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Xbox Live Pries the Guns from Your Cold, Avatar Hands
This announcement oughta go over like a turd in a punchbowl. Seems that on Jan. 1, Xbox Live is taking guns away from all avatars. That is according to Epic Games’ community manager, who in a reminder to Gears of War fans said that if they don’t have the Lancer or Hammerburst avatar props, they…
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Yule Love These Holiday Fireplace Apps for Gaming Consoles and Mobile Devices
In 1966, TV station WPIX filmed a a fireplace at New York’s Gracie Mansion, canceled $4,000 worth of advertising, and broadcast it for two hours on Christmas Day as a gift to viewers who had no fireplaces in their apartments. Its spirit lives on screens large and small to this day. You can give your…
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‘Tis the Eve Before Christmas
Whether you’re making last minute shopping plans for a gamer on your list or eyeballing what you might be doing with gift certificates or Christmas money, The Moneysaver marches on with more than 60 deals on hardware, software, and digital downloads. GameStop has a buy two, get one free deal on used games through Wednesday;…
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What Are You Playing This Holiday Weekend?
This is the weekend I finally get around to playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Funny thing about picking it up today. I go to GameStop in Springfield, Ore.’s Gateway Mall. I know everyone bags on GameStop and I’ve done my share of that, but I really do like the guys who work there. They…
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VVVVVV on the 3DS! Get Your Codes for VVVVVV on the 3DS Here! Who’s Ready?
Alright gang, here we go with another wild download code giveaway over Twitter, and this one is extra super special because the codes are for a game that is not even available yet But if you’re lucky enough to snag one of six codes I’m giving out over Kotaku’s official Twitter in the next two…
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Resistance‘s Official Site is Back Online After Seven-Week Outage
The official site for the Resistance series of games is back online, ending a seven-week outage and one of the strangest security breaches in a year that has seen quite enough of them. Insomniac Games, the game’s maker, tweeted that Sony Computer Entertainment “has restored all web service to MyResistance.net and the site is now…
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What Starts With Ducks and Ends With Cheese? It’s the Week in Gaming Apps
Merry Duckcheesemas, everybody! It’s that special time of year in which the Week in Gaming Apps celebrates all things rubber duck and cheese related, along with three other games that have absolutely nothing to do with this theme. The week began with iDuck and ended with Cheeseman, a pair of games that make up the…
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A Slim Chance for a Free Copy of Mighty Switch Force, an Excellent Chance at the Soundtrack
Yesterday Wayforward Technologies unleashed the majesty of Mighty Switch Force upon the Nintendo 3DS eShop, and while I only have a grand total of three codes to give away for the game, the wonderfully funky soundtrack is now available as a free download. Game composer and sound designer Jake Kaufman dropped us a line earlier…
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Copying Your Character and Following You Around is the Sincerest Form of Creepy Flattery
Commenter KingKellogg the Waffle Haggler encountered a Single White Female situation while playing online the other day, and wonders if you’ve ever had the pleasure of attracting creepy online dopplegangers in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So here I was playing Halo when one of the people who added me as a friend requested I…
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Multi-Touch Not Worth the Hassle with this Meat Boy Clone
It was independent games development’s darling of 2010, and all who dared cross it risked the righteous anger of its creators and fans. But badass platformer Super Meat Boy still is not available on mobile gaming’s No. 1 platform. And I don’t think it’s because one of its creators got into a pissing contest with…
By Owen Good
