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Screw It, The Game is On
To: Luke From: Owen What the headline said. Though I will add that Jim McMahon’s appearance in the Super Bowl Shuffle spoof ad for Boost Mobile got the first big laugh out of me for this year’s ad slate. This weekend’s highlights: Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Proto-Natal Edition Unsurprisingly, Dante’s Inferno Not Available in Middle East…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Care Packages On The Way for Xbox 360 Modern Warfare
Modern Warfare 2’s “Care Package” patch already has released for PS3 and PC; via Twitter, Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling says it was submitted on Friday to Microsoft for certification on the Xbox 360. The fixes and changes this patch will provide: • Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Grading Madden’s Preseason Predictions
EA Sports is mighty proud that its Madden NFL simulation has correctly predicted the Super Bowl winner all but one time since it’s run the promotion. But how did its predictions for the season, made back in August, turn out? To recap: On Aug. 4, a full month before the first regular-season kickoff, EA announced…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Rapture and Hell
The wait is over for BioShock 2. The viral marketing is over for Dante’s Inferno. 2010 gets its first big head-to-head multiplatform release date. Which one (if any) are you picking up? Star Ocean The Last Hope: International, Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity and Stargate Resistance are other titles highlighting the week. The count:…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top Ten 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. •The 50 Greatest Gaming World Records [Games Radar] When I was nine I decided I would set the world record on Atari 2600 Defender. (The…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII Case Hints at “Game-Content Download”
GameStop posted an image of the rear cover for the Final Fantasy XIII case for Xbox 360, and “game content download” is one of the highlighted features. Is this a confirmation of DLC? Honestly, I’m not sure. (Get a closer, if pixelated, look here) I’ve emailed a Square Enix rep but it’s the weekend. I…
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UncategorizedWhen’s That New Blaster Master Game Available?
That is a good question, my man. How about nowish? Blaster Master Overdrive, announced yesterday, is available via WiiWare beginning Monday. Billed as a “reimagining of the original NES Blaster Master,” Sunsoft’s new game will feature eight stages capped by mutant boss battles, plus upgradable parts for the tank, like a grappling hook and drill.…
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On the Obligations of Video Games
Steve Gaynor, a designer at 2K Marin, understands that he works in an entertainment field, and provides a product nonessential to basic human needs. That doesn’t mean video games – and their makers – have no obligation to the public. News reports frequently mention studies that indicate some benefit to playing video games, whether in…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Proto-Natal Edition
McWhertor begged and pleaded and enlisted readers to get me to put this Johnny Five-looking Project Natal prototype into our latest ‘Shop Contest, and I’ve willingly complied. I don’t think I’m going to find a sillier, timelier starting image. Here is a prototype Project Natal camera, wearing an expression I expect to see on a…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Unsurprisingly, Dante’s Inferno Not Available in Middle East
Electronic Arts has elected not to offer Dante’s Inferno for sale in the Middle East, for reasons that should probably be obvious. That makes three of the first four big action games for 2010 officially unavailable in that region. Note that’s “officially unavailable” because as Arab-language site GamesLatest notes, bans or other types of restrictions…
By Owen Good
