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Here’s the Achievement List for BioShock 2
Ever-watchful Xbox 360 Achievements has dug up what it says is the list of cheevs for BioShock 2; there are 50 for the standard total of 1000 gamerscore, and a goodly number of them are secret achievements. Here’s the full list. It rates a standard spoiler-alert warning but, going through this, the descriptions don’t seem…
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Playing the Crowd in MLB 2K10
MLB 2K10 is trying to be more creative and less repetitive with what you hear coming from the stands this year. For that they need voices for more than 10,000 sound clips. Here’s what two had to say. Bitmob’s Aaron Thomas and his friend, Shanker Srinivasan, journeyed to 2K Marin’s studio in Novato, Calif. to…
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Reviews
Dragon’s Lair Micro-Review: Small Scenes from the Mind’s Eye
When it landed in 1983, Dragon’s Lair was truly unlike anything ever seen in an arcade. The gorgeous cartoon visuals not only justified an unthinkable 50-cent spend back then, they became the most memorable of pre-crash arcade classics. With Dragon’s Lair’s port to the iPhone and iPod Touch, EA Mobile and Digital Leisure are banking…
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Peace On Earth; TF2 War Ends, Soldiers Victorious
Valve announced the end to Team Fortress 2’s Soldier vs. Demoman War with [update] Soldier winning the conflict, 6,406,065 Demomen killed versus 6,372,979 dispatched Soldiers. One piece of real news, though: Valve announced that it’s begun transitioning new inventory into the game, but until the update goes live, players won’t see it. [Update] It’s now…
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The New Stages of Super Street Fighter IV
Capcom has dropped a buttload of new screens showcasing five new stages in Super Street Fighter IV. Korea, Africa and India join Metro City and Seth’s S.I.N. Lab as venues in which you may get your chop-socky hadouken on. Capcom’s Seth Killian provides a commentary of the new sites over on Capcom-Unity, pointing out that…
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A.L. MVP Joe Mauer is MLB 10 The Show’s Cover Man
Minnesota’s franchise performer Joe Mauer – the newly minted American League Most Valuable Player – will grace the cover of MLB 10 The Show, SCEA announced through its blog on Thursday. Mauer, the Twins’ catcher, follows the 2008 A.L. MVP Dustin Pedroia, who appeared on the cover of MLB 09 The Show. His appearance coincides…
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The Medal of Honor Trailer Requires Its Own FAQ
The debut trailer for Medal of Honor at the Video Game Awards was entertaining, but as these things are designed, it raised more questions than it answered. Medal of Honor‘s executive producer is happy to clear up a few. For starters, what you saw was 100 percent in-game footage, says Greg Goodrich. Some of that…
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Video Game Artists Come Together for a Cause
More than 200 artists, many from the games industry, have rallied to support one of their own – the girlfriend of a Mythic Entertainment artist who has faced down breast cancer and is looking at a long, expensive recovery. The woman, Cat, is the 25-year-old girlfriend of Mythic’s Mike “Daarken” Lim, who has along with…
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Uncharted 2 Writer Pens Graphic Novel
Neil Druckmann, the Naughty Dog lead designer who co-wrote the story for both Uncharted games, as well as the motion comic Uncharted: Eye of Indra, has written a graphic novel for release in February. Druckmann’s novel is called “A Second Chance at Sarah,” and it chronicles a man’s journey back in time to stop his…
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Digital Re-Releases Deal Damage to Collections’ Value
Who doesn’t love it when golden oldies get a re-release over the PlayStation Network or Virtual Console? Game collector, that’s who. MTV Multiplayer examined collectible game values and saw many nosediving after getting a reboot on the current generation. Some highlights or lowlights – really, you should go see the whole thing – Marvel vs.…
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Nielsen Tells Us Who Buys Movie Games
Since no one here will admit to buying video game movies – so few rise above the category’s shovelware reputation – Nielsen done some research on the demographics most likely to buy titles like Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Sooprise, sooprise, “households with kids ages 6-12 represent the ‘sweet spot’ for these products,” writes…
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Latest Transformers Title Officially Rolling Out for Wii, DS Too
We’ve known about it for a week, but today Activision officially announced Transformers: War for Cybertron (planet pictured above) and confirmed that versions for Wii and the Nintendo DS are in development as well. That makes it five platforms for the game – including the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions we already knew about.…
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Colorblind Petition for Modern Warfare 2 Patch
As Kotaku’s resident colorblind gamer, I feel a duty to point out that some of my brethren have asked Infinity Ward to patch Modern Warfare 2 to remove the game’s red-green/enemy-teammate confusion. In MW2’s multiplayer, the fastest way to differentiate friend from foe is if their name is green (teammate) or red (enemy). These colors…
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The Body Count of the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta
With less than a week until it closes, the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PlayStation 3 beta has recorded more than 9.4 million vehicle kills, which is like four times all the highway fatalities in the U.S. since 1957. Total kills recorded during the beta stand at 45.42 million, according to the Battlefield Blog. Other fun…
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For EA MMA, UK Mag Scoops the States on Other Details, Too
Yesterday, word spread that a UK fight magazine had fixed EA Sports MMA’s release to September. I emailed the magazine to make sure that claim wasn’t misattributed. Fighting Spirit Magazine sticks by it, and offers more details. We don’t have permission to reprint the article in its entirety, but having seen it, I can confirm…
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Army of Two Dev: We Wouldn’t Have Done Modern Warfare 2’s Airport Scene
Matt Turner, a producer on EA Montreal‘s Army of Two: The 40th Day, praised Infinity Ward for having the sack to do its infamous “No Russian” mission, in which terrorist NPCs kill civilians, but adds “we wouldn’t have done it.” “You’re playing a CIA agent, it’s designed to show the atrocities,” Turner told CVG in…
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Google Yanks Android Ports of Doom, Quake on ZeniMax Demand
A takedown notice sent by ZeniMax led to the Android Store’s removal of several ports of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein; one of the developers admits that, though the port used open-source Doom code, some of the game files were proprietary. ZeniMax, which of course now owns iD software, filed the DMCA complaint with Google. Developer…
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Microwaved Xbox 360 Elite — Yours for $31,000
Remember the microwaved mutant Game Boy Advance, creepy eyeballs and all? The same artist has done the same thing to an Xbox 360, and has it listed for $31,002 on eBay. “The Only Elite Xbox 360 that has been microwaved,” boasts the advertisement by artist Kenny Irwin. I’d love to see someone zap theirs just…
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Rumor: EA Sports MMA Won’t Release Until September
EA Sports MMA won’t release until September 2010, according to an article from a European mixed martial arts publication posted in the EA Sports forums. There is no online version of this article. So, given the audit trail for that rumor, let’s take it with a block of salt. And I’ve gone ahead and emailed…
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