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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I inherited this feature from Mike McWhertor, who has been gone from Kotaku more than six months, and who I hope to see again in San Diego at Comic-Con. “Mike,” I would always say to him, “if we get fired, well, we’ll finally have time to play all the video games we never got to…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Controller Shop’s Custom Kotaku 360 Pad is a Thing of Beauty
The controller customization experts at The Controller Shop asked if we wanted to review one of their magical creations. I said sure. They asked what sort of controller they should send. I left it up to them. Wise decision. Arriving today complete with custom plastic case, this Kotaku-flavored Xbox 360 controller is so pretty I’m…
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The Week in Evil DLC [Update]
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Yes, even you in the comments, smart guy. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? Saints Row the Third: Enter the Dominatrix Available:…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Black Ops II Chooses Someone Who Failed the Call of Duty
When you face low expectations, falling short of them doesn’t count for much either. And that’s the dirty secret of Call of Duty, which has spent four years solidifying its image as a crass chickenhawk brand thanks to some particularly dumb marketing initiatives. But hiring Lt. Col. Oliver North as a spokesman for Black Ops…
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Imperfect Game: Big Problems With Million-Dollar Video Game Contest Lead to Accusations of Cheating
It is now four days since the conclusion of qualifying for the MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Challenge and there has been no official declaration of the final eight contestants. Scott Young thinks he should be one of them. And, he says, someone who is going to New York—for a shot at a million dollars—cheated. Young,…
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The Future of Mobile Gaming Begins with One Week in Gaming Apps
It’s not about bringing console games to mobile phones anymore; it’s about transforming traditional console genres to suit the smart phone format. See what I’m rambling on about as you browse the Week in Gaming Apps. Mobile games are beginning to embrace what they are rather than attempt to emulate what they could never be.…
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Facebook Games are the Worst Way to Tell Stories
The overlap in intended audience between Empire and The Hunger Games Adventures is probably vanishingly small. Both are found on Facebook but, in tone and in content, aim themselves completely different ways. It seems unlikely that very many players would approach both for long enough to realize that the two are, in every way that…
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Post Your Comment of the Week Nominations Here
Kotaku: Lay upon me your Comment of the Week nominations here, please. I need to know who was the wittiest this week. Who was the funniest. Who was the most handsome. Tell me in the comments down below, and link to their comment. Otherwise tomorrow’s Best of Kotaku will be a lonely, lonely place for…
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“Psychopaths” at LucasArts Led to Cancellation of Star Wars: Battlefront III, Former Studio Exec Says
Star Wars: Battlefront III was once a game well and truly in development, at UK studio Free Radical. Since its 2008 cancellation, it has been supposedly off and on more times than anyone can count. Like many studios, Free Radical had its fair share of ups and downs, hits and misses over the years. But…
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