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Not to be Undersold, Another Florida Games Store Lists Itself on eBay
Three weeks ago, a Florida man listed his independent video game store, plus a ton of real estate and vehicles, for sale on eBay in a $3.5 million package deal. Another video game store two hours up the road has decided to undercut him, selling everything in its chain for $2.6 million. My spidey-sense tells…
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Report Says NBA Live 13 Will Be a $20 Digital Download
Rumor out of GameStop’s annual expo in San Antonio says EA Sports representatives told attendees that NBA Live 13 will in fact be a digital only release, and will cost $20 on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The site IRB Gamer, attending the expo, said it was told directly of EA Sports’ digital plans for…
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A Children’s Treasury of Madden Release-Week Glitches
When it was first shown to writers in April, I knew what was in store for Madden’s “Infinity Engine” of real-time physics. This is the YouTube age, where a game’s every gaffe, glitch and goof is filmed and uploaded within moments of release, it seems. Realizing how hyper-nitpicked Madden is, I asked if the development…
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‘Season Pass’ Gets You All of Borderlands 2‘s DLC
Scuttlebutt going back to the summer had suggested that 2K Games would offer all of Borderlands 2‘s downloadable content extensions in a “season pass” offered at a package discount. Well, that’s now confirmed. Rumor went around earlier today that $30 would buy up all four planned releases, and Gearbox confirmed it earlier this evening to…
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Madden 13 Puts the QB on His Back—and He Still Throws a Touch-downnnnnn
One feature of the new “Infinity Engine” physics system introduced in Madden NFL 13 is the fact that the game knows when the ballcarrier’s knee has hit the turf. Evidently, Cleveland’s Brandon Weeden’s never did here in a game between two teams that have never won the Super Bowl. After getting sandwiched by the pass…
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EA Sports Brings Women’s Hockey Stars Into the Game—Without a League of Their Own
Last year, when NHL 12 allowed you to create a female hockey player in its superstar-fantasy “Be A Pro” mode, the only real difference was the face on the player in the video game. Underneath a helmet and the hulking pads, moving fast on ice skates, it’s hard to instantly tell if someone’s a man…
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Women’s Hockey Stars Will be Playable in NHL 13
In what appears to be a first, two women’s hockey stars will appear as playable athletes in a sports video game simulating a professional men’s league. NHL 13 will feature Hayley Wickenheiser (above, left), of the Canadian women’s national team, and Angela Ruggiero (above, right) of the United States national team, alongside Wayne Gretzky, Mario…
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Why Did Scottie Pippen Come Around and Agree to Be in NBA 2K13? Ask His Wife.
From the sound of it, Jay-Z wasn’t the one who strong-armed Scottie Pippen into rejoining the Dream Team for NBA 2K13. It was Pippen’s wife and 11-year-old son. Pippen, the lone holdout of 12 superstars on the United States 1992 national team when 2K Sports announced it was bringing USA Basketball to NBA 2K13 this…
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Scottie Pippen Changes His Mind and Will Appear on The Dream Team in NBA 2K13
Scottie Pippen will appear in NBA 2K13 as a member of the “Dream Team,” 2K Sports said moments ago. “Feedback on forums, social media, and community interactions were the driving force in influencing Pippen to sign a deal, as fans had shared widespread disappointment over his absence from the 1992 roster,” 2K Sports said in…
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The Week in Games: The August Wind is a Raider
It’s an unusually robust week considering it’s one dominated by two huge names—Guild Wars 2, which becomes available to everyone on Tuesday, and Madden NFL 13, on shelves the same day. There are three collections available for PlayStation 3, plus downloadable content and downloadable titles on all major services. Tuesday • Madden NFL 13 (Xbox…
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I Think We All Know the Punchline to This Portal Picture
Reddit user Pheadlessg is to be married on Saturday. His fiancée allowed him one video game-themed gesture at the wedding reception, so he chose to dress these Portal turret figures from ThinkGeek in a bridal veil, hat and bow-tie and use them as cake toppers. Assuming they actually intend to serve one … I’m getting…
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With No Frills, Exhibition Modes Still Show Things You’ll Never Forget
In cataloging the greatest thrills and moments I’ve had as a sports video gamer, all but one or two have come in a career mode of some type. In some cases, it came because I strictly avoided the game’s exhibition features. For example, in 2011, just barely qualifiying to play The Masters meant something to…
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Free-to-Play Shooter Looks to Have Borrowed a Map from Counter-Strike
Currently in closed beta, Arctic Combat appears to be set in the Middle East, despite its title. That’s not all that looks fishy about this free-to-play military shooter. One of its maps, “Sand Storm,” is almost a direct copy of de_dust2 from Counter-Strike. See for yourself in that video above. PC Gamer notes that some…
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Disappointing Everyone, The World Ends With You Countdown Leads to a $20 iOS Port
A rogue online store listing last week meant today Square Enix more confirmed than announced that The World Ends With You-Solo Remix will be released for iOS devices, both in the west and Japan. The game goes on sale tomorrow. That’s its launch trailer above. This isn’t gonna be cheap. the iPhone version is $17.99,…
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We Put a Madden Curse in Your Madden
Reader Jarren T. snapped this picture of the big news from Week 3 in his playthrough of Madden NFL 13, whose early-access weekend ends tomorrow. Not only is Madden acknowledging and evidently implementing the so-called curse that befalls its cover stars, it’s even referring to itself in the third person. So this edition marks the…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Assassin‘s Cross-Breed
A screwed up listing by Best Buy earlier this week promised Madden fans that the PS Vita version of the game would deliver “slow-motion chain kills,” pickpocketing and canoe-based pursuit. EA Sports had a little fun with the concept, pretending to motion-capture some boat rowing for next year’s game. Still, it was a rather safe…
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More Than 30 Years Later, Adventure Gets Another Sequel
Actually, Adventure, the Atari 2600 game that introduced video game Easter eggs to the popular imagination, among other things, now has its second sequel. Both were programmed by Byte Knight over on the Atari Age forums, and the latest, Evil Magician Returns II got an update on Thursday delivering a third level to the game.…
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