wii U Controller is large. No biggie! Website Electricpig put the Wii U Controller into context, noting fun facts like you could apparently fit seven Wii Remotes across the Wii U Controller’s face, and that it’s 10 percent longer than the Wii console and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Payday: The Heist Looks Neat, But…

  SOE’s Payday: The Heist, an upcoming shooter for the PS3 and PC, looks kind of fun. I like how it’s short, but in the way it structures its missions encourages repeat play and experimentation. All those dead cops and security guards is a little off-putting, though. I mean, some games get away with using them…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  New Pokémon Scrambles to Nintendo 3DS

  WiiWare title Pokémon Rumble is getting a sequel of sorts with Super Pokémon Rumble. Known as Super Pokémon Scramble in Japan, the game is a real time action title in which wind-up Pocket Monsters duke it out. Priced at ¥4,800 (US$60), the game will be out in Japan on July 28.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Sony “May Never Know” What the Hackers Stole, Who They Were

  The Sony PlayStation Network is back online, but it was hacked back in April. Sony’s servers were breached and over seventy million accounts were compromised. Sony still doesn’t seem to be any closer to nabbing the individuals who carried out the attack. “We do know that the information was accessed,” Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  E3 Day Two Recap: the Best, the Worst and Everything in Between

  With the major press conferences done and dusted, E3’s second day (well, third) let us get on with what we came here to do: kick some ass and play some games. We didn’t actually kick much ass because we are pacifists and we are cowards, but we did play some games, some of which we…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  The Wii U Might Be Too Little, Too Late

  In 2005, Nintendo showed off the controller for its then-upcoming home console at the Tokyo Game Show. The console was still codenamed the Revolution, and the motion controller was nothing short of just that. The debut blew people’s minds. You could feel it in the room. For the first several years of this console generation,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Remember the PS Vita Memory and Game Cards (Don’t Forget!)

  Sony’s already showed off its (apparently) proprietary PS Vita memory cards. At the E3 gaming expo, Sony showed them off again. This time was different. The PS Vita memory cards on display were 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB cards. The game cards are also on display. There was also a card case, and an official…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Today You Can be a Redcoat, Then Shoot Things On Mars

  Jamestown, an indie shooter we’ve been keeping an eye-and-a-half on for a while now, is finally out. Yes, released right in the middle of E3. I got a chance to play it this morning, and it’s pretty good! You can grab it for $9 from Steam, D2D and GamersGate.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  MotorStorm Apocalypse Sees Its End of Days in Japan

  Disaster racer MotorStorm Apocalypse‘s rolling out has been a…disaster. The game features buildings falling down, which led to a delayed release in earthquake-affected New Zealand. And then earthquake-affected Japan Now it’s been canceled outright. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment stated that the title, known as MotorStorm 3 in Japan, will not be going on sale there…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Kotaku, What’s Been Your Game of the Show?

  Easy question, Kotaku readers! With the big press conferences and the little press conferences all wound up, we’ve seen every game there is to see at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Begging the question: what’s your GOTS? Let’s have a vote. But we’re not going to tell you how to vote. Or why! It can…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  Is the PlayStation Vita Region-Free?

  Region-free gaming is something we should all be behind, whether we’re importers or citizens of countries with arcane classification laws. So whether the PlayStation Vita is region-free is, for many, a subject of great importance. And on that front, there is some good news. Sony Europe’s Michael Denny has said that “to the best of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  RAGE’s Desolate Future Doesn’t Look Like it’s Worth Fighting For

  There are two types of people in these E3 screenshots for id’s upcoming RAGE. There are heavily-armed future soldiers, and there is Sloth from The Goonies with a spare tyre strapped to his back. Question is, why are they fighting? The place is a dump. Unless, this is the nice place, and there are other…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  Mirror’s Edge Isn’t Dead Yet, Folks

  You can never take vague executive statements to the bank, especially during E3, but what EA Games’ Frank Gibeau said earlier today about Mirror’s Edge is at least cause for cautious optimism. Speaking with GameTrailers, Gibeau said “We haven’t killed Mirror’s Edge”. “We’re actively looking at how to bring it back in the right way.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2011
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  New 3DS Color. New Wii Bundle.

  In Japan, Nintendo is releasing new hardware bundles this month, and a new hardware color next. On June 23, a Wii bundle with Wii Sports Resort and an extra Wii Remote Plus goes on sale in Japan for ¥20,000 (US$$250). The following month, on July 14, Nintendo is releasing a “Flare Red” Nintendo 3DS for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Qriocity Back at Full Speed

  Starting today, Sony stated its content service Qriocity on the PSN is fully restored in all serviced territories, including Japan.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2011
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  Furious 4 is More Like Inglorious Borderlands

  Face it: A shooter set in World War II is going to be called derivative of something, and as a sequel, it’ll probably be called derivative of itself. But what Brothers In Arms: Furious 4 most resembles is not the 2009 film Inglorious Basterds, to which everyone connected the game after Ubisoft revealed it on…

  By Owen Good Published June 9, 2011