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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hands Down
Before you climb all over Bungie’s boy band for doing nothing and still looking ridiculous at the PS4 event, I want you to understand how damn hard it is get on stage and do nothing with your hands and not look ridiculous. This is why people still use handheld microphones or speak at lecterns they…
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Sunday Comics: Might as Well Jump
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Feb. 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Feb. 20. Read more of…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Diggin’ in the Desert: The Winners
There are two types of people in this world, my friend: Those who start video game companies, and those who dig. Nolan Bushnell is both. A staged shot of Atari’s founder in the Dubai desert launched last week’s ‘Shop Contest. Though perennial all-star Sciteach got two entries in this week, he’s not the overall winner—uscg_pa…
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War Never Changes—It Just Gets Modded
The modern fighting force must be highly adaptable to enemies capable of asymmetrically modifying the theater of combat at any time. No general in history has ever said that, it’s just some official-sounding jargon-laced bullshit I thought up to explain why Pac-Man, Skyrim and Team Fortress 2 all fit together in this video by AndrewMFilms.…
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Less Than Two Weeks Before Release, MLB 2K13 Gets a Trailer
Last month I cast doubt on the idea that MLB 2K13 would be noticeably different from MLB 2K12. This trailer from 2K Sports, released Thursday, shows me that I am wrong. MLB 2K13 will have the Houston Astros realigned to the American League, and they’ll be wearing their new uniforms. So if you are a…
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Ubisoft Wants ‘to Improve Our Relationship’ with PC Gamers
Ubisoft’s name has been mud with PC gamers for a good long while. Ending always-on requirement to play games and other DRM restrictions helped it somewhat, but it is still widely perceived as a publisher most interested in Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles—and for good reason, as Rayman Legends fans might say. So the…
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Judging by the .gifs, Microsoft’s Console Announcement Should Be Right Around the Corner
Scuttlebutt has it that Microsoft is eyeballing an April date to reveal its next console, in an event similar to what Sony held for the PS4 on Wednesday. While this is very, very thinly sourced, we’ve heard the same murmuring, and a domain registration by the company that handles Microsoft’s E3 keynotes has drawn a…
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Sony’s Revealing Its Big Plans Tonight. How Do You Feel?
Sony’s news conference this evening in New York is widely believed to be the unveiling of its next PlayStation console. Two weeks of anticipation preceding tonight’s event have given it the air of an election night. In that spirit, I’d like to take the temperature of video gaming’s electorate. How are you feeling now, as…
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Late-Night Gamer, 6, Saves Family From Attic Fire
Let’s hear it for letting your six-year-old stay up late to play video games. That’s what Taylor Hendrix, of Brownsville, Tenn., was doing when he noticed smoke and flames from the attic “coming down the chimbley.” Taylor sounded the alarm, getting his grandparents and four other children out of the home before it was completely…
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2K Sports has a Five-Year Deal With the WWE, and Its First Game Will Release This Fall [Update]
In an interview published this morning by ESPN, 2K Sports and World Wrestling Entertainment discussed their exclusive, five-year contract arising from THQ’s bankruptcy and dissolution, and said the next WWE professional wrestling simulation should launch during its traditional fall release window this year. [Update] ESPN’s report at 9 a.m. said “Coming this fall: WWE 2K14.”…
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Europe Grateful for Faster, Less Authentic Version of F-Zero
So, remember that at the end of last month, European (and Australian) Wii U gamers were hopping mad because their Virtual Console re-release of Balloon Fight ran slower—at 50 frames per second—and smaller, reflecting the lower refresh rate of PAL tubes from the 1980s. NTSC TVs had faster refreshes, meaning gamers in the States and…
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Yes, I am an Anti-Aquaman Bigot
It is axiomatic that any statement prefaced with “I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body,” is said by someone with a completely prejudiced skeleton, plus teeth. So I won’t hide from it. I’m prejudiced as fuck against Aquaman. I can’t even say some of my best friends are Atlantean. Because I don’t have…
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2K Sports Duct-Tapes MLB 2K13 to NBA 2K13 and Sells It For $80
Last year, 2K Sports did a shrewd thing, bootstrapping its flagging MLB 2K series to its best-in-class NBA 2K in a combo package announced a month before the baseball game was due for release. The publisher is doing the same thing again this year, but listing the bundle for $10 more. The combo pack is…
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Halo 4‘s Next Map Pack Arrives on Tuesday
A poorly kept secret since November is official now: the Majestic Map Pack, the latest series of multiplayer maps in Halo 4, will indeed be available on Feb. 25 for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The maps, consistent with a leak earlier this weekend, are Landfall, Monolith and Skyline (above). Longer descriptions may be seen here,…
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Star Wars Pinball Launches Next Week on Five Different Platforms
Star Wars Pinball‘s first three tables—The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett and The Clone Wars—will release next week on a slew of mobile and console platforms. Pricing and release dates are different for all of them, so pay close attention. First, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita gamers may also buy the set of three for…
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Rayman Legends‘ Online Challenge Mode will be Released Free on Wii U in April
Acknowledging the profound disappointment at the delay of Rayman Legends release on the Wii U—a holdup that seems to have no other reason than to wait for the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions to launch this fall—Ubisoft Montréal has decided to release the game’s Online Challenges mode early, for free, to all Wii U users.…
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