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The First Screens of Sour Patch Kids: World Gone Sour Leave a Pleasant Taste In My Mouth
The promise of the sweet and sour Method Man video comes to chewy fruition this spring as Capcom picks up publishing duties for Sour Patch Kids: World Gone Sour for Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and PC. What a ridiculous concept; I must play it. Sure it’s a gigantic candy marketing tool, but it’s…
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Skyrim Patch 1.2 Discreetly Disposes of Dead Wedding Guests
Already available on the PlayStation 3 (though masquerading under the name 2.01), the 1.2 patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is due out for the PC and Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and the plague of marital corpses finally comes to an end. Containing perhaps the most entertaining bug fix listing I’ve seen since they…
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Is “Morning Wood” Really a Map Name in Modern Warfare 3‘s First DLC?
Grain-of-salt territory here, but rumors have it that Modern Warfare 3‘s first set of premium downloadable content will feature five maps entitled “Morning Wood,” “Concrete,” “Park,” “Italy,” and “Overwatch.” The title of the first, and the fact “Overwatch” was a map in Modern Warfare 2, calls for some healthy skepticism. Modern Prestige has what it…
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Get a Sneak Peek at Gears of War 3‘s New Multiplayer Characters
RAAM’s Shadow, the second downloadable extension to Gears of War 3, is due to arrive Dec. 13, but its six new multiplayer skins have already been exposed through the game’s character-selection stage. Kotaku reader Jestin snapped shots of the new skins with his phone camera but says he didn’t try to download them out of…
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The Latest Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Screens Have Nowhere to Hide
Don’t look at me, I’m just as bewildered as many of you are that Sniper: Ghost Warrior did well enough to score a sequel. Perhaps it had something to do with the sexy scenery City Interactive is showing off in the sequel’s screenshots. While I’m a huge proponent for sniping early and often, I just…
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The New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer Proves Square Enix Still Knows How to Make a Scene
While the Final Fantasy name may have lost a bit of its drool-inducing powers over the past two entries in the series, the Final Fantasy XIII-2 cinematic team keep the excitement alive in this latest trailer, “Battle of Valhalla”. If the team behind the sequel to one of the most polarizing entries in the series…
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uDraw Studio Instant Artist Doesn’t Quite Live Up To Its Name
Contrary to what the title led me to believe I was not instantly transformed into an artist upon starting up uDraw Studio Instant Artist, the pack-in software for THQ’s new uDraw Tablet for the Xbox 360. I did, however, manage to record an entire video without drawing one penis. Okay, on my third take I…
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A Children’s Treasury of Insane Throwing-Knife Kills in Modern Warfare 3
Last night we were sent the clip of the insane bank-shot knife kill you see above, courtesy of the unwitting victim felled by it. We have no illusions that this is the first WTF knife kill for a game that’s been out for two weeks, and played by millions online since its release. Another year,…
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‘Significant’ Battlefield 3 Patch Coming to PC Next Week
DICE promises that PC Battlefield 3 owners will see a major client update in the coming week, one that offers better stability, weapons balance, polish and other adjustments built on community feedback since the game’s Oct. 25 release. “Plus we’re removing the so called “negative mouse acceleration” that some of you have experienced,” DICE wrote…
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Infinity Ward Bans 1,600 Modern Warfare 3 Cheaters, Asks What You’re Lookin’ At
Robert Bowling done tole you now son, so don’t sit there and act all surprised-like. Yesterday Bowling, the Infinity Ward creative strategist, tweeted that another 1,600 cheaters have been banned since Four Zero Two promised them a ass-busting back on release day. “Any attempt to cheat, hack, or glitch in #MW3 will not be tolerated.…
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Minecraft on Xbox 360 Promises ‘Innovative New Crafting Interface’
You’ve seen Minecraft‘s Xbox 360 trailer, now see a dozen of its screenshots. Two of them showcase what will be “an innovative new crafting interface,” according to a fact sheet from Microsoft. “A streamlined interface opens at the press of a button, and players can choose from several categories of items to create,” says the…
By Owen Good
