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Kotaku Originals: To a Fair-Thee-Well
The endings or beginnings of four shows, festivals or fairs – DICE, Toy Fair, the upcoming IFG and the outgoing X10 – churned up a ton of coverage over this past week. We saved room for more, don’t worry. Kotaku’s DICE 2010 Coverage The Road to the Independent Games Festival Kotaku’s Toy Fair 2010 Coverage…
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Kitase: FFVII Remake Only Possible If It Can Be Done In A Year
Final Fantasy XIII releases in less than three weeks, but people still can’t stop pining for Final Fantasy VII, released XIII years ago. But Yoshinori Kitase, answering hypothetically, said a remake by modern standards might take XIV years to make. Speaking to TechDigest, Kitase, the producer of Final Fantasy XIII (and director of VII) said…
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The Day Gamers Took Over Reselling: Epilogue
Last week, I wrote about Glyde, the reseller flooded by gamers at its November launch. Because of Glyde’s shipping model, the time required for delivery and payment seemed to be a drawback. So how’d Glyde do with a real sale? Not bad, all things considered. Last Thursday at 3:40 p.m., someone bought my copy of…
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Venture Capital Backs Off, and Boston Development Suffers
Venture capital investments in U.S. video game efforts dropped by more than $60 million from 2008 to 2009, of particular concern to developers in strong but outlying areas such as Boston. The Boston Globe reported today on the beatdown dealt to game development reliant on venture capital. In 2008, 35 projects were funded at a…
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In Turn Two It’s Yoshi, Waluigi and Logano …
After a week in which potholes played havoc with the Daytona 500 field, now it looks like Joey Logano and the No. 20 GameStop Toyota team are gonna rain shells and bananas on Fontana in the next Nationwide Series race. That right there is the Mario Kart Wii paint scheme Logano will be sporting in…
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All-Star Week Expands in MLB 10 The Show
Home run derbies have been a standalone mode of baseball sims for years. This video shows that MLB 10 The Show will incorporate the All-Star Home Run Derby into its long-term play modes, as well as the All-Star Futures game. Writing on the Playstation.Blog, designer Aaron Luke says the Sony San Diego team set out…
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First Gameplay Video for MLB 2K10 Surfaces
Game Informer got a nine-minute gameplay exclusive for MLB 2K10 that you can see at the link. IGN has the embeddable vid – an introduction to the game’s new “My Player” mode – so we’re running that on the jump. When you’re done with that, head on over to Game Informer for nine minutes of…
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Cryptic Considering a More ‘Meaningful’ Death Penalty for Star Trek Online?
Death in Star Trek Online seems to be a disappointing experience for its fans, lacking narrative oomph and encouraging unreasonably risky behavior. The game’s executive producer says the studio is listening and considering a change. “We are looking into finding a meaningful way to give players a deeper sense of loss when something bad happens,”…
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ESA Estimates Nearly 10 Million Games Illegally Downloaded in December
Research focusing on 200 specific titles showed 9.78 million illegal copies of video games were downloaded worldwide in the month of December, according to the Entertainment Software Association. The ESA expects the number is actually much higher as the study, conducted in partnership with the International Intellectual Property Alliance, focused only on those 200 popular…
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Bidding On Rare — and Factory Sealed — NES Cart Already Tops $15K
Remember the mom who sold an NES for $13,000 because it happened to include the ultra-rare Stadium Events? Well, a factory-sealed copy is now on eBay, and with eight days to go bidding is above $16,000. Let’s recap: Previously on L.A. Law … Stadium Events was a game that had a tiny NTSC release to…
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Initial Rankings for MLB 10 The Show Released
Earlier this week MLB 2K10 revealed its team numeric ratings. MLB 10 The Show has now divulged its rankings of all 30 Major League teams across four categories. The New York Yankees are this year’s overall No. 1. The Show’s rankings come in four flavors: Overall, hitting, pitching and defense. I’ve broken them out here.…
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Homeless RPG Comes to America
Europe’s browser-based hit homeless simulation that challenges you to “rise to become king of the bums,” has made its United States launch. Yep, get ready for 2010’s first giant wildass video game outrage … In Bumrise, players advance by pickpocketing, attacking other bums and ripping off vending machines. They can learn to play an instrument…
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MLB 2K10’s Cover Man Selects His Walk-Up Music
I’d heard about this during my preview with the game last month – MLB 2K10 cover athlete Evan Longoria asked for Tantric’s “Down and Out” to be included on the game’s official soundtrack, and 2K Sports obliged. It’s there with 15 other tracks 2K Sports announced today, including another I recognized in January, “Judas” by…
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Someone’s Gonna Make That Mortal Kombat Movie, Even If They Have To Sue
A Hollywood production company has filed suit against Warner Bros., claiming the media giant has frozen it out of developing a Mortal Kombat movie after buying up the franchise in last year’s sell off of Midway. Hollywood news site The Wrap reports that Threshold Entertainment filed the suit on Tuesday in Los Angeles. It was…
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Wiebe Reclaims Donkey Kong Jr. World Record
Steve Wiebe, featured in the acclaimed documentary “The King of Kong”, has reclaimed the world record high score for Donkey Kong Jr. after briefly surrendering it to an Oklahoma man. The international high score sanctioning authority Twin Galaxies today certified that Wiebe, of Washington state, is the new record holder with 1,190,400 points (screen at…
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This Warcraft Player Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night
Authorities say this 27-year-old man, angered when his mother asked him to quiet down while playing Warcraft, choked her and rammed his head through a wall before his grandfather finally shot him. He wasn’t seriously wounded. Nerd rage’ll do that. James Swan (pictured) of Manatee, Fla. was drinking and playing World of Warcraft around 10…
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The World’s Greatest Second Life Troll
I get accused of lurking on /b/ but I honestly don’t. What knowledge I have of /b/ memes comes from my former co-worker Sander. That’s why I’m so late bringing you Ralph Pootawn, the greatest Second Life troll ever. (NSFW) Troll describes Ralph perfectly because it’s what he is, about the ugliest character one can…
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Dedicated Server for Aliens vs. Predator Coming Soon
Aliens vs. Predator released today, and PC players are stuck with peer-to-peer matchmaking for a little longer while Rebellion gets a dedicated server ready “in the next few days,” according to the studio. In a Steam forum post today, Rebellion had this to say: Rebellion are busy preparing the dedicated server for the Aliens vs.…
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