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Ragnarok Online‘s Little Mobile Friend Launches Next Month
Ragnarok Online, Gravity Co.’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game, has been going strong for more than a decade, driven by the free-to-play model, simple gameplay and adorable 2D anime character sprites. Next month those cute little bastards get even smaller with the release of Ragnarok Online: Valkyrie Uprising for Android and iOS devices. Already released…
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Madden, Right In 7 of Its Last 9 Picks, Says Baltimore Wins Super Bowl XLVII
Madden NFL 13 says the Baltimore Ravens will claim their second Super Bowl championship on Sunday, 27-24, handing San Francisco its first defeat in six visits to the NFL’s title game. As you can see in this video above, EA Sports’ annual simulation this year came down to a last minute drive. Facing third down…
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Bringing Chinese Games to the West Is a Lot Harder Than You’d Think
Every time I visit Hong Kong or Taipei, I notice that more and more console games are being translated for the Chinese market. Be it English to Chinese or Japanese to Chinese, it seems much of the focus is now on creating games that the Chinese can play. On the flip side, Chinese game companies…
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Bungie Replaces a Defective Disc It Didn’t Manufacture of a Game It Didn’t Make
The secret to good customer service is not necessarily that the customer is always right. It’s in pretending he is always right. While, of course, pointing out he may, in fact, be wrong. Politely. Here, Bungie takes one for the Halo team, despite the fact it parted ways in 2011 with the franchise it created.…
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Wrestling Faces a Long Comeback After THQ’s Bankruptcy
If there’s truth in advertising, then three weeks ago, 2K Sports was looking at changing its name to the singular form. Major League Baseball 2K was justifiably believed to be a dead series; the company had canceled online support for legacy titles like All-Pro Football 2K8, College Hoops 2K8 and Top Spin 4. Outside of…
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Europe Ungrateful for Slower, More Authentic Version of Balloon Fight on Wii U
Beginning with Balloon Fight this week, Nintendo is releasing NES and SNES console classics over a new Virtual Console for the Wii U. Eurogamer noticed that the NES version of Balloon Fight in the EU runs slower—50 Hz compared to 60 Hz for the NTSC version of the game we get here in the U.S..…
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This Video Shows You What a 2,800-Player Battle Looks Like in EVE Online
This morning, Reddit user Itsatrapski posted several images of a major battle—like 2,800 players—raging in the space MMO EVE Online today. YouTube user deusxverra followed with this video capture of the battle, described as terribly one-sided, so you can get an idea of what this conflict looks like in real time. WTF was going on?…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Dildover
On Thursday, THQ president Jason Rubin clocked out with his cock out. This purple dildo he’s shouldering was a notorious premium/gag promoting Saints Row The Third, which now is in the hands of Deep Silver following THQ’s liquidation on Wednesday. You know what this means: ‘Shop Contest! What, you need instructions? That’s the image. You…
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End the Shame: Commit to ‘Four in February’
My colleague Mike Suszek of Joystiq, with whom I appear bi-weekly on the Press Row Podcast discussing sports video games, has begun an initiative to help many face down their Piles of Shame: Four in February. The goal: Beat four video games in the month of February. That’s it. It’s kind of like National Novel…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Torso Distortion: The Winners
Dead Island‘s meatheaded special edition premium—a butchered big-boobed torso—provided the laughs for this week’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Among the finalists inside you will find Manti Te’o, the Major Award, Chewbacca (a very, very close runner up) and overall winner Nude_Eskimo! BigMike McCarthy billysan Docherty iconoclast24 Nude_Eskimo Pan_1da7 robish.w sciteach sciteach (again) Sr.Muffin theRealBlitzFire911 VanguardRose WellbutrinXL300
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This Startup’s New Hire Application is a Custom Portal Level
Those wanting to work for WibiData better have impeccable Portal problem solving skills. Part of the application process for the San Francisco tech startup involves completing a custom level, based on the company’s offices, says the New York Times A teaser of the custom level can be seen above. WibiData, a computer engineering firm, created…
By Owen Good
