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Midweek Moneysaver: Ni No Haggling
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 • Yesterday’s release Ni no Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch (PS3) is $57.99, free ship from J&R. Only two bucks off, but this is…
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Rumor: 2K Sports Acquiring WWE License in THQ Aftermath
IGN, citing unidentified sources, says 2K Sports parent Take-Two Interactive will acquire the WWE license from THQ. [Update] A source with knowledge of the situation tells Kotaku that Take-Two will acquire the WWE license. Earlier rumors had said EA Sports acquired the license directly from WWE before the auction of THQ’s assets. EA Sports denies…
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THQ Is Getting Sold Off Today—Here’s Everything We Know [UPDATED]
The sale of THQ’s assets in federal bankruptcy court will be finalized today. Word is that the hearing begins at 3 p.m. Rumors already are spreading as to where THQ’s studios and the series developed there have ended up. A Relic Entertainment developer has said he’s now an employee of Sega—which it should be stressed…
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Retired from Video Games, BioWare’s Co-Founder is Enjoying Lots of Beer
Greg Zeschuk co-founded BioWare in 1995 and left it in September, after seeing his studio deliver Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate and some of video gaming’s most notable series over the better part of two decades. What’s he doing in his retirement? Well, he’s drinking beer. And producing videos about beer and brewing, and the people…
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This South Park-Themed Trials Course Ends With You Stuck In a Cow’s Rear End
(NSFW language in the above video) You kill Kenny six times in this South Park tribute track created by “Mange Moi el Q,” released on Sunday, and found by the Achievement Hunter gang at Rooster Teeth. The course pays tribute to just about every major character (but only two of the adults, I notice) in…
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The Wii U’s Miiverse Comes To Smartphones This Spring
Smartphones will be able to access the Miiverse—the Wii U’s social network—sometime this spring, Nintendo announced this morning, with a dedicated app for smart devices to follow sometime later. In short, it sounds Miiverse will have a mobile-optimized website soon. Miiverse is the hub where Wii U players connect with others, sharing comments, thoughts, images…
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Cheap Glory and a Fake Girlfriend, This Video Game Let You Be Manti Te’o Eight Years Ago
As I’ve said before, whenever news happens in sports, my first thoughts turn to how I can recreate it in a video game. It was no different when, like millions, I read that Manti Te’o’s dead girlfriend, whose tragedy underlined his world-beating performances in Notre Dame’s undefeated regular season this past year, was proven to…
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Culture
The Week in Games: Ni No Kuni Comes West
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has the entire week to itself, as far as console releases are concerned. In fact, it’s the only console release of note on the horizon. DmC: Devil May Cry also comes to the PC. Monday • Murder, She Wrote 2: Return to Cabot Cove (PC download) Tuesday…
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Blizzard Boss Defends Former Diablo III Director: ‘I was Ultimately Responsible for the Game’
Earlier this week, Jay Wilson, the director of Diablo III, said he was leaving the title while still remaining at its publisher, Blizzard. There was a lot of cheering in the game’s official forums, because video games are not that different from sports, where fans openly root for people to lose their jobs after a…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Torso Distortion
Well, we had our swing at it, now it’s time for you to step up to the plate. Yep, it pretty much was a lead-pipe lock that when Deep Silver excreted this bad idea earlier in the week, it was going to get the ‘Shop Contest treatment. You don’t have to create severed torsos of…
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EA Exec Says Blaming Sexism is a ‘Cop Out,’ and Doesn’t Explain Why Women Aren’t in More Gaming Jobs
Gabrielle Toledano, Electronic Arts’ chief talent officer, says sexism isn’t what keeps women out of the games industry. “The video game industry is being painted as more sexist than other male-dominated workforces,” she writes in a guest editorial on Forbes.com, “but the issue isn’t just in video games. And it’s not what’s holding us back.”…
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Culture
Sunday Comics: Prime Service
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. Brentalfloss the Comic by Brent Black, Andrew Dobson and Dan Roth. Published Jan. 15. Read more of Brentalfloss the Comic Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike…
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Get in the God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Now, Because It Ends Tomorrow
Wait, God of War: Ascension is having an open multiplayer beta? Holy smokes, no one told me until now. But it’s for real, it’s open to all PlayStation Network users (Plus and otherwise) in North and South America, and will last through tomorrow (3 a.m. Tuesday EST, as the beta closes midnight PST.) Go get…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Googly Eyes: The Winners
Life is more funny with googly eyeballs attached. So are video games. Proving this corollary are the 20 ‘Shop Contest finalists for this week, led by the outstanding retrofan! See them all inside. arniejolt AttorneyAtMusic BernKastel docherty HarveyBent LolMunnchy Odrakir Pan_1da7 ParamedicFoetus pkThunder Psyborg retrofan Shiryu SmacQ Stuky ThatGuyFromTV TheAlmightyZeus theonlyboom toolsoldier xule.outtervoid
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They Said Alan Wake Couldn’t Be Modded; Hello Kitty Says They Were Wrong…
When it released for PC in February 2012, Alan Wake came with no mod tools. Developer Remedy Entertainment said tools wouldn’t be released because of their complexity, and their dependence on third-party tools which would presumably require permissions or licenses. That hasn’t stopped Alan Wake‘s community from hurling itself at the task, which, to change…
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