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UncategorizedThe Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Is A Wonderfully Bloody Mess
What’s black and white and red all over and it’ll stretch a bloody smile across the face of any hack-and-slash gamer’s face? It’s Ska Studios The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, and if you’re fast enough you might find your own copy lurking in this article. In 2004 James Silva was a dishwasher, a position I myself…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Hope You Like Ads, Because Battlefield 3 Will Shovel Lots at You
This may have been a prediction. It sure as hell sounds like a threat. This year, Activision and Electronic Arts will both spend more on the marketing for two games than many publishers will ever spend on developing one, said Electronic Arts’ CEO. As he was speaking to a conference of advertisers, it was surely…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Smithsonian Extends Voting for “Art of Video Games” Nominees
The fed’rul gummint may shut down in the next two days, but voting on which games will be featured in 2012’s “The Art of Video Games” won’t. It’s been extended another 10 days to April 17. Winners still will be announced May 7. The show will open March 16, 2012 at the Smithsonian American Art…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Game Drought Means One Thing: Get Ready for Wii 2
You’re feeling it, we’re feeling it: there appears to be a veritable drought of 1st-party Nintendo titles this spring. None, to be exact. Sure, Nintendo launched a brand new console a mere two weeks ago. But one can’t help but gawp at what is most certainly the largest scarcity of titles to come—or more accurately,…
By Drew Cohen - Uncategorized
The Triumphant Return Of The Commodore 64
As a child I spent many hours hunched over the loudly clicking keyboard of the Commodore 64, typing out programs in BASIC and saving them to cassette drive. Commodore brings that wonderfully noisy keyboard back, only this time there’s a hard drive as large as one terabyte hidden inside. This is what I’ve been missing,…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Last Chance To Hop Off The EA NFL Class-Action Lawsuit Train
The Madden NFL-inspired Pecover Vs. EA federal class-action antitrust lawsuit picks up steam, as law firm Hagens Berman notifies class members they have until June 25 to be excluded from a potential payday. Considering the eligibility requirements to be a class member in the Pecover Vs. EA lawsuit, we’re likely looking at a pretty large…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Minecraft Has Already Raked In $33 Million
Responding to a question on a Reddit “ask me anything” thread, Minecraft creator Markus Persson said that his mega-popular indie brainchild has already earned $33 million dollars in revenue from over 1.8 million paid downloads. Via [Gamasutra]
By Mike Epstein - Uncategorized
Kameo 2 Artwork Hints At The Pretty Sequel That Might Have Been
In 2005 developer Rare graced the newly-launched Xbox 360 with Kameo: Elements of Power, a cartoon-styled action-adventure game starring a fairy with the power to transform herself into various magical creatures. Slow sales killed its rumored sequel, but the art lives on. The launch of the Xbox 360 and Kameo heralded the beginning of the…
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Section 8: Prejudice Drops In On Xbox Live April 20
TimeGate Studios’ downloadable multiplayer shooter Section 8: Prejudice will make the drop into Xbox Live Arcade on April 20 for 1200 MIcrosoft points ($15). The PC gets it on May 4, with the PlayStation 3 version coming this summer.
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Rebellion Has Sniper Elite V2 In Its Sights For 2012
It’s been six years since the last time Rebellion took us to the high perches of World War II Europe in Sniper Elite. I’d say it’s high time for another, wouldn’t you? 2005’s Sniper Elite for the PlayStation 2, original Xbox, Windows PC, and (eventually) Wii was a mouthful of tightly held fresh air for…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Man Pleads Guilty To Killing His Cousin Over Scarface: The World Is Yours
22-year-old Alejandro Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, will spend the next 15 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2007 shooting death of his younger cousin over whose turn it was to play Scarface: The World is Yours. Garcia and his then 17-year-old cousin George Flores were taking turns playing Scarface: The…
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UncategorizedU.S. Border Patrol Spends $1 Million Making a Videogame Simulating Their Job
Researchers at a government-funded laboratory have built a giant touchscreen video game that simulates the capture of illegal aliens. In a statement made to Kotaku by an official spokesman, the entire project and underlying systems cost “in the ballpark of $10 million [worth] of internal investments,” with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
What’s The Hardest You’ve Worked To Obtain A Video Game?
In today’s hard-working edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Kadin regales us with his epic quest to purchase an imported copy of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and challenges you to top his tale. What’s the most work you’ve gone through to obtain a game? I’m going to date myself here but…
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