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Bodycount Developer Details “Unlawful” Working Conditions, Codemasters Responds
Semi Essessi, who was unfortunate enough to have worked on Codemasters’ abysmal first person shooter Bodycount, says that wasn’t the worst part of his job. Essessi spilled the beans to Eurogamer earlier this week, detailing what he claims were “unlawful” working conditions. He says that he was not compensated for over 400 hours of overtime…
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Bullet Blender: The Winners
Yes, yes, yes, I know that’s a mixer, not a blender. Look, I play video games and write about sports, I’m not the goddamn chef de cuisine. Anyway, we asked you to blend that mixer with some twisted humor, and we’ve got 20 winners inside, including overall champ Ryan! Getting started, power_overwhelming (14) became an…
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Surprise Surprise, Mass Effect 3 Requires Origin, Won’t Launch On Steam
In today’s edition of, “News You Saw Coming a Mile Away”, BioWare’s Community Coordinator, Chris Priestly, has told Mass Effect fans that Commander Shepard’s epic quest to save Earth from the Reapers will not take place on Steam due to the set of “restrictive terms of service” which also led to EA pulling titles like…
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Want to Play Skyrim on a Tablet? There’s an App for That
This past week at CES, Nvidia and ASUS teamed up to show off The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim running on ASUS’ latest and greatest tablet – the Transformer Prime How’d they do it? There’s an app for that. An app called Splashtop THD. Splashtop THD is the new and improved (but not yet available) version…
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What Can You Expect From Nyko for the Vita? Whatever Sold for the PSP
When it comes to mobile gaming, first party acessories can get damn expensive. That’s where Nyko comes in. When it comes to third party gaming accessories, nobody is as prolific and nobody gets their gear to market faster. This week at CES Nyko let it be known that they’d be releasing a few choice accessories…
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More Big (and Small) Game Developers Sound Off Against SOPA
More and more game developers are voicing their displeasure with the Stop Online Piracy Act better known as SOPA. We’ve already heard from the likes of Epic Games, Riot Games and Red 5 Studios. Well, this week Bungie has come out against SOPA and proclaimed that they, “All agree that SOPA sucks.” Well said gents.…
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This SWTOR PC Case is Fast Enough For You, Old Man
If you’re a Star Wars fan and a PC Gamer, there’s a good chance that The Old Republic has consumed your life for the past month or so. Well, if the fine folks over at iBUYPOWER have anything so say about it, this is the PC case you’ve been looking for. Now, I know what…
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Bang Your Head to This Metal Cover of “The Dragonborn Comes”
Not long ago, the world was treated to this amazing cover of “The Dragonborn Comes” from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim courtesy of the lovely Malukah. It became so popular that many PC gamers have even replaced the game’s main theme with her magnificent and soul stirring rendition Today we have a quite different, yet…
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Everything Must Go
Three weeks past the holidays, retailers still are clearing off stock to make room on shelves or in the warehouse for the storm of new releases yet to come. Yes, this is the bargain bin, but there within it are someone’s treasures. The Moneysaver marches on! Software • Feb. 21 release Syndicate (360, PS3) pre-orders…
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Meet Kotaku’s Special Weekend Guest Star: Dave Oshry
In fifth grade we had two teachers and one of them would routinely be (finger quotes) sick, because her (finger quotes) medicine sometimes had (finger quotes) side effects. That’s sort of what is going on while I am out this weekend. See gang, I am on vacation, having spent much of the week on a…
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Zombies, Muffins, Doodles, and Kangaroos? It Must Be The Week in Gaming Apps
We’re finally back up to speed after last week’s regrettable triple play, charging headfirst into 2012 with our mobile devices held up in front of our faces so we can’t see a thing. What might we be playing when we stumble into traffic? Speaking for myself, there’s a good chance I’ll severely dent someone’s Prius…
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This Could Be the Very Best Pokémon Art Exhibit, Like No One Ever Was
This April the Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be transformed into the ultimate trainer fantasy, when 151 artists take on the 151 original pocket monsters in an all-out Pokémon Battle Royale. Light Grey Art Lab co-owner Chris Hajny dropped us a line this afternoon to fill us in on what could be…
By Mike Fahey