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Massive EVE Online Battle Destroys Nearly $300,000 Worth of Spaceships
Yesterday’s humongous space battle in EVE Online—by far the largest in the 10-year history of the spacefaring MMO—is estimated to have destroyed roughly $284,000 worth of war materiel. That is a real-world value, too. The fighting got so big that the Associated Press sent a war correspondent.
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Final Fantasy XIV Named Most Disability Accessible Game Of 2013
You might have a hard time playing Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn if you’re new to the massively multiplayer online role-playing scene, but physical disability won’t get in your way. The AbleGamers foundation has awarded Square Enix’s well-received redux its Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year award. I felt Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm…
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The Super Bowl Ends With a Safety, Says Tecmo Super Bowl
Yesterday Madden NFL 25 gave its prediction for Super Bowl Ex El Vee Eye Eye Eye, handing it to Denver, 31-28, on a field goal in overtime. Today, the guys keeping alive 1991’s Tecmo Super Bowl offered their own version of events: another OT game, with Denver winning on a goddamn safety You can see…
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Google Sure Asks Great Video Game Questions
Google can be a treasure trove of information, both intentional and accidental. But nothing is weirder and more revealing about the world than the crowd-sourced questions that Google autocompletes in your search bar. Here are just a few of the most popular questions about video game characters (according to Google): But this isn’t over: If…
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This is Star Wars: Assault Team, coming this spring to Android, iOS and Windows 8 devices. What is it? Not a clue. All we’ve got is this image from the official Star Wars Twitter. I’m thinking free-to-play collectible card game. As long as it’s better than Star Wars: Force Collection I’m game.
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Former SNL Star Has Some Killer Star Wars Impressions
Bill Hader has spent a sufficient amount of time as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he can do lots of impressions. But, still, I’m not sure I was prepared for his Jabba. Damn. The actor/comedian appeared on Conan O’Brien’s show last night and Conan just…
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Trucker Drives Off With 144 Xboxes, Gets Caught Trying to Flee Country
NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Whether he was taking advantage of a loading dock mistake or had someone helping on the inside, police here say a trucker from New Jersey drove away with 144 Xbox 360s and then sold them off. He was extradited this week after he was arrested trying to flee the country. Jean W.…
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They’ve Turned A Classic JRPG Into An Always-Online, Free-To-Play Joke
Last week Namco Bandai quietly released the English version of classic 1995 JRPG Tales of Phantasia onto iTunes. It’s just like the fully-voiced PSP version of the game, only with sloppy touch controls, in-app purchases, fewer save points and an always-online requirement. Can we not do this? I am all for publishers bringing classic games…
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Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: The (Hilarious) Story of A Breakup Thanks To Gaming • My First Game Jam, And The Best Learning Experience I’ve Ever Had • On Social Anxiety, Solitude and Multiplayer Shooters TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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The Honest Guide to DayZ
Forming squads, gearing up and taking down zombies. That’s what DayZ is all about, right? Well, not entirely. Falling off ladders, dying from rotten bananas and being chased by zombies that can walk through walls, while trying to find players nearby? That’s more like it! Here’s an animated (and slightly NSFW) guide to DayZ from…
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The First Three Minutes of BioShock Infinite’s Next DLC
BioShock dev Irrational Games have revealed the introductory cutscene to the next installment of their expansion to BioShock Infinite, Burial at Sea. Give it a watch above, but if you haven’t played chapter one, mind the spoilers. Both in the video and the post. As you can see, we’ll be taking control of Elizabeth this…
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The open world zombie survival MMO Rust must be one of those games, where shooting someone will not just freak out the victim, but also the shooter himself, thanks to glitches like this above. Maybe Clayface-physics are Rust‘s answer to the zombies in DayZ that can walk through walls and floors. Dayshot is an image-based…
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First Look at the Sly Cooper Movie [UPDATE: Trailer Available]
Yes, there is a Sly Cooper movie on the way, apparently. It’s coming out in 2016*. And it will feature the return of Sly’s nemesis, Clockwerk. The movie will be penned and directed by Kevin Munroe, the guy behind 2007’s TMNT, with the animation being handled by Rainmaker and Blockade Entertainment, who are also currently…
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Here’s a closer look at the Shadowrun RPG’s upcoming expansion, Dragonfall, courtesy of a new trailer. The Kickstarter update also mentions two other things: first, the expansion’s release date has been pushed back to February 27, and second, the much-anticipated Quicksave patch is already live for the original game.
By András Neltz
