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Indie Says Atari’s on Warpath Against iPhone Apps with ‘Even a Passing Resemblance’ to Their Old Games
Vector Tanks was around for at least three years on the iTunes App Store and looked a lot like Battlezone the whole time. It isn’t there anymore. Atari recently sent legal papers over to the game’s developer, Black Powder Media, which now warns other indie developers that “anything that has even a passing resemblance to…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Gotham City Impostors‘ January Release Date Was Some Kind of Joke
With the console beta test for Monolith’s downloadable dose of bat on clown violence still ramping up, Warner Bros. has gently pushed the release date for Gotham City Impostors from January into February. Someone notify Julian Day! Releasing simultaneously on Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and PC can’t be easy, so we’ll cut the…
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UncategorizedRob Duncan – Gunfight Epiphany
You probably don’t recognize the name Robert Duncan, just as you might not be aware of the cancelled FX show Terriers for which his song “Gunfight Epiphany” acted as both the opening and closing theme. These are two things I’d really like to rectify. The art of composing music for film and television is often…
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UncategorizedPhantom Breaker Brings a New Flavor of 3D Fighting to North America
A new contender steps into the 2D fighting ring when 7sixty brings Japanese developer 5pb. Games’ brawler Phantom Breaker to the North American Xbox 360 this spring. A mysterious organization in Japan led by someone named Phantom has organized a fighting tournament the grand prize of which is a single wish. That’s as much of…
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UncategorizedBehold the Awesome Power of Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s Moogle
They’re not just about floating about saying “Kupo” anymore. In Final Fantasy XIII-2, many of the game’s most important mechanics are Moogle-powered. I’m not a picky Final Fantasy fan. All I want is a lengthy adventure of some sort and an adorable little floating critter by my side at all times. So I think I’m…
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UncategorizedSony Finds Twelve More Freaky People That Want to Compete for a Crap PlayStation Job
Season 3 of the show so outrageously specific it only airs on a video game console kicks off next month. Let’s see what sort of quality folks Sony’s dredged together for the third season of The Tester As you may recall, we’ve gotten into the horrible habit of live blogging watching episodes of Sony’s reality…
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This Week’s Nintendo Download is Colorful, If Nothing Else
Four games I’ve never heard of form a giant robot of borderline apathy in this week’s exciting episode of the Nintendo Download. Having done the Nintendo Download post for nearly five years now I’ve learned that sometimes Nintendo just has to throw some random crap out into the interwebs to make room for fresh new…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Rift Mobile App is Packed With In-Game Items and Chatty Guildmembers
Massively multiplayer gamers that haven’t taken a break from Trion World’s Rift to go play The Old Republic are a special sort of people. Now you can stay in touch with them via Rift Mobile, a free iOS app that allows players to chat with their friends and win fabulous prizes on the go. Rift…
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Batman? Cole Phelps? Bah! Give Us a Real Detective Game
While games like L.A. Noire and Batman: Arkham Asylum put on a good detective show, are we really detecting anything? Commenter Soleyu describes what a true detective game should be like in today’s elementary edition of Speak Up on Kotaku. I just read about the Sherlock Holmes Series and I’m reminded about my greatest gripe…
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