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Excited for Nintendo's new tablet-esque controller? So are the kids in TT Games' QA department. An over-excited tester tweeted out an image of a slightly different Wii U slab than the one we laid hands on at E3 2011 , teasing "look we what we have at wo Full Article at Engadget

David Jacober, drummer of Baltimore band Dope Body, was at a deli in Cincinnati, melty roast beef sandwich in one hand, iPhone in the other. “For us to make this kind of music is very [ chew-chew-chew ] amusing,” he said. Then he passed the phone around Full Article at The Washington Post

Facebook's IPO may be hitting just at the time its Achilles heel has been revealed. That is the diagnosis of analyst P.J. McNealy, CEO and founder of Digital World Research. The social networking giant's potential weakness is one exhibited by several oth Full Article at USA Today

We called it “the devil’s machine” in my house, and the Faustian bargain we struck over that first Nintendo 64 would have impressed Lucifer himself. We bought it for my son when he was perhaps 7; it provided countless hours of contentment for him and an Full Article at The Washington Post

Now that they've saved the world on film, "The Avengers" are teaming up for a motion-control video game. Ubisoft Entertainment announced a partnership Thursday with Marvel Entertainment to create a game based on the popular Marvel superhero posse. The ga Full Article at Top Tech News

MELBOURNE, Victoria, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Goldie Marketing Pty. Ltd. of Australia and Nintendo of America Inc. will continue their business association for another three years, following the signing of an extension to their current merchandise li Full Article at PR Newswire

Anyone that bought Nintendo's 3D portable early on may have laid their hands on an endangered species. The original Aqua Blue model will cease production soon, according to Nintendo Japan's official site. In a full list of the 3DS's ever-increasing color Full Article at Engadget

If you were still holding out for those 3D-erific videos of cute dogs and sumo wrestlers for your American 3DS via Nintendo's "Itsu no Ma ni Terebi" service, bad news just got badder. In short, it's not coming. Ever. In fact, worse than that, the service Full Article at Engadget

I never wanted to join Facebook. I never wanted to join anything online, really. I was coerced into creating a Xanga at some point, and eventually -- when Facebook opened up to NC State email addresses -- I begrudgingly created an account there, too. I Full Article at Engadget

El nuevo precio sugerido de minorista proporciona un incentivo aún mayor para escoger estas consolas y proporciona una opción fácil para los padres que quieren introducir a sus hijos más pequeños a sus primeros juegos portátiles. Con las graduaciones en Full Article at PR Newswire

Lenovo on Tuesday launched its K-series of smart TVs in China, marking the PC vendor's entry into another hot devices market with a product that boasts Google's Android 4.0 OS, along with access to free on-demand videos and 1,000 apps. Lenovo's "IdeaTV" Full Article at PC World

The biggest story of the week, based on reader interest, was Blizzard's announcement of total fees amounting to up to 30 percent for real money sales in the Diablo III auction house. Readers also showed heavy interest (and confusion) over Nintendo's newl Full Article at Ars Technica

Nintendo is already guiding you through the Louvre with a 3DS , but a newly published US patent application takes that kind of tourism to a very literal new level. Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto's concept describes a way to direct lost tourists Full Article at Engadget

Little did we know that, just two months after we were trying the Wii U for ourselves, Nintendo was busy patenting nearly everything its unique game console would have to offer. A pair of just-published US Patent Office applications filed last August get Full Article at Engadget

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is reportedly planning to release its Xbox 360 bundle beginning next week for US$99. If rumors are to be believed, it could rival a TV infomercial's promise -- "but wait, there's more" -- by including the Kinect motion control se Full Article at TechNewsWorld

[Photo: Charles Lushear on Etsy]I always love the level in video games where your character gets shrunk to an itty-bitty size and then has to take on all the standard enemies and obstacles--you know, kinda like Mario Cart. If you'd like to feel like you' Full Article at PC World

A slide from Nintendo's recent investor briefing shows how its unique system for selling downloads at retail would work. When Nintendo announced last week that it would soon start offering the majority of its retail 3DS and Wii U games as digital downloa Full Article at Ars Technica

Japan’s benchmark index fell Tuesday as a stronger yen hurt the shares of exporters, but elsewhere markets were up in holiday-thinned trading amid data showing factory output in China growing moderately. Many markets in Europe and Asia were closed for pu Full Article at The New York Times

This week, we took a look at online price trends for third-party sellers trying to unload the PlayStation Vita. Bioware chimed in to push back against suggestions that The Old Republic was losing subscribers, while Valve's Gabe Newell piped up about his Full Article at Ars Technica