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Atari Kills the Ignition on Test Drive‘s Studios
Eden Games, makers of the Test Drive series, staged a symbolic one-day walkout last year when Atari moved forward on plans to lay off more than half the studio. Now it’s moving toward washing its hands of all of it. Financial filings by Atari say the French maker of racing games is now considered a…
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Like the Playoffs, the NHL Cover Vote Drags On
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Nearly every title at EA Sports is being put to a cover vote. We’ve had contests now for Tiger Woods PGA Tour, NFL Blitz, Madden and NCAA Football. We haven’t heard what NBA Live will be doing, but it’s a good bet whatever…
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There’s a New Way to Pitch in NCAA Football
I’ve often felt that the recruiting simulation in NCAA Football could be a salesmanship trainer at some kind of corporate retreat. Unlike the free agency or trading periods in other sports video games, you’re not sending contract terms back and forth with the CPU. Money doesn’t talk here, you do. You have to understand a…
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UncategorizedWatch Your Eve Online Character Float To Space And Back
EVE Online developer CCP bundled their players’ names into a pod earlier this week and shot it into the stratosphere, as near to space as they could get it. The weather balloon to which the pod was attached also had a camera on board. Earlier, we had amazing stills of the view far above Iceland,…
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Get Drunk and Shoot Up the Mother-Lovin’ Neighborhood This Week in Gaming Apps
Do you want to mix some drinks, or turn your neighborhood into a war zone? Anything is possible with the magic of mobile gaming, probably! It’s another eclectic mix of genres and themes this week. There’s an augmented reality shooting app; downhill skiing with an added hint of desperation; the obligatory physics puzzler; a game…
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Calling All Comment of the Week Nominations
Hello Kotaku and happy Friday. Let’s make this happy Friday even happier with happy nominations from you happy people. I’m sure you’ll happily oblige with some outstanding ones. Since Fahey nominated one early in the week, and since I and many of you seconded the nomination, feast yours eyes on this comment before placing judgment…
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Getting Prepared for Diablo III the SteelSeries Way
As I prepare to spend Tuesday through eternity putting Diablo III through its paces, SteelSeries sent along a care package of diabolical PC accessories to help make the most of the experience. Red glow abounds! While other manufacturers release their own non-branded peripherals, SteelSeries, a Blizzard partner for a number of years, has the official…
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I Buy My Mom Video Games Every Mother’s Day. It Helped Heal Her.
Mother’s Day is this weekend, and so the commercials for flowers and jewelry and Hallmark cards are incessant and overwhelming. But this year, for a gift, I did exactly what I did last May: I went to Amazon and I ordered my mom a new video game. My mother and I get along very well,…
By Kate Cox
