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Medal of Honor Preorder Said to Offer Beta Access to Battlefield 4
Briefly listed, then quickly replaced, was a billboard on Electronic Arts’ own Origin store saying that a preorder for Medal of Honor: Warfighter included “exclusive Battlefield 4 Beta Access.” It’s not mindblowing that there would be a Battlefield 4—the president of EA Labels, Frank Gibeau, himself referred to Battlefield 4 as far back as November.…
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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. First up is the image above. Imagine you’re an everyday dude, mowing his lawn. How confusing/awesome would these discoveries be? Unfortunately you can’t buy the shirt anymore, but you can still gaze at the pretty image, which was found…
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Holy Crap, Is There a Lot of Stuff in Street Fighter‘s $150 Anniversary Edition—for PS3
The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set releases on Sept. 18, and both its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions are a deluxe-o package featuring four full Street Fighter games and a slew of other goodies. The PlayStation 3 version, however, packs in four more games (all three Street Fighter Alpha games as PSOne Classics,…
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Ladders, Knives, and Kids Really Can Be Pretty Ridiculous in Call of Duty
It’s true: the guy with the knife always has far more power than he should. And a handgun is just as effective as a well-placed sniper rifle, when it needs to be. And then, of course, there are the difficulties posed by that incredibly complex piece of equipment, the ladder. You don’t have to be…
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Comic-Con 2012: The Swag Escalates
On the second day of Comic-Con my true love let me buy… a ton of relatively useless but shiny and pretty things. You may have survived day one but nothing can prepare you for Comic-Con Swag Day Two: The Swaggening. My budget has been met, and exceeded by no small amount. I blame everyone else…
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This Sure Looks Like the Next PlayStation 3
A series of photos attributed to a filing with the Brazilian equivalent of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears to give the first look at the case of a redesigned “superslim” PlayStation 3, which last week was rumored to be in manufacturing by Sony. The Brazilian site Tecnoblog reports that the unit’s model number in…
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My Little Pony, Comic-Con Ponies
With two high demand show exclusives on the floor and a giant Pinkie Pie on the floor, My Little Pony is a major force at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Will Hasbro use this power for good, or for evil? I suppose that all depends on who you ask. As I attempted to take a…
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The Indie Game Section of Comic-Con, Conveniently Located Near the Cookie Stand
After relaxing with a $2.50 cookie and a $4.00 Coke at the back corner of hall A at San Diego Comic-Con, be sure to stop by the expansive booth of indie developer Exploding Rabbit, the makers of the ever-interesting Super Mario Bros. Crossover. Try to get there before the battery power runs out. On a…
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Like Diablo? Like Marvel Super Heroes? Then You’ll Love This
Gazillion Entertainment has been bugging me to try out their upcoming free-to-play Marvel Heroes MMO for months now. If they had just come out and told me it was Marvel Diablo, I would have gotten around to it much sooner. I, along with thousands of Marvel fans, got my first taste of Marvel Heroes today…
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These are the Best Explanations Yet for NCAA and Madden‘s Ratings
Some attribute ratings are easily understood, if not self explanatory: Speed. Agility. Strength. Others, you’re often left guessing what’s really going on: Trucking? Finesse Move? Press? Bowling Green alumnus and Mid-American Conference ambassador Matt Sussman, also a longtime friend of Deadspin, went looking for the league’s best player in each category and ended up writing…
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Here’s Your First Look at Penn State’s New Head Coach on the Sidelines
Depicting college head coaches in NCAA Football is as much of a cat-and-mouse game of subtlety and implication as it is representing “real” players. That’s not to say Penn State’s sideline boss hasn’t undergone some significant changes between NCAA Football 12 and NCAA Football 13. NCAA Football celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Until this…
By Owen Good
