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DC Universe Adds 120,000 Players After First Free-to-Play Day
Shifting to a free-to-play model yesterday, DC Universe Online opened the gates to the freeloading hordes. More than 120,000 signed up for the MMO said John Smedley, the president of Sony Online Entertainment. That figure’s for the PC, though. No word yet on PS3 enrollments. Smedley also touted figures for number of users logged in,…
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Layoffs at Gameforge Jeopardize Free-to-Play Star Trek—Infinite Space
Today, Gameforge, the German-based publisher of browser-based video games, laid off 100 workers in a restructuring that canceled two games and threatens its biggest property, Star Trek—Infinite Space In a message to Star Trek—Infinite Space Fans, the game’s development team said that plans for the game’s beta are “currently on pause until further notice” as…
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Assassin’s Creed Turns to Sports Stars to Tout Its Stats
For me, the big question is not why NFL running back Adrian Peterson, NBA point guard Derrick Rose, or MMA fighter B.J. Penn are stumping for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. For me, the question is “Where the hell do I get one of those hoodies.” You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at…
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Harmonix Isn’t Doing Too Bad (For Not Making Shooters)
A couple of weeks ago, Dance Central and Rock Band studio Harmonix was being advised—by someone from the company that sold it off—to make “the world’s first immersive shoot-’em-up,” using Kinect. Today, the firm reported it is doing juuuuust fine by sticking to the rhythm genre. Florian Hunziker, Harmonix’s chief operating officer, expects $100 million…
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EA Sports Avoids Campaign-Year Headache by Keeping Obama Out of NFL Blitz
A year after appearing in NBA Jam (with Vice President Biden, and eight other political figures of both parties), President Obama will not cameo in January’s NFL Blitz, one of the game’s designers said recently. Though Yuri Bialoskursky didn’t say so specifically, it’s probably because a presidential election year is coming up, and EA Sports…
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Second Life Winds Up In FBI Gang Intelligence Dossier
Second Life isn’t simply a virtual realm where people starve horses, troll others having sex, and traffic in counterfeit groovie-goolies sex devices. No, it’s also a network through which gangs discuss and plot their evil deeds, says none other than the Eff Bee Eye. On page 41 of the FBI’s latest “National Gang Threat Assessment,”…
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This Little Girl is the Key to Surviving the Horror of Amy
When the world’s population has been transformed into rampaging flesh-hungry monsters and the infection is spreading through your system a little psychic girl can make all the difference. Surviving the Horror of Amy: Salvation is Within Reach [PlayStation Blog] You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find…
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Game Reviewers Protest Middle-Earth’s Senseless War in the North
There once was a small hobbit that left the Shire on a grand adventure, performing brave deeds and overcoming impossible odds for the sake of all Middle-Earth. This is not his story. The Lords of the Rings: War in the North instead follows the story of a trio of adventurers going on a journey so…
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Get Swept Up in the Sound of Skyrim‘s Barbarian Choir
Back in 2006 Skyrim game director Todd Howard called up composer Jeremy Soule and told him he wanted the music for the game to sound like The Elder Scrolls theme as sung by a barbarian choir. Lacking barbarians, Soule just hired some men with deep voices. I am posting this video specifically so I can…
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And Now the 1950s Lawn Mowing Game You’ve All Been Waiting For
If you’re tired of the rash of high definition, modern-day lawn mower video games that have been flooding the market in recent years, get ready for a grass trimming simulation that takes you 60 years into the past. It’s the Nintendo Download, people! Maybe you didn’t know you needed a DSiWare game that combines the…
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Explore Uncharted 3 with the Kotaku Game Club Right Now!
Welcome, Game Clubbers, to our first discussion of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Today we’re going to tackle the action-packed opening chapters of the story. There are plenty of amazing moments to discuss, so let’s get to it! If this is your first time as a Game Club contributor, here’s the deal: Our group convenes to…
By Mike Epstein
