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UncategorizedHitman: Absolution Rips Off Red Dead Redemption in the Coolest Way
Last week, my friend and colleague Matt Cabral wrote up an excellent preview of Hitman: Absolution for Kotaku. I was given the same demonstration by IO Interactive and Square Enix this week at CES and couldn’t agree with him more – the game is going to be bloody fantastic. However, one small reason for this…
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Remedy Says What Rockstar Has Done With Max Payne is “Brilliant”
It’s never easy taking over an IP from somebody else. Especially when that IP is so iconic. Luckily, Rockstar Games is the sort of company who rises to a challenge and rarely lets us down. Although Max Payne has been in development for what seems like an eternity now, the closer we finally get to…
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This is How Nvidia Wants You to Play Racing Games… if You’ve Got $32k
When it comes to sim gamers, nothing is too expensive or too out of the ordinary. They will pay any price to have an experience that is as close to the real thing as possible. Meet the VRX iMotion. Nvidia was showing this bad boy off at their booth at CES this year, so I…
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Razer’s CEO Says He is “Sick and Tired” of PC Giants Not Innovating and Taking Risks
Last week at CES in Las Vegas, I was invited to test out Razer’s “Project Fiona” behind closed doors. What I didn’t know is that I would be given a private demonstration by Razer CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan. As you may already know, Tan is no absentee CEO. He is deeply involved with the…
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Sign Up for the TERA Beta Now!
If you’re an MMO fan and you haven’t heard of TERA yet, then you’re missing out. A beautiful and fluid MMORPG that features real time combat, it’s the kind of game that even hardened MMO vets like me have been waiting for. North American and European beta signups have finally begun, so do yourself a…
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UncategorizedSquare’s Scarygirl is Anything But Scary, All Sorts of Fun
What if I told you Square Enix and Tik games were coming out with a game based on the celebrated and psychedelic characters of Nathan Jurevicious next week? What if I told you I’ve played it and it was a ton of fun? What if I told you it reminded me of one of my…
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THQ Wipes Out Games Planned for 2014 to Ready Itself for Sale, Says Games Insider [Update]
Rumor spreading fast via Twitter on Sunday holds that THQ has canceled its entire 2014 slate of releases to position the company for sale. Kevin Dent, a games industry veteran, tweeted late yesterday that THQ had canceled an MMO it was developing under license from The Games Workshop, meaning Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millenium Online (pictured…
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UncategorizedSomeone Got Duke Nukem in My Minecraft!
Hail to the king of Minecraft, baby! No, not Notch. Duke Nukem! Thanks to Mutt’s World we now know what a day in the life of the Duke is like in Minecraft With videos like this making the rounds, it’s no wonder Minecraft has 20 million registered users Carry on.
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XCOM FPS Pushed to 2013, Firaxis Strategy Reboot Still Set for 2012
As someone who was quite fond of what we saw of the re-imagined XCOM at E3 this past year, but who’s also excited about the Firaxis strategy reboot of the franchise, I am somewhat conflicted by this news. We haven’t heard much about the XCOM FPS as of late, but have seen and heard plenty…
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Half-Knife
There’s trolling, counter-trolling, and counter-counter-trolling. And then there’s “STFU about Half-Life 3 or I will cut you,” as Valve boss Gabe Newell seemed to say in this display of his knife collection. But what does it all mean? That’s where you guys come in with this week’s ‘Shop Contest challenge. Gabe is a regular ’round…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Talk is cheap. But Talk Amongst Yourselves? Priceless. Welcome to your morning call to discuss all things video games amongst yourselves. While you’d do it anyway, I’d like to think that giving you my permission to do so is what makes it special. Big thanks to Mr Marsu for today’s TAYpic. Join in the fun…
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Sunday Comics: Blow Me
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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 9.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Jan. 11.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
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This is What Razer Thinks of SOPA
Earlier today we reported that Bungie and even The White House came out to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act better known as SOPA. Well, now you can count Razer among the opposition. They’ve even created a lovely visual representation of their feelings on the subject. Classy. They’ve also released this statement on their Facebook…
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Notch Says Minecraft Now Has 20 Million Registered Users
That’s right. 20 million. Dang. Notch released this information not long ago via Twitter So what have we learned here today? When he’s not busy opposing SOPA, Notch is raking in the dough. Want to see what all the fuss is about? Head on over to Minecraft.net
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Fallout Wiki Founder Banned From Wikia for Promoting Curse
Anyone who’s anyone in the Fallout community knows Pawel “Ausir” Dembowski. Founder of The Vault wiki which contains over 15,000 pages of Fallout lore, Pawel is a human encyclopedia of gaming’s favorite post apocalyptic franchise. Let me put it this way. When Chris Avellone has a question about Fallout, he asks Pawel. Moreover, if you’ve…
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UncategorizedBodycount Developer Details “Unlawful” Working Conditions, Codemasters Responds
Semi Essessi, who was unfortunate enough to have worked on Codemasters’ abysmal first person shooter Bodycount, says that wasn’t the worst part of his job. Essessi spilled the beans to Eurogamer earlier this week, detailing what he claims were “unlawful” working conditions. He says that he was not compensated for over 400 hours of overtime…
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Bullet Blender: The Winners
Yes, yes, yes, I know that’s a mixer, not a blender. Look, I play video games and write about sports, I’m not the goddamn chef de cuisine. Anyway, we asked you to blend that mixer with some twisted humor, and we’ve got 20 winners inside, including overall champ Ryan! Getting started, power_overwhelming (14) became an…
By Owen Good