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Ghost Recon Isn’t Even Out and It’s Already Announcing DLC
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier hits shelves on May 22, a week from Tuesday, but Ubisoft is already letting everyone know about extra stuff they can buy later on this year. Specifically, the “Arctic Strike Map Pack,” coming your way July 3 for $10. The pack includes new maps, a new multiplayer mode, weapons “to give…
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‘My Boat is Fly,’ Says Battlefield 3‘s Rocket-Boat Pilot. And Yes, It Is.
The YouTube user Birgirpall has a reputation for C4-induced antics in Battlefield 3, and that’s what’s going on here—a series of rocket-jumps on a Zodiac boat, launching the craft where no boat has gone before, or would be expected to be seen. This video carries the obligatory “I’m On A Boat,” by The Lonely Island…
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Steam Trading Makes Super Monday Night Combat and TF2 Hat-Swappable
The update live now for Super Monday Night Combat introduces Steam Trading (among other upgrades and fixes), which means you can pickup crossover costume items in both this title and Team Fortress 2 for the super low price of nothing. Four items kick off the “Friendship is Sharing” campaign for Uber Entertainment, two for each…
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Esports
International Dota 2 Championships to be Held During PAX Prime, Says Valve
The International Dota 2 Championships will be held during this year’s Penny Arcade Expo, Aug 31 to Sept. 2, the organizer and Dota 2 publisher Valve just announced. The International launched last year in Cologne, Germany during Gamescom. On the Dota 2 blog Valve confirmed that the teams DK and Na’Vi (the defending champion) are…
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My New Philosophy of Video Game Pitching Comes From a Pitcher Who Makes Video Games
After shaking off a line drive to the face, I finished out my rookie minor league year in MLB 12 The Show‘s Road to the Show with an unblemished record, 10-0 in about 16 starts at two classifications. The team still lost games I started but, somehow, they managed to at least get me out…
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NCAA Football‘s Dynasty is Back in Action—but First, Here’s Rece Davis with an Update
Career modes in sports video games do a superb job of helping you create the story of a single team or a player. Where even the best ones fall short is in making you feel part of something larger. Players are forced to hunt through menus for results and standings, and even then, it’s hard…
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ESPN’s NFL Studio Host Says He’s Appearing in Madden
In a series of revelatory Tweets spotted by Operation Sports yesterday, Hal Chapman Wingo III, better known as “Trey,” the host of ESPN’s NFL Live studio show, said he would be appearing in Madden NFL 13. Wingo tweeted a picture of a green screen set for Madden NFL 13, as well as details of a…
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Here is Baseball’s Most Frightening Play, as Seen in MLB 12 The Show
There’s a reason coaches throw batting practice behind a screen: As the pitcher, you are first in line against a cannon firing a shell weighing about one-third of a pound, at nearly 100 miles per hour. Ask Herb Score, the bullet line-drive back up the middle has ended and severely altered some promising careers. A…
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Owen Good to Discuss MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Scandal on ESPN Radio
Kotaku‘s Owen Good will appear on ESPN 1080 of Orlando, Fla. this morning as a guest of “The Beat of Sports” to discuss the cheating alleged in MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Challenge. “The Beat of Sports” airs from 9 to 11 a.m.; Good is expected to join the program around 10:20 a.m. You can listen…
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Culture
What’s Yours is Mine
Mother’s Day isn’t typically a huge sales weekend for video games and the upcoming launch schedule reflects that. Minecraft‘s console release is the week’s only highlight. Tuesday Warlock: Master of the Arcane (PC) Asura’s Wrath: Lost Episode 1 – At Last, Someone Angrier Than Me (PSN, XBLA) Datura (PS3) Wednesday Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)…
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One Man Getting Hit by a Bus Is Another Man’s Frogger
At the University of Texas “every Friday before finals there’s a thing called ‘Foam Sword Friday,'” writes Austin H., a computer sciences major at the university. Students go to the university district’s main drag, cross the street during a red light, and then battle it out with foam swords. This Friday, a freshman named Nick…
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Eight Men In: Cheating Tarnishes Everyone in 2K Sports’ Million-Dollar Scandal
When Phil Humber threw the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history two weeks ago, he didn’t get to choose the batters he faced. When Dallas Braden threw a perfect game on an emotional Mother’s Day in 2010, against the winningest team never to put a runner on base, he didn’t stock the heart…
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Skullgirls Getting Cross-Platform PC/PS3 Play
This was somewhat lost in the shuffle of Wednesday’s announcement that Skullgirls, the 2D fighter currently available on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, would be getting a PC version. The game’s official Twitter feed says that PC and PS3 gamers will be able to play together thanks to cross-platform compatibility, but it won’t be implemented…
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Sex Offender Who Inspired New York’s ‘Operation Game Over’ is Sentenced
Richard Kretovic, whose sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy inspired New York State’s push to have all of its registered sex offenders permanently banned from Xbox Live and other major gaming services, was sentenced on Friday. Kretovic, 20, only got six months in jail, but the larger punishment may be stripping his access to Xbox…
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Oh Sure, Now Eli Manning Wants to Do an Appearance for Madden NFL
The biggest irony in this Saturday Night Live sketch from last night featuring Eli Manning is the idea of him working this closely with Madden NFL on anything. Widely believed to be too expensive even for EA Sports, if the two-time Super Bowl champion, or his brother, had any intention of making a signature appearance…
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Suspects of the Old Republic
We had an open-ended theme last week and, I’ll take the rap, it kinda thudded. So we’re going back to bread-and-butter subjects with source images, and mugshots have been reliable comedy inspiration in the past. The tale of a guy actually named Obiwan Kenobi getting arrested in California and charged with hit-and-run, is too good…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
The Kentucky Derby yesterday freaked me out because I realized it was already the first Saturday in May. Which means Mother’s Day is next Sunday, and I don’t have a clue for a gift to give. Do you? Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves, the official Kotaku forum for any games-related subject.…
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Culture
Sunday Comics: Crowded Source
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published May 4.—Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published April 30.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…
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