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BlizzCon Five Comes Alive In October
The annual celebration of all things Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft returns to sunny Anaheim, California this October, as Blizzard reveals the dates for the fifth installment of BlizzCon. Stock up on blue body paint and get your fake elf ears ready, because BlizzCon five is only seven months away. Blizzard’s annual fan gathering returns to…
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Kotaku Off Topic: We Can Relax Now, They Found The Universe
While we’ve been busy discussing video games, space scientists found the rest of the universe, and it wasn’t behind the couch, as we last surmised. This is my first time posting Kotaku Off Topic, so forgive me if I go astray. McWhertor is enjoying a day off, while I desperately attempt to get things done…
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A Bizarre Expansion To The Blur Beta
Activision and Bizarre Creations continue to refine the online experience of upcoming combat racer Blur, increasing the rank cap and allowing testers to unlock new cars, challenges, and mods. I don’t know about you, but I’m used to a multiplayer beta test for a console game that starts, stops, and is finished. That’s not the…
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Hugo-Nominated Sci-Fi Author Convicted in Border Melee
Dystopian science fiction author and video game story contributor Peter Watts faces up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine after being found guilty of assaulting, resisting and obstructing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer last year. Watts was arrested in December at the Blue Water Bridge border crossing between the United…
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Reviews
World Of Warcraft Wireless Headset Review: A Raid On Your Wallet
Is your allegiance to the Horde and Alliance so strong that you’d spend $159.99 on a World of Warcraft branded wireless headset from Creative Labs? Should it be? Ask any World of Warcraft raider and they’ll tell you; communication is key to being a successful raider. You have to listen to your raid leader. You…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Concept Art, Zelda Cellos, Stargates, and D.C. Wastes
In this week’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, Dracosummoner, Azel, Guru Smooth, and Taggart6 talks about the beauty of concept art, the sights pf pre-apocalyptic D.C., cello music, and Stargate SG-1. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say,…
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Pinball Wizards Take A Shot At Mini-Golf
The studio behind Zen Pinball and Pinball FX takes the ball out of the table and onto the green with Planet MiniGolf, coming this spring to the PlayStation Network. Zen Studios knows how balls work. The developer has proven this with two stellar pinball games for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, and now…
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There’s A Secret Message In The Witcher 2 Trailer
Those sneaky developers at CD Projekt RED snuck a frame’s worth of secret messages to their biggest fans in the middle of today’s trailer for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. So what do they have to say? The message is basically CD Projekt RED promising fans of the original Witcher game an improved experience,…
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The Good, The Bad And The Fingerprinted: My Five Years With The PSP
Five years ago today the PlayStation Portable went on sale in North America, and I was one of the first people in line for Sony’s gorgeous new handheld gaming device. Four months later, I traded it back in. Five years and one day ago today I was desperately rifling through my video game collection, looking…
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The Witcher Returns In Assassins of Kings
After teasing us with leaks and more leaks, CD Projekt RED and Atari finally pull back the curtain on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and if the first trailer is any indication, Geralt of Riva is in fine form. Early trailer leaks aside, this is the first time we’ve received any official word on…
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Logo Has A Little Friend
Nintendo lightens up the logo for Super Mario Galaxy 2 with the addition of an adorable representative of the Luma race, the transforming stars of Super Mario Galaxy. The Luma played a pivotal role in the original Super Mario Galaxy, so it’s no surprise that they’re back for the sequel. Back in abundance, it would…
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Add Tilt Control To Your PSP
Datel helps PSP users hop on the motion control bandwagon with the Tilt FX PSP, a device that adds accelerometer controls to your favorite games. The Tilt FX PSP, available now for the PSP-1000 through 3000 (sorry, PSPgo, but no one loves you), is a device that plugs into the bottom of your handheld gaming…
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From Productive Writer To Cocaine Addict, Just Add Grand Theft Auto
Tom Bissell was a productive, healthy, and somewhat disciplined young award-winning author, before his passion for Grand Theft Auto helped transform him into a cocaine-addled gaming addict. As a travel writer with an eye for politics and history, Tom Bissell has visited Uzbekistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, but it wasn’t until his first forays into Vice…
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World Of Warcraft Battlegrounds Get Randomized
World of Warcraft patch 3.3.3 is now live, giving players an all-new, all-random way to queue up for the game’s popular player-versus-player battlegrounds. Much like the previously implemented Random Dungeon system, the Random Battleground system, live today in World of Warcraft, allows solo players and parties of up to five characters join a queue to…
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Hide Your Valuables, It’s A RPG Hero
Why do epic quests to save the world always have to begin with someone breaking into your house and rifling through your valuables? For the record, I would like to state that my apartment doesn’t contain any magical items, potions, rare treasures, weapons, armor, or mystical herbs. Well, to be honest, I do have a…
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What Is BioWare Counting Down To?
A mysterious countdown timer has appeared on BioWare’s home page, as well as the pages for Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. What is BioWare revealing on Monday? Kotakuite Alexander pointed us to the countdown clock that’s now ticking down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Monday morning at noon Eastern time, 9AM…
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Why Economists Love Video Games
The billion dollar business of selling virtual goods in free-to-play games is more than just a financial windfall for companies like Playfish. A controlled economy with millions of active participants gives economists an entirely new way to model consumer behavior. In Newsweek article titled “Money for Nothing,” Playfish founder Kristian Segerstrale explains how a virtual…
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Probably Not Why You’re Going To Buy Super Street Fighter IV
Crecente detailed several fine reasons to purchase Super Street Fighter IV. Capcom’s GameStop-exclusive preorder bonus is not one of those, unless you have really cold thumbs. Yes, it’s Super Thumb Fighters, eight thumb socks emblazoned with the faces of your favorite Super Street Fighter IV characters. I suppose these underachieving sock puppets will give players…
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The 250GB Xbox 360 Hard Drive Stands Alone
While Microsoft’s 250GB Xbox 360 hard disk is currently only available in North America as part of a console bundle, according to a new ad popping up on the 360 dashboard, that’s about to change. This “Make More Room for Entertainment” advertisement popped up on the Xbox 360 dashboard today, urging console owners to head…
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