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D.C. Universe Online Digital Download Coming Soon to PSN
Two months after the MMO’s release, D.C. Universe Online will get a digital download version over PlayStation Network, the official PlayStation Blog said earlier today. The game is $59.99 and includes a month’s subscription. Other packages will be offered.
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The Cardboard Tube Samurai Comes to Monday Night Combat
Just in time for PAX East, the latest update to Monday Night Combat brings Penny Arcade’s revered Cardboard Tube Samurai to the game’s PC version, as a uniform for the assassin class. Check him/her out in that vidja above. The update also delivers an “All-Star Rating System,” that which will give players a better idea…
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Mod Resurrects March Madness in NBA 2K11
EA Sports’ NCAA Basketball bit the dust after its 2009 release; 2K Sports’ College Hoops 2K series cashed out two years before. With Selection Sunday three days away and March Madness upon us, how’s a gamer to satisfy his basketball jones? Well, those with a PC may do so through a “total conversion mod,” developed…
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Baseball Rivals Play Dueling Cameras [Updated]
Kotaku may have kicked off a fad last year, with our post on how to make your video game baseball presentation conform to real life broadcasting angles. MLB 2K11 directly cited the work as an inspiration behind its new broadcast presentation. MLB 11 The Show was assuredly thinking the same thing when it introduced realistic…
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Double Dragon‘s Reboot Needs a Larger Pad
Double Dragon rolled up the garage doors and vroomed onto the iPhone and iPad earlier this week, with a small-size reboot that invoked and updated its arcade ancestor’s main features – bosses, levels, soundtrack, and more. At bottom, it’s a beat-em-up controlled by a virtual pad and stick, with about 30 percent of the screen…
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Ubisoft Won’t Release Swinger-Party Game in the U.K.
We Dare, the Wii party game whose marketing suggests it’s much naughtier than it really is, won’t be released in the United Kingdom. Publisher Ubisoft is pulling the game back after a rating found it suitable for kids 12 and up. Politicians and press in Great Britain were, of course, in high dudgeon (is there…
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Dutch Court Orders PS3 Seizures — Including Those In Homes
Several thousand more PlayStation 3s were seized by Dutch customs officials on the eve of Sony’s courtoom showdown with Korea-based LG, whose allegations of patent infringement have effectively halted the distribution of consoles across Europe the past 10 days. LG, which claims the PS3’s Blu-ray playback technology violates patents it holds, got a Netherlands court…
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British Schoolteacher Finks on 600 Kids Over Late Night Gaming
In what sounds like the opening to a Dr. Seuss book, parents of all 600 children in Mr Gribble’s school got a fearful note saying their kids report to class sleepy and distracted, because they’re up as late as 4 a.m. playing video games. Mr Gribble, who teaches primary school in Devon, the U.K., sent…
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An Insanely Twisted Coming Out Party at PAX
First discussed in 2007 and under development since last year, indie shooter/puzzle game Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet will have its coming-out party at PAX East this weekend, and it looks damn good. Fuelcell Games published these four screenshots today touting the game, which the public may see – and play for the first time –…
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Wendy’s Pac-Man Tag Sounds a Little Familiar
From now mid-April, Wendy’s is serving up kids meals with five separate toys to celebrate Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary. One of them is “Pac-Man Tag.” Hey …. Pac-Man Tag involves a set of four clip-on tags to designate three kids as ghosts and one as Pac-Man. Then they run around the yard. That sounds familiar. Crecente…
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Wizards, Anonymous Athletes and a River Running Through It
The crew is flying back from San Francisco with more coverage from GDC 2011 to deliver in the coming week. For now, here’s a roundup of this weekend’s best, and a peaceful nature hike to chill you out before your own work week begins. Mine is now ending. Video Game Wizards Are Re-Fighting Vietnam For…
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Ocarina of Time‘s Master Quest Confirmed for 3DS
Nintendo has confirmed that the Master Quest, a companion to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that features new dungeons and puzzles, will be a part of the game’s upcoming release for Nintendo 3DS. The confirmation was made by a Nintendo representative at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, in this video with Conservative New…
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Is It Whether You Finish or Not, or How Long You Play the Game?
Of those who started Heavy Rain, 72 percent finished it, according to the president of the studio behind the game. That’s a rather striking number for any video game, especially compared to another major hit released about the same time. That would be Mass Effect 2, whose completion rate was about 50 percent, notes IGN.…
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Dragon Ball
Pokemon Black and Pokemon White arrived on shelves today. Tuesday pits the jocks versus the D&D crowd. Leading the way is Dragon Age II; baseball returns the same day with MLB 11 The Show and Major League Baseball 2K11. Today (March 6) Pokemon Black (DS) Pokemon White (DS) Tuesday (March 1) Dragon Age II (Xbox…
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The Social Games Rant You Didn’t Hear from GDC
By all accounts, “No F@*#king Respect: Social Game Developers Rant Back” was a hit at Game Developers Conference 2011. A standing-room only crowd listened to a panel of eminent designers address the virtues of and double-standards applied to social games. There’s one rant you may not have heard though. It came from one attendee who…
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Top 5 of Top 10: Getting Old is Hell
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 Signs You’re an Aging Gamer [OC Weekly] No. 11) You bitch about how games today are too easy compared to the ones you…
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Tron Fortress Transports Badlands Map to the Game Grid [Updated]
Last month, Kotaku reader chandan1014 introduced us to his Tron-themed skins for all nine classes in Team Fortress 2. Now a friend of his has completely redone the game’s “Badlands” map in a Tron theme. “Tron Fortress” is the work of “Decap,” aka Mark Wilcox, a New Zealand modder who uploaded this video yesterday. Also…
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History’s Baddest Villains
The inspiration for this week’s challenge comes from Krakenstein‘s comment a week ago, which references some completely off-the-wall thing that a producer for The Conduit 2 told Stephen Totilo. “I like to think of John Adams as a Triceratops,” High Voltage’s David Pellas said. And so Krakenstein made that a reality for us. But if…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Forum Kotakum. Although if we’re typing in Latin, I suppose I should replace all the Us with Vs and Js with Is. IVST LIKE THIS. Thanks to reader Mythos for today’s topical 3DS triptych. Grab this month’s source image here, and submit yours to #TAYpics
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Culture
Sunday Comics
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. Another Videogame Webcomic did not publish this week. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 28 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira…
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