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Xenoblade Chronicles arrives on April 6 wrapped in this gorgeous box art

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

According to Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime himself, Xenoblade Chronicles will finally arrive in North America on April 6. Wait, but didn’t that game already come out, like, two other times? Yes, friend, it totally did

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Xenoblade Chronicles arrives on April 6 wrapped in this gorgeous box art

Nintendo Direct presentation videos

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Check out Nintendo President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime get raw and uncensored in this Nintendo Direct presentation. It’s all like “WHOA!” and “WOW!” and up in your grill faceplate! Nintendo Direct presentation videos originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:20:00 EST

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Wii’s ‘The Last Story’ coming to North America in 2012

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

The final surprise at the end of this morning’s Nintendo Direct: The Last Story ! The long-awaited action-RPG for Wii by Mistwalker will be out in North America this year, thanks to the stalwart RPG localizing staff of publisher XSEED Games. Wii’s ‘The Last Story’ coming to North America in 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:03:00 EST.

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Wii’s ‘The Last Story’ coming to North America in 2012

‘Nintendo Direct’ presentations in Japan and America tomorrow

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

We just received the first-ever Swapnote press release — a note from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime inviting us to a Nintendo Direct video tomorrow, February 22, at 9AM EST, at this URL . There wasn’t much indication in the handwritten note as to what it was about; Reggie only said he was “looking forward to sharing some news.” A few hours before that video, Nintendo of Japan will have its own Nintendo Direct hosted by Satoru Iwata, at 6AM EST. This one specifies that it will have some Wii and 3DS news

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Idle Thumbs Kickstarter includes exclusive game, neat artwork

Monday, February 20th, 2012

It seems everyone’s got a Kickstarter nowadays. Double Fine just surpassed $2 million , inXile is going to use Kickstarter to reboot a classic and now the Idle Thumbs video game podcast is using the site to finance its future.

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Idle Thumbs Kickstarter includes exclusive game, neat artwork

Now Playing: February 20-26, 2012

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Take corporate warfare to a whole new level this week in Syndicate … Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list: Continue reading Now Playing: February 20-26, 2012 Now Playing: February 20-26, 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Now Playing: February 20-26, 2012

Retro City Rampage running wild on Xbox, Wii, PS3, Vita, and PC in May

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Vblank Entertainment’s long (long)-awaited open-world 8-bit parody crime game Retro City Rampage will finally be let loose in May, creator Brian Provinciano told Joystiq.

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Retro City Rampage running wild on Xbox, Wii, PS3, Vita, and PC in May

UFC Undisputed 3 indisputably beats UK chart competition

Monday, February 20th, 2012

THQ, currently trading at $0.62 a share , has some good news for investors as UFC Undisputed 3 grappled the top spot on the UK charts this past week. According to Chart-Track, it is the first top title for the publisher since Homefront in early 2011.

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BAFTA nominates Arkham City, L.A. Noire, FIFA 12 for best of 2011

Monday, February 20th, 2012

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released its nominations for the 2012 Video Game Awards, which honors the top games from 2011 as chosen by the charity.

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BAFTA nominates Arkham City, L.A. Noire, FIFA 12 for best of 2011

New Xenoblade Chronicles trailer shows off combat and menus

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Xenoblade Chronicles is still on track for its April 2012 release in North America, proving that there’s nothing in this world that you can’t do .

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New Xenoblade Chronicles trailer shows off combat and menus