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Should a Video Game Have Predicted the Rise of Jeremy Lin?
Ordinarily, NBA 2K12 updates its rosters once a week. This week, it got not one, but three revisions in the span of four days. Jeremy Lin had a hand in all three. The first update came Wednesday, well after the 38-point coming-out party Lin and the New York Knicks staged on Feb. 10 against Kobe…
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Oblivion, Fallout Get Combined Release in April—but Not on PS3
For those whose first foray into Tamriel came this year with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the series’ maker will offer the preceding entry, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion combined with another outstanding role-playing game, Fallout 3. The combo will be $29.99 on Xbox 360, $19.99 on PC in March. What about PS3? Bethesda Game…
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UncategorizedAnd Now, Here’s the Most Evil DLC—DLC the Game
The implied social contract of paid, planned and premium downloadable content is, “don’t want it? Don’t buy it.” OK, well, what if the game itself is buying planned premium downloadable content? Mega64’s latest satire gets a 5/5 on the evil scale from me.
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Creator Says If FortressCraft is a Ripoff, So is Minecraft
The creator of FortressCraft resents the allegation he simply copied Minecraft when his game released over the Xbox Live Indie Games channel about a year ago. “There’s nothing that FortressCraft shares with Minecraft that it does not also share with Infiniminer,” Adam Sawkins, FortressCraft‘s creator, told Eurogamer, “which pre-dates Minecraft.” What the hell is Infiniminer?…
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Sony’s U.S. Chief Says a PS4 Reveal Would be “a Distraction” in 2012
Further solidifying the stance that we’re not gonna hear anything about Sony’s next console, Jack Tretton, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment America, told IGN that we can rule out any PS4 reveal in 2012. “I, quite frankly, would be very distracted if I had to be talking about next generation hardware this year,” Tretton…
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UncategorizedFirst Mojam Game Gets a Name: Catacomb Snatch [UPDATE]
Mojang, the makers of Minecraft, invited over some friends this weekend to build video games from scratch and raise a ton of cash for charity. Mojang, Oxeye Game Studios and Wolfire Games have already raised more than $200,000. But don’t forget, you can play the end product of their build-a-thon, when it ends in about…
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Let’s Punch Up Some Deals
A $20 discount on Skyrim‘s collectors edition joins modest savings and bonus credits on Tuesday’s new releases to highlight our latest edition of The Moneysaver. We’ve got more than 50 deals, values and savings in hardware, software and digital downloads inside! Software • Feb. 21 release Asura’s Wrath (360, PS3) is $56.99, free shipping from…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
As Kotaku’s weekend editor, my problem is the fact Friday is my hump day. Now, I know it’s a lot of other folks’ hump day too, but for different purposes. But when I talk about what I’ll be playing this weekend, bear in mind this is like what you would be playing on your Thursday…
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UncategorizedThe Best Use of the Vita’s Rear Touch Panel So Far
One of the best uses of the PS Vita’s rear touch panel comes from the FIFA folks at EA Sports, who realized that the back of the Vita and the back of the goal aren’t that different after all. I’ve purchased two different versions of FIFA 12 in an attempt to learn a sports game…
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This Week in Evil DLC
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? Final Fantasy XIII-2: “Sazh: Heads or Tails?” Available:Feb. 28. Price: $5 for an extra episode, $3…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Someone’s Making a Twisted Metal Flick and I Can’t Wait for the Reviews
Let me put this delicately. I don’t want to see a Twisted Metal movie. But I do want to see a Twisted Metal movie get made. I want to see what happens when the whole thing gets trashed in a review. If it’s anything like what happened with the game’s review this week, it’ll be…
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