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New Modern Warfare Matchmaking Service Will “Definitely” Reshape PC Community
In a webcast this morning, Robert Bowling revealed the existence of IWNet, a matchmaking service Infinity Ward will operate beginning with Modern Warfare 2. But it ends dedicated servers, and fundamentally changes the culture of the game’s PC community. Bowling, the Infinity Ward community manager, said IWNet makes multiplayer more accessible to the PC community…
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Mass Effect 2 is NOT Coming to the PS3
The BioWare community manager whose comments in Poland (pictured) led some to believe Mass Effect 2 would be coming to the PS3 has corrected his statements. Mass Effect 2 is still a PC and Xbox 360 release only. Jay Watamaniuk, the community manager involved, posted the following yesterday afternoon in the BioWare forums: There is…
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A First Look at the Gameplay in NCAA Basketball 10
Just in time for Midnight Madness – when NCAA men’s basketball teams can begin practice – comes the first gameplay video featuring the two announcing teams in this year’s NCAA Basketball 10. Unfortunately, CBS’s Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery are a bit thin and generic in their commentary – but in their first year, it’s…
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BioWare Announces Browser-Based Dragon Age Prequel
Calling it “a collaboration between EA 2D, BioWare, and some of the hottest indie talent from the flash developer community,” BioWare has announced the browser-based Dragon Age: Journeys, which will serve as a prequel to the upcoming Dragon Age: Origins. EA 2D’s Ethan Levy unveiled the game in a post on Wednesday; he did not…
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Forced to Strip: How Games Might Teach Us More About Sex
The upcoming Heavy Rain features a sequence in which its female protagonist is forced to strip for a disgusting mob boss. It’s sex but it’s not sexy, and it moves the needle for games teaching us to differentiate the two. Writing for PopMatters, G. Christopher Williams picked up on an interview with Quantic Dream, the…
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FourZeroTwo: Modern Warfare 2 is Not Delayed on PC
From Robert Bowling’s Twitter, good news for PC gamers – “No delay on PC for Modern Warfare 2,” says the Infinity Ward community manager, debunking earlier rumors that it was on hold for two weeks past its original drop date. Furthermore: “You’ll also have Prestige Mode in PC as well as lots of Steam support,”…
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Re-Creating a Stadium Before Its First Pitch is Thrown
Brendan Harris’ groundout to end Minnesota’s American League Divisional Series with New York started a 171-day clock until the christening of the Twins’ new ballpark, Target Field. Sony’s MLB The Show will have to have the grounds ready much sooner. New stadium construction is not just a problem knotting up state legislatures and city councils.…
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Weekend Coupons: The Known and Unknown
Today’s coupons roundup contains a bunch of reminders of ongoing sales you may have heard about. They might not be breaking news, but they’re definitely where you should be looking first if you’re looking for new games. Hardware • Technically not a sale, although the $349.99, 250 GB PS3 Slim could be construed as getting…
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Kotaku Originals: Straight, No Chaser
This week, Totilo introduced the concept of a chaser, a fantastic idea. Follow an intense game with a 30 minute decompression of something light. Similarly, here’s a week’s news, soon to be followed by 48 hours of good times. Enjoy. Reviews, Previews, Impressions and Hands-On The Saboteur Impressions: It’s Not Just Black And White Axel…
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Balloon Boy Game Announced for PC Worldwide
Yesterday we explored the crossover between balloons in the news and video games. Today, certifying the saga of Balloon Boy as a true news event, someone made a flash game out of it – a flash-based side-scroller anyone can enjoy. Balloon Boy will test your knowledge of rudimentary game physics as you decide which gulls…
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Unauthorized Memory Units Won’t Work in Next 360 Update
Unauthorized memory units are verböten under the next dashboard update to Xbox Live, which isn’t of mainstream concern right now, but will be to those participating in the Xbox Live Preview Program. Says Major Nelson, the Xbox Live community guru: When Preview Program members start receiving the Xbox 360 system update next week, one of…
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A Few Words from Some Sentimental and Semicöherent Legends …
‘You’ve got a lot of people who’ve proposed a lot of side projects,” says Mötorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, “and this is one I thought was a good idea.” With that endörsement, plus Ozzy’s, how the fü— could this be wrong?
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Get Your Psylocke On In New Marvel: Ultimate Alliance DLC
Carnage was pretty cool, but I’m really glad Psylocke’s getting a shot at Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I think my favorite Psylocke moment is when she breaks up with Archangel because they’re “too different.” I mean, come on — that’s lamer than the “I think we should see other people” breakup line. Especially so because…
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Early Play on Illegit Forza, Borderlands Resulting in Permabans
Illegitimately obtained early copies of Forza Motorsport 3 or Borderlands, being played online over Xbox Live, have resulted in permabans for the accounts of offending players, Microsoft has confirmed. The Microsoft chief of police Stephen Toulouse has said that his enforcement team is inspecting early play and applying permabans only to those with illegitimately obtained…
By Owen Good