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June 2012

22 Jun
Hardware Nintendo 3DS
Go Big or Go Home: Nintendo 3DS XL Announced

Nintendo announces the 3DS XL, with screens about 90 percent larger than the original 3DS, better battery life and a 4GB SD card, out in North America in August.

21 Jun
New Release PC
Teaser Trailer for Upcoming PC Adventure Game Hoodwink

E-One Studios releases a teaser for Hoodwink, an upcoming PC point-and-click adventure starring a bumbling scoundrel whose last caper goes wrong.

20 Jun
New Release
Renaissance Heroes: Seize the Scrolls Mode Gameplay Video

A new gameplay video shows off the Seize the Scrolls mode in the upcoming free-to-play MMO shooter Renaissance Heroes.

20 Jun
New Release Arcade iOS PlayStation 3
Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Available on iPad and Consoles

Magic: The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 launches across iPad, XBLA, Steam and PSN, tied to the Magic 2013 Core Set.

18 Jun
New Release Android iOS
New Free-to-Play Space Action Game Strikefleet Omega

Strikefleet Omega, a free-to-play space action-strategy game from the makers of Shadowrun, is coming to iOS and Android.

15 Jun
New Release
En Masse Now Offering Free 7-Day Trial of TERA

En Masse Entertainment is offering a free seven-day trial of its action-combat MMO TERA, letting players try before they buy.

15 Jun
Industry
CCP Posts New EVE Online Ship-Balancing Dev Blog

CCP details its EVE Online ship rebalance in a new dev blog, covering frigates, destroyers and a mining-barge overhaul with a new mining ship.

14 Jun
New Release
Seven Days of Giveaways from EA’s Play4Free Promotion

EA runs a week of Play4Free giveaways across its free-to-play games, starting with a Woodland Combat Pack for Battlefield Play4Free.

14 Jun
New Release Nintendo DS
Pokemon Conquest Launches June 18th

Pokemon Conquest, a strategy-RPG crossover of Pokemon and feudal-Japan warfare, launches June 18th on the Nintendo DS.