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Sony Confirms It has Shut Down SOCOM and MAG‘s Studio
As first reported last week by Kotaku, Zipper Interactive, the studio behind PS3-exclusive shooters like MAG and the SOCOM series, has been closed. Sony confirmed the closure in a statement this afternoon to Game Informer In the statement, Sony added that “Zipper has completed all work associated with its most recent project, Unit 13 for…
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UncategorizedMLB 2K Winner May Be an ‘Ugly Duckling,’ but He’s Still a Millionaire
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • The New York Post profiled Wade McGilberry and Brian Kingrey, the two previous winners of the Million-Dollar Perfect Game challenge in the MLB 2K series. McGilberry and his wife, Katy, have an 8-month-old son now, named Braxton. The couple chose to start a…
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UncategorizedBiff Tannen: The Undertaker Will Lose at Wrestlemania XXVIII
Listen up, buttheads. We’ve got a special edition of Biff Tannen’s Sports Almanac to deal with this weekend’s biggest event—and it’s not March Madness. Note: Information presented for entertainment purposes only. If you consult video games for sports betting advice, seek help. If you bet on professional wrestling, you are a complete imbecile and beyond…
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We’re Deadly Serious About This Week in Gaming Apps
Seriously, we’re not kidding. Were today two days from now you might have cause to question our daily selection of spotlight-worth mobile games, but I specifically set up the Gregorian calendar to make sure that never happened. If today were Sunday… well, then all bets would be off. I’d have a round-up of five popular…
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Hand Painted Sonic Shoes Have Impressive Details On Them
Reddit user lumpyheadedbunny drew these awesome Sonic 2-inspired kicks with graffiti pens. My first thought was that it must have taken her awhile, because you can see how much detail went into the drawing. They’re expensive ($350+), but LHB puts a lot of time and effort into her creations. Each pair takes roughly 45-65 hours…
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UncategorizedA Trampoline: The Newest, Bounciest Game Controller of All
We’ve been combining video games and physical activity for years now. We’ve had the Wii and its Balance Board, Microsoft’s Kinect, and the PlayStation Move. There are mobile apps to make your morning jog into playtime, and systems like Fitocracy to make your workout a friendly competition. But none of these is as fun as…
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UncategorizedLong Lost Emulation Easter Egg Discovered in GoldenEye
GoldenEye, for the Nintendo 64, is one of the all-time classics of gaming. Recently, a fan uncovered an Easter egg Rare had buried in GoldenEye‘s code: a fully functional emlulator for the ZX Spectrum system, complete with ten games. Rare, the developer behind GoldenEye, developed a number of games in the early 1980s for the…
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Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
Hello everyone, and happy Friday. Before we reveal this week’s best content, we’d like to enlist in the community to see whose comment deserves a gold star and top placement in tomorrow’s The Best Of Kotaku Last week’s Best Of winner was invadingduck with a suggestion for a positive end of the world scenario Post…
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