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Minecraft And Amnesia Vie For Top Honors At The 2011 IGF Awards
The Independent Games Festival has released its list of finalists for its 2011 awards, with Mojang’s world-building Minecraft and Frictional’s Amnesia: The Dark Descent duking it out with three other competitors for the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. It’s a testament to the growing power and prestige of the independent development scene that this year’s…
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The Nintendo Download: Colorful Puzzles And Indie Cred
It’s the first Monday of 2011 and Nintendo is ready to take on the new year with five new downloadable games, including Chillingo’s colorful Sneezies for WiiWare and a little indie cred on the DSi. The brightest on WiiWare this week looks to be Sneezies, a Chillingo title that sees players dropping sneezing powder on…
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Nintendo Download Gallery
Sneezies Publisher: Chillingo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: Sneezies is an overload of cuteness! Grab a cup of coffee, sit back in your favorite plush chair and enjoy soothing, relaxed game play featuring fantastic graphics and sweet melodies. Use your Wii Remote™ controller to drop a burst of sneezing…
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UncategorizedAll Packed Up With Nowhere to Go
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Did You Keep Your 2010 Resolutions? I Almost did Some highlights from this weekend: Galaga World Record Falls Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network Taking Hiatus; More DLC Confirmed 2010: The Year In Gaming Red-Ringed Xbox 360 Faces Celebratory Firing Squad Lian Li PC-V2120 Full Tower Case Review Tactic 3D Sigma…
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Activision Threatens 600 UK Jobs Over Loss of Tax Breaks
Activision’s so incensed over the United Kingdom’s rollback of promised tax breaks for video games development that the publisher is considering the withdrawal of its 600-employee office from the country, according to The Telegraph. Though tax relief proposals had support from both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leadership in Parliament, the plans were scrapped in…
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UncategorizedXbox 360 Toaster Is Part Of Your Complete Morning
The idea behind this casemod may sound ludicrous, but let’s think for a second. When was the last time a burglar went straight for a toaster? Of course, this is a toaster plugged into a TV, so maybe that’s a dead giveaway that this console mod does not in fact lightly brown slices of bread.…
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The Week In Games: Puzzling Prospects
The critically anticipated Lost in Shadow for the Wii (pictured), and the cheerful platformer ilomilo on Xbox Live Arcade highlight the first week of major releases in 2011. Tuesday (Jan. 4) Lost in Shadow (Wii) – Kotaku’s runner up for Best New Game of E3, Lost in Shadow is the journey of a boy’s shadow,…
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UncategorizedKotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Five Video Game Drinking Games That Are Worth a Shot [Joystick Division] As these involve drinking whenever Super Meat Boy dies or John Marston is…
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