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The Rarest, Longest-Lost Atari 2600 Cartridge—Once Sold Door-to-Door—is Finally Found
Before the infamous crash of console gaming in the early 1980s, third-party cartridge development was somewhat a wild-west affair. Development costs were negligible compared to present times and, without the need for a presence in online distribution channels, a garage-built game might actually turn a profit on door-to-door sales. Thus Extra-Terrestrials was born. Skill Screen…
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Here is How Star Wars: Galaxies Will Be Won
With the dawning of Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars: Galaxies, aka “that other old MMO,” is headed for extinction. The game is going to wind up with a gigantic PvP throwdown for dominance settling once and for all (sorta) who runs the galaxy, Empire or Rebels. Here’s how it will be scored. It’s…
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Tiger Woods 13 will be EA Sports’ First Kinect Game
Somewhat obscured by the promotion surrounding Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13‘s fan-voted cover contest is the fact the game, when it arrives in March, will be the first EA Sports title fully playable on Xbox 360 with Kinect. Peter Moore, then the EA Sports president, announced back at E3 that the label would begin offering…
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VVVVVV Coming Soon to Nintendo 3DS
The superbad ultrahard old-school platformer VVVVV, which debuted to raves when it released nearly two years ago, is making its way to the Nintendo 3DS and, yes, the game will be presented in 3D. Nicalis will publish the game to the Nintendo 3DS eShop but did not specify a release date. However, anyone headed to…
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Spider-Man: Edge of Time Talks Me Into Enjoying It
What defines Spider-Man? Is it his special powers? His great responsibilities? His Jenga prowess? No, true believers. Spider-Man’s most definitive trait is his witty banter, and double the Spider-Man means double the snappy patter right? Thank goodness Edge of Time had Peter David. When I heard Peter David was attached to write the story and…
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Should You Buy Forza Motorsport 4? Yes.
Brian Crecente: The Forza franchise continues to dance the fine line between a racing game too authentic to interest me and one designed to be intuitive enough for someone who likes going fast, but doesn’t necessarily have the abilities to do so well. The new racing wheel and those amazing graphics are drawing me in,…
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Arkham City Arrives Early at the Times Square Toys”R”Us
Batman descends upon streets of Gotham on October 17, when Warner Bros. brings Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, comic artist Jim Lee, and game director Sefton Hill to the Toys”R”Us Times Square launch event, with 500 advance copies of the game in tow. It’s only a day earlier than the game’s October 18 street date,…
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The Kotaku Game Club Squares Off Over Gears of War 3 Multiplayer Right Here!
I hope you’re ready, ladies and gents. It’s Versus mode week here at the Kotaku Game Club. Today we’ll be sharing our experiences playing the competitive multiplayer modes of Gears of War 3 Everyone seemed to have a lot to say about the end of the story during last week’s discussion; I hope you guys…
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There’s a New Transformers Game Coming, and Grimlock’s Coming With It
Following up on the success of Transformers: War for Cybertron, Activision and High Moon Studios return to the planet of the Autobots and Decepticons next year with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and they’re bringing the king of the Dinobots with them. The original headline of this article was simply “Motherfucking Grimlock”, but I decided to…
By Mike Fahey
