It's not unusual to see the latest, hottest PC games available for download at The Pirate Bay, the Swedish file-sharing website that's one of the planet's primary sources for pirated entertainment — just not normally on the very front page.
There's probably a reason Act of Valor is being released in February, two months after the window closes for Academy Award nominees and generally the month in which distributors schedule their shittiest movies. The film may be visually interesting, but I have little hope for it being much more than a 120-minute…
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FarmVille looks to overrun your corner convenience store this summer, thanks to a cross promotion that'll have 7-Elevens nationwide hawking exclusive items for the casual game, plus others from the Zynga family.
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Venue change for tonight's meet-up: the Rattlesnake Bar & Grill, 384 Boylston St., Boston, MA. Meet Kotaku editors in town for PAX East, then hang at the Alienware afterparty where you can eat, drink, and experience the new Alienware systems until the wee hours. 8pm-2am. See you there!
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Meet the Kotaku editors in town for PAX East, then hang at the Alienware afterparty where you (and they) can experience the new Alienware systems! Reader meet-up will be held at the 33 Lounge, 33 Stanhope Street, Boston, MA, from 8-10:30pm.
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Taking advantage of GameStop's current trade-in promotion, my extra copy of Mass Effect 2 netted me $56 in store credit, $1 more than the retailer sells the game used. I'd say it's a good week to trade-in your games.
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Starting this week, specially marked 20 ounce bottles of Dr Pepper will contain codes good towards exclusive downloadable content for popular EA games, including The Sims 3, Spore, and Mass Effect 2.
NCsoft is spreading Aion's wings into one of its other popular MMO titles, with a special promotion that will make the pretty people of Guild Wars that much prettier.
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A Playstation playroom will be just one of the Sony plugs at a new movie theater opening in a LA suburb this week.
