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5 things Sony and Microsoft can learn from the Wii U

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It wiiu-five-things-sony-mshasn’t been a smooth ride for Nintendo’s Wii U. It’s premature to call the system a flop, but it’s undoubtedly been a disappointment thus far.

Nintendo’s new console system had a decent start, selling 463,000 systems in December of last year, but that paled compared to the 890,000 Wiis that were sold during that console’s debut. Worse yet, the Wii U sales drop since then has been dizzying. In January and February combined, only 112,000 Wii Us were sold, according to The NPD Group. To put that in perspective, the Wii sold 683,000 in that time frame. Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 have thoroughly outsold the Wii U in 2013.

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Immigrant uses Xbox Live record to gain residency

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Jose immigrant-xbox-liveMuñoz came to the U.S. illegally when he was a one-year-old – but today, he’s a legal resident. And it’s all thanks to his love of video games.

For the past three years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has given people who immigrated illegally as children the opportunity to obtain legal residency, allowing them to work and purchase property in the U.S. The catch? Applicants have to be able to show residency since 2007.

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EA unveils Battlefield 4

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If battlefield4-top640you’re wondering what the next-generation of gaming might look like, you’ll want to check out Battlefield 4.

EA took the wraps off the next iteration of its military shooter franchise Tuesday night at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, demonstrating an action-packed, cinematic game boasting some of the industry’s most advanced graphics. Players will get their hands on it this fall.

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Can’t get that song out of your head? Try solving some puzzles

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You’re gaga-sudokudriving along, minding your own business, when suddenly “Doo Wah Diddy” or “Call Me Maybe” blares out of the speakers, and the pesky chorus lodges itself in your head for the rest of the day.

You try passing it on to someone or replacing it with a different song, but it just doesn’t work. These so-called musical ‘earworms’ burrow into your brain and refuse to get out, running on a seemingly endless loop.

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Government using games to recruit hackers

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As government-hackersforeign hackers probe the U.S. infrastructure grid in an effort to infiltrate and undermine the government, the Department of Homeland Security is looking for a few good gamers.

Well, technically, it’s looking for a few good hackers of its own — but it’s using games to find them.

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What to expect at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference

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When gdc-13it comes to video game conventions, GDC — the Game Developer’s Conference, if you’d care to be formal about it — tends to live in the shadow of E3.

Unlike its flashier cousin, which is loaded with new console details and flagship game announcements, GDC is more about how those games are made. While it might not have the consumer pull of E3, however, GDC delivers an unvarnished look at the games business and often tells us where, exactly, we’re all headed.

Here are five topics we expect to dominate this year’s show, which runs from March 25 – March 29 in San Francisco.

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Blizzard unveils Hearthstone, a free-to-play collectible card game

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Through hearthstone-top640games like World of Warcraft, StarCraft II and Diablo III, Blizzard Entertainment built a real-world fortune. Now it’s about to see what happens when it gives a game away for free.

At the PAX East convention in Boston, the company unveiled Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, a free-to-play collectable card game set in the well-known Warcraft universe. And in very un-Blizzard-like fashion, you’re not going to have to wait a couple years to try it out. A beta of the game is due out this summer.

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The Walking Dead game you shouldn’t buy

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Last yearwalking-dead-survival-640, Telltale Games gifted gamers with The Walking Dead, a deeply emotional episodic adventure game that offered a breath of fresh air for the video game industry, capturing “Game of the Year” honors from a host of publications – including us.

Unfortunately, a much different Walking Dead game shambled into stores this week, and the only air surrounding it is the rot of decay.

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Missile Command record falls after 31 years

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If missile-command-recordEarth ever comes under alien attack, we can rest easy knowing that Victor Sandberg is on our side.

Sandberg came out of nowhere this weekend to apparently shatter one of gaming’s oldest records: the 31-year old high score for the coin-op classic Missile Command.

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Developer recreates autistic experience in video game

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While auti-simthere’s no shortage of video games that focus on shooting, dragons and fast cars, some game makers aren’t afraid to tackle weightier issues.

A developer in Vancouver has crafted a simulation of what life is like for people with autism in an effort to raise awareness about the condition and help educate people about what it’s like for those suffering its effects.

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