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EA Sports Rolls Out Red Carpet for a School Barred From the NCAA 13 Club
The mistaken exclusion of South Alabama, a newcomer to college football’s top division this year, from NCAA Football 13 left EA Sports wiping a crateful of egg from its face back in June. Both USA and the embarrassed label would have to stew for another year, until NCAA 14, before the problem could be solved.…
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Kotaku Shop Contest: Art Restoration—The Winners
All of the art world is abuzz over Caveman Jesus, the kindhearted but totally incompetent “restoration” of a fresco in a Spanish church. Well, if the highway to Hell is paved with good intentions, we’re the road striping crew. So come in and check out Mona Croft, Grand Theft Nighthawks, Hitman Gothic and overall winner…
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Pitfall!‘s Creator Likens His Fame to Being a Child Star
There were a lot of one-hit wonders in the 1980s, but David Crane isn’t one of them. The Activision programmer was behind Decathlon for the Atari 2600, Ghostbusters, one of the first great film-to-game adaptations on PC, and later, A Boy and His Blob. But he’ll forever be known as Pitfall!‘s creator, almost typecast as…
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Get Your Kicks—the Ones Your Player Wears in NBA 2K13
NBA 2K has a great track record of indulging its players’ shoe fetishes, but according to IGN, it’s going even further in NBA 2K13 NBA 2K13 will add deeper customization options for your created player’s footwear, but the big new feature is its integration with the NikeID website. This means not only can you share…
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City of Heroes Takes Its Case to City Hall [Update]
The City of Heroes community has called for a massive demonstration at 5 p.m. EDT in Atlas Park to protest the MMO’s shutdown. [Update] But apparently it’s already begun. That image [h/t mrKetch] shows hundreds now jamming city hall, and reports say the gathering already is large enough to bring down servers. [Second Update] With…
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Yeah, So, About That ‘Easy Mode’ for Dark Souls …
The biggest thing Dark Souls (and spiritual ancestor Demon’s Souls) has going for it is that it’s hard as shit. Suffering through countless deaths to the end is a serious badge of honor. So when the series’ director said earlier this week “I am thinking about whether I should prepare another difficulty that everyone can…
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Spammers and Gold Farmers are Trying to Hack Into Guild Wars 2 Accounts, Says ArenaNet
Hackers armed with email addresses and passwords stolen from other sources are probing Guild Wars 2 accounts to see if they can break in and use the accounts for botting or spamming gold sales, ArenaNet confirmed earlier today. The statement came after many users were notified of attempted logins to their account from locations in…
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NFLer Snubbed by Wrong Photo in Madden Now Gets One Slightly Less Recognizable
Ten days ago, Marcus Thomas decided he’d had enough of being identified by some other Marcus Thomas’ mugshot in Madden NFL and took to Twitter to complain about it. Two days later, he was released by the New York Giants. Well, not only is he looking for work, he’s looking for a face, too. Madden…
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The Moneysaver: Major Release Mayhem
As the major-release machine spins up for its September-to-November finishing kick, NewEgg is guaranteeing $12 off preorders with a coupon good through Sunday, and Toys ‘R’ Us is trying to clear shelf space with a twofer sale on console titles. Borderlands 2, the most pre-ordered game in 2K Games history, is $48, 10 days before…
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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. This week’s best image is a print inspired by Skyrim that you can buy for $65. Or you can get the original for a cool $1,000. Thanks to XombieDIRGE for the find. Moving on to our Best Of content…
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I Just Bought My First Wii Game in More Than a Year. Then Tragedy Struck.
I didn’t play The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. To a role-playing game player like myself, that seems particularly wrong, but I just didn’t feel like digging out all my Wii stuff and going through the motions. My Wii has been hooked up for years now, even managing to survive the theft of nearly everything…
By Mike Fahey
