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The Week in Review: A Real Time For RTS
This was a good week for a games launch. Straight in the middle of summer, when most have gone for vacation or are heading that way, and no other controversies brewing, StarCraft II arrived. Kotaku supplied a heaping helping of coverage for the PC RTS’s release – perhaps demonstrating how few genres there are left…
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The Superstars of NBA Jam, In Action
NBA 2K11 hasn’t cornered the market on 1990s Showtime nostalgia. Yesterday we learned that household names like Detlef Schrempf and Clyde Drexler will return to the 2-on-2 Wii arcade title. Here’s a video showing them in action. [via MTV Multiplayer]
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Classic Pre-Snap Controls Will Be Patched Into Madden 11
Responding to vociferous reaction from its hardcore community, Madden NFL 11 will patch in original pre-snap adjustment controls that countermand the new “Strategy Pad,” design, but not before a month after the game releases. Ian Cummings, the series’ creative director, announced the decision earlier today after a blog post explaining the original design change. For…
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Madden NFL Doritos Impressions: Saltier. Cheesier. Orange-ier.
Madden NFL 11 strives to make your football video game experience “simpler, quicker, deeper.” Not sure what dedicated Dorito support can add to this – maybe “more stoned?” – but two flavors “inspired” by the game have hit store shelves. As the clear market leader with an exclusive license, Frito-Lay is dogged by knee-jerk consumer…
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NHL Slapshot Box Goes Top Shelf With The Great One
Michael Jordan isn’t the only best-ever superstar gracing the cover of a video game and appearing in it this year. Wayne Gretzky’s playable in NHL Slapshot and also serves as your mentor in the singleplayer career mode. EA Sports today published the official packshot for the Wii game, which arrives Sept. 7. It gives you…
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The Patch To End (Most) Patches Coming to NCAA 11
Another large patch coming by mid-August for NCAA Football 11 will address some notorious balance issues with recruiting in the game’s Dynasty modes, and deliver “live tuning” for necessary gameplay adjustments without waiting for a dedicated patch. Folks may already have noticed the “Tuning” category in the file management menu of the main game. There’s…
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From Novato, California … at Soundtrack … 27 Songs … NBA 2K11!
Press play on this video and read that headline in the voice of former Chicago Bulls public address Ray Clay, because the game’s soundtrack includes “Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project, the team’s intro song during the Michael Jordan era. Jordan, of course, is on the cover of the game and appears on the rosters…
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Why Madden’s ‘Strategy Pad’ Doesn’t Feel Right To Some
It’s easy to make fun of an ergonomic assessment of Madden NFL 11’s new “strategy pad” control, but this video from GoMadden does present a reasonable accounting of why there are many hardcore fans who dislike the design change. To recap, pre-snap adjustments, both offense and defense, will be made differently this year. In the…
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Reviews
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Review: I’m On A Boat & It’s Going Fast
It’s a summer ritual: Insert coin, stomp on the accelerator and hold on for dear life. A reboot of the much loved arcade original and Dreamcast speedboat racer, Hydro Thunder Hurricane brings that template to Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade. Given the depth of full-title racers on the current console generation, a downloadable game isn’t…
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The Music Video Made In Flipnote Studio
Last year we featured “No Escape,” a music video done in the graphic style of the Atari 2600, by Arman Bohn, whose previous bands included Eureka Farm. He’s followed that up with “Brain Games,” a video animated in Flipnote Studio. Bohn hit up Kotaku right after uploading this video yesterday. He says it took nine…
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Two More Multiplayer Maps Arrive For Battlefield Bad Company 2 Today
Two new maps were served up today over the free (to retail buyers) VIP service for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. VIP Map Pack No. 5 adds White Pass and Nelson Bay, shown in this here trailer. White Pass supports Rush Mode; Nelson Bay is for Conquest Mode. The content is free to VIP pass holders,…
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The Assassin’s Green in Monday Night Combat
Continuing the tour of class warfare in Monday Night Combat, Uber Entertainment today introduced us to the Assassin, the fastest character type in the upcoming class-based shooter for Xbox Live Arcade, packing both cloak and dagger. A fact sheet put out by Uber says that Assassin’s cloak makes a noticeable hum when active, and a…
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Terrell Ocho Uno Arrives In Cincinnati, Madden-Style
The revolving door psych ward that is the Cincinnati Bengals admitted another high-maintenance case yesterday with Terrell Owens. It might turn into a headache in real life, but with the focus in Madden solely on talent, the Bengals are loaded. Owens, at one time spectacularly talented, and a persistent clubhouse disruption over his entire career,…
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THQ Plans Involve A Fourth Rasslin’ Game
THQ will add a fourth wrestling title to its WWE lineup next year, the publisher’s core games chief told CVG. It’s not a western release of the Smackdown! vs. Raw Online currently available only in Asia, but something completely new. To avoid cannibalizing sales of its flagship game, Bilson said the new title would be…
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