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A Moment Of Silence For The MMOs That Died In 2013
With their reliance on a large, stable online player base to survive, every massively multiplayer online game is destined to die — the only question is when. Will they last ten years, like Disney’s Toontown Online, or die in beta like The Mummy Online? Here’s to the MMOs that didn’t make it past 2013. The…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
2013 is slowly coming to an end, which means video game characters can finally enjoy their holiday feast, thanks to creator AnimatorAR’s vision of it… even if it’s tiny and made of plastic. Bonus points for finding the Portal Turret in the photo. Oh and why isn’t poor Luigi sitting on a throne? It was…
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UncategorizedColorful Indie Shooter Lets You Play with Yourself
I’m referring, of course, to single-player co-op. What did you think I was talking about? Currently sitting in Greenlight and humbly collecting votes is Time Rifters, a rather unique-looking FPS. Basically, you need to blow something up on every level, usually a big old monster. You get four lives to do so. But therein lies…
By András Neltz - Kotaku East
China’s Video Game Industry Pulled In Over $13 Billion. Yes, Billion.
As the year comes to an end, year-end statistics are trickling out from every which way. Over the weekend, the China Game Industry Annual Conference’s China Games Party has released info on how much revenue the Chinese game industry has brought in over the course of 2013. Chinese video game companies pulled in over $13…
By Eric Jou - Kotaku East
Why China Banned Battlefield 4, Modern Warfare 2, and 40 Other Games
Censorship is a pervasive issue all across the world, but nowhere is it more evident than it is in China. Here, media content falls under extreme scrutiny before it can be released to the public, and video games are no different. China’s Ministry of Culture has, over the years, released public notices denouncing certain games…
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Kotaku EastHong Kong’s Government Explains Money Troubles… With Cartoons
In Hong Kong, government-provided public services are considered pretty good. Supposedly, the social welfare net is also pretty good. Technically being part of China but with a passport that is accepted by many western countries, Hong Kong is overall a pretty good place to live. However, in recent years, the local government’s pockets have been…
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Sports Video Games in 2013: A Year in Decline
To a video gamer, the pairing was so natural that I didn’t recognize how unusual it really was. On Oct. 12, ESPN broke up its top two announcing teams to put Brad Nessler and Kirk Herbstreit in the booth for the network’s Texas A&M-Ole Miss nightcap. The two have, virtually anyway, worked millions of games…
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UncategorizedThey Put a Racing Game in a Race Car So They Could Race While They Race
This is so stupid it’s awesome. Viagame pit one of the world’s top racing video game drivers against a real-life professional to see who was better. But the best part is Frederik Brolin, the video gamer, is driving the course, virtually, inside a car that is driving the course in real life. The real-life driver…
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Resident Evil Fanbase Also Old, Decaying, Capcom Tells Investors
Resident Evil is old enough to vote as of March. (That means its 18 years old). Its fanbase also has aged commensurately, Capcom said in a recent investor guide. This is not really a good thing, the company delicately points out. “The longevity of the Resident Evil title also comes with problems,” Capcom said in…
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He’s Played 57 Straight Hours of Missile Command. His Goal is 100.
If you want to watch a Swedish guy tear Missile Command a new one, tune in to this. Around 11 a.m. EST, he beat his world record of 81,795,035, but that’s not the goal now. He’s trying to play the game for 100 hours, on a single credit. That would be a record across all…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Nintendo eShop Back, Online Problems Fixed, Pokémon Apps Still On Hold
Nintendo’s eShop is back online for all systems following repairs to many online services that had failed over Christmas. Nintendo gave the all-clear moments ago. The eShop had been on-and-offline for some platforms and regions since Dec. 25 as the company worked to resolve the problem. On Facebook yesterday evening, Nintendo said the outage had…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The 2013 Year-End All-Star Extravaganza
We’ve had 48 ‘Shop Contests this year, and now comes your 49th—our annual roundup of the best exploitables to kick off the new year with a buttload of callbacks to the old one. The 10 source images for this roundup were chosen because they fit a number of criteria, including how many entries we got…
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UncategorizedLive-Action Minecraft Brings the World Into Higher Resolution
Here’s another way to look at the world of Minecraft—through the eyes of its protagonist, “Steve,” if he were a real person. The video is by Ben Combes, who delivered an earlier two-part series on the creepers. Combes’ creeper/enderman series began with a guy waking up in a strange world, fighting for survival. This one…
By Owen Good