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Proteus‘ Creator Defends His Game—as a Game
Proteus, which went on sale on Steam on Wednesday, is the latest art piece to kick up a fuss over whether something deserves to call itself a game. Twitter’s self-appointed video game cop has weighed in on the discussion, as have thousands of his deputies in message boards and comments. Now one of Proteus‘ creators…
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It’s the 49ers vs. the Ravens in Call of Duty—With These Emblems
This emblem tutorial brings together two dewchuggin’ classics—football and Call of Duty, enough to make any bro-gamer stand up straight and armpit fart Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA The gang at FPSGeneral put together this tutorial if you want tomorrow’s Super Bowl combatants in today’s Call of Duty. The 49ers logo lacks the stylized,…
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At Last, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Brings Sudden Death to Life
For the longest time, a tie was as good as a win in the final round of a Tiger Woods PGA Tour event. The game’s career mode did not simulate playoff holes if your golfer finished in a deadlock with one or more others. The tournament simply ended and you still got credit for a…
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Resident Evil May Get a Reboot or Something
After 16 years and nine full entries in the saga, Resident Evil may be at the point where it needs more than a fresh coat of paint. The series’ producer hinted to Eurogamer that it may be due for “a slight reboot,” to try to make it compelling again after Resident Evil 6 sank under…
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THQ Was Its Own Worst Enemy, Former Chief Says
On one hand Jason Rubin, the final president of now-defunct THQ, isn’t making excuses for the publisher’s failure. Asked by MCV if the industry pains squeezing out mid-tier publishers are what sank the company, Rubin said no, THQ created a lot of its own problems. “THQ had every chance to survive had it not made…
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Midweek Moneysaver: Bundle Up
This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software Amazon PC digital bundles • Desert to Sea Bundle – BioShock, BioShock 2 & Spec Ops: The Line is $9.99 (3 downloads, separately $45) •…
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Anti-Censorship Group Scolds Massachusetts Over Arcade Game Removals
Gamers have good reason for feeling beat up as the American conversation on gun violence seems to lurch inevitably toward scary scary video games as a scapegoat. The Entertainment Consumers Association—the voice of the gamers—went to Washington last week and came back convinced that lawmakers have made up their minds about games as a culprit.…
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Superman and Wonder Woman Take Over the World in Injustice: Gods Among Us
The Injustice comic series, hitting shops and digital stores today spells out why Superman is fighting Batman (as they do from time to time) in Injustice: Gods Among Us, the fighting video game. But if you’re not picking that up, or just need the cliff notes, this trailer above fills you in on a very…
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California Senator (Sorta) Sorry For Telling Gamers To ‘Quiet Down’
“Gamers have just got to quiet down. Gamers have no credibility in this argument.” The guy who said those words has eaten them, via Twitter. Leland Yee, author of the California anti-video game bill that the Supreme Court struck down in 2011, apologized yesterday to video gamers for remarks he made in a San Francisco…
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Madden, Right In 7 of Its Last 9 Picks, Says Baltimore Wins Super Bowl XLVII
Madden NFL 13 says the Baltimore Ravens will claim their second Super Bowl championship on Sunday, 27-24, handing San Francisco its first defeat in six visits to the NFL’s title game. As you can see in this video above, EA Sports’ annual simulation this year came down to a last minute drive. Facing third down…
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Bungie Replaces a Defective Disc It Didn’t Manufacture of a Game It Didn’t Make
The secret to good customer service is not necessarily that the customer is always right. It’s in pretending he is always right. While, of course, pointing out he may, in fact, be wrong. Politely. Here, Bungie takes one for the Halo team, despite the fact it parted ways in 2011 with the franchise it created.…
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Wrestling Faces a Long Comeback After THQ’s Bankruptcy
If there’s truth in advertising, then three weeks ago, 2K Sports was looking at changing its name to the singular form. Major League Baseball 2K was justifiably believed to be a dead series; the company had canceled online support for legacy titles like All-Pro Football 2K8, College Hoops 2K8 and Top Spin 4. Outside of…
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The Week in Games: Antichamber and Omerta
Sort of a quiet week coming for new releases, though a couple arrive on PC that many have noticed: Antichamber, the indie, non-Euclidian mindfuck puzzle that has gotten plenty of attention, and Omerta, which interprets gangsterin’ as a management sim and turn-based combat. Here’s what you’ve got coming this week. Monday • Heavy Fire: Shattered…
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Europe Ungrateful for Slower, More Authentic Version of Balloon Fight on Wii U
Beginning with Balloon Fight this week, Nintendo is releasing NES and SNES console classics over a new Virtual Console for the Wii U. Eurogamer noticed that the NES version of Balloon Fight in the EU runs slower—50 Hz compared to 60 Hz for the NTSC version of the game we get here in the U.S..…
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This Video Shows You What a 2,800-Player Battle Looks Like in EVE Online
This morning, Reddit user Itsatrapski posted several images of a major battle—like 2,800 players—raging in the space MMO EVE Online today. YouTube user deusxverra followed with this video capture of the battle, described as terribly one-sided, so you can get an idea of what this conflict looks like in real time. WTF was going on?…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Dildover
On Thursday, THQ president Jason Rubin clocked out with his cock out. This purple dildo he’s shouldering was a notorious premium/gag promoting Saints Row The Third, which now is in the hands of Deep Silver following THQ’s liquidation on Wednesday. You know what this means: ‘Shop Contest! What, you need instructions? That’s the image. You…
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End the Shame: Commit to ‘Four in February’
My colleague Mike Suszek of Joystiq, with whom I appear bi-weekly on the Press Row Podcast discussing sports video games, has begun an initiative to help many face down their Piles of Shame: Four in February. The goal: Beat four video games in the month of February. That’s it. It’s kind of like National Novel…
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