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Mass Effect 3 Thrusts Its Way into Early 2012
Remember the first trailer for Mass Effect 3? The one that teased us with a “Holiday 2011” release date? Consider it invalidated, as the game’s executive producer scootches its release into early 2012. When a trailer comes out more than a year in advance of a game’s release, you can generally assume that the date…
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UncategorizedThe Darkness 2 Will Get the Blood Flowing on October 4th
The Darkness 2, sequel to the cult-hit, will be available in the US and Canada on October 4th, with a global release coming on October 7th. I never played the original Darkness but I saw this game back at PAX East and was impressed by the game’s surprisingly intuitive Quad-Wielding system, which lets players quickly…
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Next Week’s Rift Update Opens a Rift to the Plane of Facebook
If you’ve lost friends to Trion Worlds’ massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, prepare to get them back in an annoying fashion next week, when the 1.2 update hooks its claws into Facebook. Now that the rifts from the Plane of Death have been sorted out, it’s time for Earth and Fire to have their go…
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Back When All of the Games Were Multiplayer and Came with Boards
Put down the controller and dig through the closet for the dusty remains of childhood memories courtesy of commenter Vlyke615, reminiscing about his favorite board games in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I have a lot of fond memories as a kid growing up, and some of those moments were playing games…Board Games. I’m sure I’m…
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They Knew For Six Days: The PlayStation Network Hack Timeline
According to details from Sony themselves in a letter to congressional subcommittee, Sony was aware that data had been removed from their systems six days before warning customers that accounts had been compromised. All dates and times from Sony’s missive to Congress April 19, 2011. 4:15PM PDT – Sony Network Entertainment America (SNEA) network team…
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Accused Xbox Pedophile Indicted on 19 Sexual Abuse Charges
Richard Kretovic, accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy he met through Xbox Live, has been indicted on nine counts each of first-degree criminal sexual act and second-degree sexual abuse, plus one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
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There’s One Furry Good Reason to Buy Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover
You’re all grown up now; I get that. You’ve aged beyond the need for some silly Sesame Street themed game for the Nintendo Wii. I understand and accept your reluctance. It just means there’ll be more soft and fuzzy Grover Wii remote covers for me. Due out this summer for the Wii and DS, Sesame…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome once again to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we get together to talk about games. Thanks to Snake56 for the image. Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
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