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"Fukubukuro" is Japanese for "lucky bag." They are sold all over Japan during New Year's, and retailers cram a bevy of goods into a bag. The contents, however, are a mystery until the customer plops down their money and opens it up. Over at game site Insert Credit, Tim Rogers has penned "fukubukuro 2006: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION." It's a whopper, and as Tim explains: More »
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Good lord, look at my giant golden head. More »
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Gamasutra reports that in terms of revenue, Electronic Arts' titles dominated the UK sales charts last year. More »
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The thing about numbers is that there are tons of ways to look at them. Take for instance The NPD Group's official numbers for video game console sales in the U.S. More »
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The thing about numbers is that there are tons of ways to look at them. Take for instance The NPD Group's official numbers for video game console sales in the U.S. More »
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The thing about numbers is that there are tons of ways to look at them. Take for instance The NPD Group's official numbers for video game console sales in the U.S. More »
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The Playstation 2's Madden NFL 07 was the top selling video game of 2006, by a wide margin. Next up was New Super Mario Bros for the DS followed by ube-shooter Gears of War. More »
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Last year, it turns out, was a spectacular for everyone in the console video game business, not just Nintendo. More »
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See that picture up there, the one with the guy flying backwards through the air? That's the G-rated version of what Nintendo did to the competition at launch. If the Xbox 360 or PS3 had entrails, blood-slick loops of them would be sprayed across the country's Best Buys, GameStops and Wal-Marts right now. More »
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Last week I posted a link to a piece Stephen Totilo wrote for MTV about his personal worst moments in video game journalism in 2006. More »
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Major Nelson has published Xbox Live's Top Games of 2006. There are three separate lists that encompass Xbox 360 titles, Arcade Titles, and original Xbox Titles. Here are the Top 10 Xbox 360 titles for 2006 based on Xbox Live connectivity: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=225232&view=rss&microfeed=true I give to you the year's most popular stories, as voted on by you our many, many, many readers and those hundreds of thousands of pageviews each story received: More »
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Sony today announced that Gran Turismo HD Concept is hitting the Playstation store for free on Christmas Eve in North America too. They had previously announced the deal for Japan. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=223966&view=rss&microfeed=true It looks like Microsoft's whole Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday's is just the heart of a huge push for Live arcade games this year. In a recent interview, Greg Canessa said that he hopes to have 30 new Arcade titles on live by the end of the summer and another 20 by the end of the year. That's 28 50 new titles in less than six months. More »
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British Gaming Blog is pretty optimistic about the rest of this year in 360 gaming. I mean, why not be? While Live Arcade might expel new games only after months of constipation, the 360 line-up for the rest of the year looks pretty good, and the BGB have posted their full-on geek-out pics of what the best games for the rest of the year are going to be... sight unseen! More »
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2006 is the last year your vintage XBox is going to be good for anything besides killing wharf rats. Bill Harris over at Dubious Quality has taken a look at the release dates of all announced XBox and 360 titles and the XBox is practically dead in the water: More »
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Man, when the Electronic Software Association cracks on E3 passes, they crack down... unless you're a really big company, famous or just know someone, apparently. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=164997&view=rss&microfeed=true It's official, the big three have set their press conferences for the days leading up to the Electronic Entertainment Expo. More »
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Microsoft invited several bloggers to breakfast during the Game Developers Conference to chat about Microsoft, the Xbox 360 and what ever else popped into our little heads. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=163477&view=rss&microfeed=true Wow, Konami just dropped an enormous list of game titles hitting this year in my mailbox. Some on the list include a Rumble Roses for the Xbox 360, a Silent Hill for the PSP and of course, the 3D glasses-enabled Metal Gear Acid2. More »
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Over the holidays, I did not score a new Magic 8-ball, so these predictions just have to be shot from the hip. Hopefully some of you can help me come up with some, too. What can we look forward to in 2006? More »
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Robert "Apache" Howarth put together a sweet list of the top 20 PC games set to hit computer next year. He points out, and rightfully so, that 2005 PC titles were pretty ghetto sauce compared to their console brethren. But have no fear, the 2006 year in computer games is going to rock. Here's 11 through 20, hit the site for the top ten, tons o' images and a poll to select your favorite. More »
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