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The Tail of a Tiger
Tiger Woods, who just won his first PGA Tour event in two years, dominates a very thin week for releases at the end of the quarter. Tuesday • Supremacy MMA (PS Vita) • Myst (DS) • Country Dance: All Stars Kinect (360) • Warriors Orochi 3 (360) • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (360, PS3)…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
An All-Male Club Lets Video Gamers Punch at Sports’ Glass Ceiling
For years, EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series has allowed gamers to create female golfers and play with them, even against all-male tournament fields, on any course and in any of the events licensed to appear in the game. Last year, Tiger Woods added The Masters Tournament, the event hosted by Augusta National Golf…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
PS Vita’s Silent Hill: Book of Memories is Delayed
Silent Hill‘s debut on the PlayStation Vita—Silent Hill: Book of Memories— will not hit its March 27 release date. Amazon and Gamefly both have given the game a May 31 placeholder date, and Konami confirmed the delay to RipTen The game was originally slated for a Vita “launch window” release, and the handheld arrived in…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Are The Hunger Games Appropriate for a Full Video Game Adaptation? Will There Even Be One?
Forgive me, I had not heard of The Hunger Games before I posted an item about Canabalt‘s creator and mentioned he was making an iPhone game coinciding with the film’s release. That was a week ago. Since then, I could not avoid the topic if I tried, and not just because of its understandable appeal…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
GameStop Gives the GameCube the Sweetest Rejection Note Ever
The GameCube is “officially collectible,” says GameStop, in a notice that, come April 2, it will no longer accept trade-ins on any GameCube consoles, games or accessories. It’s at the bottom of the retailer’s trade-in page. That doesn’t mean your local store will stop selling its GameCube consoles, games or accessories, of course. GameStop will…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Unchained Blades Coming to 3DS—as a Downloadable Title?
XSEED yesterday teased a new game release, which turns out to be Unchained Blades, the western title for the dungeon crawler UnchainBlades ReXX. Nintendo Power, in its latest edition, also reports that this game will be a digital download, one of the first full-size titles to be made available that way on the 3DS. We’ve…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
TIE Attack
Believe it or not, this 1/3rd scale TIE Fighter was used to teach the Pythagorean Theorem to some guy’s kid for a church movie night project. The TIE Fighter was sold on Craigslist last week. Now we’re going to think up some new adventures for it. Like the er, actual spacecraft, this TIE Fighter also…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
An exquisite 8-bit version of Vasily Perov’s The Hunters at Rest—complete with Asshole Dog—is our latest TAYpic, thanks to MuckaMuck. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments below. If you’ve got a good idea and the skills, take a…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics: There Goes the Neighborhood
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. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published March 22.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published March 19.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Angry Helmet: The Winners
A new helmet design for F1 racer Heikki Kovalainen supplied the exploitable, and 20 of Kotaku’s best shoppers supplied the funny for this week’s contest. We have all of them inside, plus overall winner Guilherme_B! Leading off, Brand Sliven (4) and AttorneyAtMusic (3) both had hilarious takes on the same idea. Attorney’s is my favorite,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Raccoon City‘s Studio is Satisfied with One Happy Customer: Capcom
Reviews of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City were not kind. It opened to terrible reviews, especially for a title releasing under that name and publisher. “Not worth playing,” and “a mediocre slog with annoying difficulty spikes,” is the appraisal of Kotaku’s Evan Narcisse, in his review. Eurogamer contacted developer Slant Six for a reaction to…
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3DS Epic Mickey Confirmed by Nintendo Power‘s Cover
Still unofficially announced, Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a cover subject of the April edition of Nintendo Power, which arrived in some readers’ mailboxes today. The article lists Dreamrift, developer of Monster Tale as the studio behind the 3DS Epic Mickey. It will arrive sometime in the fall, probably concurrent with Epic Mickey:…
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Face Importation will be Fixed in the Next Mass Effect Patch—Whenever That Arrives
We can debate whether BioWare’s ending for Mass Effect 3 is good, bad, or breaks promises made in the game’s marketing or whatever. There’s no denying the game’s face importation glitch is a straight-up botch job and a total disappointment to the series’ longest-tenured fans. This will finally be addressed in the game’s next patch,…
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Minecraft Has Made Almost as Much as Angry Birds
It hasn’t been downloaded nearly as much, but the $80 million in revenues that Minecraft has delivered to Mojang compares well to the $100 million its Scandinavian neighbors Rovio have pulled in from Angry Birds. And that figure looks to get larger once the game arrives on Xbox Live Arcade in May. The revenue figure…
By Owen Good - Esports
Tune In to MLG for the Winter Championships Today and Tomorrow
Major League Gaming’s Winter Championships began yesterday evening in Columbus, Ohio, and are in full swing now, with tournaments in StarCraft 2, Halo: Reach, Mortal Kombat, Soulcalibur V and King of Fighters XIII You can see all of the action live for free on the six streams in standard definition at Major League Gaming’s official…
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Zynga Insiders, Including Its Founder, Look to Unload $500 Million in Stock
Barely three months after the company’s initial public offering are several Zynga insiders looking to get rich by selling off a hunk of their stock. That includes founder Mark Pincus, who will offer a wad of shares valued at more than $200 million. Others in on the sale include senior Zynga executives John Schappert and…
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A Savings Unlike Any Other
A deal on Tuesday’s upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 provides value for the serious golf fan. Pick it up and you can still buy the collector’s edition DLC and have $5 left over. Savings on Kid Icarus: Uprising and Max Payne 3 also highlight this week’s roundup of more than 60 deals, online and…
By Owen Good
