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June 21st, 2010 | 
Author: 1. Civilization V
This fifth incarnation of the grand-daddy of strategy games looks like it will be the best one ever. New to the world- and empire-building mix this time around: more nuanced victory options, increased tactical depth, a cloud-based save-game system that will allow you to play your games on different systems, the elimination of unit stacks, and a much more vibrant and dynamic game map.
2. Portal 2
GLaDOS and the Aperture Science Labs are back, and so is the smartest first person game we’ve ever played. Valve showed off a short demonstration of Portal 2 that introduced a handful of new puzzle-solving mechanisms including pneumatic-style tubes and texture paints with special properties, as well as a hilarious new sidekick.
3. Origin PC EON15-3D
If you read the August issue of Maximum PC, you probably remember that Origin PC’s Genesis system was the fastest PC to ever grace our lab. Imagine our delight when we stumbled upon the company’s EON15-3D laptop at the show. It’s fully customizable—you can build one out with up to a Core i7 820QM quad-core CPU—and is fully enabled for 3D gaming. Read the rest of this entry »
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You are now less than 365 days away from a new console Zelda game. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata confirmed to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun daily today that the Wii Zelda sequel, first revealed at last year’s E3, will be released this year.
Iwata was pretty open for this particular interview. He also revealed that Nintendo will be announcing Vitality Sensor games in July, with an aim to release product as soon as possible (not very specific, for sure, but better than nothing!)
DS also got some mention. Actually, make that DS 2! Iwata told the paper that a successor to the DS would require high resolution visuals and sensors for detecting player motions.
He wouldn’t share a time frame for the successor’s release, though, instead pointing to the DS’s success in 2009. According to Iwata, 2009 was DS’s best year ever in North America.