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The 360’s $50 Price Drop Is For Two New Bundles—But It Isn’t Limited to GameStop
With big thanks to our partners at Dealzon, we know a little more about this $50 price drop on Xbox 360 configurations. The big detail is that the cut isn’t limited to just GameStop. “These are new bundles, supposedly released Oct. 9, and are now selling for $250 at Best Buy, Amazon, and Gamestop, instead…
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Understanding Its Mobs’ Mentality Helps NCAA Football Stand Out in a Crowd
This year, NCAA Football included 24-track audio, pulled from an ESPN broadcast at one of the college football’s biggest stadiums, hosting one of its best rivalries. The “Go Blue” you hear at Michigan Stadium comes through loud and clear any time you play in Ann Arbor, as the Wolverines or a visitor, as it should.…
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ChrisWarcraft’s Weekly NFL Quest, Level Six: Dethrone the Dwarven Tree-Cutter of the Capitol City
Football is a role-playing game. That’s how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, is approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We’re going to chart his progress and see how fast he levels up. At four…
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Deus Ex, Just Cause and Hitman Highlight the $10 “Square Pack” Sale on Amazon
PC gaming value hunters, Amazon is now selling for just $9.99 the “Absolutely Great Square Pack”—Just Cause 1 and 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman: Blood Money, Quantum Conundrum, Supreme Commander 2, and The Last Remnant. The purchase gets you the downloadable version of all games. If each game were sold at itsl MSRP, the…
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The Amazing Spider-Man Arrives on Wii U Next Spring, with All DLC Included
At New York Comic-Con, Beenox—the studio behind The Amazing Spider-Man video game adaptation, said the title would be coming to the Wii U in spring 2013. In addition to new Wii U GamePad functions, the game will sell with all of the downloadable content that has been released so far for the PlayStation 3 and…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Comic-Con Cosplay Extravaganza
We’re giving you back the old ‘Shop Contest. We’ve been splitting the exploitables off from the forum in which new entries have been posted, but a lot of this feature’s popularity, over the past three years, has been in seeing both the new challenge subject and everyone’s responses all in one place. So we’re bringing…
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Flash Version of Mega Man Xover is a Withering Rebuke, From the Series’ Biggest Fans
The Rockman/Mega Man franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary in December, and I can’t imagine a cheerful observance is coming for the hardcore fans of one of video gaming’s cornerstone franchises. They’ve been upset ever since last year’s heavy-handed cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 for the 3DS, a game which had asked for community input…
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The Xbox 360 Gets a $50 Price Cut at GameStop Beginning Tomorrow [UPDATE]
Kotaku has heard from a source that, beginning tomorrow, the Xbox 360’s 250GB configuration, and the 4GB bundle that includes the Kinect sensor, will both get $50 price cuts at GameStop. UPDATE: Our source says the drop is all versions of the 360, at least at GameStop. The 4GB 360 goes down to $150, the…
By Owen Good
