http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/painkiller http://kotaku.com/tag/painkiller A 34-year-old woman in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, today received a one-year jail sentence (suspended to one and a half months) for convincing a nine-year-old to steal his mother's Percocet in exchange for a video game. If only she had known. More »
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What do you get when you combine the shoot 'em up talents of Gears of War maker Epic Games and Painkiller creators People Can Fly? You get Bulletstorm, a futuristic first-person shooter that lets you play as a drunken pirate. More »
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Electronic Arts has signed a deal with Epic Games to publish an as-yet untitled action game. More »
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Seemingly moments after The Escapist released this week's Zero Punctuation video featuring 2004's horror FPS Painkiller, Steam's home page got an updated advertisement for the Gold Edition of the game, utilizing Yahtzee's astute insight into the biggest selling point of the title. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5010740&view=rss&microfeed=true According to Yahtzee we are just now slipping into the Summer gaming drought, so rather than struggle to find a more recent game to review he's gone and dug out 2004's Painkiller, one of the best FPS games ever for folks that just want to kill some monsters. As Yahtzee points out, Painkiller not only lets you kill tons of bad guys, it also lets you do it in some very creative ways. More »
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Variety is reporting that DreamCatcher Interactive's Painkiller series—released on PC and Xbox—may be getting the Hollywood treatment with Guy Walks Into A Bar snapping up feature rights for the first-person shooter. The production company is responsible for both the Will Ferrel comedy Elf and the Eddie Murphy vehicle Starship Dave. DreamCatcher Interactive is expected to ship another Painkiller game "soon." More »
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MumboJumbo, developer of mind-numbing "casual games" like Luxor and Super Collapse has snapped up Ritual Entertainment, most recently known for their work on SiN Episodes. After releasing only one episode for the promised multi-chapter game, the company's future was called into question months ago amid rumors of key personnel changes. More »
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