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iTunes’ Approval of Flash Game Ripoff Raises a Troubling Question for Gamers
A blatantly copied flash game currently offered on the iTunes App Store will likely be removed quickly if Apple’s whack-a-mole approach to content moderation is any guide. But this new twist in App Store plagiarism raises a troubling question for game developers and conscientious consumers. How do you know that 99-cent App isn’t someone’s stolen…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
This week our gaming apps had the rhythm of PaRappa the Rapper‘s creator, the controversy of illegal immigration, and the dubious honor of being the iPhone’s first true World of Warcraft clone. This week’s gaming apps were all iOS-centric, but we’ve constantly got our eye out for important games on other mobile platforms. Considering my…
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Don’t Download That Fallout: New Vegas Update Just Yet, Says Bethesda
A title update to the Xbox 360 version of Fallout: New Vegas, to prepare the game for the upcoming Honest Hearts DLC should not be accepted until a replacement update goes live later this evening, Bethesda Softworks said. The update currently being served freezes gamesave data, making it unplayable. That’s kind of a bitch, especially…
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Building a Better Elise in the New SSX
We’ve all seen the screenshots of the sleeker, more realistic look EA is giving blonde bombshell Elise Riggs in the new SSX game. Now let’s take a look at how she was created, from concept art to modeling her sleeker, more realistic panty line. When I posted the screenshots of Elise’s new SSX look, several…
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Did Ubisoft Just Leak the Next Assassin’s Creed Game?
A message appearing briefly on the Assassin’s Creed Facebook page lead NeoGAF users to a Flash file urging fans to “Spread the Word” to reveal an exclusive look at the next Assassin’s Creed game, and lurking within the Flash file was this logo. What is Assassin’s Creed: Revelations? The Facebook message appeared for only a…
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Dark Horse Digital Comics Debuts with Dungeon Siege III
The comic book publisher behind Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy have launched a digital Dungeon Siege III comic book series, and you can read the first issue right now courtesy of the newly-opened Dark Horse Digital. So they’re a little late to the party. What matters is they made it. Dark Horse Comics launched its…
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The Sith Wear the Best Outfits in The Old Republic
The Jedi use their mystical powers for good. The Sith? The Sith use their mystical powers for sexy. Check out what the well-dressed Sith Warrior will be wearing in BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic If Star Wars has taught me anything, it’s that the bad guys always look way cooler than the good guys.…
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Need for Speed The Run Brings The Story Back To Street Racing
Yesterday we posted the leaked trailer for the next installment of Need for Speed, The Run. Today EA makes it official and tells us what’s so special about this round of illicit, high stakes racing. As McWhertor surmised yesterday, The Run is indeed the next installment of the Need for Speed series from EA’s Black…
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Why Do Video Games Hide Their True Endings?
In today’s slightly spoilery episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter 黒人 laments the games that require a player complete countless complicated steps in order to see their “true” endings. I have a bit of a distaste for “real endings” in games. This doesn’t apply to all games with multiple endings where one of them is…
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Marvel Pinball Celebrates 50 Years of the Fantastic Four
The family that stays together for 50 years plays pinball together as well. Zen Studios adds to its highly successful Marvel Pinball series with a Fantastic Four table featuring Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, and…wait, where’s Spider-Man? I guess a product celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fantastic Four needs to stick with the original…
By Mike Fahey
