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UncategorizedDouble Dragon‘s High-Def Throwback Headbutts Into Consoles in September
We’re circumspect that a console do-over of Double Dragon could have the same appeal as the quarter-sucking vacuum cleaner that lined arcade walls in the 1980s. The air-guitaring at a stage’s end seems to be a bit much. But Double Dragon Neon will get its shot anyway come Sept. 11. Majesco said the game releases…
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After 74 Emails, 27 Months and Six Phone Calls, a Sack of Cash Buys One of the Rarest Nintendo Cartridges
Three years ago, J.J. Hendricks (above, left) of Denver paid $17,500 for a rare Nintendo cartridge— Nintendo World Championships, one of about 26 copies of a game for a promotional tournament more than 20 years old. About a year later, he opened negotiations to buy a cartridge even more rare. The game in question is…
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It’s July 18, Check the Security of Your Xbox Live Password Today
The general manager for Xbox Live today told gamers of the more aggressive steps the service was taking to combat online fraud and phishing scams—like those that have recently generated a wave of bad publicity—while reminding everyone to take some steps that would make that job a lot easier. In a post on the official…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Fight Night‘s Handlers Begin Work on EA Sports UFC
At E3, EA Sports’ top man—himself a mixed martial arts enthusiast who trains in the sport—was mum on the label’s plans for how its surprise acquisition of the UFC license would fit into its publishing calendar—or which of its studios would even develop it. “The ink is still wet,” on the deal, as Andrew Wilson…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
We’ll Find Out Soon What the Madden Monopoly Settlement is Giving Us
Attorneys in the class-action lawsuit alleging that EA Sports’ exclusive publication of NFL football games constitutes an illegal monopoly last week told a judge that they have finalized settlement terms alluded to back in May, and that no later than a week from today, will file them with the court and a motion for the…
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Want to Be On Kotaku’s Newest Video Segment? Here’s How
Ever wish you (yes, you!) could be featured on Kotaku? Well do I have good news for you! We want to meet you, the best reader in the world, and hear what you have to say. In real life. On camera. Here’s how it works: If you’re free from Noon to Two this Thursday, in…
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The Samsung Series 7 Gamer Is One Effective, and Enormous, Gaming Laptop
At a hefty 17″, the Samsung Series 7 Gamer is not exactly what you might call “portable.” It’s a laptop that’s squarely in the realm of desktop replacement. The system specs say it weighs in at just under 8.4 pounds, but it’s still not something you’d exactly want to carry around. When I got it…
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Batman Doesn’t Need These PC Case Mods for his Batcave Supercomputer. They’re For the Rest of Us.
I am looking forward to seeing The Dark Knight Rises this weekend, because I like Batman. He’s rich and spoiled and self-pitying, sure, but he actively went out and chose to take on the whole caped crusading business, and has to keep coming up with clever new tools to make it work. There’s no biology,…
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The Secret World, Log Three: The Good, The Bad, and the Buggy
There are times, when playing a game, that the hours just sail past. The player becomes completely immersed in the content and time loses all meaning, buried in a haze of “just one more quest.” Then there are the times, when playing a game, that every minute is like pulling teeth. Nothing works, nothing makes…
By Kate Cox
