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EA's zealous endorsement of its newly rechristened digital download service -- Origin -- espouses healthy competition and a simple method of accessing the company's vast library of games. In reality, it's a shaky separation from Valve's long established Steam platform.

News Blips for June 17, 2011. The Wii U only supports one of its touch screen controllers, rumors of a multiplayer component for Mass Effect 3 surface, DICE boils down the rivalry between Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to personal choice, and more.

Video Blips for June 17, 2011. Choose the Sith Empire or Republic in Star Wars: The Old Republic, learn about the Founders and Vox Populi factions in BioShock Infinite, crush and shoot your enemies in F.E.A.R. 3, and more.

News Blips for June 15, 2011. Crysis 2 vanishes from Steam right when EA pushes for exclusive content on its Origin platform, Jim Redner of The Redner Group apologizes for his fit over Duke Nukem Forever's poor review scores, Kinect creator Kudo Tsunoda thinks the peripheral is for core gamers too, and more.

Video Blips for June 15, 2011. Child of Eden's spectrum of colors and sounds melts your brain, Twisted Metal's Sweet Tooth hunts down his next victim in his ice cream truck of death, become the planet's supreme exterminator in Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, and more.

News Blips for June 13, 2011. Battlefield 3's "Physical Warfare" pre-order pack doesn't sit well with gamers, analyst firm Cowen and Company thinks Star Wars: The Old Republic is "highly derivative" of World of Warcraft, Wedbush Morgan thinks the Wii U is two years late, and more.

Video Blips for June 13, 2011. Defiance melds TV and video games together in a post-apocalyptic world filled with giant bugs, get your hands dirty and fight off waves of ugly monsters single-handedly in Orcs Must Die!, create customized armies and march them to victory in World of Battles: Morningstar, and more.

Bethesda's E3 presentation of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim introduced an interesting mechanic with potentially dire consequences: sabotaging lumber mills.

Saint's Row: The Third brings bobblehead bank robberies, pedestrian smack downs with over-the-top wrestling moves, and a giant purple sex toy.

Hunting down all 95 vehicles for L.A. Noire's "Auto Fanatic" Achievement can get overwhelmingly frustrating at times. Here's the locations of four of the most difficult-to-locate cars that'll ease the pain a little.

News Blips for June 2, 2011. Mass Effect 3 might have Kinect support, the Windows 8 interface uses a tile-based look, LucasArts wants to improve the quality of its games, and more.

Video Blips for June 2, 2011. Witness a bullet-riddled coup d'etat in Saints Row: The Third, Duke Nukem Forever's launch trailer brings explosions, babes, and triple-breasted aliens, Jackie Estacado must feed his demonic powers in The Darkness 2, and more.

News Blips for May 31, 2011. Details on the Call of Duty Elite service, a hacker group named "LulzSec" intends to continue the attacks on Sony, the ESRB describes some of the bizarre creatures encountered in Catherine, and more.

Video Blips for May 31, 2011. "TheLEGENDofKARL" spills the beans on the Call of Duty Elite service, the Zerg prepare for victory in Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, Mr. Toots returns to wreak havoc with fart-powered rainbows in Red Faction: Armageddon, and more.

There's something with you in the dank German trenches of 1914: Der Unbekannte Krieg. Your only option? Run like hell.

News Blips for May 26, 2011. British tabloid Daily Mail reports on the "fury" over a London terrorist attack in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's reveal trailer, Ubisoft wants the next-gen consoles now, a study declares Dead Space 2 the scariest game on the Xbox 360, and more.

Video Blips for May 26, 2011. The final chapter of Ezio Auditore's saga is revealed in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Hunted: The Demon's Forge provides plenty of monster flesh to slice or shoot, watch a spectacular takedown of a griffin in Dragon's Dogma, and more.

News Blips for May 24, 2011. EA's John Riccitiello tells a bunch of Berkeley graduates to "fail well," Take-Two might get a takeover after the success of L.A. Noire, Remedy's Aki Järvilehto thinks handhelds need a makeover, and more.

Video Blips for May 24, 2011. The Beast devastates Empire City as it hunts Cole MacGrath in Infamous 2, employ your tactical skills against friends and foes in Ghost Recon Online, Leo of Anarchy Reigns hides a pair of positively charged blades in his arms, and more.

News Blips for May 19, 2011. Lionhead's Mike West thinks PC piracy doesn't hold a candle to used Xbox 360 game sales, Microsoft tempts students to procrastinate even further by offering free Xbox 360s, the demonic action RPG Hellgate returns to the U.S., and more.