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EA Pulls Simpsons Game from iTunes Due to Overwhelming Popularity
Following EA’s pull of Battlefield 3: Aftershock from the App store two weeks ago, EA recently revealed that The Simpsons: Tapped Out is getting the same treatment. But while Battlefield 3: Aftershock was plagued with crashes and connectivity issues, EA is pulling The Simpsons: Tapped Out for an entirely different issue. Pocket Gamer reports that…
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Minecraft Creator Is Unsurprisingly the Winner of This Year’s BAFTA Special Award
The British Academy Video Game Awards will award Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson with its “Special Award” at this year’s ceremony, it said today. The annual BAVGA (ok, so it doesn’t have as nice a ring to is as BAFTA) ceremony—presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts—doles out awards to deserving games…
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Joe Danger: The Movie Takes Stuntman Action to a Whole New Level
The coolest part of an action movie is, well, the action. Carefully choreographed and filmed stunts and effects make the impossible seem downright easy, when splashed on the big screen. Joe Danger: The Movie, slated for release on Xbox Live Arcade later this year, is all about the action. First seen at last summer’s PAX,…
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Assassin’s Creed III Brings a New Hero to a New Console with a New Engine
His name is Ratohnhaké:ton, but you can call him Connor. The latest Assassin’s Creed hero prowls the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC frontier on October 31, with work underway on a version for Nintendo’s Wii U. It’s a game so ambitious Ubisoft created an entirely new game engine just to power it. That engine…
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UncategorizedWTPT: Eat Humans And Fend Off Sharks In Depth
Nom nom nom nom human flesh and limbs. That’s essentially the crux of indie game Depth where you can play either as a treasure-hungry diver or a human-hungry shark. And just as I’ll always play as a zombie in Left 4 Dead, I can see myself always choosing the offensive and playing as a shark…
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UncategorizedA Revolutionary Hero Takes to the Trees in the First Assassin’s Creed III Trailer
What kind of setting would Revolutionary War-era America make for an Assassin’s Creed game? See for yourself as the latest in a long line of professional killers does the tomahawk chop in the wintry war-torn Northeastern woods. When the setting was revealed for Assassin’s Creed III some fans thought it was a terrible choice, mainly…
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You Will Believe Four Young Boys Can Save the World from Redheads
Kenny, Kyle, Cartman, and Stan join forces to defeat Tenorman’s Ginger Army in South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge. How? Perhaps these latest screens can shed some light. Don’t worry, redheads. I realize cartoons are cartoons, and I still love all of you. Except for you, Frank. You’re a bit of a jerk. Sorry, had to be…
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Dust 514 Will Be Free to Play, No Cover Required
Upcoming shooter Dust 514 is doing a lot of unusual things. It’s a PlayStation 3-exclusive first person shooter that ties into and relies on events in the world of PC MMO Eve Online It’s also a free-to-play game, except that last summer developers CCP confused many by saying that the supposedly free-to-play FPS wasn’t actually…
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The Quest for Worthwhile Facebook Games
Hardcore gamers like to point and laugh at Facebook games, but sometimes they’re all we’ve got. Commenter Faux Bravo wants to know if there are any Facebook games worth his valuable supposed-to-be-working time. I know this is blasphemy, but are there any Facebook games out there that are worthwhile? Do you guys play anything that…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Let’s all gather around the campfire, the only place it’s safe to spend the day discussing video games in Kotaku‘s official forum. Today’s TAYpic comes from Halfbeast, who figured this was the obvious ‘shopping choice, given the subject matter. You too can manipulate the hell out of “The Hunters at Rest”! Post your masterpieces in…
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