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Ubisoft Assures Us Beyond Good & Evil 2 is not Canceled
Ubisoft’s recent financial report indicated that, following a fiscal year loss of $74 million, a number of projects were being scrapped as part of an internal reorganization. Since we’ve heard very little from Beyond Good & Evil 2in the three years since its teaser trailer was shown, some thought it finally meant curtains for that…
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Windowed AR Cards Reveal 3DS’ Secret
When the Nintendo 3DS is looking for an AR Card to start a game, it isn’t searching for or recognizing its specific image-it’s recognizing a color, and then spawning whatever comes next off of that. To prove this, AR enthusiast Super Jezmerelda created cards with the question-box design cut out, then framed certain colors within…
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All Witcher 2 DLC will be Free, Developer Assures
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings arrives for PC on Tuesday, and while there is some retailer-specific preorder DLC out there, developer CD Projekt RED assures everyone the game’s DLC will be free. “All of [it],” wrote a CD Projekt rep in a Q&A on GameStop’s Facebook page. “If anything will be for purchase, those…
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Sony Online Entertainment Finalizes Its Post-Crash Prize Patrol Plans
As the custodians of games that are completely unplayable during Sony’s massive network outage, Sony Online Entertainment has an especially tough job winning back MMO players who have sat idle for 22 days and counting. SOE has now posted its full list of goodies for subscribers to nine MMOs; free subscription time, in-game content and…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
From a role-playing game without a story to a gory falling death, full-featured football to the future of music gaming, this Week in Gaming Apps has something for everyone, even if they prefer sheep. Writing up this round-up of our daily gaming app posts really helps put into perspective the staggering variety of gaming apps…
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Lawsuit Alleges Chuck E. Cheese Promotes Kiddie Gambling, Gaming Addiction
Irony seems to fail the person who has alleged Chuck E. Cheese’s ticket-dispensing games sow gambling addiction in little children, and filed a lawsuit in California seeking a $5 million jackpot. Denise Keller, a mom of two girls ages 5 and 3, says in her potential class-action complaint that Chuck E. Cheese’s arcade games are…
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According to Retailers, Perturbed PS3 Owners are Ditching the Platform, Migrating to 360
They’re sick of waiting. And now some are crossing over to the other side. According to a report in EDGE Magazine, retailers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe are claiming a dramatic increase in the number of customers trading-in PS3 units—either for cash, or, in many instances, toward the purchase of an Xbox…
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Who Steals Video Games From a Physically Challenged Seven-Year-Old?
Seven-year-old Michael Suhy of Rochester, Pennsylvania, suffers from a form of muscular dystrophy that leaves him confined to a wheelchair. One of his only outlets is his Nintendo DS, at least until it was stolen and traded in at GameStop for cash. According to police 23-year-old Derrick Durant, the ex-boyfriend of Michael’s older sister, stopped…
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26-Year-Old Programmer Behind OpenFeint Gaming Network Just Made $104 Million
Jason Citron, one of the guys behind OpenFeint—the other social gaming backend for Apple iOS devices—just sold his company for $104 million American megaducats. Business Insider has an astoundingly gloat-free interview. [Business Insider]
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This Handheld Shadow of the Colossus is a Beautiful Dream
Kotaku reader Maxwell passed along this wondrous mixture of old and slightly less old without any sort of source, so I’ll just assume it sprang forth from the unspoken desires of gamers everywhere. Update: Maxwell says this is a project he’s working on, and offers us another tantalizing glimpse.
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A Sworcery-Style Farewell to Electronic Arts
EA Tiburon online software engineer Ben Burbank quit his job today, but not without leaving a pixelated postcard to the people he met along the way, inspired by iPad adventure game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Leaving a job is never easy. Our jobs are a major portion of our life, often taking up more…
By Mike Fahey
