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Why Free Realms PS3 Took So Long, And Why MineCraft Fans Might Want To Play It
Family-friendly casual MMO Free Realms makes its PlayStation 3 debut today, two years after the launch of its PC predecessor. Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley tells us what took so long, and says his game might be better for builders than indie sensation MineCraft. When I first saw Free Realms way back at E3…
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Microsoft Tests A New Xbox 360 Disc Format In The Latest Update Preview
Microsoft is seeking U.S.-based Xbox 360 owners to test out the next Xbox 360 system update, paving the way for an “updated Xbox 360 disc format”, whatever the hell that means. There’s a new Xbox 360 system update in the works, and as always, Microsoft is looking for stateside Xbox owners in the thousands to…
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A River Of Souls Runs Through Rift‘s First Post-Launch Update
Trion Worlds’ fantast MMO Rift has gathered quite an audience since its launch last month, and those loyal fans are now being rewarded with a full-scale invasion from the plane of death. Just their way of saying thanks, now die. The world of Telara is no stranger to invasions from different planes through extra-dimensional rifts.…
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Console And Retailer Exclusive Downloadable Content Hasn’t Gotten This Bad. . .Yet
How much would you pay to add the mighty Rook to your chess arsenal? Is there a collector’s edition that comes with everything included? How long will the PS3 exclusive remain exclusive? A glimpse of things to come? The Future Of Console Gaming? Via Reddit
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A Delicious Reminder That Free Realms Comes To The PlayStation 3 Today
Sony Online Entertainment’s family-friendly, free-to-play MMO Free Realms hits the PlayStation Network today, a fact they celebrated with a dozen family-friendly, free-to-eat cupcakes. The fine folk at Once Upon A Cake delivered these tasty treats to my door this morning, a dozen chocolate and vanilla cupcakes emblazoned with the news that Free Realms is now…
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Can The Nintendo 3DS Survive 99 Minutes In A Microwave Oven?
No. No it cannot. dOvetastic Microwave Theater takes a brand-new Nintendo 3DS out of its box, turns it on, sets the camera on, and places it in a microwave oven for nearly 100 minutes of fiery melting fun. The system fritzes out almost immediately, and the rest is all smoke and fire, signifying nothing. Unless…
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How Long Should A First-Person Shooter Story Be?
In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Crushinator ponders the correct length for the single-player story in the increasingly multiplayer-focused first-person shooter genre. Many of the reviews of Homefront lately have lamented its short single player campaign, and that was enough to make me not want to buy it. I usually enjoy single-player games much more…
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Atari Crashes Castles With Its Warlords Remake
The latest classic Atari game to be dragged kicking-and-screaming from our fond memories into the present day, the new version of Warlords marries the wall-busting gameplay of the original with an element of real-time strategy, with a dash of Castle Crashers cuteness thrown in for good measure. Warlords was once a simple game about hurling…
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Final Fantasy III Is The Best And Most Expensive Final Fantasy On The iPhone
Square Enix has finally made the third game in the Final Fantasy series available on the iPhone, and it’s pretty damn good. Is it $15.99 worth of good? Final Fantasy III was released in 1990 in Japan for the Famicom, not to be confused with North America’s Final Fantasy III, which was actually Final Fantasy…
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A More Personal Look At The Killzone Conflict
The escalating conflict between the ISA and the Helghast plays out on a much smaller scale in Killzone Universe, a live-action short that shows a friendship torn apart by impending war. For those unfamiliar with the back story of the Killzone series, the Helghast were once part of the Helghan Corporation, a commercial outfit that…
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Celebrate Retro Gaming Art, Music, And Culture At Blip Festival NYC 2011
The fifth annual Blip Festival hits New York City’s Eyebeam Art + Technology center May 19-21, featuring the best in pixel art and performances by chiptune greats including Anamanaguchi, Bit Shifter, and Nullsleep. It should not be missed.
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Taking Turns With The PSP Beats Attacking Your Twin Brother With A Chair Leg
A 13-year-old boy in Solon, Ohio, took a trip to juvie hall earlier this month after reportedly assaulting his twin brother with a broken chair leg because he wouldn’t give him a turn at the PSP. Where’s the brotherly love? I guess it’s a state over in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Ohio the…
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Why Does Portal 2‘s Co-Op Use Robots? Because Robots Can Be Trusted
Valve, in partnership with Aperture Science, present the second video in the “investment opportunity” series, explaining why robots like P-body and Atlas are six seconds better than humans when it comes to cooperative multiplayer. Take it from Aperture Science CEO Cave Johnson. Humans cannot be trusted. How many times have you found yourself dead in…
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You’ll Probably Never Play This Unauthorized Arcade Version Of Plants Vs. Zombies
What kind of relationship does Shunxiang Technology have with Planets Vs. Zombies developer PopCap Games? None whatsoever, but that isn’t stopping the former from releasing an arcade version of the latter’s popular tower defense game in China. Hearkening back to the early days of civilization, when man saw something he wanted and simply took it,…
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The Great Nintendo 3DS Friend Code Exchange
In today’s 3D edition of the Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter JoetheArachnid figures we need a post where new 3DS owners can exchange their friend codes. What a lovely idea. Let’s run with it. So I’m guessing that by this point quite a lot of people have 3DSes but don’t have [m]any friends with 3DSes. Ergo,…
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All’s Quiet In This Week’s Nintendo Download
The Nintendo 3DS launched yesterday, which means everyone at Nintendo was too busy playing with it to release more than a couple of WiiWare demos and a pair of DSiWare games in this week’s Nintendo Download. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Nintendo download so barren. Demos of Dark Rage and the second…
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