http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/countdown http://kotaku.com/tag/countdown Carmageddon's official site is displaying a countdown that will reach zero early the morning of June 1. The site is registered to Square-Enix, the series' owner (acquiring it with Eidos). The series' last release came in 2000; a Carmageddon 4 had been rumored in 2005 but was put on hold indefinitely. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5804388&view=rss&microfeed=true The Valve-owned domain aperturescience.com tossed up a countdown whose timer expires at noon EDT/9 a.m. PDT tomorrow. Rumors, abetted by Easter eggs, have hinted that the game is arriving a week ahead of its announced April 19 date. Hey, it's either that or Half Life 2: Episode 3. More »
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With glowing green numbers counting down to five days from now and the 2011 Game Developers Conference kicking off on Monday, it looks like we might be getting our first look at the next Modern Warfare on Wednesday morning. More »
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The Nintendo Wii continues to prove itself quite capable when it comes to teaching children new things. In fact, it taught three-year-old Oliver Smith a brand new word! Can you say shitheads? More »
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Halo: Reach is only a week away, and Microsoft is counting down the days with previews, themes, and other downloadable goodies, leading up to the Halo: Reach Invasion Week on Xbox Live. More »
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....a brand new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII! After a brief scare with a resetting countdown clock, the Final Fantasy XIII website now correctly features the new trailer for FFXIII. More »
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Two countdown clocks are up on Japanese developer web sites, both pointing to something being announced around Friday. One looks like Zelda, the other Mario-ish. More »
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Several of our readers have pointed us in the direction of a new countdown taking place at Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's website. Our hatred of countdown clocks borders on the legendary, but at least this one has a little kick to it. It involves the sound of rain, horrific noises, people panicking, and red water droplets. My money is on a new Siren game. Both the first and second game were focused on blood-red water and both were scary as hell. Hit up the site and listen to the audio a bit and see if you don't at least get a few heebies, and possibly a jeebie or two. Well be back to you with Siren 3 news in 53 hours from now. More »
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Microsoft joins Sega, Treasure and Valve this week in hyping up their pre-Tokyo Game Show reveals, relying on the trusted Flash-based countdown clock to stoke the hype train flames. So what's going to be so "Brutally Fun"? That's an excellent question we'll know more about within the next 40 hours. Our best guess so far is Luke's suggestion that it's a Brute Force party game in which I will absolutely have dibs on Brutus the token lizard man. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=298334&view=rss&microfeed=true In theory, through the use of arcane arts and technology, this countdown should magically metamorphose into a living, breathing second trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV when it hits zero. Now if only some of the magic can be injected into Rockstar to force them to give us some substance in the vid this time around. Brian Crecente More »
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Finally the long wait is over! Atari has unveiled the meaning behind the mysterious countdown that's been ticking away towards May 23rd on their Godzilla Unleashed Wii website. I know you've all been hanging on the edge of your seats on this one. More »
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It seems that EA is putting out a new Simpsons game in what I can only assume will be a tie in with the upcoming movie. Going to this page on EA's website, we are presented with a classic Simpson's yellow screen featuring the title "XXII" done in a mock GTA IV style. Underneath is a counter using the now famous Matt Groening font that is counting down the time, which at the writing of this article was down to exactly four days. So, by Wednesday afternoon we should be treated to some kind of announcement having to do with this mysterious game. More »
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Sony has apparently found yet another way to plug it's uber popular God of War series, this time in the form of a mysterious website featuring a countdown clock and a picture of Kratos looming in the distance. No one is really sure what this is all about, but IGN confirmed earlier this week that it absolutely does not have anything to do with the PSP version of the game. IGN's query to Sony was met with an answer as puzzling as the website itself. More »
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