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Here Are Japan’s 3DS Launch Titles
These eight launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS were revealed today at the Nintendo World spectacular. All will be available Feb. 26. Note these are the Japanese launch titles, and that the US and European lineup will likely differ. The lineup, and prices (in yen) are: Nintendogs & Cats ¥4,800 Winning Eleven Soccer 3D ¥5,800…
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Fight Night Ultra-Realistically Turns Faces Into Steak Tartare
Wanna watch Cristobal Arreola’s gut ripple when Mike Tyson slams him with a righthand missile the midsection? Pick up Fight Night Champion. It’ll bring that, plus a lot of blood. Tommy Morrison looks like he tried to hang drywall with his face. Miguel Cotto looks like he french-kissed a bandsaw. Hey, how many metaphors can…
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First Gameplay Video Of MLB 11 The Show Surfaces
GameTrailers got a camera on MLB 11: The Show at CES, giving us a 90-second duel between Boston’s Josh Beckett and Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard. The hitter appears to be using the game’s new analog controls. It appears that way because of Howard’s multiple hitches as he waits on the pitch; that, and the hitter was…
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Win A Gold Xbox 360 From Castle Crashers
Last week, the makers of Castle Crashers boasted the game had hit more than two million players since its release on Xbox Live, and hinted that they’d commemorate the milestone with a gold Xbox 360. They’ve now revealed their plans. The gold 360 – gold-plated, to be sure – will be the grand prize in…
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Lord Of The Rings Tripled Its Revenue By Going Free-To-Play
In a podcast, the developers of Lord of the Rings Online said that the switch over to a freemium play model has already tripled the revenue coming in from the MMO. That’s quite a turnaround, though it does raise the question of what the game’s revenue picture looked like before the change. Still, LOTR Online’s…
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Angry Birds Coming To A Board Game This Year
If you treasure all that time spent building Mousetrap’s contraption and its inevitable collapse midway through, then Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, a board game due later this year from Mattel, is perfect for you. Yes, it has a slingshot. In the two-to-four player game, both sides will play a card-based strategy game that supplies…
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Singularity Among Nominees For Best Writing In A Video Game
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Fallout: New Vegas and Singularity (pictured) headline the six nominees for the Writer’s Guild’s Video Game Writing Award this year. God of War III, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II round out the field of nominees. The winner will be named Feb. 5 at the…
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GameStop’s Holiday Was A $3 Billion Disappointment
GameStop’s stock lost almost 6 percent today even though it saw greater sales in the 2010 holiday season than it did a year ago. That wasn’t enough, apparently. GameStop sent out an exultant news release earlier today, touting $3 billion in sales for the season, up nearly 6 percent. But in America, forget revenue, forget…
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MLB 2K11 Brings Home The Beard
This “first look” trailer for MLB 2K11 is short on specifics, but says the game will feature improved fielding and new player models – illustrated, naturally, by the Giants’ sui generis closer, Brian Wilson. In a conversation about MLB 2K11’s Million Dollar Perfect Game challenge, 2K Sports executive Jason Argent hinted that pitching controls will…
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Appeals Court Sides With File-Hosting Site Over Atari
A German appeals court threw out a judgment Atari had won against RapidShare, the popular file-hosting site where Atari says copies of games from its Alone in the Dark series were being illegally shared. Atari Europe had wanted RapidShare to take responsibility for blocking downloads of the files, and the ruling of a lower court…
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See All 18 Holes Of Augusta National Without Leaving Your Couch
EA Sports today released a complete 18-hole flyover of Augusta National, as it will appear in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters. The publisher has touted a laser scanning technology that delivers the iconic course with unusual fidelity. A flyover of TPC San Antonio also was included; in a conference call on Tuesday, EA…
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters Screenshots
No. 6 of Augusta National Golf Club. No. 7 of Augusta National Golf Club. No. 8 of Augusta National Golf Club. No. 11 of Augusta National Golf Club. No. 12 of Augusta National Golf Club. No. 13 of Augusta National Golf Club. No. 16 of Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods on No. 18 of…
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Homefront Will Require Online Pass — But Renters Can Still Try Its Features Free
The occupied-America shooter Homefront will require THQ’s Online Pass – a one use code that comes free in retail copies of the game – to access the game’s online multiplayer. But accommodations will be made for renters or used-copy purchasers. Those without a valid code may still play online multiplayer on all maps, but may…
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MLB 2K11 Renews Its Million-Dollar Perfect Game Bounty
Three up, three down, three times squared. Do that in a video game and you might win a million bucks. 2K Sports’ mad Million Dollar Perfect Game challenge returns this year with MLB 2K11. “I don’t know if we’re smart or just insane,” Jason Argent, the vice president of marketing for 2K Sports. “The million-dollar…
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Perfect Cell Is A Great Escape
Locked in a research laboratory at the bottom of the sea, an alien lifeform breaks from its captivity and mounts an escape. That’s the premise of Perfect Cell by Mobigame, our iGame of the Day. Thinking on it, I might be mistaken in calling this a puzzler in that video. It’s a platformer, for sure,…
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Live At Microsoft’s CES 2011 Keynote
What has Microsoft brought to Las Vegas for the Xbox 360? What else will they show besides video games? The answers await inside Microsoft’s CES 2011 keynote. Read on for Kotaku’s live blog of this year’s Microsoft news conference, headlined by CEO Steve Ballmer presenting what’s in store for 360 fans in the coming year.…
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Preorder Incentives Offer Putter, Two Courses For Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12
Moving up nearly three months to be here in time for The Masters, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 was given a March 29 release date yesterday. If you’re so inclined, the major games retailers have listed their preorder bonus content. Amazon gives you an extra club – the “Georgia Classic Putter,” which gooses putting attributes…
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Fight Night Champion Starts Your Career With A Big Loss
From what I can tell in this video, here’s how Andre Bishop’s fight career ended up in the crapper: Someone told him to take a dive and he didn’t. When the muscle showed up, someone got shot. (NSFW language.) That’s Champion Mode, EA Sports’ first crack at putting a narrative into a sports game. Its…
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EA Closing Down Online Play For 25 Old Sports Games [Updated]
As happens every year around this time, Electronic Arts is ending online service for many old games, the majority of them sports titles. The publisher’s Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth series also is affected. The closures mean largely that only the two most recent titles in EA’s FIFA, Madden, NCAA Football, NHL…
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An Iconic Tournament Finds Its True Voice In A Video Game
You can’t bring The Masters to a video game without CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz, who will be the lead announcer for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters. Nantz vouches for the authenticity of the virtual course, playable for the first time in high definition. EA Sports has used a laser scanning technology, taking three…
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