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Evony Awarded $300K From Hacker Who Probably Can’t Pay It
That Evony hacker who showed up to federal court in sweat pants will likely be wearing them a lot longer – if not a barrel. A judge rather quickly ruled against him, finding that selling auto-playing bots and game maps violated Evony’s copyrights, and awarded the game’s owners $300,000. Could be worse. Philip James Holland,…
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UncategorizedPirates Of The Caribbean‘s Charm Is Recharged In LEGO Form
The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was a refreshing sea breeze that’s grown ranker with each subsequent sequel. In swoops TT Games with a blast for fresh ocean air in LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean. I’ve grown weary of Captain Jack Sparrow. I am tired of Johnny Depp acting like a fool. I am…
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It’s Your April Fools’ Day Round-Up
Never trust anything you read on the internet, and that goes doubly today. It’s April Fools’ Day, and we’re rounding up the very best and very worst of what the gaming industry thinks is funny. Bookmark this page and keep checking back, as April 1 is generally the longest 24 hours of the year on…
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Atlus’ Fake Rock Of Ages Ripoff Gathers No Moss
If a game company is going to do something silly for April Fools’ Day, we might as well all get a free game out of it, right? Today Atlus accuses developer ACE Team stole the idea for action-strategy game Rock of Ages and used it to make a 2D game that you can play right…
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UncategorizedSega Makes No Apologies For This Thor Wii Trailer
While the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the upcoming Thor movie tie-in game embrace the thunder god’s movie appearance, Red Fly Studios’ version looks a bit more like World of Warcraft exploded in New York City. Graphics aren’t everything, of course. I’ll take a fast-paced cartoony game to a slow and stuttering graphically…
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Addictive Is The New Epic
In this addictively epic edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Aikage the Skilled Furby is having trouble dealing with the video game industry’s ever-changing buzzwords. Apparently, “addictive” is the new “epic”. A while back we started seeing that every game included an “epic” storyline where the fate of the universe rested in the balance. Now,…
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UncategorizedWatch The Lovely Ladies Of Mortal Kombat Beat Each Other Skinless
First we got an all-ninja round of Mortal Kombat tag team action, and now Netherrealm Studios gives us an all-female battle royale. It’s all fun and games until the crotch skin comes off. Which is better, Mortal Kombat ninja battles, or this video of the Mortal Kombat ladies in action? It’s a trick question, really.…
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These New Shots From Skyrim Are No Laughing Matter
There’s nothing funny at all about the latest screenshots from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, unless you count the amount of time I spent making sure no one hid penises in them. No one is safe on April Fools’ Day. We’ll spend as much time today verifying our stories are true before posting them as…
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