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Initial Team Ratings for MLB 2K10 Revealed
Game Informer has been posting a running hands-on blog with MLB 2K10 and the game’s initial team ratings are revealed within. Boston and the New York Yankees are tied for first at 97 overall. Here’s what we’ve got right out of the box. Bear in mind these will probably change with a roster update on…
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Dragon Age Brings Us the Dwarven Fortress of Kal’Hirol
BioWare has posted a world update for its upcoming Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion, and reveals the setting of Kal’Hirol, a once prosperous Dwarven keep that mysteriously fell to ruin. Eleven images of the fortress are on the jump. Here’s the story, from the world update: The dwarven fortress of Kal’Hirol was long known…
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Reviews
Hustle Kings Micro-Review: The Color of Fun
Pool has a spotty history in video games, possibly because the real thing’s available in any bar or basement. But that’s a game usually played badly. Can Hustle Kings make you into a shark, or just feed you to them? Loved Rack ‘em up: The basic necessity of a billiards sim is a predictable and…
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Canadian Sex Ed Game Stars Captain Condom, Wonder Vag
And a guy in a lucha libre mask with dong arms. And if you answer a question incorrectly in a flash game put together by London, Ontario’s health service, he, uh, well … jizzes on you. NSFW at the jump. But if you answer correctly, you put up a super condom shield and splash back…
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Four Minutes of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on the DS
Let’s not forget this game is also coming to the DS – or, well, it’s already come to the platform, as someone apparently got a copy before next week’s release and posted more than four minutes of gameplay to YouTube. You can see Sonic in action against a field including, Tails, Amy, Amigo and Robo…
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EA Sports Restores Warner, Other Retirees, to Madden Roster
A week ago EA Sports removed Kurt Warner and other NFL players who retired at the end of the season from the final Madden roster update. Pressure from the game’s community and a sports gaming website has restored them. The removal was apparently a departure from past practice, although EA Sports told Pasta Padre the…
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Ice In Their Veins
To: Luke From: Owen I had some real mixed emotions watching the Winter Olympics this weekend. Of course, the death of the Georgian slider on Friday is a tragedy that shatters a lot of enjoyment of a very exciting sport. And I was outraged at the manner in which competition authorities blamed it all on…
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Xbox Live Player Catches Suspected School Shooter [Updated]
Several Canadian news outlets report that a gamer in British Columbia thwarted a school shooting by alerting authorities after hearing a failing Texas high school student discuss his plans and targets over Xbox Live. Microsoft’s enforcement division also was involved. The Vancouver Sun says the unidentified gamer, of Port Alberni, B.C., was in an unspecified…
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AIAS Awards to be Streamed Thursday; TV to Broadcast Highlights
Friendly programming note, The Independent Film Channel will stream, live and in its entirety, the 13th annual Interactive Achievement Awards on Thursday, over its website beginning at 10 p.m. U.S. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific. The show will be broadcast on IFC a week from Friday – Feb. 26 – in a condensed half-hour highlight special, also…
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Week in Games: Catch a Predator
This week sees the return of Aliens vs. Predator 10 years later, back to the PC and also on Xbox 360 and PS3. Other headliners include another round of SOCOM on the PSP, plus Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce. This week’s count: six for PC and DS, five for Wii and Xbox 360, two for PS3 and…
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Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top 10 Lists
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. •Top 10 Movies That Would Make Horrible Games [Planet Xbox 360] Just because they said “Road House” and they are obviously wrong, I am going…
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Fondle a Human Spine in Aliens vs. Predator Multiplayer
According to this latest trailer from Rebellion and Sega, you’ll also jam a wrench down an alien’s throat. Here’s two minutes-plus of PS3 multiplayer from a Predator’s often-cloaked point of view, and trust me, it is age-gated for a reason. Aliens vs. Predator is out on Tuesday.
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Why the Game is the Thing, Even for Uncharted 2
Many have praised Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for its story and cinematics almost to the exclusion of its gameplay. But the latter is chiefly why it was one of 2009’s finest games, argues one writer. Brice Morrison, who writes The Game Prodigy, looks at Uncharted 2 and finds a triumph of action-oriented gameplay that gives…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Conversation Hearts Edition
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear readers. We have a sweet ‘Shop Contest candidate for you – dear old NECCO Conversation Hearts, a staple of the holiday which I’m sure you’ll pervert with your own crude sayings. At least, that’s the intent. NECCO, the maker of these things, says it threw out all of the Sweethearts sayings…
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Square Enix Probing Altered FFXIII Comparison Shots [Update]
Sonia Im, Square Enix’s North American spokeswoman has said the company is investigating a batch of suspicious screenshots purporting to compare Final Fantasy XIII on the PS3 and Xbox 360, yet are apparently the same image with different control overlays. Update: Square Enix has released this official statement on the matter: Unfortunately we did mistakenly…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Feb. 8 PvPonline published Feb. 8 ActionTrip published Feb. 8 EXTRALIFE published Feb. 10 GU Comics published Feb. 12 Dotgif published Feb. 8 Ctrl+Alt+Del published Feb. 9 Dueling Analogs published Feb. 8 Nerf NOW published Feb. 12 Rooster Teeth published Feb. 11 Monday Night Crew published Feb. 12 Virtual Shackles published Feb.…
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