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iPad and tablet gaming is on the rise. Most games for tablets are normally under $10 in cost, but as tablet games become more robust like console games for the Xbox 360 system, the apps will cost more to develop, so game makers would want more money in return to cover those higher costs, according to the video game news website IndustryGamers.

Read what each of the three big game platforms had in store for this year’s E3.

In a recent Q&A with investors after a financial briefing, president and CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata revealed that the not-very-talked-about Vitality Sensor peripheral from the Kyoto, Japan-based corporation is not canceled, and he also explained the long development time, according to the video game business website IndustryGamers.

Gamers won’t have to wait too long between the launch of the glass-free 3-D Nintendo 3DS handheld and the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, but Nintendo has got gamers backs by adding some new content to make up for it.

The Clone Wars animated series were quite popular among the Star Wars faithful so much so that Traveller’s Tales developed Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. For those of you who don’t know, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a 2011 Lego game based on The Clone Wars animated series. This game has come out for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows and Nintendo 3DS. Yeah, it just came out on every possible gaming platform.

Games like Super Mario live on forever or at least Nintendo is making sure they do. It’s been 25 years since that game first showed up and from an 8 bit console it has made it all the way into the newest Nintendo console, the Wii. Now the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros is over and the Super Mario All stars collection will soon be impossible to get. Now for those of you who don’t know about the Super Mario All stars collection it includes Super NES updated versions…

In a video interview with Conservative New Media at the Game Developers Conference on March 4, Associate Public Relations Manager for Nintendo of America David Young revealed while demonstrating “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” for the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS handheld that the title will come with both the original game and the remixed Master Quest version. This 3DS edition of the Ocarina of Time adds 3-D functionality and updates the 12-year-old graphics from the original Nintendo 64 release. The Master Quest edition made its North American debut back…

The registration for E3 2011, possibly the biggest annual gaming trade show, is starting today.

The guys at Dorkly.com wish everyone a merry Christmas with this Mario edition of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

The Nintendo Wii online services bring about a whole world of possibilities to your Nintendo Wii console.

Epic Mickey is a video game made by Warren Spector and was developed by Junction Point Studios for the Nintendo Wii console.

With the holiday season in full swing I’m sure many gamers wish they could build their own gaming setup that will keep them comfortable and entertained for hours.