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EVE Online is Building a Monument in Iceland for All of Its Players
One week after declaring they will build an in-game memorial to the ships lost at the colossal Battle of B-R5RB, Eve Online publisher has decided to go whole hog and erect a monument, in real life, to all EVE Online players. Anyone who is an active player on March 1 will get his or her…
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Borderlands 2 is getting another dose of DLC on Tuesday. “Mad Moxxi and the Wedding Day Massacre.” Then, in April, the game gets “Sir Hammerlock and the Son of Crawmerax,” the fifth and final installment in the Headhunter series. 2K Games has more screens and all of the information here.
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Quick, How Do You Pronounce Imgur, the Site With All the .Gifs?
Well here’s something. I’ve been mentally mispronouncing Imgur, the ubiquitous home to image macros, rage comics, memes and that other thing I’ve been mispronouncing forever, .gifs. Turns out Imgur is pronounced “Imager.” (I’d been doing it phonetically: im-GURRRRRR) Thank goodness I had no occasion to say it out loud. But if people aren’t saying “Did…
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Real-Life Smash Bros. Returns with Baseball Bats and Fireworks
About four years ago, these guys got the idea to stage a Super Smash Bros. tournament in real life—and it wasn’t some cutesy-poo re-enactment, either. They hit each other. With sticks. Hard. After a two-year layoff, 3GI’sSuper Smash Tournament returned last month for a third season. Here’s the latest bout, facing off Earthbound and Brawl…
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Rockstar Trio to be Inducted into Hall of Fame at DICE Awards
Rockstar Games’ Sam Houser, Dan Houser and Leslie Benzies will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences at the 2014 DICE Awards on Thursday, the Academy announced this morning. Benzies, the President of Rockstar North studio, is the producer of the Grand Theft Auto series since its…
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Grand Theft Auto V‘s publisher still isn’t talking about a PC release. “At this point there’s really nothing for us to say about that,” Karl Slatoff, the president of Take-Two Interactive, said in a conference call with investors about the matter. Earlier in the call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said that “We are going to…
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Texting While Driving Can Get You Seriously Hurt (In Mario Kart)
By now we should all be on board with the idea that texting while driving is a particularly dangerous and irresponsible thing. But how does it affect one’s driving within Mario Kart? A physician and some elementary schoolers found it significantly increases the risk of driving backwards, among other hazards. The study, led by Dr.…
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The Week in Games: Back in Business with Bravely Default
We now return to our regularly scheduled The Week in Games, now that we have enough titles to properly justify discussing an upcoming week for them. Key releases are Bravely Default on 3DS, the latest episode of The Wolf Among Us, and The LEGO Movie Video Game doing a Full Ginsburg on all eight (8)…
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Buffalo Banthas and Oakland Vaders: Helmets of a Star Wars Super Bowl
If the Super Bowl was kicking off on the Death Star and not in New York, it’d be the Tauntauns versus the Wattos today. That’s according to this set of helmets reimagining the NFL inside the Star Wars canon. Every choice is outstanding (St. Louis Twi’leks, for sure) but the most apt has to be…
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Modders Keep College Basketball Alive with ‘March Madness 2K14’ on PC
College basketball as a video game died long before the lawsuits that killed NCAA Football could do the job. A little more than a year ago, 2K Sports finally pulled the plug on the servers for College Hoops 2K8, the means through which most folks shared rosters reflecting the current year. But there still are…
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Ken Kutaragi, known as the “Father of the Playstation,” will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Game Developers Choice Awards on March 19 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Mark Cerny, the PS4’s lead architect, will present the award to Kutaragi, the former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment.
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Tron Dog
I’m wary of offering contest subjects that may be a meme or done elsewhere, and Tron Dog is a bit of an edge case, but it’s the best thing we’ve got going this week. Prepare for transport to the ‘Shop grid. First, Tron Dog’s provenance. Luke found him, sitting in his cute little cardboard cabinet…
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Six Months of Work Went Into This Attack on Titan/Smash Bros. Mashup
For a fan of both Super Smash Bros. and Attack on Titan, this is about as good as it gets. Hell, if you’re a fan of just one of them, this video by AmazingArtistYellow still will make your morning. With the exception of Dr. Mario and Zero Suit Samus, the gang’s all here for the…
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Sunday Comics: Faint Chances
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Jan. 31. Read more of Penny Arcade Brawl In The…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Sad Keanu Figure: The Winners
The subject of this week’s ‘Shop Contest was a 3D-printed meme. Our corps of ‘Shoppers found many more playsets for this new action figure. We’ve got 20 finalists inside, plus overall No. 1 Captain Yossarian! Thanks to all who entered. There will be another contest tomorrow. 99typhoons 99typhoons2 arniejolt Brandon0151 Captain Yossarian Clokie Combokills Contrarianator…
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After the Robot Wars, Mega Man Struggles to Adapt to Peacetime Life
Given Capcom’s posture toward the franchise lately, you’d think Mega Man was, in fact, forced into a listless retirement devoid of personal fulfillment. With the Robot Wars ended, and no Robot Masters left to fight, how will the Blue Bomber find meaning in his life? He doesn’t even have two hands. This video (by Drew…
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Far Cry ‘Z-Day’ Mod Needs a New Name So Folks Know It Isn’t a DayZ Clone
This mod for Far Cry 3 is called “Z-Day,” and its creator says the name will be changed to something else before its final release is offered. It sort of shows how brand confusion can work in reverse, too, when people might confuse your game for something that it’s really not, and you really don’t…
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