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Assassin’s Creed‘s Newest Hero Shares the Name of a Kentucky Janitorial Supply Company
The American Indian name for the hero of Assassin’s Creed III is “Ratohnhaké:ton.” Somehow, that Anglicizes to “Connor Kenway.” His last name came to light this week, and it’s there on Ubisoft’s official site. So there you go: La’Ahad (Altaïr), Auditore (Ezio) and now … Kenway. Sounds like an appliance to me, though I realize…
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Skyrim Gets Patched—Just Not for the PS3, Yet
PC players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim got another crash-resolving update, an incremental uptick from patch 1.5. Xbox 360 and, more importantly, PlayStation 3 gamers? They remain stuck at 1.4, a patch now going on two months old, and for the PS3, still subject to a “bad memory situation,” which means a crash. That…
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Biff Tannen Final Four Special: Ohio State Wins the National Championship
Hey, are you a sports fan on the go? Who has time these days to watch the big game, or bother with messy DVR, or boring highlight shows? With Biff Tannen’s Sports Almanac, we’ll give you the weekend’s biggest matchups before they happen, thanks to these highly accurate peer-reviewed scientific simulations of sports video gaming’s…
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Rampage Movie’s Producers Want “Independence Day-Style” on “a Smart Budget”
It sounds like the folks behind the film adaptation of arcade classic Rampage are really serious about making it happen. The Hollywood Reporter calls it “a priority for New Line Cinema” and says they’re looking to make “an Independence Day-style picture on a smart budget.” That means lots of Rampage‘s signature trait: Buildings smashed and…
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UncategorizedGoogle Announces Google Maps — for the Nintendo Entertainment System [Update]
The undisputed Internet-age leader in April Fool’s hoaxes gets a one-day head start on its latest gag—a brilliant announcement video for “Google Maps 8-Bit,” a port of the popular, well, map service to the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicon. The best part? It’s an homage to Dragon Quest Not only is the video a first rate production—including…
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Sega of America Walloped by Layoffs; Western Publishing Reduces Focus to Sonic and Three Others
A restructuring in light of steep losses for the quarter ending today means that a lot of people at Sega of America lost their jobs yesterday. But rumors that the entire division is shutting down appear to be unfounded. Some Sega of America employees, on their Twitter feeds and via this post on Reddit, wrote…
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Two for The Show
Amazon’s 3-for-2 deal expires today, so if you have a couple titles in mind—any platform—this is a good day to use all of those bonus credits you’ve piled up by being such a consistent reader of The Moneysaver. For example, one is now being offered on the next Ghost Recon game, though it is cheaper…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
It’s Edgar Allan Pokémon! Get it? Every battle is just a bunch of fiendish ravens clawing and poking each other’s eyes out, while Edger Allan Poe jots his observations down in the form of poetry. I would very much like to read those poems. I stumbled on this week’s image over on Reddit. Nintendo: new…
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UncategorizedWhat Exactly is a Witcher Anyway?
Xbox 360 gamers around the world are eagerly anticipating their chance to get in on this whole The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, but does anyone really know what a Witcher is? Of course they do, and after you watch this video so will you. The more accurate answer is that a Witcher is a…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘Keep This Piece of Crap to Yourself’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. This week, Backhanded Box Quotes wrangles with the disappointment faced by diehard Kid Icarus fans upon the arrival of their long-awaited sequel—and an appeal for calm and reason by someone who sounds…
By Owen Good
