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Games Beat Books 2:1 On Kindle’s Sales Chart
Here’s a curiosity: Over the past 90 days, eight of the top 12 sellers in the Kindle Store – including all of the top six – are games, dusting President George W. Bush’s memoir and heavyweight writers like John Grisham. Now, they aren’t the games that necessarily fire up you or me – Mahjohng, Sudoku…
By Owen Good Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Zelda: A Four Link Adventure
Link turns to the power of the Four Swords and restores peace to Hyrule. Ry Shiu created a amazing tribute illustration to go along with the great game. Related Rampages: Majora Must Die | City of Hyrule | Facing the Dark Self Zelda Four Swords Adventure by Ry Shiu (deviantART) (Facebook)
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
UFC Sues Ubisoft Over Two Words On The Back Of A Bad Game
Two words on the back cover boilerplate of Fighters Uncaged have invited a lawsuit from Dana White and the UFC, which will probably supply a fresh dose of publicity for a game bound for the bargain bin after terrible reviews. “Become the ULTIMATE FIGHTING weapon,” says the back cover of the Ubisoft game, and the…
By Owen Good Published December 10, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Tron: Evolution’s Glow Quickly Fades
Between Disney’s 1982 classic Tron and its flash 2010 sequel lies Tron: Evolution, the video game that seeks to bridge the gap between the two films. This is one shaky bridge. Tron: Evolution puts players in the digital shoes of Anon (short for Anonymous), a faceless system monitor that gets caught up in the struggle…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s It Take To Get A Boxer To Return Your Calls?
Arturo Gatti couldn’t make Fight Night Champion. It’s not because he’s dead – so’s Sugar Ray Robinson, and he’s in the game. It’s just that negotiating likeness agreements with boxers is head-bangingly more frustrating than in any other sports game. Answering whining customer complaints about the omission of some fighters – most of them known…
By Owen Good Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s 2010 Game of the Year
As the year wraps up and the last of the big games roll out it’s time to start our debate, the debate about what was the single greatest game of the year. As we did last year, this year we’ve decided to pick a few finalists among us and then debate their merits. These are…
By Brian Crecente Published December 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedAn Office Tour
Date: 12/10/2010 Time: 17:00 Location: New York City If you didn’t have the time to read Kotaku today, here’s your five-minute glimpse. Who Steals Video Game Consoles From Children With Cancer? [Update] A Two-Year-Old Teaches Us How To Play Angry Birds Sharp Shooter Offers Killzone 3 a $40 Crutch How One Developer Cheated His Way…
By Brian Crecente Published December 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedVideo Game Empowers Players To Talk Smack with Gay Stereotypes
Players losing in Heroes of Newerth 2.0 may find that they’ve had their “cherry popped” or taken part in a “three way” if the person they’re playing against purchased the PC game’s “flamboyant” audio pack. [Updated with comment.] The pack replaces the regular announcer’s voice with a lisping effete man’s voice. The phrases used in…
By Brian Crecente Published December 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedMadden The Man On Madden The Game
John Madden does not fly. So when EA Sports convened with the namesake of their NFL title, they went to him, in Pleasanton, Calif. The studio invited USA Today for a look at what was discussed and next year’s priorities. There’s a lot of history and retrospective in this video, which we’ve covered before, but…
By Owen Good Published December 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Ugly Fantasies Of Revenge
Beyond Holocaust museums, Holocaust documentaries, and Holocaust action movies we now have the Holocaust first-person shooter. This is our chance to virtually be an escaped Jewish prisoner of Auschwitz, heavily armed, with hundreds of Nazis in our sights. Catharsis? Sonderkommando Revolt, the grisly new Israeli video game that coarsely recreates a rebellion in World War…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Monstrous Monster Hunter Sales Helps PSP Strike Black
PSP phenom Monster Hunter Portable 3rd made a huge splash in Japan during its first week on sale, moving close to two million copies in just a few days. What did that mean for the PlayStation Portable? Another 323,000 PSPs in the hands of Japanese gamers, that’s what. Sony’s handheld gaming machine and the latest…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
This is Where Minecraft Is Made
Minecraft creator Notch gives us a peek inside the offices of Mojang Specifications, where Jens Bergensten (left), Daniel Kaplan (middle), and visitor Martin Jonasson are hard at work watching the Starcraft 2 semifinal, as seen on The Word of Notch Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Machiavellian Plot Hidden In A Blockbuster Video Game
Jeffrey Yohalem wanted the blockbuster video game he wrote this year to be different. He wanted Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood to say something about the world today, if he could get away with it. Although few people expect blockbuster video games to carry political messages or weighty ideas, the 27-year-old Yohalem wanted the game to go…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Will Be A Battle For Earth
A listing for Mass Effect 3 popped up on the EA online store today, and a plot description describes a fight to take back planet Earth. The listing for the PC version of the game was spotted by gaming blog Destructoid today. The official summary on EA’s store states: Earth is burning. Striking from beyond…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2010 -
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Concentration Camp Game Was Meant To Be ‘Fun’
The developers of Sonderkommando Revolt, the video game set amidst a violent prisoner uprising in a Nazi concentration camp, reads like exploitative revenge fantasy. But its creator says the team behind the first-person shooter makes no political statement and has no agenda. It’s “blast the Nazis fun,” its maker says. Sonderkommando Revolt project lead Maxim…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedPuzzle Quest 2 Welcomes Tiny Fingers
Namco brings the sequel to the original role-puzzling game to the iPhone, and while Puzzle Quest 2’s engaging gameplay is intact, the controls are a little on the tiny side. I played the original Puzzle Quest on every available platform, and now I seem to be doing the same with Puzzle Quest 2. So far…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Readying A Slimmer, Lighter, Dual-Camera iPad
According to sources within Apple’s component supply chain the company is gearing up to introduce a new version of the iPad in 2011 that’s slimmer profile and front and back camera will make existing units look like last year’s tech. Speculation about a camera-equipped iPad began almost immediately after Apple introduced the popular tablet device…
By Mike Fahey Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
If things go horribly wrong this weekend, I’ll be playing Solitaire on my iPhone. But if things go ideally, maybe I’ll get to play (or at least see) some Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. We shall see. Sony has some PlayStation 3 event happening in Hollywood this weekend, the day after the Spike TV VGAs, at…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 10, 2010
