Prince Of Persia PC To Be DRM-Free

December 12, 2008 – Not content with making Prince of Persia too easy for players, Ubisoft have decided to make it too easy for pirates as well! Kidding! We are just kidding! [Kotaku]

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Tic Tac Toe In LBP

December 12, 2008 – We were pretty certain the fully functional calculator was the most complex LittleBigPlanet mod around. Surely nobody could top that for sheer intricacy, could they? Oh Internet, you spoil us. [Kotaku]

The Farmer Wants A Wife, Again – Famitsu Reveals New PSP Harvest Moon

December 10, 2008 – The ever-reliable Famitsu has the skinny on a new installment in cutesy farming saga Harvest Moon. Bokujou Monogatari: Sugar Mura to Minna no Negai (Harvest Moon: [Kotaku]

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Rice Using WiiMote To Research Motor Skills Learning

December 9, 2008 – Researchers at Rice University make heavy use of high-end motion capture systems (glued on ping-pong balls and all) when studying how humans acquire and improve motor skills, but perhaps a WiiMote will work. In studying how stroke victims re-learn physical tasks, the researchers found that the... [Kotaku]

Rockstar Puts Entire Catalogue Up On Metaboli

December 9, 2008 – Rockstar have signed a deal with European games download specialists Metaboli to make their entire back catalogue available for download. “We would like to welcome Niko Bellic, the most charismatic personality that the GTA license has ever known," said Metaboli's VP of Content Pierre Forest,... [Kotaku]

Boom Blox Does 8-Bit

December 8, 2008 – LittleBigPlanet may be the stunt-modder's level design palette of choice these days, with some truly spectacular creations, but its not the only game in town. Speilbergian Wii favourite Boom Blox comes with a nifty level editor too, and someone has spent a lot of time waggling that WiiMote to... [Kotaku]

Empire Interactive Causing A Martian Panic – New Screens

December 4, 2008 – What do you get if you cross Destroy All Humans with Duck Hunt? Look, never mind "I don't know" - I'm not trying to tell you a joke. This is a serious rhetorical question. [Kotaku]

New 360 Arcades Get 256MB Internal Storage

December 2, 2008 – As hinted at in our ennui-bustin' Thanksgiving Rumor Roundup Microsoft have confirmed that the new batch of 'Jasper' Xbox 360 Arcade boxes will come with internal flash storage. Speaking to Xbox 360 Fanboy, a Microsoft spokeschap said, "We can confirm that we are moving to internal memory for the... [Kotaku]

BlitzTech Unveils Stereoscopic 3D Engine

December 2, 2008 – As anyone who tried to play Magic Carpet in its ludicrous/innovative Magic Eye mode will tell you, niche 3D display technology can be more trouble than its worth. BlitzTech, however, are pretty confident that their new 3D Engine - unveiled today at the 3D Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles - will... [Kotaku]

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Newell To Fan – DRM Strategies Are Dumb

December 2, 2008 – Valve's Gabe Newell has joined the growing roster of games industry names who are publicly unimpressed with Digital Rights Management. In an email to a fan who had contacted Valve about fears that they would be using SecuROM to lock down Left 4 Dead, Newell replied, "As far as DRM goes, most DRM... [Kotaku]

Gameloft Launches Brothers In Arms: Hour of Heroes For iPhone

December 2, 2008 – Gameloft have released Brothers In Arms: Hour Of Heroes for the iPhone, bringing 14 missions over 3 theater campaigns to your pocket. Control is via a 'fire' icon and a touchable movement circle, that at least looks like it might be a bit more analogue than a fake D-Pad and which changes according... [Kotaku]

Acekard Announce First Fully Working Dsi Flash Cart

December 2, 2008 – Remember that video we showed you of the work-in-progress DSi flash cart? Yeah, well, work has progressed. The Acekard 2i is claimed to be the world's first fully-working DSi flash cartridge with cart mavens Acekard claiming the device supports all of the DSi's new features - including the ability... [Kotaku]

How The Vault Dweller Got His/Her Groove Back – Fallout 3 Machinima

December 1, 2008 – Did you ever wonder what Fallout 3 would be like as a musical? Neither did we. Nevertheless Fallout 3 - Wasteland Dancin' is a piece of musical theatre machinima made with the PC version of the game and a handful of mods including Umpa's Animation MOD, GoreTweaks, and the ever-popular... [Kotaku]

Black College Football Experience To Support Rock Band Drum Kit

December 1, 2008 – When last we looked at Nerjyzed Entertainment's Black College Football: The Experience we noted that the game was due to have some kind of half-time rhythm minigame. [Kotaku]

@AproposOfEverything:

Yes. Every console, every operating system, every consumer electronic device. ALL MUST PLAY NETHACK.

ALSO ANGBAND.

iPhone Gets Rogue, NetHack Pleading Starts Here

December 1, 2008 – For me, roguelike games are an absolute must have on any self-respecting games platform, and you don't get much more roguelike than, well, Rogue. Rejoice, for Rogue has been ported to the iPhone and is available from the App Store right now. [Kotaku]

Mario Kart & Wii Fit Get ELSPA Diamond Awards

November 28, 2008 – Hey, guess what platform exclusive games have sold over a million copies in the UK recently? Why, it's Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit, of course. Trade organisation ELSPA has been counting the beans and both Wii titles have been selling like hot cakes made of chocolate-coated crack with porn sprinkles... [Kotaku]

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PS3 Destroy All Humans NOT Cancelled – In Europe

November 28, 2008 – Eh, What? You know how two days ago we told you about THQ canceling Destroy All Humans on the PS3? Due to 'development issues'? Yeah, well, that might not exactly be the case. Speaking to Eurogamer, a THQ spokesperson said that the latest DAH game would only be an Xbox exclusive in North America -... [Kotaku]

Splinter Cell Voice Actor Shot By Terrorists

November 27, 2008 – Canadian actor and videogame voice specialist Michael Rudder was among the casualties in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai yesterday. The actor was dining at the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai when militants opened fire. [Kotaku]

Zombie Mansion iPhone Shooter Getting Trial By App Store

November 27, 2008 – Zombie Mansion - the experimental First Person Shooter for the iPhone we looked at back in October - has been making steady progress and is currently going through the App Store approval process. The game uses a combination of the accelerometer and on screen soft keys to control the action as you... [Kotaku]

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