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UncategorizedBox Scores: Skill Beats Speed Down The Stretch
From Gran Turismo 5 comes our latest game of the week, a race pitting Kotaku reader Icegoat in a roadster overmatched by nearly 150 hp against the rest of the field, “I like a challenge,” writes Icegoat, who ran a BMW Z4 tuned up to 397 horsepower against a field of racers ranging in power…
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UncategorizedFight Night Champion Serves a Standing Eight in the Joint
Anyone old enough to remember Marv Albert on NBC calling a James Scott bout live from Rahway State Prison will want to pay attention to this, the bareknuckle jailhouse fight within the “Champion Mode” of Fight Night Champion. Promised by EA Sports when Champion Mode was first revealed last month, this fight pits protagonist Andre…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Report: Ubisoft Antipiracy Measure No Longer Requires Always-On Net Connection
Beginning with this summer’s release of RUSE, Ubisoft curbed the use of its atrociously executed antipiracy safeguards, which required a constant Internet connection for the game to function. Apparently, an online connection is now only required at startup. PC Gamer reports that the constant DRM checks on games like Assassin’s Creed 2 and Splinter Cell:…
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UncategorizedFallout 3 Tribute Available on Rock Band Store
“Vault 101,” the Fallout 3 ballad by nerd rockers Kirby Krackle, is now available on the Rock Band Store. The download is $1 or 80 Microsoft Points. You can see it performed in-game on the jump. Fallout 3 Tribute Track Rocks Rock Band
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Year In Sports Video Games
Every year in sports has its winners and losers, but in sports video games, the results aren’t about pennants and trophies. And they’re not always clear-cut, either. We expect the routine with sports video games, the only genre consistently delivering sequels on an annual basis. And 2010 was like most years before it, with its…
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UncategorizedMaking Movie Magic In Star Wars: The Old Republic
If I were other massively multiplayer online role-playing games, my New Year’s resolution would be to come up with dialogue and quests half as dynamic as those of BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. Making The Old Republic’s missions as dynamic and cinematic as possible is the job of the cinematic designer. In a blog…
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