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The Glitchy Steam Version of Dead Island Shall Be Patched ASAP
In a statement to Kotaku, Dead Island publisher Deep Silver has apologized for the wrong version of the game being uploaded to Steam. The correct, patched version will be available as soon as possible. Check out the full statement here.
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What Free-to-Play Means to Star Trek Online Players
Late last week it was revealed that Cryptic Studios’ massively multiplayer Star Trek Online would be going free-to-play later this year, swapping required subscription fees for an active player base. Today we find out what’s free and what’ll have players reaching for their gold-pressed latinum. The free-to-play model being applied to Star Trek Online really…
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The Atari Arcade Is an Elegant Solution to Retro iPad Gaming
There’s something to be said about attempting to replicate the old school arcade experience, as Ion attempted to do with the iCade, but sometimes you need something a little sexier. This is the Atari Arcade for the iPad. Teased in the Atari’s Greatest Hits app in iTunes, the Atari Arcade is essentially an iPad stand…
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The Music of Gears of War 3 Will Be Commercialized
On September 20, the same day Epic and Microsoft unleashed Gears of War 3, Sumthing Else Music Works will release Steve Jablonsky’s epic score for the game on iTunes, Amazon, and SumthingDigital.com. Are your MP3 players prepared for war?
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Can Humanity Triumph Over Game Reviewers in Resistance 3?
The invasion is over, the Chimera have won, and the end of humanity is nigh. But wait? What’s that cresting the horizon? Why it’s the Resistance 3 Frankenreview. Four years after the events of Resistance 2, discharged Sentinel Joseph Capelli (always ready with a friendly bullet to the brain pan) has given up fighting the…
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Win this Custom Space Marine PlayStation 3
Relic’s Space Marine is swinging a chainsword at your favorite console this week—and if that destroyed console happens to be a PlayStation 3, you’re in luck. The Goods One lucky Kotaku reader will win this tough-enough custom-painted Space Marine PlayStation 3—and a copy of Space Marine to slip inside. How to Enter This is very…
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There’s More Shooting, Less Screaming in Aliens: Infestation
Aliens: Colonial Marines seeks to create the terror and tension of key moments in the Aliens movie franchise, using high-end graphics and a first-person view to immerse the player. It’s DS counterpart, Infestation, just lets you shoot things. Due out in October, Aliens: Infestation delivers the same movie-reliving experience as its console cousin, only without…
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The Evolution of Video Game Controllers in Pretty Poster Form
Brooklyn-based Pop Chart Lab’s latest poster is another attempt to show the lineage of video game controllers, from the twin sticks of Spacewar! to the lonely, somewhat sui generis Wii U tablet sitting lonely at the bottom. A signed and numbered print will run you just 24 clams. I ran up to the Museum of…
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When You Love the Game But Not Its Creator
In today’s spiteful edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders if you have to love the game’s creators in order to love the game. Have you ever been in a situation where you liked a game or series, but you couldn’t stand the people behind it? (I can just hear the “Activision/EA” responses…
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There is Definitely Something Fishy About the Steam Version of Dead Island
Last night before I hit the sack I set up a download of the Steam version of Techland’s Dead Island. This morning I woke up to what many others discovered last night — this doesn’t seem to be the right version of the game. Is it an early build? Did some sort of debug copy…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Tuesday is the new Monday this week, as the Labor Day weekend kills a weekday and hides it in the air duct so the others don’t get suspicious. Talk amongst yourselves while we find a mop. Big thanks to JimThePea for this revolutionarily augmented TAYpic! Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think…
By Mike Fahey
