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You can't blame Mike Goldberg for having such limited in-ring commentary. After all, he's been shoved into a studio to voice a tutorial for nearly every action in UFC 3. Admirable as it may have been to streamline menu browsing, THQ's take on the UFC is the MMA equivalent of EA Sports forcing Madden players to memorize entire playbooks. That's not a completely fair comparison, but... more.

Namco Bandai’s launch trailer for fighting game Tekken 3D – Prime Edition is now out. The game is a Nintendo 3DS exclusive. So, the trailer pretty much showcases the 3DS as well. It seems like all the other portable gaming devices go this way, anyway. We can see the device’s contours on the background. Tekken 3D – Prime Edition comes with all the Tekkn 6 characters. However,... more.

There are plenty of legends in the world of video games whose names will fly off the tongues of casual fans. Nolan Bushnell. Trip Hawkins. Shigeru Miyamoto. Will Wright. Sid Meier. It's a shame, then, that so few can name another of the all-time greats, Danielle Bunten Berry. Or, as she was known before 1992, Dan Bunten. The designer born as Daniel Paul Bunten in 1949 is important to video... more.

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Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Sean Fitzpatrick tallied 22 points and eight rebounds as the Cincinnati Bearcats made easy work of the Providence Friars 81-66 in a Big East bout at Fifth Third Arena.Yancy Gates went for 16 points and nine rebounds for Cincinnati (18-8, 2-12 Big East), which has won three out of four.For Providence (13-14, 2-12), Vincent Council tied a career high with 29 points ... more.

Packing a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and what was (at the time) the most recent version of Android, the original Motorola Droid stood for everything the iPhone wasn't. But Motorola’s interest in QWERTY Android phones has slackened with each new model. The Motorola Droid 4 ($200 with a two-year contract on Verizon; price as of February 13, 2012) is the latest keyboard-toting phone in the Droid se... more.

Rhythm music games continue to be a hot commodity these days.  How else can you explain the gangbuster sales of Just Dance 3 and the ongoing interest in the Dance Central 2 game library?  Over on the Wii, though, there’s only so much you can groove along to before you realize you’re doing the same thing over and over with a Wii remote.  Fortunately, Rhythm Heaven Fever, an adaptation of a ... more.

Sony's next-gen gaming handheld has impressive hardware and promising games. While some say a dedicated gaming device can survive, the Vita will need to be flexible to stay alive. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) I went to Sony's PlayStation Vita page and counted the number of apps promoted for its next-generation handheld game system: 18. That's it. The iPhone? Well over half a million. Sure, the Vita... more.

Classic toy brand Hasbro thinks game night is in dire need of a tech edge, based on their just-revealed spin on classic games Monopoly and The Game of Life. At this year's Toy Fair, the company is previewing tech savvy versions of the games that use iOS devices during play. Monopoly zAPPed plays generally like the classic real estate game you know, but instead of fake paper money players tap "deb... more.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was a wonderful game on the PC and a fine game on the Xbox 360. On the PlayStation 3, however, it had issues for some players. Lag issues. Horrible, game-killing lag issues. Issues that made some Sony console owners shout that the game shouldn't be Game of the Year. What went wrong? And why have the game's developers at Bethesda struggled to fix it? At the DICE S... more.