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UncategorizedIntel’s First Dual-Core Mobile Processor Takes a Tour of Epic Citadel
The free Epic Citadel app is the Unreal Engine 3-powered way to determine how game-capable your mobile hardware is, so Intel decided to use it to demonstrate the power of the Clover Trail+ Atom Z2580, its first dual-core smartphone system-on-a-chip. There are three different configurations of the new Intel SOC representing three different CPU speeds—2.0…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Trophy Listings Point to Dishonored‘s Next DLC, “Other Side of the Coin”
Ten new trophies for Dishonored hint that the title of its second DLC extension is coming soon, and it’ll be titled “Other Side of the Coin.” When additional chapters were first mentioned by publisher Bethesda back in the fall, it said the second installment would deal with Daud, the leader of “The Whalers,” a group…
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UncategorizedThe Most Terrifying Game I’ve Played In Ages Is Not Technically a Horror Game
Death is coming, and it’s coming large. This grim reaper needs no dark shadows or flickering lights. There is no slender ghoul lurking just outside the periphery of vision. Where one would expect shrill violins there is thrilling chiptune. The coming darkness isn’t a metaphor—it’s the gaping maw of an enormous space worm, and I’m…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
FBI Profilers Don’t Believe Violent Video Games Cause Violence
FBI profilers don’t view video games as a cause of shootings and other violent crime, a former profile said yesterday morning on CBS’ Face the Nation Profilers still include an interest in games when making their threat assessment of whether a person is at risk to act out violently, Mary Ellen O’Toole (above) told the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
I Wanted a Bigger Phone, Samsung, But This is Ridiculous
Last year I switched from the iPhone to the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Going from the slender Apple device to the five-inch “phablet” took some getting used to, but these days I hardly notice it’s larger than guy-sized phone, thanks largely (tee) to my oversized paws. I’m not sure those paws are ready to handle…
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UncategorizedThe Latest Legendary Pokémon Transforms Into a One-of-a-Kind Creature
Meet Meloetta. She’s special. Coming to Pokémon Black and White and Black and White 2 as part of a distribution campaign throughout GameStop stores for three weeks starting March 4, Meloetta is the first combination Normal and Fighting-type creature to grace the series, as long as you take her out to the right bar. It…
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Street Fighter X Sanrio Arcade Fightstick Pro: The Kotaku Review
How many times can one website review the same fighting game controller with different graphics on it? Let’s see, one, two, three… three times. There is nothing else to say about the hardware itself. It’s lovely, certainly worth the $159.99 asking price to a hardcore PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 fighting game player. So the…
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Development Costs Mean Next-Gen Leap ‘Won’t Be As Obvious’ as the Last, Says BioWare’s Art Director
If you’re accustomed to a new console generation delivering a big leap forward in technology, particularly visual fidelity, BioWare’s art director suggests you temper your expectations. The PS4 and whatever Microsoft is cooking up will be “a big leap, but it won’t be as obvious,” Neil Thompson told Official Xbox Magazine. Noting that the transition…
By Owen Good - Kotaku East
Special Effects Team To Blame For Asura’s Wrath Plagiarism, Say People Blamed for Plagiarism
Stephen Chow’s latest box office offering, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, is slated by the Chinese press to rake in billions of yuan by the time its run is over. However one thing is still causing problems for Chow: the allegations that his movie stole assets from a video game. Chow, the director,…
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