One of the biggest criticisms of the 3DS (besides the battery life) is the lack of a second analog stick. Nintendo has realized that maybe the design of the hardware is flawed and trying to fix some of the complaints.

Not to long ago, they announced an attachment for the handheld that would allow games to control with dual-analogs. The downfall of the accessory is it would require one AAA battery, but thankfully that would give it about 480 hours of playtime.

‘The Circle Pad Pro‘ has just been released in Japan, and gamers have the option of picking up the unit with Resident Evil included, but sadly Americans won’t get the same package.

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According to an email we just received, early registration for the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo, otherwise known as E3, has opened.

Attendees who are in the video game trade, who wants explore the halls of the convention floor, will have to fork over $795 for early registration, but those who wait until April 24 to buy their floor passes, will have to pay a $995.

While I love E3, and if I didn’t get press passes for the show, I’m not entirely convinced it would be worth a grand to access games months before they’re released.

Although, this year’s convention has a lot of potential.

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An all-time classic and quite possibly the best installment of the series — Sonic CD is being released on multiple platforms tomorrow.

Sega announced the Sega CD version of Sonic will be released on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and iOS. Other mobile devices such as Android will have to wait until 2012 before it gets the retro classic in their marketplace.

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During the Video Game Awards show on Saturday, Activision unveiled a trailer for Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD The company promises it will include levels from the award-winning first two installments of the franchise. A little while after the show, we got word that the remastered version will only be available as a download only.

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Used games is huge business. For instance, when you buy a per-owned title, a company like Gamestop makes more money, then if you decide to purchase a new one.

With that said, publishers and developers don’t see a penny when you choose a used copy. So ultimately, you’re helping only Gamestop or whatever retail you shop at, and not the industry as a whole.

Publishers are doing everything they can to ensure they make some kind of profit out of used games, so some have implemented a code that’s packed in with the disc that can only be used once to go online. If you decide to buy a used game, and don’t have the onetime code to input, you’ll have top spend extra cash to get your online kick.

Eventually though, publishers will be victorious in the used game war because at one point, most titles will be available through download.

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According to Bloomberg anonymous sources, Microsoft is looking to hire an television executive to spearhead original programing on Xbox Live.

The computer company has hired Tom Schneider, a partner at a hiring consulting firm called Stratis LLC. Schneider’s job is to find the TV executive, so he or she may expand on Microsoft’s plans to make the Xbox console an internet set-top box.

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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata promised to gamers that the Wii U was NOT going to be cheap, and hinted that it would cost more than 20,000 yen, or $250 US dollars.

And now, some international online retail stores are confirming what Iwata said, though no one knows if they got some sort of inside information, or if it’s just speculation on their part.

If you head over to Australian EB Games‘ website (GameStop), you’ll a price of $598. Convert that to US dollars, that would equal to about $601. Of course, for various reasons, things are generally cheaper in the US — especially electronics.

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Last week, THQ released a statement that they would have to lower it’s third-quarter projections, and noted the uDraw tablet’s poor sales were to partly blame.

Late last week, about 30 employees from the THQ Play studio were notified that their services were no longer needed due to budget cuts. THQ Play, of Agoura Hills, CA, was division that developed the sluggish uDraw.

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was met with glowing reviews when it was released last month. Many of these critics praised the adventure game’s control scheme, which utilized the Wii’s MotionPlus.

When the title was in the early stages of development, producer Eiji Aonuma toyed with the idea to scrap motion controls all together, and instead have the player experience the game with more traditional controls.

Fast forward years later, and now Aonuma can’t imagine creating another Zelda title without motion controls in mind, as he told OffcialNintendoMagazine:

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Apparently, some Xbox 360 owners are experiencing a major glitch, where their save files for Batman: Arkham City are being deleted, with no explanation.

The news started with complaints from forum users who were rightfully aggravated about their files suddenly disappearing. While there has been no official word into why this would be happening, users are starting to come to a conclusion that the glitch started when they downloaded the Catwomen content. which was released online after the game launched.

Warner Bros. is looking to fix the issue, and they’ve even asked those same forum users to give them information.

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During a talk at GDC China, Microsoft’s Brian Prince discussed cloud gaming, and how it’ll affect the future and the company he works for.

According to Prince, cloud-gaming services like OnLive and Gaikai are the blueprints of the future. “There are some limitations here, but I really do think this is the distant future of gaming in the cloud,” Prince said.

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According to Activision, they’ve done it again. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the king of sales for an opening day in the entertainment industry.

The company is reporting that the game racked up over $400 million in just 24 hours, which beat their previous record of $360 million, in Call of Duty: Black Ops, which that thumped the past record, which was also a Call of Duty game, in Modern Warfare 2… Phew, did you get all that?

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Yesterday, Super Mario 3D Land was released in the US and with glowing reviews. Today, the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has released a parody game on their website called Super Tanooki Skin 2D, that shows Mario in a different light.

PETA gives the perspective of Mario being a blood-trusty, fur-wearing, manic, which you can kinda see in the picture above. And PETA believes that’s a correct because Mario occasionally wears a Tanooki suit in his latest game.

Their reason for this, is detailed after the jump.

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According to the French site Xboxygen, Microsoft plans on announcing their next-genration video game console at this upcoming Consumer Electronic Show (CES), which starts on January 10th.

The site claims the information was from a source who has close ties with Microsoft, and even gave some small details about what we should expect at CES.

The source said that we should not expect a huge blowout of news, but rather a formal announcement, where the company will confirm the console, and even speak about “some of its capabilities.”

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A Denver man has been arrested for threatening to blow up a local Best Buy because the store didn’t have his copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The alleged suspect went to the big box retailer assuming the store had his Hardened Edition of Modern Warfare 3, which he believes he had reserved days before the title was released. The store informed him that no record of his pre-order was in the computer nor did they have anymore copies of the game to give him

Sar became disobedient and according to the retailer, threatened to blow up the building.

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