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Understanding Its Mobs’ Mentality Helps NCAA Football Stand Out in a Crowd
This year, NCAA Football included 24-track audio, pulled from an ESPN broadcast at one of the college football’s biggest stadiums, hosting one of its best rivalries. The “Go Blue” you hear at Michigan Stadium comes through loud and clear any time you play in Ann Arbor, as the Wolverines or a visitor, as it should.…
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ChrisWarcraft’s Weekly NFL Quest, Level Six: Dethrone the Dwarven Tree-Cutter of the Capitol City
Football is a role-playing game. That’s how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, is approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We’re going to chart his progress and see how fast he levels up. At four…
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Deus Ex, Just Cause and Hitman Highlight the $10 “Square Pack” Sale on Amazon
PC gaming value hunters, Amazon is now selling for just $9.99 the “Absolutely Great Square Pack”—Just Cause 1 and 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman: Blood Money, Quantum Conundrum, Supreme Commander 2, and The Last Remnant. The purchase gets you the downloadable version of all games. If each game were sold at itsl MSRP, the…
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The Amazing Spider-Man Arrives on Wii U Next Spring, with All DLC Included
At New York Comic-Con, Beenox—the studio behind The Amazing Spider-Man video game adaptation, said the title would be coming to the Wii U in spring 2013. In addition to new Wii U GamePad functions, the game will sell with all of the downloadable content that has been released so far for the PlayStation 3 and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Comic-Con Cosplay Extravaganza
We’re giving you back the old ‘Shop Contest. We’ve been splitting the exploitables off from the forum in which new entries have been posted, but a lot of this feature’s popularity, over the past three years, has been in seeing both the new challenge subject and everyone’s responses all in one place. So we’re bringing…
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Flash Version of Mega Man Xover is a Withering Rebuke, From the Series’ Biggest Fans
The Rockman/Mega Man franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary in December, and I can’t imagine a cheerful observance is coming for the hardcore fans of one of video gaming’s cornerstone franchises. They’ve been upset ever since last year’s heavy-handed cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 for the 3DS, a game which had asked for community input…
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Sunday Comics: A Wall Too Tall
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. Virtual Shackles by Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie published Oct. 10.—Read more of Virtual Shackles Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Oct. 11.—Read more of Nerf NOW!!…
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The Xbox 360 Gets a $50 Price Cut at GameStop Beginning Tomorrow [UPDATE]
Kotaku has heard from a source that, beginning tomorrow, the Xbox 360’s 250GB configuration, and the 4GB bundle that includes the Kinect sensor, will both get $50 price cuts at GameStop. UPDATE: Our source says the drop is all versions of the 360, at least at GameStop. The 4GB 360 goes down to $150, the…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Vice President of Legal Affairs: The Winners
The legal imbroglio in which Kevin Butler (really, actor Jerry Lambert) found himself the past week provided the grist for our latest roundup of ‘Shop Contest spoofs. We have all the finalists inside, plus overall winner and longtime ‘Shop Contest all-star ArnieJolt! Getting started, I asked for the Bad Dudes dudes cross examining Butler with…
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SingStar Goes “Free to Play,” From a Certain Point of View
You still need a microphone to play it, and yes, you’ll have to pay for one if you don’t already have it. But it appears SingStar, the venerable PlayStation karaoke title, is going free-to-play, according to a message screen popping up now. “The complete SingStar experience will be available as a free download very soon!”…
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Spoiler Alert: Halo 4‘s Out in the Wild, So Be Careful What You Read for the Next 3 Weeks
Yesterday brought word that Halo 4‘s discs had leaked out, three weeks ahead of the game’s street date, which is a common claim for a major franchise and a highly anticipated game. Still, Microsoft’s security division is looking into the matter, which lends a little more credence to the report. And now, this appeal from…
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Professional Video Gamer Suspended for Saying He Had Sex With a 14-Year-Old
Well, if there’s a big lesson of the past week, it’s that cretinous online behavior may not be illegal in and of itself, but that doesn’t mean you won’t face consequences for engaging in it. Take the case of Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri, a member of the StarCraft team for Evil Geniuses, the renowned pro gaming…
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How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, by REI
This infographic from sporting goods megastore REI—visiting the one in Denver was like going to Six Flags—isn’t just amusing, it’s in fact helpful. I never knew how to properly use a signal mirror before now. (Yes, I was a Boy Scout. No, I was not a good one. My only merit badge came for surviving…
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UncategorizedMarvel’s ‘Civil War’ Gets the Pinball Table Treatment from Zen
Zen Pinball’s productive relationship with Marvel Entertainment has delivered 14 virtual tables to Pinball FX2 on the Xbox 360 and Marvel Pinball on the PS3, as well as on mobile devices. There’s going to be a 15th table coming up soon: “Civil War,” taken from the 2006 crossover continuity pitting Captain America versus Iron Man.…
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Guild Wars 2 is Getting a Huge, Halloween-Themed Update
The world of Guild Wars 2 is getting ready for Halloween with a major content update coming on Oct. 22. “Be prepared for an epic adventure in four acts,” running until Oct. 31, ArenaNET says on this page detailing the update. Halloween decorations, mini-games and dynamic events will accompany “Shadow of the Mad King,” the…
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Is Valve’s Next Big Game a Space MMO? [Update]
Back in February some concept art, purportedly from Valve’s next new game, leaked in this video uploaded to YouTube. In April, more video surfaced along with a cryptic code name, “SOB.” Now some more landscapes have found their way into the wild, and rumor says it as a sprawling space MMO. “Stars of Barathrum” is…
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The Moneysaver: Deals Known and Unknown
In the thick of the packed autumn release calendar we can still find discounts on PC versions of this week’s two big releases. Coming up, Assassin’s Creed 3 is full price but comes with 1,600 Microsoft Points should you get its Xbox 360 version from Microsoft. There are more than 60 values in hardware, software…
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Microsoft Investigating Purported Halo 4 Leaks
That image of Halo 4‘s two discs popped up on NeoGAF earlier today. Some in the forum shrugged it off, saying that reviewers must be getting their copies, to which I chuckle heartily. I can’t remember the last time, if ever, consumer codes being sent out for review three weeks before release. Please. What really…
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