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Martian Manhunter and John Stewart Are Coming to Injustice
Long anticipated—practically since the game’s release—Martian Manhunter was at last confirmed for Injustice: Gods Among Us as a downloadable addition to the fighting game’s roster, along with a John Stewart Green Lantern skin. NetherRealm Studios announced the new fighters at EVO 2013 today. When Injustice polled fans for their preferences for additional fighters back in…
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Custom Difficulty Gives an Honest Challenge—and Leaves Time to Rally
I move through the stages of difficulty in a sports video game like the stages of grief. Expert, Pro, Hard, Medium and Easy might as well be named Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. In the past, I’ve started somewhere between anger and depression before moving on to acceptance. A couple weeks ago, Forza Horizon‘s…
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Happy 30th Birthday to Video Gaming’s Most Famous Brother
Today, according to Nintendo, is Luigi’s 30th birthday. The company says Mario Bros.—which introduced Mario’s taller sibling—was released July 14, 1983—a day before the Famicom console launched in Japan. Strangely enough, I have a vivid memory of this game’s debut. My family was on vacation in August 1983, going up the Eastern Seaboard. I actually…
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Valve Opens ‘Pipeline’ to High Schoolers Interested in Making Games
Valve, makers of 2007’s Half Life 2: Episode 2, is reaching out to teenagers interested in games development through “Pipeline,” a program being administered by the company’s own interns. “[W]e are frequently asked questions by teenagers about the videogame industry,” Valve wrote on the project’s Web site. “‘What is it like to work on videogames?…
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The Life. Love. Game Design Challenge to increase awareness of teen dating violence has named its winners. The contest is run by Jennifer Ann’s Group, founded in memory of Jennifer Crecente, the niece of former Kotaku editor-in-chief Brian Crecente. She was murdered by a classmate the day after Valentine’s Day in 2006.
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Grand Theft A-Hole
We had a thin week for timely exploitables, but this piece of art from Grand Theft Auto V caught my eye. It’s like it was made for the ‘Shop Contest, and it’s your challenge this week. The sister is almost totally unobstructed, as is our surly gamer up front, and his head is easily swappable…
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Bohemia Interactive, makers of ArmA II, has reset all of its user’s passwords in light of a security breach that exposed their login details. Bohemia assures that no credit card information was involved in the breach, and that the passwords themselves were encrypted. Still, users must request a new one here.
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Watch EVO 2013 Streamed Live, Right Here
The Road to EVO—a series of tournaments leading up to the biggest fighting game tournament of the year—is coming to a decisive close. It’s time for the Evolution 2013 tournament, which starts today in Las Vegas, and we’re here to serve you all of the livestreams available to make you feel like you’re sitting right…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Let’s Make a Deal: The Winners
Who knew at the time, really? The business was so new, the fame so fleeting, no one could possible anticipate that Don Mattrick (above, right) would go from teenage video game whiz kid to, someday, the subject of the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. At last that honor has arrived, courtesy of overall winner arniejolt! To recap,…
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Street Fighter IV Getting Five More Characters, One Never Seen Before
From EVO 2013 comes news that Street Fighter IV‘s next update will deliver four new characters—and a fifth never before seen in the series. Rolento, Elena, Hugo and Poison will join the roster, plus an unnanounced fifth fighter. The characters, plus six stages and the usual complement of adjustments and balances, will come to PS3,…
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Sony Won’t Appeal Fine Related to 2011 PSN Hack
Sony has abandoned its appeal of the fine assessed by the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office for negligence in the infamous 2011 breach of users’ information that brought down all of PlayStation Network for more than a month. In January, the ICO assessed Sony a £250,000 penalty which … subtract 32 … multiply by 5 ……
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What in God’s Name is Tekken Revolution Doing With Its Roster?
Tekken 3, way back in 1997, had plans to include a new animal character in the fighter roster—a salmon. It was quickly judged too ridiculous to justify a $1-per-play cost in an arcade. Well, Tekken Revolution is taking suggestions for new characters, and the fish is one of them. And the others are even weirder.…
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Sex Bet on Wii Game Ends With Mountie Shooting His Wife
You can’t write headlines much weirder than that, but it is not in dispute that Keith Wiens, a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, shot and killed his common-law wife after she demanded that he pay up—in foreplay, evidently—for losing to her in a Wii game. Wiens told a jury in British Columbia that he…
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The Best of Kotaku, The Week of July 8th
Oh, hello weekend. How I’ve longed for you. If you’re just catching up on some gaming news and Kotaku articles, you can see my round-up of the highlights over at Kotaku Selects. This week included GTA V new trailer day, as well as Ash’s amazing photoshop post, so there’s definitely some fun stuff in there…
By Tina Amini
