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Video game summer
Kotaku's 2009 Summer Playing List
July is the time for snooty summer reading lists (not ours) and cocktail party chatter about reading them. The time when certain magazines and certain readers just lord their oh-so-fulfilling summer over your shiftless vacation. More » -
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By Owen GoodComment by Skyline7284: What ever happened to Adam? and the podcasts? =( 36 Responses | Other threads
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gamertags
Taste the Painbow, Belgian Rofl Honored in Gamertag Awards
Two weeks back on 1 vs. 100, The Ones were - consecutively, now -Â players with the gamertags BLooDYxGenocide and Banana Hammicks. Definitely memorable. In that spirit, The BBPS has created its inaugural gamertag awards. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by dkrefft: Takes me back to my arena shooter old days, we used names like "A Nun" or "A Small Child" So you'd... 19 Responses | Other threads
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twitter
At Long Last, an in-Game Twitter Client for Warcraft
Do you spend six hours a day playing Warcraft and another three hours Twittering pointlessly? Well now you can spend nine hours doing both! More »
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By Owen GoodComment by (Zombie) Jolan: Only loosely related but can anyone else not fucking stand the people who use twatspeak in non twitter places? I'm... 25 Responses | Other threads
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Call of juarez: bound in blood
DLC Bound for Bound in Blood
Techland, the developer of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, announced three pieces of DLC are on the way but few other details. Two will be multiplayer map, the third is for the singleplayer mode. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by AllOfUsAreLost.: Still waiting for some sort of Dark Tower / inspired game. Word is that the LOST guys have picked up the... 13 Responses | Other threads
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Medium risky
inFamous Defeats Prototype in Cross-Dressing Playoff
In a recent Zero Punctuation review, Yahtzee couldn't declare which blockbuster game "about super-powered assholes" was better, but would give the honor to the studio that best drew the rival game's protagonist in drag. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by DolphinHugger: A week late for Gay Pride, but I'll take it. :) 46 Responses | Other threads
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PS3
Valve: PS3 Orange Box Players "Got the Stepchild Version"
In an interview with CVG, Valve's Doug Lombardi says the experiences of putting Half-Life on PS2 and Orange Box on PS3 have put them off Sony development for the near future. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Monsoon77: Things arent looking good for Sony 81 Responses | Other threads
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Eve Online
Bank Heist Causes Bank Run in EVE Onlne
Last month, the swindling of more than 200 billion ISK resulted in an actual run on a virtual bank in EVE Online. The best part? The loot was sold IRL - just $5,000. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by trunkenmath: The weirdest part? I heard this on reuters BEFORE kotaku. 21 Responses | Other threads
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Easter Eggs
Donkey Kong Easter Egg Discovered 26 Years Later
Last year, the coder who wrote the Atari 400 port of Donkey Kong revealed it had an Easter Egg but it's "totally not worth it." Someone has gone to the trouble of finding it. More » -
New deals
Weekend Coupons: Self-Evident Truths
We solemnly publish and declare that this weekend, all games are, and of right ought to be, free. Alas they are not. Scan the following for values to which you may pledge your fortunes. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Michael Dukakis - Mets fan: Who the hell still pays for porn? Get with the times man! 13 Responses | Other threads
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New Releases
Week in Games: There's Bound to Be Blood
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is the rootinest, tootinest, shootinest title in a busy week, as nearly every publisher is trying to unload some new release by the end of the quarter deadline. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Ueziel: You chose Call of Juarez over BlazBlue for cover game of the week. Wow. 33 Responses | Other threads
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mass effect 2
Mass Effect Insanity Explained, May not be Locked in ME2
One gripe among hardcore Mass Effect players is that its toughest difficulty was an unlockable - after playing through the game twice. A design lead explains why, and "insanity" may not be locked in ME2. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by PunkyChipsAhoy: none of this will matter if i can't have my team of wrex and ashley. I hope than if ashley... 34 Responses | Other threads
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Arkham Achievements Unveiled
The list of 47 achievements, worth 1,000 Gamerscore, have made it out - for the Games for Windows Live version of Batman: Arkham Asylum. It's hard to imagine these will change much for 360. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Sammo21: I'll be getting this for PS3 so I'm sure that the trophies aren't much different. Just hit level 10... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Billy Mays
A Team Fortress 2 Tribute to Billy Mays
This has been a week unlike any other for celebrity deaths. Billy Mays, the cheerful, if relentless pitchman who hawked such items as Oxiclean and Orange Glo, was found dead in his home today. More » -
Michael Jackson
Xbox Live Offering "Thriller" for Free
The Michael Jackson Grief-a-Thon rolls into its fourth big moneymaking day. Except that "Thriller" is being offered free for the rest of the weekend on Xbox Live Marketplace. Ordinarily it goes for 160 Microsoft points. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Bob-a: No to be insensitive or anything but no one else gets this kind of treatment after their death. Save your... 96 Responses | Other threads
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Rumor
Alright, What, Exactly, is "Xbox 360 Beta?" [Update]
Natal? ODST? Whatever it is, Major Nelson, Stepto and other Redmond regulars have been playing it lately. I thought it might be 1 vs. 100, but other friends show that as "Xbox 360 Dashboard." More »
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By Owen GoodComment by General Chase King of the Woodchipper: Rest in Peace, Billy Mays. Someone should make an Avatar that looks like him in tribute...with Oxi-Clean containers coming as Downloaded... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Ten Minutes of Batman: Arkham Asylum — in Polish
If you don't know Polish, the narrative gets in the way, but you can watch Bats skulk around Arkham's grounds and get a feel for the stealth takedowns the game is engineered to deliver. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Numanoid: I really don't understand the hype for this game... it just looks like a standard brawler to me. Is it only... 17 Responses | Other threads
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By Owen GoodComment by keyrat: I'm still mad that the rainbow has been hijacked to mean 'gay'. 27 Responses | Other threads
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Rumor
Win Prizes in 1 vs. 100 Next Week? [Update]
Last night on 1 vs. 100, it sounds like host Chris Cashman let slip that this coming week the game show's beta is over, and players can finally take home Microsoft points. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Godmars: How does this not devalue the overall worth of MS point s in regards to E-penis? 16 Responses | Other threads
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Official Kotaku Forum
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
It was 80 degrees, in the shade, at 7 a.m. where I am. That's too hot to be easy like Sunday morning. Stay inside and enjoy the air conditioned comfort of Kotaku's official open thread. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Cloudleet: If you could be any animecharacter, who would it be (also counting characters from JRPG's)? 65 Responses | Other threads
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Crime
College Freshman Gets Life in Console-Dispute Tragedy
A Fresno man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for shooting a 19-year-old to death in a dispute over a PlayStation 2, bringing to a close a tragedy first reported on two years ago. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Paradox me: Self defense? Why do you even have a gun with you in the first place? What a waste, just makes you... 80 Responses | Other threads
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Capcom
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 not Releasing June 29
Marvel's financial report back in May said Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would release for download on June 29. The Capcom-Unity Twitter account has officially nixed that date, setting it back about a month. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by geiko: Aw crap, I was hoping to get that. Can anyone recommend a fighter for the psn that's fun but not... 24 Responses | Other threads
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mass effect 2
There Will Be No "New Game Plus" in Mass Effect 2
Restarting a character, with all of his attributes, weapons and perks, at the beginning of the game is sometimes called "new game plus." Mass Effect had it, but Mass Effect 2 won't. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by DefHamster: Ummmmmm....what? Am I the only one confused by that quote? I'm guessing this has to do with preventing the use of... 18 Responses | Other threads
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fight night round 4
EA Might Let You Remap Fight Night — Through DLC
How'd we miss this? In a chat a couple weeks back on IGN, Fight Night Round 4 producer Brian Hayes said that remapping the face buttons to throw punches might be "an option via DLC." More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Neonox: Wow... Soon you will have to pay for DLC to even be able to pause or save your game. 19 Responses | Other threads
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PS3
That Hulu That Your PS3 Won't Do
Some PS3 websurfers have reported that, as of this morning, they're no longer able to play Hulu videos. Engadget dug through the Hulu TOS and thinks it knows why. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by (Zombie) Kermad: Is it possible that Microsoft struck an agreement with Hulu for Xbox 360 support? Console exclusive CONFIRMED? 46 Responses | Other threads
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Deals
Weekend Coupons: Boxed Up
There's a long list of games you can trade in for a free Fight Night: Round 4 at GameStop, but of course, these are high value targets. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Skyline7284: You can pre-order windows 7 dirt cheap. Not sure how long there will be copies available to pre-order... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Mass Effect
Announcement: There Will Be No Mass Effect DLC Announcement
Earlier this week, Evil Chris on the Mass Effect Twitter channel told us to expect some ME1 DLC news by Friday. Well, Friday happened, so what's the word? More »
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By Owen GoodComment by MoeB: I played as a female. Why do they keep using the male protagonist on every image for this game? 26 Responses | Other threads
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Feature
Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures Studies Fallout, Physics, Also Beer
About a year ago, you may recall, my brother and I attempted to derive the product of Pac-Man's metabolic functions. In that spirit, Kotaku has now created its own Bureau of Weights & Measures. More » -
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By Owen GoodComment by (Zombie) Kermad: In the UK, whatever a shape or size a knife is, sick twisted individuals think they are for stabbing. Anything... 58 Responses | Other threads
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Achievements
Achievement Unlocked: Read About Easy Achievements
The first time you press a button in Ghostbusters - assuming you run straight to the fire pole - you get 5 Gamerscore. Plenty of other games will fatten your total for not much work. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Firelance: Achievements almost means nothing these days. People always achievement whore anyways. The only real indicter of their skills is how they play,... 31 Responses | Other threads
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