Daily Wrap-Up 6.14.12

[Archangel Tyrael]

 

 

 

Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

 

• A gameplay-free CG video pops up for Eidos Montreal's long-in-development Thief 4, a notable absence at E3 2012.
  
• A newly launched website and trailer from D3 Publisher confirms the coming of Earth Defense Forces 3: Portable to the PS Vita.
  
• Microsoft's Larry Hryb confirms that the company will be skipping Gamescom and TGS in 2012, focusing instead on smaller events.
  

• Nintendo's Satoru Iwata reveals that the upcoming Wii U console is built to support free-to-play gaming and microtransactions.
  
• The latest update for Microsoft's My Xbox Live iPhone app adds remote control features for sending commands to your console.
  
• Check out the second of G4's weeklong celebration of the top 100 games of all time.
  
• Check out our Defiance preview from E3 2012.
  
• Limbo developer Playdead has confirmed that they're working on a new game entitled Project 2.
  
• Both Sony and Microsoft have applied for top-level domain names.
  
• In this week's MMO Report, Casey looks at the environments and combat of The Elder Scrolls Online, classes and vehicles of PlanetSide
  
• Check out our preview of Fieldrunners 2 from E3 2012.
  
• Capcom is putting out a version of Street Fighter X Tekken for iOS.
  
• Check out our video of the best booth babes from E3 2012.
  
• Check out our video wrap-up of the best explosions at E3 2012.
  
• Maxis and Electronic Arts have announced The Sims 3: Supernatural.
  
• We check out the best accessories Nyko has to offer from fighting sticks to controllers for your iPad.
  
• Check out our hands-on video of Far Cry 3 from E3 2012.
  
• Check out our hands-on look at Lost Planet 3.
  
• Check out our gameplay video from Dead Space 3.
  
• We get our hands on the portable console system from Project Gaems.
  
• We check out the hot new tech coming out of Razer that you need to get your hands on.
  
• Hitman: Absolution was on of the games we got to check out while at E3.
  
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is so much more than Sony Smash Brothers.
  
• We go hands on with the hot new tech coming out of Mad Catz along with their new game, Damage Inc.
  
• We reaching into the world of virtual reality with with help of John Carmack and the Oculus Rift.
  
• Battlefield 3 might get a Dinosaur mode.
  
• Check out all the tech from E3 2012 in one spot.