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One week ago, I wrote that the theme of E3 2010 would be Innovation . I was wrong. The real theme was Schadenfreude, in every possible way. It was slamming motion control on the Xbox and PS3 non-stop for a year, then finding one game that genuinely sold its potential. It was professional PS3 basher Gabe Newell stepping out on Sony's stage and thanking people for not punching him in the face. It was Shigeru Miyamoto unable to get a Wiimote to work live in front of a thousand chuckling people, and then blowing those same people away with the 3DS. And more: It was admitting Treyarch may have stepped up to step into Infinity Ward's size-12 shoes. It was Dave Jaffe eating years of flat-out denials to unveil a high-def Twisted Metal. It was Nintendo passing out sacks of candy after years of broccoli. It was getting excited for Gears of War multiplayer again. It was Microsoft ignoring XBLA at its own press briefing, then unveiling an evolved Xbox. It was the PSP getting a ton

Let's get this out of the way up front: it looks like I've been wasting my life. I'm nearing the 75-hour mark in my Patapon 2 save, and it looks like that data won't carry over to Patapon 3 . I started a new game and Patapon 3 didn't ask me if I had played before and if it could load my old save like the game did in Patapon 2. Luckily, the game is packed with awesomeness, so I really don't care. We're going to need a bigger spear. If you've never seen a Patapon title before, you're missing a franchise that won PSP Game of the Year back to back. You use the PSP face buttons to pound out four-beat songs that make your one-eyed troops march, attack, jump and party. You take the archers, spear throwers and more up against massive monsters, collect loot, and evolve your team. Patapon 3 keeps all of that. Kind of. When I started a new game, I needed to choose what type of hero I would be. That's right; what type of hero I would be. Previous Patapons ha

After Apple set company records for first day pre-orders, selling over 600,000 in the first 24 hours, the iPhone 4 is expected to be one highly sought after device. Though it launches this week, Apple is delaying shipment of new pre-orders into the second week of July and beyond. For those who weren't fortunate enough to have secured a pre-order before shipments started getting delayed, but want to get their mitts on Apple's latest smartphone, IGN has you covered. Below we've listed some of the most basic ways to track down an iPhone 4 on or soon after launch day. Brave the Lines If you've got the time, the stamina, and the sheer mental willpower to wake up at the crack of dawn and get in line, you could walk out of a retail store with an iPhone 4 on launch day. In addition to Apple Store locations, Best Buy, Walmart, and Radioshack will all be carrying the iPhone 4 on June 24. Be forewarned, however; these stores are expected to be carrying only limited supplies, an

The arrival of Nintendo's 3DS could be sooner than we hoped as Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that the company are looking to release the handheld in all major territories by March next year. Quite easily the star of last week's E3, the 3DS wowed with its no-glasses 3D display and strong support from Nintendo and third-party publishers – leaving many wondering when they could get their hands on the device and how much cash they'd have to part with to do so. "The reason we haven't announced a launch date or pricing is that, first, we wanted to get reaction here," Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told Industry Gamers , "Secondly, we'll be making individual market decisions in terms of what's happening in Japan, what's happening in the Americas, what's happening in Europe. The one thing, for sure, is that we will launch in all of our major markets by March 31, 2011." We've reached out to Nintendo to confirm the date, and whi

Whatever Paramount decides to do with their cash cow Transformers franchise, one thing is for sure: Michael Bay's third film will be an end to the story he set out to tell. "This one really builds to a final crescendo," Bay told USA Today. "It's not three multiple endings... As a trilogy, it really ends. [The franchise] could be rebooted again, but I think it has a really killer ending." The director also revealed who the villain is. Ready? It's Shockwave, the one-eyed overseer of Cybertron whose toy turned into a wicked purple laser canon thing. The man himself -- Shockwave As for the plot? "The new film features Sam Witwicky ( Shia LaBeouf ) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime ." (It's better than saving the world with a gym sock full of Matrix glitter while racist robots look on...) Through this story, a mystery of sorts emerges, as TF3 centers around the "space r

FBI special agent William Carter pulls up, stopping his car in the picturesque, tree-lined suburban street. His surroundings are the very vision of archetypal 1950s America – modern houses, well-kept lawns and white picket fences. But something isn't right. The scene seems frozen, eerily quiet. There's no activity in the streets. No kids playing or selling lemonade. No guys working on their cars in their driveway. Something terrible lurks beneath this silence. Carter pulls out his map, and checks his destination. The distress call intercepted by XCOM (or Extraterrestrial Combat Unit ) came from a house in the area, so that's where Carter and his two offsiders are headed. They begin making their way down the road, but a shout for help rings out from a nearby house, and Carter takes off, following a slimy black trail that coats the ground. It's too late. One of the inhabitants of the house is lying face-down, covered in black goo. It's all over for him, but Carter ta

If you're one of those dedicated Kojima fans, chances are that you've picked up Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending saga of Metal Gear. While you're knocking bad guys out and building your own army, you might start wondering "Where the hell are all the Monster Hunter levels I heard about." Well, they're here, but getting to them takes a bit of work. If you missed it the first time around , Konami announced a few months ago that it was partnering with Capcom to put some of the Monster Hunter monsters into Peace Walker so that Snake could test his skills. However, if you were just casually playing through Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, you could easily miss these gems. The first piece of the puzzle is that you have to listen to every one of Chico's audio briefings. To do this, pick a mission, select "Briefing Files" before deploying, and then move to the Chico file library. Listen to each one of thes

How do Apple and HTC's smartphone juggernauts compare? While the RIM's Blackberry OS holds the crown for United States smartphone dominance, Apple's iPhone ranks second, and Android is quickly rising in the ranks. As Google's Android mobile platform continues to grow in popularity, so does the range of alluring smartphone hardware that runs it, which with every passing iteration takes further aim on the iPhone juggernaut. Earlier this year Google's Nexus One was introduced as a viable competitor to the iPhone 3GS, and now HTC's Evo 4G will go toe-to-toe with Apple's newly introduced iPhone 4. Each with powerful new technologies and their own unique feature-sets, the iPhone 4 and HTC Evo 4G will battle for the hearts, minds, and cash of consumers well into the holiday season. To give you a better sense of how these two mobile giants match up, we've constructed a rundown of the software, hardware, pricing, and technical specifications of each. Design In t

As of this moment -- as I sit typing on my keyboard -- I'm 35 hours into Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , and the game only has more to show me. I beat the story at the 17-hour mark or so, but with more than 100 Extra Ops serving as mini-games/challenges, my own Metal Gear to mold and customize, a platoon of 350 soldiers, dozens of hands-off Outer Ops missions to send troops out on and so much more, I don't know when I'll put this game down. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is probably the biggest game in the Metal Gear series, and it's only on Sony's smallest system. Grab your gun and watch the video review. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker picks up the story of Naked Snake (AKA Big Boss) after the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. It's 1974, and Snake's a bit disenchanted. After killing his "traitorous" mentor the Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3, Snake left the United States and founded Militaires S