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UncategorizedN.O.V.A.: Elite, The Facebook FPS Where Paying Is Winning
Gameloft takes its iPhone Halo clone to Facebook with N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance: Elite, a competitive first-person shooter that eschews balance for the sake of getting paid. It’s a common practice in social games; the more people pay, the better they play. But having a larger farm than the next guy isn’t quite the…
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Activision Explains How Call Of Duty Will Escape Guitar Hero‘s Fate
Guitar Hero was once a shining star of a video game franchise, with each yearly installment generating more excitement than the last. Now the series is on indefinite hold. An internal Activision memo obtained by Giant Bomb poses a compelling question. “Isn’t Call of Duty today just like Guitar Hero was a few years back?”…
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UncategorizedFinally, Somebody Started Building StarCraft Units Out of LEGO
Not only did someone take the time to painstakingly replicate StarCraft’s Siege Tank, they actually made it able to change into and out of siege mode. The only thing missing here is… a guide on how to build one.
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Undercover Operation Catches Video Game Retailers Enforcing Ratings
As the Supreme Court considers whether or not selling violent video games to children should be a crime in California, the Federal Trade Commission releases a report showing that game retailers are doing just fine enforcing game ratings without fines and jail time hanging over their heads. Once a year the FTC recruits a group…
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American McGee’s Alice Returns In Time For Alice: Madness Returns
Confirming reports earlier this week from the man himself, American McGee’s Alice brings its insanity to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with code for a free download packed inside every copy of its sequel, Alice: Madness Returns. Released in 2000 for the PC and MAC, American McGee’s Alice never made it to a video…
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Imagining The Perfect Sonic The Hedgehog Game
Is there a perfect Sonic the Hedgehog video game? Perhaps the answer lies in our imaginations. In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Lance423 wonders what your ideal speeding hedgehog game would play like. With the upcoming Sonic Generations from Sega, I wonder what fellow Kotakuites REALLY want out of a Sonic game. I was brought…
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UncategorizediSpy Conspiracy: Your iPhone Is Secretly Tracking Everywhere You’ve Been, All The Time (Updated)
This is a map of everywhere I’ve been for nearly the last year. Everywhere. I didn’t carry around a special tracking device. The FBI isn’t sending goons in unmarked vans to track me. All I did was use an iPhone. And if you have an iPhone, you’re being tracked right now, too, whether you like…
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UncategorizedAnarchy Reigns‘ Nikolai Is Shockingly Cool
Anarchy Reigns’ latest contender might be a little late to the party, but that’s only because he was busy getting caught up on current events. Get it? Current events? No? See, his name is Nikolai, which is like Nikola with an extra letter, and his powers are based on electricity, so he’s sort of like…
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