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The Taipei Game Show Is Looking To Go International
TGS, no not the Tokyo Game Show, but instead the Taipei Game Show is closing today in Taipei, Taiwan. In its 10th year the Taipei Game Show is looking to attract more visitors by becoming more international. Companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment and Mircrosoft have set up large booths to show off their latest…
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Street Cred
Street Cred | “In response to your latest post of the Mega Man collection, thought I’d share with you photos of my Street Fighter game collection,” says reader Clarence L. “All games are NTSC-1. Every game, version, variant, demo, cameos, even games with official Street Fighter special moves … all in original packaging.” (submitted photo)…
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GameStops Have PS Vita Demo Units, but Call Before You Head Over to Play One [Update]
Game Informer (owned by GameStop) this weekend announced that more than 3,300 GameStop locations in North America have demonstration units of the PS Vita available for people to come by and play. I’d advise calling first to see if your local store is letting it out for everyone to handle. [Update: Monday, 10:44 p.m.] The…
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So, How’d That Half-Life 2 Protest Go?
Earlier this week, tens of thousands of users joined a Steam group dedicated to playing Half-Life 2 on Saturday between 2 and 2:30 p.m. EST, as a demonstration calling on Valve to get its ass in gear and release, or at least officially confirm work on Half-Life 3. How’d it turn out? It was either…
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Reboots on the Ground
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Five Nintendo Series That Need a 3DS Reboot [3DS Buzz] With Kid Icarus: Uprising arriving in March, all-star commenter GiantBoyDetective whips up this argument for…
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Skyrim Super Bowl Sim Says Giants Win in a Rout
Today’s Super Bowl between the Giants and the Patriots won’t be much of a contest, if 1Up’s simulation of 11 giants versus 11 Stormcloak patriots is any indication. Look for a lot of career-ending injuries late in the game. The Giants pounded the patriots with a relentless pass rush, though they were briefly stopped cold…
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Skullgirls Isn’t Just a 2D Fighter, It has a Story, Too
Skullgirls, Revenge Labs downloadable game coming sometime soon (“early 2012” is the latest word) on PSN and Xbox Live, is a 2D fighter with a heavy multiplayer component. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a story explaining who its characters are, how they acquired their skills and powers, and just what the heck “Skullgirl” means,…
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Tebow Time
Our Super Bowl Sunday edition comes, astonishingly, by request. Yes, folks, you saw that picture of the Denver Broncos’ Tim Tebow at Madden Bowl XVIII and demanded it be the source image for the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Who am I to argue with the wisdom of the crowd? If the NFL’s best and brightest are…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Today we kick off Kotaku’s eight-hour Super Bowl coverage with the Edge NFL Blitz Insider Sports Talk Amongst Yourselves Report Presented By TD Waterhouse and Driven by Bud Light. And now we’ll throw it to our analysts. What do you see here? We need you to say some falsely wise cliché-strewn bullshit with all the…
By Owen Good
