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Chrono Trigger Arrives Tuesday on PSN
Square Enix confirmed on the PlayStation Blog yesterday that Chrono Trigger will be available on PlayStation Network beginning Oct. 4. Pricing was not mentioned. What’s more, in response to a commenter who said he’d “Rather be playing Chrono Cross,” Square Enix’s Charles McCarter said “Well, you might not have to wait that much longer…” [h/t…
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The Applications of Assassin’s Creed‘s Hook Blade Seem Familiar
A means of aerial transport jutting from your right hand, capable of launching you on shoulder-dislocating rides above a city in turmoil? Why, where have we heard that one before? Unlike BioShock: Infinite‘s skyline wheels, though, the hook-blade itself has an offensive purpose which, more or less, means you can counter-kill with it. Yes, you…
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I Could Never Stay Mad at You, NBA 2K12
NBA 2K12 has had a rough couple of weeks. A lot of the goodwill built up in August for the game’s nostalgic “NBA’s Greatest” mode was washed out by news of lockout-frozen rosters and repackaged premium DLC. And then Kurtis Blow comes up over the speakers, and Dikembe wags his finger at you, and you…
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Full House Poker Isn’t Getting a New Fall Season, but Isn’t Going Away Either
The leaves have turned and still Full House Poker‘s online “Texas Heat” tournament is in day 119 (and counting) of its summer season on Xbox Live, stoking fears that the game will head the way of spiritual predecessor 1 vs. 100 Microsoft, according to XBLA Fans, seems content to just let the summer Texas Heat…
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Pinball FX2 Gets Another Table: ‘Sorcerer’s Lair’
Diehard pinballers looking for another couple thou or so on their Wizard Score in Pinball FX2 can pick up another table on Oct. 12, developer Zen Studios just announced. “Sorcerer’s Lair,” an all-original table, will release then, promising “a gothic world of mystery, ghosts and ginormous spiders!” The table offers six missions. Pricing was not…
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Oh, by the Way, Fez is Delayed. Again.
Earlier this week, Polytron released another “long screenshot” for Fez the perspective-rotating indie platformer stuck in development hell for more than three years now. Promised for release on Xbox Live Arcade this year, Phil Fish just tweeted that his game has been delayed, yet again, until 2012. “(and fez is delayed until early 2012),” Fish…
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NBA 2K12 Debuts on iPhone Next Week
2K Sports’ award-winning NBA 2K series will debut on iOS mobile devices next week with NBA 2K12 the same day the title releases on consoles and PC. The game will include the popular “Jordan Challenge” that made last year’s NBA 2K11 such a hit. CNET reported the story first, with gameplay impressions (and a gameplay…
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Assassin’s Creed Revelations Delayed to December for PC
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations was supposed to be the first time in the series that a game released for all platforms on the same day. Well, it won’t. Ubisoft confirmed to Kotaku that the PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has been delayed until December. No specific December date was given, nor a reason, but we’re…
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Making Curling Fun is Like Putting Earrings on a Pig
Can we have a moratorium on pigs in iPhone games? Please? I’ve seen enough of them, and they no longer communicate fun, quirky or cute as much as they do “a focus group told us to use this,” whether one was actually hired to or not. Pig Curling is another gaming app seeking to capitalize…
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Internal PayPal Email Points to Nov. 15 for New Xbox Dashboard Release
In May, Microsoft revealed that PayPal would be added as a payment option for Xbox Live transactions such as subscriptions and Microsoft Points purchases. This week, an internal email to PayPal employees asked them to test the service, and pointed to Nov. 15—the 10-year anniversary of the original Xbox launch—as the date the new dashboard…
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Looks Like Super Mario Land 3 is Next Up on the 3DS Virtual Console
GoNintendo dug up a current Australian rating for Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, pointing to it as an upcoming release for the Game Boy Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS. Remember, early adopters “ambassadors,” you get 10 VC titles for free in addition to the 10 free NES classics you downloaded at the beginning…
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Burgertime Reboot Delayed to Deliver Beefier Multiplayer
Burgertime World Tour is being held a little while longer as it tests online multiplayer features, publisher MonkeyPaw Games told fans via Facebook on Monday. That means the game won’t hit Xbox Live, PSN and WiiWare until late October or early November. “We’d like to apologize for not getting the game out yet,” MonkeyPaw said.…
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Chinese TF2 Knockoff Drafts Tomb Raider Alum to Vouch for It
Ahem. Well, back in July, we were introduced to Final Combat, China’s homage to ripoff of Team Fortress 2. The game won’t have a western release, but for any Chinese who managed to defeat the Baidu censorship and learn of the game’s true origins, we have Troy Horton, formerly of the Tomb Raider series, to…
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NBA 2K12‘s Legendary Teams Are Pay-to-Play for Online Multiplayer
Earlier this month Kotaku reported, per 2K Sports itself, that the historic teams featured in NBA 2K12‘s “NBA’s Greatest” mode would not be available for online play. That turns out not to be the case. A Twitter photo from someone with the game already shows that gamers can take the 1993 Chicago Bulls or 1986…
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In Moneyball, Activision’s Bobby Kotick Plays a Familiar Role
To call Bobby Kotick’s appearance in Moneyball a cameo is a bit of a misnomer. The Activision boss has two significant scenes in the sports flick and plenty of lines as Stephen Schott, the former co-owner of the Oakland Athletics. It’s not to say Kotick plays much of a character, but he doesn’t have to.…
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Would You Like to Pre-Order a California Roll?
Sushi Restaurant About to Get a Letter from Games Retailer | SushiStop of Los Angeles. You don’t want to buy anything used here. (Image by Yelp, seen via Destructoid.) Star Wars: The Old Republic Ships on Dec. 20, Subscriptions Detailed Star Wars: The Old Republic launches on Dec. 20 in North America and Dec. 22…
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Culture
We’re Taking Nominations for Sunday Comics’ Newest Strip
As you may have noticed, we’ve been down a comic in our Sunday Comics lineup ever since Rooster Teeth closed in August. I could have just filled it in with any of the submissions we frequently get from webcomic authors, but remembering how this feature was conceived, and given that everyone has such strong opinions…
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Culture
Ready for Some Football
EA Sports’ FIFA 12 highlights this release week (Tuesday in North America, Thursday and Friday in Europe) along with Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Not diggin’ sports? X-Men: Destiny, the quasi-action-RPG by Silicon Knights, arrives on shelves, too. Monday • FIFA Soccer 12 (Wii) Tuesday • FIFA Soccer 12 (PC, PS2, PSP, PS3, 360) —A…
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End of Nations Won’t Release Until 2012
Though no official release date had been given for the free-to-play MMORTS End of Nations, 2011 had not been ruled out for the game’s launch. Developer Trion took that off the table today at the Eurogamer Expo, saying the game will in fact arrive in 2012 and not sooner. A live demo of the game…
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Smooth Textures
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. • Ten Games With the Best Textures This Generation [Gaming Bolt] …. • Top 15 Multiplayer Maps of All Time [Maximum PC] Not one map…
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