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Twitter Blowup Leads to Sudden Cancellation of Fez II
Polytron, the studio behind the indie hit Fez, announced over its official Twitter that development on Fez II has been canceled. It appears to be related to a very heated Twitter argument between Polytron founder Phil Fish and an Internet personality who sharply criticized him today. Marcus Beer, who editorializes under the “Annoyed Gamer” brand…
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Hackers Can Take Over Cars and Drive Them With a Nintendo Controller
A pair of security experts demonstrated to the BBC that some ordinary models of cars can be overridden—despite whatever the driver is doing behind the wheel—using a laptop, some software, and an old Nintendo Entertainment System gamepad. The hack—which Toyota, in response, says it doesn’t consider a “hack”—requires plugging into a vehicle’s electronic control unit…
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The Navy’s Found a Use for Kinect: Stop Sexual Assault
Sailors are going to learn how to read another person’s verbal cues and body language with a Kinect training game meant to curb a sexual harrassment/assault issue that has become increasingly embarrassing to the armed services. Like all great things in the military, this game has a very literal and no-fun title: “Avatar Based Sexual…
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Battlefield May Allow Stats Transfer Between Console Generations, Too
Earlier this week, both FIFA and Madden said their upcoming versions on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will be able to transfer their Ultimate Team rosters to Xbox One and PS4 once those titles launch. Their cousins over at Battlefield say they’re looking into doing something similar, too. That comes via Battlefield‘s official Twitter on…
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The Best of Kotaku, The Week of July 22nd
We got some more Xbox One news this week, right in time for our round-up refreshers of both next-gen PS4 and Xbox One consoles. You can check out those articles and the rest of our best content from the week over on Kotaku Selects, where I hand-pick stories to showcase for you. Otherwise, it’s been…
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UncategorizedThe Week In Gaming Apps, Now With 100 Percent More Video
What, you wanted a text Week in Gaming Apps? Well I wanted a pop filter, and I didn’t get that, a fact that’s p-p-p-painfully evident in this, the first all-video Week in Gaming Apps. That’s right, after years of spending my Fridays typing and taking screenshots, now I’m capturing footage, recording voice overs and learning…
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Ride To Hell Has Serious Issues. So It’s Perfect For Animated GIFs.
Ride To Hell: Retribution, an action-adventure about the bikers of the 60s is a bad game—it’s full of glitches, bugs and weird, incomprehensible moments. It’s something I’d only play for the laughs and funny footage. That’s what the always superb YouTuber motdef did in his video, the best moments of which we now present here…
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Ask The Kotaku Staff Anything, Live, Right Here
You guys have had an opportunity to ask me—and sometimes Evan, and sometimes even the entire staff—any question you want in this Ask Kotaku segment. Today I want to try something a little different. I want to open the floor to you all to ask every one of us (that’s on shift) anything you like.…
By Tina Amini
