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One of the Most Popular Family Guy Episodes Gets Its Own Video Game
With ten seasons of Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy to explore it might seem silly to base a new video game on one single episode. That is unless the episode in question is season eight’s brilliant “Road to the Multiverse.” Outed on Friday via Amazon and confirmed by Activision this morning, Family Guy: Back to the…
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The Controller Shop’s Custom Kotaku 360 Pad is a Thing of Beauty
The controller customization experts at The Controller Shop asked if we wanted to review one of their magical creations. I said sure. They asked what sort of controller they should send. I left it up to them. Wise decision. Arriving today complete with custom plastic case, this Kotaku-flavored Xbox 360 controller is so pretty I’m…
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The Future of Mobile Gaming Begins with One Week in Gaming Apps
It’s not about bringing console games to mobile phones anymore; it’s about transforming traditional console genres to suit the smart phone format. See what I’m rambling on about as you browse the Week in Gaming Apps. Mobile games are beginning to embrace what they are rather than attempt to emulate what they could never be.…
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To Think Batman Was Just an Instagram Pic Away from Being an Avenger
Sure, he’s a founding member of the Justice League, but does the Justice League have a Hollywood blockbuster film in theaters? If there’s one thing Bruce Wayne knows, it’s where the money’s at. Too bad he doesn’t know Instagram. Boo Ya Pictures‘ latest Avengers short raises some compelling questions about the whole Marvel / DC…
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The Avengers Movie Pinball Table Transforms Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into Six Shiny Spheres
I was going to headline this article “You’ve Seen the Avengers, Now Play With Their Balls”, but decided to be the better man, at least for a few seconds. Funny, I would have thought the Hulk’s would be bigger. Coming soon to Pinball FX 2 on the Xbox 360 and Zen Pinball 2 for the…
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Company of Heroes 2 Begins War on Gaming Press
Early this morning a delivery person showed up at my door with shocking news: HITLER BEGINS WAR ON RUSSIA. Either that was the world’s most delinquent paper boy, or THQ really wants us to get excited about Company of Heroes 2 Not only did THQ send me a FedEx wake-up call at 7AM, they also…
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No One is More Prepared to Play Diablo III Than This Guy
It’s less than two weeks before the release of the most eagerly anticipated PC (and Mac!) game of the year. Some of us are pretty excited about it. This guy is way beyond that. Diablo III forum-goer Scrambles shared his preparations with the game community yesterday, linking a few pictures of his new computer setup…
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Five Things I Want to See in The Elder Scrolls Online
The announcement I’ve been waiting for ever since ZeniMax Online Studios was founded has finally arrived: there’s a massively multiplayer online Elder Scrolls game on the way. Now I can deliver my list of demands suggestions for making The Elder Scrolls Online the best MMO it can possibly be. Sight unseen The Elder Scrolls Online…
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Soar Gracefully Through This Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Primer
The latest installment of Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 Design and Technology video series covers everything you need to know about participating in online multiplayer so engaging you might forget the single-player game exists. I was mildly impressed with Max Payne 3 multiplayer after watching the first video in the series. Online bullet time? I’m up…
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Saints Row the Third‘s April Fool’s Joke Gets Real with Enter the Dominatrix
Remember that silly April Fool’s joke from Saints Row the Third about the alien kidnapping the leaders of the Saints and trapping them in a simulated reality with super powers? It’s now a standalone expansion due out this fall. Indulge me as I fist pump triumphantly. Saints Row the Third: Enter the Dominatrix is exactly…
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Oh Hey, a Virtual Console Game! Remember Those?
Back in late 2006 we were convinced that one day our Wiis would be filled with every classic video game we ever wanted, thanks to the magic of the Virtual Console. That dream is dead now, but the Virtual Console continues to hang-on in superlative fashion. Today on the Wii Virtual Console it’s Super Hang-On,…
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Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes Converge in One Free-to-Play Online Cartoon Universe
Two of Warner Bros. most beloved children’s franchise come together later this year in Cartoon Universe, a free-to-play browser-based online adventure world. You know, for the kids. The first project out of WB Games Montreal, Cartoon Universe is a colorful kid-friendly destination for fans of The Looney Tunes Show and Scooby Doo. Kids will be…
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron‘s Shockwave, Optimus Prime, and Jazz Trapped in Plastic Bubbles
Here’sa a trio of official packshots for Hasbro’s Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron line, with Optimus Prime, Shockwave, and Jazz sporting the sexy Cybertronian forms they’ll be wearing in Activision’s next big bot game. I was fully expecting the Optimus Prime to be the same one from War for Cybertron in a fancy new package.…
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The Spectacular Live Debut of Nvidia’s $999 Dual-GPU Video Card
Nvidia president and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took this stage this weekend at the GeForce LAN Shanghai to introduce the GeForce GTX 690, a dual-GPU monster designed from the ground up to be the most powerful video card in history. Are your nipples hard too? What, it’s a ridiculously powerful graphics card. When the news first…
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A Nuclear PC Mod for a Post-Apocalyptic World
This gorgeous monstrosity was once an Antec Lanboy Air, which is lovely but hardly capable of surviving a nuclear holocaust. Mod Brothers Podcast host Kyle Van Der Mewre and Mnpctech‘s Bill Owen saw fit to fix that, and fix it they did. Bristling with switches and hoses, swathed in neon green, and fitted with a…
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This Massive Monster Boss Fight is One of Many Reasons I Adore Tera
Late Sunday night I joined a party of level 37 and higher Tera players to take on Cultists’ Refuge, one of the challenging dungeons in En Masse Entertainment’s newly launched massively-multiplayer online role-playing game. That’s where I met Bhaozurbas, my new best friend. A perilous trek through a gothic cathedral leads players to a teleportal…
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Razer Can’t Say It, But This is a Mouse for Diablo III
SteelSeries might have the official Diablo III license, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only clicking game in town. Take the new Naga Hex Wraith Red edition, for instance. The official release calls it “The best weapon to cut down hordes of monsters crawling out from the depths of evil”, so Razer’s intentions for this…
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You Just Woke Up the Snorlax in My Pants and Other Super Effective Pokémon Pickup Lines
Those daring boys at Simple Pickup tap into the video game vault once more, snagging digits left and right with some painful Pokémon pickup lines. This time they even dressed the part. It takes balls to approach a random member of the opposite sex and try to acquire their phone number. To do it dressed…
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