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The FarmVille People Just Bought the Draw Something People For a Reported $200 Million
A conference call with Zynga’s David Ko today confirmed rumors that the social game development company has acquired OMGPOP, the creators of mobile pictionary game Draw Something. Dan Porter, CEO of OMGPOP, will now be the Vice President and General Manager at Zynga Mobile NY. Zynga would not comment on the monetary value of the…
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Doppelganger Glitch Ensures You’re Never Alone When Tackling Zombies in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Amongst the new Resident Evil title’s many flaws is one glaring (and hilarious) one. Join a round of versus and you may just encounter it yourself. We definitely did. For reasons that have yet to be patched, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City sometimes results in this glitch you see above. If you search YouTube, you’ll…
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Why Are You Still Sitting At Your Computer When There are Pokémon Living In The Wild?!
Did you know there are Pokémon living out in the wild? Real, honest to Nintendo Pokémon. Ok, so not really. But it sure does look that way in this YouTuber’s creation. I certainly wouldn’t mind visiting wildlife habitations if they were filled with adorable Bulbasaurs and Charmanders. Thanks to tipster Christopher!
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WTPT Splash
Watch! Adorable Pokémon living in the real-life wild? I want to go to there. Watch! The best kind of glitch is the one that keeps zombies off of you in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Play! Evan likes the fast, fun, cartoony races in MotoHeroz HD. Watch! Classy Majora’s Mask opera is classy.
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If You Like Fast-Paced Battles And Dying A Lot, You Might Love Awesomenauts
Developer Ronimo—known for strategy game Swords & Soldiers—stopped by our offices recently to show off their latest creation: a zany arcade title that goes by Awesomenauts After spending some hands on time with the game and chatting with the developers, our own Elyas Gorogo-Baker takes us through a visual preview of the multiplayer online battle…
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WTPT: I Might Actually Play This Video Game If It Weren’t Just a Music Video
German electronic music producer Faderhead clearly has a taste for video games. His latest track, “Fistful of F*ck You,” couldn’t be more suited to this video game style music video. In the most heroic of quests—aka searching for a club to make his scheduled on-stage performance—Faderhead fights through bouncers, horrific-looking club-goers and homeless people. There’s…
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Kotaku Reader Fobwashed Is The Most Amazing Draw Something Artist I’ve Ever Seen
The Kotaku readers have spoken. Or, er, drawn? Gathered in the gallery above are your best Draw Something artworks. (Don’t forget to click expand to see the drawings in their full glory!) Two days ago I asked you guys to submit your best Draw Something drawings to compete with some of the best that developers…
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10 Tips For Mastering The Fine Art of Draw Something
Draw Something is not a game that hinges on artistic talents, but there are definitely some useful tips to drawing better. This doesn’t always mean coloring within the lines. You can be a pro at the game without being a pro artist. All you need is a comprehensible image, but you’d be surprised at how…
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WTPT: Blades of Time Heroine Just Won’t Shut Up
Konami’s hack and slash, Blades of Time, might not win this year’s best in the genre award, but you would at least expect the narration to be less obnoxious. Protagonist Ayumi has a penchant for not. shutting. up. I’m all for a sense of company while I play a game. Narration and idle dialogue (or…
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You Wish You Were This Good At Draw Something
Perusing Draw Something‘s Facebook page, you’ll notice some very impressive drawings from players. Take a look at the gallery for some of my favorites pulled from the submissions on the app’s Facebook page. If you read up on our Gaming Apps of the Day, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Draw Something. Even…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to another week of The Best of Kotaku. For this week’s best image found on the Internets, we have this Pokémon artwork done by Reddit user Jord-UK It’s my personal hope that I am continuously making you all change your desktop background, so here you go. Or save it for a rainy, “I can’t…
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Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
Following with last week’s tradition, we’re opening this thread up to you to nominate this week’s best comment. We rounded up last week’s best content, but in preparation for tomorrow’s reveal of our weekly Best Of, we’ll need input from the community. Was it something witty, controversial, or smart that caught your eye? Let us…
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WTPT: Modern Warfare 3 Player Demolishes The Opposing Team In One Run
Against all odds of flash grenades, timid teammates, and an onslaught of enemies, one intrepid warrior makes it through the battlefield alive. Or for an impressive while at least. Watch as YouTube user AznShuffler156 tears through the opposing team while his teammates hide behind riot shields and creep around corners. Equipped with an MP5 with…
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WTPT: Who Would Win In A Live Action Fight, Jun or Vega?
In a follow up to last week’s Street Fighter X Tekken video is a new martial artist’s live-action take on the fighting game characters. This time we see Tekken‘s Jun up against Street Fighter‘s Vega. I was hoping for more of Vega’s, um, enthusiasm in the video, but it’s still well suited to the drama…
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Fight Soot With Cuteness in Pebble Universe
I’m a sucker for cute games. The sounds, the characters, the music, the art. But a cute game coupled with thoughtful gameplay? We have a winner, folks. Pebble Universe is an iOS game (sorry Android users) with all of the above necessary ingredients. In Pebble Universe, the race of adorable pebble creatures is soon to…
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