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See Mecha Pac-Man and Fat Mega Man Beat Ass Galore in Street Fighter X Tekken
We’ve known for a while that Kuro and Toro, the Sony cat mascots, would find their way into Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Cole McGrath from inFamous. The inclusion of classic (i.e. shitty) box art Mega Man and Pac-Man also weren’t much of a mystery, but their appearance is confirmed in this video, along with…
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Blizzard Selling World of Warcraft Server Blades, for a Good Cause
More than 350 retired server blades—the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft‘s virtual realms—are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Having taken the servers offline, Blizzard is giving them an honorable discharge and offering their parts to collectors and/or those whose characters may…
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Nintendo Network Announced; Digital Distribution of Games Envisioned
Hinted at in the boxshot of a 3DS game last week, the Nintendo Network was formally announced by the Japanese games maker today in a meeting with investors. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the service will offer features different from the Wi-Fi Connection supporting its current Wii and DS hardware, and is seen as a…
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Got an Indie Game Idea You Want to Pitch? Get on the Bus
If your typical San Francisco convention-goer is cruising for anything when he’s in town, he’s probably up in the Tenderloin scouting hookers. Not Fork Parker. The CEO spokesmascot for Devolver Digital (publishers of Serious Sam) will be trawling SoMa outside the Moscone Center in that there bus, listening to new pitches for the next great…
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Capcom Apologizes to Victims of Resident Evil‘s Misspelled Box Art
Yes, yes, Capcom is aware of the typographical error on the spine of Resident Evil: Revelaitons Revelations and has vowed to fix the packaging of a Nintendo-platform game for the second time in four years. Here’s a statement from Capcom USA to Kotaku: “It has come to our attention that there was a misspelling on…
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A Puzzling Resurgence in Popularity for NBA 2K11
At first blush it doesn’t seem to stand out: NBA 2K11 cracked the top 20 of most played titles on the Xbox 360 for the week of Jan. 16. But when you peel it back, that’s actually quite astonishing, to see an old version of a sports video game resurface more than 15 months after…
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Come Talk About the Epic of GLaDOS, Portal 2, at Kotaku Game Club
Welcome everyone to week 3 of the Kotaku Game Club‘s look back at Portal 2. In our third meeting we’ll be talking about the game’s story and characters. Gameplay aside, the world of Portal 2 plays such a large role in making Portal 2 a rich experience, and I’m sure you all have something to…
By Mike Epstein
