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What Can Kotaku Tell Me About These Tales of Graces Vids?
Dear Japanese role-playing game gods, let Namco Bandai bring Tales of Graces to the US soon. I need to get the lingering yuck of Dawn of the New World out of my Wii. Video Games | Tales of Graces | TGS 09: Japanese Old Tree Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Regrettably…
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Hey, I Got a Tesla Roadster!
In Micro Machine Hot Wheels form! I can’t say too much about the Dark Void event held at a Tesla Motors dealership last night — but luckily I don’t have to. The Dark Void community site’s got it covered. Check out their video for info on how you could win an actual Tesla Roadster via…
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Going Indie — A New Developer Tactic?
After getting a look at developer Arkedo’s new venture today, CEO Camille Guermonprez told me something very, very interesting: more published devs might go indie. “Pro studios looking at this marketplace with growing interest,” he said in an email. “I know quite a few French studios for instance (but also some US and Canadian ones),…
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Double the Presentation in NCAA Hoops 10
No lie, the inclusion of CBS’s announcers and graphics package with ESPN’s for NCAA Basketball 10 fires me up. A dual-network presentation agreement is unprecedented, and EA Sports‘ development blog gives a little more insight into the effort that required. More than just table overlays and title graphics, EA Sports is including signature wipes and…
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UncategorizedYou Wish You Had Lil Weezy’s Xbox
Calling all XBL cops, be on lookout for one rapper, Lil Wayne aka Lil Weezy, who fessed up in this clip to owning an Xbox 360 containing not just “every game ever created” but also “every porno.” Flashed, modded or whatever, we doubt there’s a hard drive large enough to truly hold all of that…
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Dev Defends Valve From Conflict-of-Interest Criticism
Ostensibly the kind of small games studio that Valve exploits, according to the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s controversial remarks last week, Tripwire Interactive told Gamasutra that it wouldn’t exist without Valve’s muscular presence in the PC sector. Unlike “terrible” proposals that the Tripwire president John Gibson received in shopping Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 to publishers,…
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Texas Test-Market Opens for Rapture-Ready PC Games
Christian-themed PC games like Left Behind and the Charlie Church Mouse series are now available in – where else – Walmarts in – where else – Texas thanks to an agreement between the retailer and publisher Inspired Media Entertainment. InspiredMedia d/b/a Left Behind Games Inc., worked out the pilot release of its titles in 100…
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ESRB Clarifies PSP Minis Rating Costs
A story Friday discussed the development costs of an indie game for the PSP versus the iPhone. While getting an ESRB rating does cost money, the board reminds that a different rate structure will likely apply to PSP Minis titles. ESRB spokesman Eliot Mizrachi contacted Kotaku to remind that the ratings authority has a different…
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The Lady is a Spider in Dragon Age: Origins
Not to say Demerol, or whatever its name is, is a patriarchal society, but when the humans send two dudes and two females to go hike up K2, guess who’s not going to be fully dressed for the weather. Oh, they’re not just there for eye candy. While one woman headshots orc zombies with her…
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