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Blizzard Boss Defends Former Diablo III Director: ‘I was Ultimately Responsible for the Game’
Earlier this week, Jay Wilson, the director of Diablo III, said he was leaving the title while still remaining at its publisher, Blizzard. There was a lot of cheering in the game’s official forums, because video games are not that different from sports, where fans openly root for people to lose their jobs after a…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Torso Distortion
Well, we had our swing at it, now it’s time for you to step up to the plate. Yep, it pretty much was a lead-pipe lock that when Deep Silver excreted this bad idea earlier in the week, it was going to get the ‘Shop Contest treatment. You don’t have to create severed torsos of…
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EA Exec Says Blaming Sexism is a ‘Cop Out,’ and Doesn’t Explain Why Women Aren’t in More Gaming Jobs
Gabrielle Toledano, Electronic Arts’ chief talent officer, says sexism isn’t what keeps women out of the games industry. “The video game industry is being painted as more sexist than other male-dominated workforces,” she writes in a guest editorial on Forbes.com, “but the issue isn’t just in video games. And it’s not what’s holding us back.”…
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Get in the God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Now, Because It Ends Tomorrow
Wait, God of War: Ascension is having an open multiplayer beta? Holy smokes, no one told me until now. But it’s for real, it’s open to all PlayStation Network users (Plus and otherwise) in North and South America, and will last through tomorrow (3 a.m. Tuesday EST, as the beta closes midnight PST.) Go get…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Googly Eyes: The Winners
Life is more funny with googly eyeballs attached. So are video games. Proving this corollary are the 20 ‘Shop Contest finalists for this week, led by the outstanding retrofan! See them all inside. arniejolt AttorneyAtMusic BernKastel docherty HarveyBent LolMunnchy Odrakir Pan_1da7 ParamedicFoetus pkThunder Psyborg retrofan Shiryu SmacQ Stuky ThatGuyFromTV TheAlmightyZeus theonlyboom toolsoldier xule.outtervoid
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They Said Alan Wake Couldn’t Be Modded; Hello Kitty Says They Were Wrong…
When it released for PC in February 2012, Alan Wake came with no mod tools. Developer Remedy Entertainment said tools wouldn’t be released because of their complexity, and their dependence on third-party tools which would presumably require permissions or licenses. That hasn’t stopped Alan Wake‘s community from hurling itself at the task, which, to change…
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Too Human Wiped From Existence on Xbox Live
In November, a federal judge made the breathtaking order that all copies of Too Human had to be destroyed by its creator, Silicon Knights, as part of a $4 million judgment awarded to Epic Games in a nasty six-year suit-and-countersuit court battle between the two. We now see that this extended also to digital copies…
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THIS IS YOUR GOD (of War: Ascension Trailer) [UPDATE: Demo in February]
Kratos is all out of bubblegum in this singleplayer teaser trailer that Sony released yesterday for God of War: Ascension. It’s billed as a gameplay tease but, of course, with this series, it’s a thin line between pre-render and QTE. God of War: Ascension arrives March 12 on PlayStation 3. [Update:] PlayStation Blog this morning…
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The Moneysaver: Points of (Pre) Order
Microsoft Store has a preorder incentive that actually sounds useful, if you’re looking to get any of the major releases on day one between now and whenever Grand Theft Auto V arrives. Green Man Gaming also is offering a 25 percent off coupon on pre-orders, though the selection is not as deep. These are among…
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The Best Of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Look at BMO up there. So happy amongst his brethren (actually BMO is genderless as far as I know). The picture was made for Game & Graphics’ new BMO shirt Now let’s move on to reading this week’s best…
By Tina Amini
