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Bad Company 2 Devs Have Nothing But Love For The Modding Community
The PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 might not support mods, but developer DICE has nothing but love for the modding community. Producer Gordon Van Dyke talked modding and modders in yesterday’s Kotaku Talk Radio podcast The decision to leave modding support out of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 seemed strange, especially with DICE showing…
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Shaun White Takes On Tony Hawk
Ubisoft and two-time Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White kick the Tony Hawk franchise while its down with the announcement of Shaun White Skateboarding. There’s not much in the official game announcement other than the fact that it’s being developed by Ubisoft Montreal and due to be released this holiday season, leading me to believe…
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The Rock Band Network Goes Live With 100 Plus New Tracks
In January, Harmonix launched the tools needed for artists to publish their songs on the Rock Band Network. Today, the Rock Band Network Store opens to the public, with more than 100 new songs for fans to purchase and play. The Rock Band Network Store is now online, with new track from artists ranging from…
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Aion Patch 1.9: Changing Perceptions And Pleasing The Players
NCsoft details Aion’s version 1.9 patch today, an update dedicated to making the player experience more joy and less grind. We spoke to lead producer Chris Hager about changing the way subscribers play and perceive the popular MMO. Aion patch 1.9 is still a long way out, but NCsoft wants to make sure players know…
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My 10 Years With The PlayStation 2
On March 4, 2000, Sony unleashed the successor to their wildly successful PlayStation on an unsuspecting world. Ten years later I’ve still got PlayStation 2 games on preorder. And to think I didn’t even care until 2002. In 1999, I was still new to the internet video game press business, but that was okay, as…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Team Ninja, Splitscreen’s Absence, Used Games, And The Birthday Lord
In this week’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea, IncD, ZeroAnd09, and Bwwardiii sound off on splitscreen online play, Team Ninja’s Metroid, mega awesome birthday gifts, and a new way to sell used games. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a…
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NHL 2K Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Resting
Take-Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder sheds some light on NHL 2K’s absence from the company’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 line-up, explaining that the series is on hiatus this year in order to come back stronger with NHL 2K12. When NHL 2K11 didn’t show up on a list of Take-Two’s 2010 releases, some took that…
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Red Dead Redemption Delayed To May
Rockstar’s Western follow-up Red Dead Redemption, originally slated for release in late April in North America, has been pushed back to mid-May. The delay, which was revealed today as Take-Two Interactive announced their quarterly financials, has the North American release of Red Dead Redemption set to May 18th. The new date puts the North American…
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Aliens And Predators Invade PlayStation Home
Now here’s a couple of virtual costume items that might be worth dropping a couple of bills on, if only to see an Alien and a Predator doing the running man in the lobbies of PlayStation Home. Sega Europe announces official Aliens Vs. Predator gear, coming tomorrow to the European PlayStation Home Thread Store. Choose…
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EA Shows Off Mirror’s Edge, Skate-It, And World Adventures On The iPhone
EA Mobile passes along a set of new screenshots showing off three big titles they’re bringing to the iPhone in the coming months – Skate-It, Mirror’s Edge, and The Sims 3 World Adventures. We’ve seen plenty of MIrror’s Edge for the iPhone over the past few months, and The Sims 3 World Adventures was a…
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R.U.S.E. Public Beta Hits Steam Next Week
Ubisoft is letting everyone in on the deception action next week, with a public beta test for Eugen System’s bluff-based real-time strategy game R.U.S.E. dropping on Steam next week. The R.U.S.E. public beta will kick off on March 9th, and everyone is invited to play, or at least everyone with a free Steam account, and…
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Just Cause 2 PC Loves On NVIDIA
Square Enix London Studios dropped us this video to show off how pretty Just Cause 2 can be when running on a PC equipped with NVIDIA’s latest graphics hardware. I’m not all that familiar with NVIDIA’s CUDA technology, and Bokeh lens techniques mean absolutely nothing to me, but I do know a very pretty game…
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Bad Flash Game Combats The Sexual Exploitation Of Children
It may be the most hideous Choplifter rip-off ever created, but at least “CyberDodo fights against the sexual exploitation of children” has its heart in the right place. Did you know March 4 is the World Day Against Sexual Exploitation? If you’re anything like me, you had no clue. Then again, if you’re anything like…
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Now’s Your Chance To Desperately Escape In Resident Evil 5
Capcom’s second heaping helping of Resident Evil 5 drops today, with the release of the Desperate Escape episode starring Josh and Jill, along with new costumes for stars Sheva and Chris. The circle of downloadable content is now complete, and Resident Evil fans that opted to purchase the DLC instead of waiting for the March…
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Limbo: It’s Black And White And Headed To Xbox Live Arcade
Nominated for awards in Art and Technical Excellence for obvious reasons in the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, Playdead’s stunning black and white puzzle platformer Limbo is heading to Xbox Live Arcade this summer. Limbo is the story of a young boy braving a bleak and mysterious world in order to determine the fate of…
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Test Drive Unlimited Returns
Atari and Eden Games return to the islands for Test Drive Unlimited 2, the sequel to the hit 2006 online sandbox driving game. How does 2 compare to the original? The difference is night and day – and vehicle damage. Test Drive Unlimited was a pretty big Xbox 360 title when it came out in…
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How To Upgrade Your Vehicle In Just Cause 2
Let’s take a look at the innovative new vehicle upgrade system Avalanche Studios developed for Just Cause 2. It’s simpler than you’d expect! As easy as they make it look, you probably don’t want to try this at home. Better an open stretch of highway.
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Se7en Meets Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain for the PlayStation 3 is an emotionally engaging psychological thriller. Se7en, starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, is an emotionally engaging psychological thriller. What happens when you combine the two? As I played through Heavy Rain, I actually found myself waiting for the “What’s in the box?” moment, so seeing a mash up…
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Diablo III’s Male Wizard Is A Sexy Rock God
Blizzard has revealed the male model of Diablo III’s wizard class, sporting a look that many late 70’s, early 80’s rock stars would have given all of their chest hair for. First the female monk, then the female barbarian, and now this guy, the male wizard. Comparing concept art to concept art, the male wizard…
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I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 Moves 200,000 Copies
Ska Studios is better known for Xbox Live Arcade title The Dishwasher, but they’re no slouch at creating Xbox Indie Games either, having just surpassed 200,0000 sales for dual-stick shooter I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1. As of the official announcement, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 sold 200,343 digital copies…
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