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Fight Night Champion Goes Mano A Mano With Baseball?
The debut trailer for Fight Night Champion, published an hour ago on IGN, lists March 1 as the game’s release date. If that’s the case, it will take on MLB 2K11 and MLB The Show 11. The first Tuesday in March typically belongs to the baseball simulations – if not then, then the second. (Release…
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Fight Night Champion Is EA Sports’ First M-Rated Game
Not yet officially rated by the ESRB, promotional copy on the game’s official page bills EA Sports’ next boxer as the publisher’s first ever M-rated game. “As the first-ever ‘M’ rated EA Sports title, Fight Night Champion showcases the truest graphical representation of the sport, lifestyle, and culture of boxing with authentic and dynamic blood,…
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Mafia Wars Agency Takes The Rap For Vandal-Marketing Stunt
An ad agency has taken the fall for a guerrilla marketing stunt that had the city of San Francisco threatening Facebook-games maker Zynga with vandalism and other charges. The agency will pay the city $45,000 in fines. In August, San Francisco officials were steaming mad over the fake $25,000 bills glued to city sidewalks as…
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Xbox Live Indie Clips: Get Your Girlfriend Into Games
Will the Xbox Live Indie game Get Your Girlfriend Into Games actually get your girlfriend to start playing video games? the answer may surprise you! Okay, no. Our weekly look at Xbox Live Indie Games isn’t just about highlighting games we like. It’s about taking games like Get Your Girlfriend Into Games, you know, games…
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Colbert Takes On Nintendo Like Donkey Kong
In response to Nintendo’s attempt to trademark “It’s on like Donkey Kong,” Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert decides to squat on other dated catchphrases, just in case. Nintendo’s trademark application for “It’s on like Donkey Kong” might be more of a marketing stunt for Donkey Kong Country Returns than a serious attempt to secure the phrase,…
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A Sudden New Appreciation For Metro 2033
A pair of models show off the sexier side to Metro 2033 at the World Exhibition Centre in Moscow during Game World 2010 earlier this month, as seen at English Russia Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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Why Male Spiders Prefer Virgins
It’s Friday, so I picked something lighthearted and fun for the daily Kotaku science post. Did you know male wasp spiders snap their genitalia off inside the female during sex? Don’t worry, they have two sets. The animal kingdom is a funny place, filled with odd little discrepancies that keep people like University of Hamburg…
By Mike Fahey
