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Some Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Players Encountering Save-File-Killing Bug
It’s starting to seem like fall, 2012 might just be best thought of as bug season. Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, the PS Vita handheld companion to Assassin’s Creed III, has a nasty save-corrupting bug hitting some players. The issue, as reported by players on Ubisoft’s forums, is corrupting save games and causing players to lose…
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7 Navy SEALS Disciplined For Sharing Secrets While Consulting On Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Throughout the lead-up to its launch, Medal of Honor: Warfighter touted its authenticity as a modern-day military shooter. Over the course of its production, it consulted heavily with real-life Navy SEALs, in order to make missions more realistic. The authenticity, unfortunately, didn’t help the game, and now it turns out its hurting the SEALs too.…
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World of Warcraft to Sell Virtual Kittens to Raise Money for Sandy Relief
Okay. I may not love playing World of Warcraft, but I am happy to give credit where credit is due: this is both cute and awesome. World of Warcraft is adding a new pet to their pet store. First, it’s a kitten, which is just great on general principles. Second, it’s on fire, which is…
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Luke, Han, and Leia Could Be Back in Star Wars Sequel Penned By Toy Story 3 Writer
If the Hollywood rumor mill is to be trusted, Star Wars: Episode VII may already have its writer. Vulture reports that Michael Arndt has already written a 40-50 page script treatment for the film and is ” likely to be at least one of the writers” for the movie, which is expected to start shooting…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Officially Going Free-to-Play November 15
MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic is officially going free to play on November 15, EA confirmed today. The game launched late last year, to positive reviews, but had trouble holding onto a subscriber base. EA announced in July that SW:TOR would transition to a free-to-play game this fall, but didn’t provide a specific date.…
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Black Friday at Walmart: Dishonored, XCOM for $25, Assassin’s Creed III for $39, and More
Now that the political commercials have finally ended, it is of course Christmas time. But before Christmas (which is technically still the best part of two months away) comes Christmas shopping. It’s time for Black Friday sales to start appearing. Yesterday we saw Best Buy‘s ad, and today mega-retailer Walmart is ready with theirs Walmart’s…
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Why Did I Become A PC Gamer? Because It’s the Cheapest Way to Play.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “PC? Oh hell no. That’s way too expensive and complicated. I like my 360 just fine.” There’s something to be said for that. We’ve reviewed many a high powered, high-priced machine here at Kotaku, and even the peripherals can add up. $300 for an Xbox 360, with…
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It Takes A Lot Of Skill To Make This Brand-New Planetside 2 Case Look So Very Old
Sony’s upcoming massively multiplayer first person shooter Planetside 2 doesn’t launch until November 20. But the custom New Conglomerate-themed PC that MNPtech built for SOE creative designer Matt Higby is ready right on time. The case on its own is pretty spectacular, but the galleries showing how much work it took to make something so…
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Political Message Left In Curiosity Inexplicably Concerned For Obama’s Cat
As Curiosity settles into its second day out in the wide world, players worldwide keep tapping away at the massive cube inside. It’s not all rude words and penises, though of course there are plenty of both. As political fervor swept the US yesterday and last night, so too did politics seep into the cube.…
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Borderlands 2 Patch For Xbox 360 Fixes Potential Save-Erasing Bug
A potential game-save erasing bug affecting Xbox 360 players of Borderlands 2 has officially been patched today, according to developer Gearbox. The bug originated from players who hacked their own games and then played multiplayer games online with others. It only affected players on Xbox 360; players on PC and PS3 did not face an…
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Epic Mickey 2 Demo Now Available on Xbox 360 and PS3
If Wreck-It Ralph isn’t enough Disney for you this week, there is now a playable demo available of Epic Mickey: The Power Of Two The demo is available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network. It’s keeping up with the musical trend we’ve seen so far with the game, taking players through…
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Microsoft’s SmartGlass Xbox Companion App Now on iOS
Microsoft’s SmartGlass app is now available for iOS devices. SmartGlass lets Xbox 360 users interact with synced game content on their phone or tablet while they play a game—for example, as in a separate map view in Forza Horizon The app has been available on Android devices since last week.
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Too Many Curious Cats Seem To Be Killing the Curiosity Cube
It seems the world is indeed curious about what’s inside the cube. 22 Cans, the new experimental studio headed by Peter Molyneux (Fable, Black & White, Populous), launched their much-discussed new mobile app Curiosity today. By 9:30 this morning, yours truly was already the 32,277th person to download the app and “embark on this unique…
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New Move-Enabled Portal 2 DLC Now Available on PlayStation Network
The fancy “In Motion” DLC for the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 is available today We last saw “In Motion” at E3 this summer, where a Sony representative demonstrated how the Move works with the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. The DLC adds new kinds of controls to the game, including, notably, the ability…
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Some Halo 4 Players Facing Launch Day Server Woes
It’s November 6, and the long-anticipated, well-received Halo 4 is here. For some players, though, it seems the wait to get their shooting on will be a little longer. Players at Halo Waypoint are reporting a variety of server issues. The studio has acknowledged the server issues on twitter and their forums, saying, “We hear…
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Who Do Video Game Heroes Love Best? Game Villains, Naturally.
Mario may be the world’s hero, but without Bowser, does he have a purpose? Would Sonic need to race so far, so fast, without the threats laid by Doctor Robotnik? Artist Dan Matutina illustrates the symbiotic relationship between hero and villain in a series of hearts, pairing rivals together to indicate the one true fact…
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It Took A Children’s Movie To Show Me That Games Have Finally Grown Up
Yesterday I sat next to my spouse in a dark and surprisingly luxurious movie theater, watching a childrens’ movie. Aside from a group of four late-teenaged boys across the aisle, we were the only adults in the room not shepherding a flock of kids into their seats. And when, about twenty minutes into the movie,…
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Dark Souls Secret Revealed: Director Was Pulling a Prank on Players
Dark Souls was notoriously one of the most challenging games of 2011. It killed players over and over, sometimes rewarding patience and determination in the face of death and failure with yet more death and failure. And if players felt like the game was trolling them? Well, they may have been right. At least, about…
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PC Gamers Can Now Download Battlefield 1942 for Free
Sure, Battlefield 3 remains a big deal and Battlefield 4 is on its way, but fans who want to go back to where it all began will need to hop into Battlefield 1942 The 2002 World War II-themed FPS launched a franchise that, between games and DLC, has had more than 20 releases in the…
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2012 Is a Time Machine: Original X-Com Developer Rebooting 1985 Classic Chaos
Julian Gollop co-created the original X-Com, many years ago, and was not optimistic about the chance of this year’s XCOM turning out well. But XCOM turned out to be a smart game and was very well-received. Nearly everyone loves it. Perhaps the wild success of the new XCOM, then, is what has inspired Gollop to…
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