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  Dungeons & Dragons Does Digital Download With Daggerdale

  The battle for the Forgotten Realms goes digital with Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale, a downloadable multiplayer dungeon crawler coming to Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and PC this Spring from Atari and Bedlam Games. Dungeons & Dragons Online is lovely, but I’ve always had a different vision for an online version of Dungeons &…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 22, 2010
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  Call of Duty Publisher’s Accusations Are ‘Deliberate Misdirection,” Rival Says

  Yesterday, Activision accused rival games giant EA of all sort of skullduggery while suing them for $400 million for allegedly trying to “hijack” the Call of Duty franchise. Today, EA fired back. “This is a PR play filled with pettiness and deliberate misdirection,” EA’s head of communications Jeff Brown told Kotaku. “Activision wants to hide…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2010
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  The Year’s Biggest News In One Short Video Game

  Oil in the Gulf. A cat thrown in a garbage bin. Chilean miners rescued. Prince William engaged. Top Gear driver unmasked. This is a very British view of the 10 biggest news stories of the year, turned into video games. The people at NGamer made this interactive montage in Nintendo’s WarioWare D.I.Y. I get most…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  If you were stuck in a cave with E.T. cartridges you’d be unhappy too. Cheer up and talk here about video games. Thanks, verno77, for today’s image. Creative readers, submit yours to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2010
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  Portal 2 In Stores April 21

  Portal 2 will be in stores on April 21, according to a press release from EA today. We’ve known the game is coming out the week of April 18. Now we’ve got a date.

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2010
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  Warning: Wii Wheel Used For Real Driving

  Do not melt your Wii Wheel into a hunk of more useless plastic yet. Brave inventors have found a way to make the Wii Wheel steer… what’s this? A small car? Hooray! kurukuru Kart [Vimeo]

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2010
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  Mmmm…Airplane Food

  To: Totilo From: Bash RE: No Lost Zelda Here Happy to be in Texas. Happy to no longer be eating airplane food. What you missed last night The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide to Activision Vs. Infinity Ward PlayStation Ad Banned For Being Too Violent Why There Are Coins In Super Mario Bros. Call Of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  2010 Is Very Good For The PS3

  This year is apparently being pretty good for Sony. That means more folks are taking the plunge and picking up PS3s. What does that mean? According to Kaz Hirai, who heads up Sony Computer Entertainment, the Tokyo-based game company looks to be on target to sell 15 million PS3 consoles this year. The recently released…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  Wii Fit Helped This Woman Do More Than Exercise

  Eighteen months ago, Jo Collinge was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, which attacks the nervous system. Collinge had difficulty walking. And then, she started playing Wii Fit. For 45 minutes a day, the business analyst played Wii Fit boxing, did step aerobics and the hula hoop mini-game. She tells The Sun that she saw a “massive…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  Sad, But True

  As seen on I Love Charts, via Infinite Lives

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010
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  PlayStation Ad Banned For Being Too Violent

  A British print advertisement for the PlayStation Move controller is banned in the United Kingdom, after a whopping eight people issued formal complaints. The ad, which shows a man about to punch another man he has in a headlock, was deemed by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority to be too much for public consumption, on the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010
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  Final Fantasy Illustrator Finally Making Feature Film Debut

  There is one man who best represents the look of the entire Final Fantasy franchise and that man is Yoshitaka Amano. Whether it be character design, art or logos, Amano’s left his mark on the series. Next up, his own anime. Amano is helming his debut anime, called Deva Zan. This isn’t his first fortray…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  Why Some People Don’t Make Games Based On Real Wars

  Sion Lenton, a developer who worked on the latest Operation: Flashpoint game, gives us a “food for thought” moment in the debate over whether video games should depict real-world conflicts or not.

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010
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  Now You See Chinese Gundam, Now You Don’t

  Well, that was quick. After being constructed earlier this month, the large 15-meter mecha constructed at China’s Floraland Park came under fire for looking a little too much like the life-sized RX-78 Gundam first erected in Japan in 2009. The Chinese theme park denied those claims, saying the statue was based on an original design.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  What Really Motivates Master Chief

  Artist Matthew Davis did this while studying at Middle Tennessee State University, as part of a range of pieces “[focusing] on desensitization from different forms of media we are subjected to on a regular basis”. It’s a catchy slogan, one that could work as well for an official endorsement of the game (or the product)…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010
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  Why There Are Coins In Super Mario Bros.

  One of gaming’s most iconic in-game items are Super Mario Bros’ coins. But why coins? Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto admits that fruits were also a good choice, but tells Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that other items might confuse players, causing them to run away. “Thus, when we were thinking about something that anybody would look…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  Game & Watch? More Like Sonic & Watch

  It’s holiday season, but if you’re like us, you may still be at work. What you need in that case is something to pass the time on an office computer. Something like, oh, a Game & Watch version of Sonic. Egg & Watch, by Newgrounds user Elratauru, takes the very first boss battle from the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010
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  A Week (Or So) In Comments

  Tokyo Says “Sayonara” To Freedom Of Speech? Comment by: GunFlame: Digivolve into Wargunflamemon Nominated by: Helba: Hubris is Humorous. It’s just another one of those reflex actions that seem to be the norm in politics. They want to get support of the majority, the majority wants protections, and usually if they want protection it’s because…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010
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  Charity Game Bundle Makes Over $1 Million [Update]

  The first Humble Indie Bundle, a collection of games discounted in the name of charity, made $1.2 million in sales earlier in the year. The second bundle has already surpassed that tally. At time of posting, the Humble Indie Bundle 2 has made $1.3 million, with proceeds split between the developers, promoters, Electronic Frontier Foundation…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010
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  Minecraft’s Music Video Debut Scores Over 9000!

  Hipster darling and Kotaku reader Armand Mirpour’s latest music video features a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it one of PC’s most popular games, Minecraft. Mirpour’s a big gamer, saying, “I really enjoy video games! Super Smash Bros.in particular.” And he loves Dragonball, adding, “I’ve seen all the episodes, read the manga twice and watched all of the stand alone…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 22, 2010