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The Video Game Preview of a Tiger in Winter
This March will mark the third straight year in which Tiger Woods is not the sole star on the cover of a video game named Tiger Woods. But that shouldn’t suggest that the golfer, winless since an embarrassing marital scandal broke two years ago, is being eased out by EA Sports. What’s more likely, even…
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EA Exec Eases Concerns Over Rationing of The Old Republic‘s Launch
Despite saying in August that copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic would be rationed at launch, no one should worry that they won’t be able to find a copy of the game, a top Electronic Arts executive told investors. “We don’t feel like we’re going to be leaving too much demand behind at launch,”…
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Sounds Like Rainbow Six: Patriots is the Name of the Next Game
The ever vigilant Fusible has found what may be the name for the next entry in the Rainbow Six series. Rainbow6Patriots.com and RainbowsixPatriots.com were both registered by Ubisoft two days ago. Following the Fusible report, a NeoGAF member wrote to say that the game will be announced by that name next month in Xbox World…
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Capcom Sets the Release of Asura’s Wrath and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Asura’s Wrath will release Feb. 21 and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will hit shelves March 20, Capcom said this morning in a news release. Both games will have Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. Capcom also spelled out the pre-order bonuses and the special edition swag for Raccoon City. Preorders through GameStop, Amazon or Best…
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Jesus H. Christ, Someone’s Building a My Little Pony MMO
This was bound to happen, I suppose. A team of brony coders in the UK is hard at work on a My Little Pony free-to-play MMO you’re going to tolerate and love the shit out of. My Little Pony Online‘s visual style is based on the “Friendship is Magic,” series on Cartoon Network The Hub,…
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Mass Effect Babies Present Adorable Dialogue Choices
After passing by a restaurant named Wecks, artist Andy Helms immediately thought of a familiar exchange in Mass Effect, made about 20 times cuter. Full size at bottom. As seen by Kotaku reader Argh Wecks and Shewpawd, by Andy Helms Used with permission of the artist. You can contact Owen Good, the author of this…
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Are These Modern Warfare 3‘s Multiplayer Maps?
Several outlets this morning have posted what appears to be the layouts of the 16 multiplayer maps for Modern Warfare 3, giving fans a glimpse at their size, exploits, bottlenecks and what have you. The images have been attributed to this user on the site The Tech Game. The images’ provenance is unknown, though German…
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The Truth of Our Existence
Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived.…
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Don’t Worry, Rockstar’s Already Thinking of Mobile Ports for Vice City and San Andreas
Two weeks ago Rockstar said it was bringing its seminal hit Grand Theft Auto III to state-of-the-art mobile platforms. Yes, they already know what you’re thinking. Bringing over Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would be a “technical challenge,” the studio told Digital Trends, but they’re already thinking in that…
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Here’s the First Footage of the Phoenix Wright Movie, All in Japanese
Yesterday Bash gave us the first still shot from Japan’s upcoming Phoenix Wright flick. Today, thanks to the sharp eyes of Kotaku tipster KingKellogg the Waffle Haggler, we see the first live action. There’s a lot of Japanese in this, and that goes for the cross-talk as well as the dialogue. One word, however, seems…
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Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors Coming Soon to PS3, PSP
If you’ve given up waiting for Capcom to announce a new entry in the Darkstalkers series, take solace in the fact one of the originals is primed for a re-release over the PlayStation Network. Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors has been rated by the ESRB (T for Teen, for the record), clearing it for an upcoming…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I don’t know about you, but I feel like playing some MLB 2K11 after seeing that. Who knows what I’ll feel like saying, doing or playing after the conclusion of Game Seven of the World Series tonight. Last night’s epic was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen on live television. Otherwise, what’s on…
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NBA 2K12 Works Overtime on a Problem with Roots in the Dreamcast
Within five seconds of introducing himself to YouTube as MrPurple0, the guy is off on a nonstop, highly personal tirade condemning 2K Sports and NBA 2K12. Were it transcribed, it is hard to imagine a period between any of the sentences. “The servers are garbage, the servers are trash,” he says, frustrated by day-of-release problems…
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Every Day is a Struggle to Survive with Zombie Tools
Nuclear apocalypse? Zombie apocalypse? Whichever you think is more likely, the makers of August’s PipClock have you covered with a new suite of iPhone tools sure to come in handy when society completely disintegrates, yet again. Zombie Tools, for all iOS devices, is like its PipClock sibling, an alternate reality game that allowed me to…
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Does Uncharted 3 Have On-the-Disc Premium DLC?
Though Uncharted 3 isn’t officially on shelves until Tuesday, some have found it through independent retailers where the game already is in stock. Naturally, you get a game before its street date, you go through the online menu just to see what’s available, even though Uncharted 3‘s online access doesn’t begin until Nov. 1. In…
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Go Grab Jetpack Joyride for Free
Right now, the makers of Jetpack Joyride are running a Facebook promotion that gives you the game for free. Run over there, click like, get a download for the game on the iOS platform. This is a savings of only 99 cents because, like, the game is only 99 cents. For more on Jetpack Joyride,…
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How BioShock Infinite is Influenced by Occupy Wall Street
While BioShock Infinite is due for release next year, the game’s story still is undergoing change, says the series’ creator Ken Levine. And if nothing else, the Occupy Wall Street protests going on in New York (and elsewhere) serve as an affirmation to him in how he’s scripted the motivations and temperament of the Vox…
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D.C. Universe Online‘s Free-to-Play Start Date Set for Nov. 1
During a live-stream video chat today with the game’s developers, D.C. Universe Online‘s free-to-play debut was set for Nov. 1, which is Tuesday of next week. Originally expected sometime in October, the new freemium model gives everyone two character slots and all game content as a base offering, with expansion packs and extra characters as…
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Midgets, Bikini Babes and Condoms Get a British Retailer Disinvited to Game Awards Show
Someone forgot to tell Grainger Games that the Games Media Awards are not the David Hasselhoff Roast. The games seller showed up at the U.K. gala with bikini-clad models, midgets, a giant orange Hummer, and branded condoms and are henceforth retailer non grata, say organizers. Stuart Dinsey, the chief of Intent Media, which puts together…
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Reminder: Free Pinball FX 2 Table Available Now
If you have Pinball FX 2, a new table is available today through next Wednesday for free. If you don’t have Pinball FX 2, the base application is free and, again, so is the table that is free through next Wednesday. Paranormal is its name. A holiday treat from Zen Studios, Paranormalinvolves “solving” a series…
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