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DICE says Battlefield 4 game engine won’t run on Nintendo Wii U

One of the most anticipated games for next-generation game consoles comes from DICE. That game is Battlefield 4 and fans of the Nintendo game consoles have received some bad news this week. DICE has announced that the game engine that operates Battlefield 4 won't run on the Nintendo Wii U game console. Read The Full Story

EA will debut Fuse shooter demo on May 7

A while back, EA and Insomniac Games announced that they were teaming up to create a new shooter franchise called Fuse. Fuse is a co-op shooter that will launch on May 28 in North America. Preparing for the games official launch later this month, EA and Insomniac Games have announced the date of availability for the games digital demo. Read The Full Story

Xbox 720 integration tipped for TITAN mech exclusive

Rumor has it Respawn Entertainment is working on a science fiction online shooter mech game that will be an Xbox 360 and Xbox 720 exclusive. The project is said to have been underway for some time now, and a teaser image has been released, which you can check out in all its blurry wonder after the jump. This information comes from multiple sources that spoke to Kotaku. Read The Full Story

OUYA reveals exclusive game Soul Fjord

The OUYA team has made a chipper announcement, unveiling an exclusive game called Soul Fjord, which isn't yet available but will be in the near future. In case the game's name and logo aren't suggestive enough, the game has a distinct musical-aspect to it wrapped up in a fantasy-land shell that forms a mashup of styles not often seen together. We've got a trailer available to watch after the jump. Read The Full Story

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified lands on August 20

If you're a fan of the videogame XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you will be very interested to hear about a new game in the franchise. This new game isn't a sequel or a follow up to Enemy Unknown, rather it goes into the original story behind what happened before the events in Enemy Unknown. The new game is called The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. Read The Full Story

Girl Scouts of greater Los Angeles to offer a video game design patch

The Girl Scouts offer a number of different patches that scouts can earn for completing various tasks. The Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles have announced that they have teamed up with Women in Games International to create a new patch that scouts can earn. The new patch is earned when Girl Scouts learn to design video games. Read The Full Story

USPTO shreds Edge trademarks and kills a troll

Several years ago a man named Tim Langdell was able to successfully win trademarks on several rather generic terms. The terms trademarked by Langdell included "edge," "cutting edge," "the edge," and "gamer's edge." After winning those trademarks, the man said about suing any video game company that used any of those words in the title of their video games. Read The Full Story

Gears of War: Judgment Call to Arms map pack detailed

Gears of War: Judgment fans have some new content to look for this week from Microsoft. The second map pack for the video game is set to release for VIP Season Pass holders on Tuesday, April 23. The map pack will be available for everyone globally on April 30. The map pack is called the Call to Arms Map Pack and will bring three new multiple player maps and a new mode. Read The Full Story

Forza Horizon 1000 Club expansion pack now available

If you're a fan of the Xbox 360 exclusive driving/racing game Forza Horizon, a new expansion pack for the game was available as of yesterday. The new expansion pack is called 1000 Club and it is offered as a free download via Xbox Live. The expansion pack brings more than 1000 new challenges for Xbox 360 gamers to enjoy. Read The Full Story

Company of Heroes 2 beta heads to second phase

Last month we mentioned that the video game Company of Heroes 2 had entered closed beta. The closed beta gave players a chance to get a sneak peak at the multiple player and skirmish game play modes of the game. During the initial closed beta, players had to have special beta access keys. Read The Full Story

Star Wars: The Old Republic Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion launches

EA has announced that the first digital expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live on game servers. The expansion pack is called Rise of the Hutt Cartel and was announced back in December of last year. The expansion is now playable for players all around the world, assuming you pay for it. Read The Full Story

Project Unity combines 15 game consoles into one cube

If you're a fan of retro gaming, I bet you have some fond memories of game consoles of years gone by. A hardware modder going by the name Bacteria has created what might be the coolest retro console mod ever. The builder calls his system Project Unity and it wraps 15 old-school game consoles into one large cube. Read The Full Story

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