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Wait a Minute, LittleBigPlanet PSP Hadn’t Been Officially Dated?
Weird. One of these pieces of news that would seem to be out by now, but PlayStation.Blog posted yesterday that Nov. 17 is the North American release date for LittleBigPlanet PSP. The cover art also was finalized. What else, what else. Oh, here’s an LBP bento done by everybody’s favorite game-bento maker, AnnaTheRed, just to…
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Eminem on DJ Hero Renegade: “The S—t is Dope”
Eminem, one of two big names on DJ Hero’s Renegade Edition, stopped by DJ Whoo Kid’s show to flack the limited series, and declare “the s—t is dope.” See, when the kids say “s—t,” they really mean “cool.” To be fair, I think he’s talking about the carrying case (“DJ coffin”) that transforms into a…
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Scribblenauts’ Original Name Sounded Like a Gameshow
Scribblenauts is People’s Exhibit No. 1 for giving a game a great name. It’s a unique word, hinting strongly at the quirky adventures you’ll have. Good thing, too, because the original name sounded like something Wink Martindale would host. “Wordplay” was the first title, according to the 5th Cell creative director Jeremiah Slaczka. Yeesh. Slazcka…
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CrimeCraft Going Free-to-Play by Month’s End
The FPS-MMO-WTFBBQ CrimeCraft offers a “free unlimited trial” by the end of October, according to publisher Vogster Entertainment, which will effectively move the game into three tiers – free, $5 and $10 subscriptions. Vogster, subject of some bad financial news recently, made the announcement Friday, also promising a large content update concurrent to the new…
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Reviews
NHL 2K10 Review: Thin-Ice Capades
The National Hockey League dropped the puck on a new season Thursday night, turning sports fans’ thoughts to ice – and to hard hitting, fast-paced one-timer-from-the-slot action, qualities that 2K’s NHL title can certainly supply on a console. NHL 2K10 sees the franchise at somewhat of a crossroads. It’s in its 10th year overall, scrapping…
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Union Contracts Now Include “Vocally Stressful,” “Atmospheric” Work
Two major unions supplying voice actors for video games have both won pay raises under provisional new contracts, which also spell out terms for “vocally stressful” work and “atmospheric” roles in which one person voices multiple minor characters. Assuming the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ratify the contracts,…
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NBA Live Achievement Whores Fail to Get 1,000 Online [Updated]
NBA Live 07 – a game now three years old – currently has about 500 players on Xbox Live. And they need 500 more in the next half-hour for every one of them to collect an easy 100 Gamerscore. Update: Doesn’t sound like they made it. No word yet if they’ll try again. The game…
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Looks Like Modern Warfare 2’s Gone Gold
This is what the news biz calls an “incremental development,” but when it involves a game as highly anticipated as Modern Warfare 2, people notice. Yesterday, folks who’d friended some Infinity Ward types saw them playing it on Xbox Live. Playing an unreleased title on Xbox Live is typically an indicator the game has been…
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Who’s Responsible for the $60 Price Tag?
Just how did we get to $59.99 for the cost of a new game, anyway? Collusion? Happenstance? For a sector that mimics Hollywood’s studio model, the answer is about as simple – and clear – as why tickets cost $10. Crispy Gamer’s David Thomas went searching for who decided on the $60 standard and more…
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PSPgo Not Exactly Hacked — but Not Exactly Hack-Proof
People made a big deal about the PSPgo’s lack of a replaceable battery, a design component intended to thwart hackers. One has already found an old exploit is still feasible on the new hardware. Not sure what you’re looking at? Well, modder FreePlay’s found a way in through the hacked save data files of an…
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A Virtual Golfer Looks Back On — and Ahead to — His Tournament Career
You could say Steven Sobe knows when to go out on top. When you’ve made your living playing video games on a tournament circuit, it’s certainly a sense that will serve you well. Five years ago, Sobe, now 36, was the three-time defending national champion in Golden Tee – the bar and bowling-alley golf simulator…
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Weekend Coupons: Blind Squirrels
We’ll be honest, Kotakuites, we’re not finding much in the way of insane buy-it-now deals this week. It’s possible that it’ll be this way while we’re in high season for new releases, and retailers know they have a captive audience. Hardware • Remember, Microsoft’s $50 rebate offer for Xbox 360 Elites expires on Monday (Oct.…
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Kotaku Originals: Post-Nuptial Agreements
If it’s Saturday morning in October here, that means, what, it’s a Tuesday evening in March for Australia? I kid, I keeeeed! But it’s definitely past the magic hour when Luke and his bride have said “I do.” Yes, Mr. Plunkett, Kotaku’s editor for Oceania, got hitched today, and congrats and best wishes to him…
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Alleged Palin-Autographed 360 Back on eBay
The PayPal, you see, she could not handle a payment of $1.1 million. That’s why this Xbox 360 said to be autographed by Bayonetta Alaska’s ex-governor was pulled from eBay. Not because eBay items at this price are usually b.s. Seller David Morrill is hell-bent on getting his seven-figures for this Palin-autographed piece of hardware.…
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Here are Your Modern Warfare 2 Achievements
The achievements list for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is out already and I suppose it rates a mild spoiler alert, as some of the descriptions of each title might give away plot details. Edit: I updated the headline to be something mildly more compelling and less embarrassing than that facepalm-inducing placeholder hed that…
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It’s Never too Early for March Badness
I was actually getting somewhat sweet on Gus Johnson, who even sounds restrained in this trailer – until he rips off Wally Ausley’s iconic call of the 1983 Final, which gave March Madness the meaning by which it is known today. By the way, Gus. “Survive and advance”? That also was coined by Jim Valvano…
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Stardock Boss Hauls off on Games for Windows Live
A recent apparent full-throated defense of Glenn Beck hasn’t left Stardock CEO Brad Wardell with a shortage of vehemence. He lashed out at Games for Windows Live, its certification process and the payments it requires to keep games patched and running. In an interview with Shacknews, Wardell was asked if he knew why Microsoft wasn’t…
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Custom Figures Have Lotsa Gut(s)
Homebrew action figure designer Donald “KodyKoala” Kennedy is working on a theme here – guts. As in Guts-Dozer, of Mega Man 2. And as in King Hippo’s dunlop spare tire. On his Flickr stream, KodyKoala describes his Guts-Dozer as kit-bashed from the parts of a “Mech Hulk Top” and a “GI Joe vehicle that I…
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Gearbox Learns the Hazards — and Benefits — of Freelancing Your Own Preorder Bonuses
Not only does Mike Neumann have a lot of loot to drop, he has a lot of loot to collect between now and Oct. 20, if Gearbox’s creative director intends to fulfill the promise he made on “Official Borderlands Preorder Day.” And he does. But it’ll be a haul getting there. This past Sunday, Neumann…
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