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Title Update 4 Never Brings Theater, Forge Support To Halo 2
It’s the last day to play Halo 2 on Xbox Live, and Bungie is taking the opportunity to deliver long-time players some thank yous and fake news via the game’s matchmaking message center. Original Xbox game support on Xbox Live dies today, and Halo 2 holdouts like Kotakuite Cmonty06 are taking some time to get…
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The Voice Of Xbox Live Is Now Taking Your Calls
This week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is now live, featuring none other than Major Nelson, the living embodiment of Xbox Live. Okay, maybe not the living embodiment of Xbox Live, but Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb is the official mouthpiece for the service, bringing fans constant updates through his own weekly podcasts and the Major…
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The Rest Of The World Gets Another Month To Reconsider iPad Purchase
It looks like even Apple was caught off guard by the success of the iPad, citing its runaway success in the U.S. as the primary reason everyone else has to wait another month for it. It’s a classic case of bad news, good news for Apple customers outside of the U.S., as the company pushes…
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Yet Another Video Game About Chopin
First it was World War II, then zombies, and now 19th century Polish composer Frederic Chopin, with an upcoming rhythm game by Polish studio Bloober Team dedicated to the star of Namco Bandai’s Eternal Sonata. I suppose two video games based around your works doesn’t count as a video game explosion, but I’m still keeping…
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A Video Game To Keep Children From Being Savaged By Wild Dogs
University of Guelph professor Barbara Morrongiello doesn’t want your children to be eaten by dogs, so she’s created a video game that will teach kids how to avoid catastrophic canine confrontations. Dogs are man’s best friend, but they aren’t all that sure about children. I can relate. Children can be downright terrifying, and while our…
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A Shocking Naughty Bear-Style Execution
After months of teaser trailers and bizarre dream sequences, we finally get a chance to see Naughty Bear practicing his murderous ways. It’s like Friday the 13th, only with teddy bears. I think it’s an apt description, judging by what little gameplay we get to see here. Artificial Mind and Movement has created an interactive…
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Prince Of Persia Creator’s Other Big Game On The Express Train To Movie-hood?
RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven is having a go at the video game movie business, working on an “Indiana Jones-ish” but also “Hitchcockian” video game set in the year 1914. Could it be anything other than Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express? The MTV Movies blog first broke the news that the man behind RoboCop, Starship Troopers,…
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New Forza 3 Rides Suitable For Road And Track
Forza Motorsport 3’s car lineup continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with ten new rides for the Xbox 360 racer now available for purchase in the Road & Track Car Pack. Jalopnik readers and AutoWeek have taken their turns selecting cars for Forza Motorsport 3, and now it’s car enthusiast magazine Road & Track’s…
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Insomniac Boss Makes Ratchet & Clank ModNation Girlfriends
When Insomniac founder and CEO Ted Price gets his hands on the creation tools in PlayStation 3 exclusive ModNation Racers, Ratchet and Clank get lucky. Aw yeah. The next big Play-Create-Share game after LittleBigPlanet, ModNation Racers isn’t due out for the PlayStation 3 until May 25, but I suppose it’s okay to give the head…
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Appeals Court Deems Nintendo Controllers Patent Infringement-Free
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned the 2008 verdict of an East Texas jury that would have resulted in a ban on sales of the Nintendo Gamecube controller, Wavebird, and Classic Controller due to patent infringement. In 2006, Anascape Ltd. took Nintendo and Microsoft to court over the technology used to…
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A Link To The PlayStation 3 Zelda Homage
Using 3D Dot Game Heroes’s built-in character editor, Game Informer’s Tim Turi takes the Zelda “homage” full-circle. As I’ve mentioned previously, Atlus’ PlayStation 3 exclusive 3D Dot Game Heroes is highly reminiscent of the original Zelda games on the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo. So much so, that when Tim Turi creates his own…
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Here’s The Final Fantasy XIV Alpha Tester Guide
Upset that you aren’t in the alpha test for the second Final Fantasy MMO? We’ve got what looks to be a chunk of the Final Fantasy XIV alpha tester handbook and some videos to help you pretend you’re in it. A player posting on the FFXIV Journey blog over at Blogspot is documenting his entire…
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Another Dead Space Prequel, Only This One You Read
Acclaimed writer B. K. Evenson delves into the history of the Church of Unitology and the origin of the mysterious “Black Marker” in Dead Space: Martyr, a prequel to Visceral Games’ sci-fi horror spectacular. Dead Space and its Nintendo Wii prequel, Dead Space: Extraction, left far too many questions unanswered, and those questions and more…
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How Much Money Can You Make In The Video Game Industry?
Everybody wants a job in the video game industry, but which job? The 2009 Game Developer Salary Survey can help you decide, breaking down pay by industry discipline, and making McWhertor’s beloved The Tester seem even sillier than it already was. Looking over this year’s report, which we briefly touched on last month, the best…
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In Case You Missed It, Yu-Gi-Oh! Is Coming To Xbox Live Arcade
Konami debuted a new Yu-Gi-Oh! title last week, but Konami brings out a new Yu-Gi-Oh! game every other week. What’s different about Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels? It’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade. I have to admit, I completely skipped over Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels news earlier this week, because as I mentioned previously, it…
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Gears 3 Doubles Up On Co-Op Campaign Mode Multiplayer
Two-player campaign mode co-op? Please, that’s so Gears 2. According to an update from designer Cliff Bleszinski, the recently revealed Gears of War 3 will feature twice the multiplayer co-op campaign mode of its predecessors. Marcus and Dom are going to have to keep their feelings in check during the Gears 3 campaign, as two…
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New Ninety-Nine Nights II Screens Aren’t So Pretty In Pink
These seven new screenshots from Konami’s Ninety-Nine Nights are prime evidence that the words ‘pretty’ and ‘pink’ don’t always go hand-in-hand. I was under the impression that developer feelplus was going for a decidedly darker tone than the original Ninety-Nine Nights, yet here we have pictures of a massive, bright pink monster of some sort,…
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Kane & Lynch 2 Box Art Doesn’t Want Its Picture Taken
The bold new art direction for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days spills over onto the cover of the game, sporting a nifty spy camera look, complete with pixel imperfections. It’s a striking image that’s sure to catch the eye on your local retailer’s store shelves, if anything. I love how they’ve stayed true to…
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Stealth Killing, You Know – For The Kids
Today’s kids need to know how to go about getting revenge for the murder of their daughter using the skills they acquired as a top-secret secret government operative. The Splinter Cell Activity Book for Kids can help. Splinter Cell: Conviction is right around the corner. Are your children prepared? IGN put together this handy book…
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The Nintendo Download: 7 Card Games Is Finally Here!
Who needs the arcade version of Sega’s Zaxxon or online multiplayer strategy game Military Madness: Nectaris, when they can have cerasus media’s 7 Card Games for DSiWare? No one, that’s who. I mean, sure Zaxxon is a classic, and no console version back in the day came close to recreating the joy of piloting your…
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