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The First Football Game in Cowboys Stadium
Was, for the record, a game of Madden NFL 10, on a PlayStation 3. PlayStation and EA Sports invited more than 200 fans to the NFL’s newest stadium on Saturday to battle it out on Cowboys’ Stadium’s big screen, which has been the scene of video gameplay before. The event played out during the Cowboys’…
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Ice T Plays Call of Duty, Loses Shit, Demands Snapple, Rings Cliffy B
All in a day’s work for the CSI Law & Order: SVU star. As Jace Hall admires Coco’s plastic attributes, Ice gets killed by friendly fire, beckons for a soft drink, and then discusses casting decisions with Cliff Bleszinski. Giz put this up yesterday, alongside a video of Ice destroying a six-year-old MacBook. It was…
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Mario was Put in Punch-Out Without Permission
The latest “Iwata Asks” bull session regards Punch-Out!!! – the NES original, not the Wii sequel – and it’s quite revealing. Especially when designer Makoto Wada (pictured) pipes up. Wada-san, who came aboard Nintendo right around the time the Punch-Out!!! port for the NES was being created, spills two interesting details. The first is that…
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A Tribute to One of the Last Sports Game Gods
As any sports gamer – or anyone who’s seen Swingers – can tell you, Jeremy Roenick in NHL ’94 was the definition of unstoppable force. Score, win fights, deliver punishing checks, it was all automatic for Roenick. Roenick retired this past week, and Patrick Hruby (Hey! I know that guy!) writes an eloquent tribute to…
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Bioware Confirms Dragon Age: Origins Delay
You’re gonna have to wait another fortnight to get your brothel goat sex. The rumblings from retailers yesterday have been backed up by Bioware today. Dragon Age: Origins‘ new release date is November 3. BioWare told IGN: “Dragon Age Origins will be released on November 3rd in North America and November 6th in Europe for…
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Music Video Done 4-Bit Style
Arman Bohn, formerly of the band Eureka Farm where he played alongside current members of Deathcab for Cutie, has put out an album inspired by the Atari games of his youth. This video is “No Escape!” and in addition to its visual style, adds a nice story to make it eminently watchable. The music, self-described…
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Latency Makes Multiplayer a Real Bitch on Mars
Depending on the orbit, it takes between four and 20 minutes for information traveling at light speed to get from Earth to Mars. So, we’re not going to be playing Killzone against Martians anytime soon. Edge Online’s Chris Dahlen talked to some folks at NASA and answered the rather easy question that, yes, real-time communications…
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Today’s Punishment: The Nintendo Cereal System
Even though it’s only 30 seconds, and you’ll probably make it all the way through, today’s punishment is having that obnoxious goddamn "NIN-TEN-DO!!!!" stuck in your head for the rest of the day. That, plus watching a knockoff cast of “Head of the Class” dance their way through World 1-1 got me to bail at…
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EA Denmark Drops Brütal Legend’s Complete Soundtrack
It figures that, when the Brütal Legend soundtrack was revealed, it would come out of a place like Denmark. They take their metal seriously, and EA Denmark has the list of more than 100 songs in the game. Here is the list, according to the page (translated to English), which I screenshot just in case…
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Yep. BioShock 2 Wine Bottles Already on eBay
Someday we’re going to see the minute-zero swag/collectible/promo item listing on eBay, I swear it. Two bottles from this morning’s BioShock 2 beachcomber event are on the auction site, going for up to $56 and $76 as of early afternoon. According to the listings, both are sealed and still have their posters inside. Here’s one…
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Wait a Sec, Will Tekken 6 PSP Have DLC, or Not? [Update: Answer is Not]
A Namco Bandai spokesman initially says portable fight fans will see all the trappings of Tekken 6 in the PSP version – DLC included. Then he appears to backtrack. Talking to Siliconera, Arne Cual-Pedroso, the Namco public relations manager, said “pretty much everything in the console version will be in the PSP.” That led to…
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Hey, Spidey’s Pink in VC Shinobi
Revenge of Shinobi, for Genesis, went through a tortured history thanks to someone’s decision to make the Hulk, Batman, Spider-Man, etc. into bosses, without paying to license them. Eventually, Sega was able to license Spider-Man for the game. But now that it’s on the NIntendo Virtual Console, pretty good bet that deal has expired or…
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Weekend Coupons: In-Store or Download
This weekend’s highlights – Steam’s big Indie sale, a hell of a good deal on pre-ordering Madden, and some weird price-matching promo at a Best Buy in Utah. Hardware • Need a new monitor for your gaming rig? Samsung’s popular 23-inch model, the 2333SW LCD, is $167.99 – normally it goes for $251. Free shipping,…
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Sports Ads: Everything You Want in a Video Game — and Less
In the cinematic opening to every game in Madden 10, the team logos slam to the turf, game-of-the-week style. Then comes the Snickers promo. “Prepare for CHOMPETITION.” OK, I – forgive me – Snickered at that the first time. Then boothman Tom Hammond pipes up, informing us that this broadcast is sponsored by, of course,…
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BioShock 2 Beach Event Sends Its Message in Bottles
Rapture-ready wine bottles washed up on beaches this morning for BioShock 2’s heavily anticipated viral marketing event. Kotaku readers from all over the world sent in pics of what they found. Paul S. in England writes that “40ish bottles” washed ashore on Brighton Beach sometime before 5:37 a.m. Netherlands reader Soulofaqua described the discovery at…
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Kotaku Originals: Denvernati, WKOT …
Long time listener, first time caller here. This week Kotaku took to the airwaves with the first installment of its live call-in show. The rest of the news? I’ll take my answer off the air, thanks for taking my call … I changed the headline just to avoid confusion. I lived in Denver for four…
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“Office Politics” Delaying BF2 Patch
A DICE associate producer, commenting over on the U.K. Electronic Arts forums, said the final version of Battlefield 2 v 1.50 is ready , except that “We have a little bit of office politics to sort out.” “Once that’s cleared up, we’ll be good to release it,” he writes. “Unfortunately I can’t tell you what…
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LucasArts Teases Back-Catalog Announce; Says It Ain’t X-Wing
Now, they didn’t say it wasn’t TIE Fighter, either. But it’s a pretty safe bet this Tweet from LucasArts cools off talk that a reboot of the venerable space combat sim will be announced soon. Got a back-catalog announcement on Monday. It’s not X-Wing! I’m heading THAT rumor off at the pass! And, I mean,…
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