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Cooking Mama In Trouble As Martha Stewart Enters The Video Game Business
Is there room for two cooking, crafting and gardening experts at Majesco? The U.S. publisher of the Cooking Mama series has signed a deal to produce video games based on America’s favorite ex-convict, Martha Stewart. I smell a cat fight. One of the most powerful women in the world, Martha Stewart made her name delivering…
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The Robots Rise In RISK: Factions
Stainless Games’ colorful candy take on the classic strategy game RISK gets even stranger today, as the developer reveals the third faction joining humans and cats in the battle for global domination: Robots. The first shots in the battle of RISK: Factions were fired in January, when the feline and human factions were revealed, cementing…
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Thursday Is A Bad Day To Be A Left 4 Dead 2 Infected
Two teams of survivors means twice the trouble for the ravening hordes of infected in Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 this Thursday, when The Passing downloadable content finally shows up on Xbox Live. Originally scheduled for late March, The Passing’s release date was narrowed down to this week last Friday, and now Microsoft’s downloadable content…
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Lord Of Ultima Brings Online Strategy To The Browsing Masses
EA Phenomic lures unsuspecting gamers into an addictive, free-to-play, browser-based online strategy game using the name of a beloved classic role-playing franchise in Lord of Ultima, now available for play worldwide. Less Ultima, more Evony without the non-existent scantily clad women, Lord of Ultima is quite an involved little strategy game for a browser-based title.…
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Beat Hazard: One Man’s Quest To Make Your Music Hurt You
This weekend while poking about Steam I stumbled over Beat Hazard, the game that turns your music into colorful, frantic shooter levels, and I fell in love. Watch me play, and then read about the one-man studio behind the game. As someone who often worries about the lack of exposure Xbox Live Indie Games get…
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Crackdown 2 Becomes “A Beautiful Fusion Of Killing”
Apparently no one told Crackdown 2 senior designer Dean Smith that you aren’t supposed to make up your own cover blurbs, but then this video is titled “Nothing Is Sacred,” so at least he’s keeping in theme. Seriously though, that line needs to go on the game’s box art. I don’t care if it’s from…
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Raise Your Real Life World Of Warcraft Cooking Skill
If you’ve ever found yourself afflicted with hunger while leveling your cooking skill in World of Warcraft. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a set of real-life WoW recipes that are sure to satisfy your otherworldly hunger. Beer Basted Boar Ribs, anyone? Sure you can buy a World of Warcraft cookbook, but why waste valuable time and…
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You Can Now Catch Crabs From Your iPhone
If you’re one of the legion of viewers that tune into the Discovery Channel to watch men catch crabs, you’ll be pleased to know you can now catch crabs in the palm of your hand with Deadliest Catch for iPhone. After a lackluster release on the Xbox 360 two years ago, it’s high time fans…
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Get Your Secret Mimana Iyar Chronicle Codes Here
There’s a secret area in Aksys’ PlayStation Portable Tales of-esque role-playing game Mimana Iyar Chronicles, where secret codes will earn you special loot. We just so happen to have a couple of those codes right here. Players who’ve beaten Mimana Iyar Chronicles and ventured into the New Game+ mode might have run into a fellow…
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Lost Planet 2 Multiplayer Demo Impressions: Konnichiwa, My Fellow Players
Since the majority of my multiplayer experience in the original Lost Planet involved myself and a large group of Japanese players, it seems fitting I find myself surrounded by Japanese players in the latest Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo. The latest multiplayer demo for Lost Planet 2, which goes live on the 21, focuses on…
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Twisted Metal Creator Only Needs Two Bleeps To Talk ModNation Racers
The ModNation Racers Artist Spotlight shines on Twisted Metal creator and noted potty mouth David Jaffe, who manages to get censored only twice while discussing how bleeping amazing ModNation Racers is. Last week the founder and CEO of Insomniac Games Ted Price took ModNation Racers for a spin, creating girlfriends for two of the studio’s…
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Renault Delivers Interactive In-Game Advertising To The Sims 3
The inclusion of a free virtual version of Renault’s electric Twizy Z.E Concept car in The Sims 3 should go great lengths towards helping increase player awareness of the Renault brand. With The Sims 3, EA has discovered a whole new way to deliver in-game advertisements to its players. Take the free downloadable Renault Twizy…
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7-Eleven Enters The Used Video Game Business
A Slurpee and a used copy of Prototype? It’s more likely than you think. 7-Eleven is teaming up with Game Trading Technologies, Inc. to offer a wide selection of “Great Games Below $20” at franchise locations throughout the U.S. Already known for its creative interpretation of the term ‘street date’ in regards to new video…
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Ubisoft Does Away With Tree-Killing Instruction Manuals
Is the grand tradition of colorful video game manuals coming to a close? It is for Ubisoft, as the company launches an initiative to replace tree-hungry paper manuals with in-game instructions for all PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 titles. Killing trees just isn’t in style anymore, and Ubisoft is taking steps to make sure it…
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The Nintendo Download: Mega Man 4 And Not Much Else
I’m not saying it’s a slow week for the Nintendo Download, but when Mega Man 4 for the Virtual Console is the most exciting title in the lineup – okay, I’m saying it’s a slow week for the Nintendo Download. I mean, there may be joy to be found in three more installments of the…
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The Genesis Of The Doctor Who Adventure Games
Following Saturday’s BBC broadcast of the latest episode of Doctor Who, fans were treated to their first glimpse of the new Doctor Who: The Adventure Games in action, and now we’re treating you. The BBC officially announced Doctor Who: The Adventure Games last week, bringing fans of the nearly 50-year-old series the first real computer…
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Blizzard Is Selling World Of Warcraft Mounts Because Players Demanded Them
While naysayers may think corporate greed is the answer, Blizzard tells Kotaku the real reason World of Warcraft mounts have shown up for sale in the company’s online store is because that’s exactly what the players wanted. The overwhelming response to yesterday’s addition of the Celestial Steed in-game mount for World of Warcraft to the…
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How Hard Should A Video Game Be?
Indie game developer Edmund McMillen has written a fascinating article on the difficulty of determining the difficulty level of a game like Super Meat Boy, complete with plenty of helpful illustrations like this one. When the members of Team Meat aren’t busy getting ready for the summer release of Super Meat Boy, they like to…
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