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Red Steel Dev: No More Than 20 Percent Of Gamers ‘Are Willing To Move’
Red Steel 2 was reviewed favorably, but that doesn’t mean it was a success. Its disappointing sales performance, says the game’s creative director, can be chalked up to gamers unwillingness “to get up and move and exert themselves for fun.” Speaking at Game Developers Conference Europe, Jason VandenBerghe introduced “audience willingness” as a factor facing…
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The Hall of Fame of Cussin’
Pac-Man, who is an abstraction, was honored with Hall-of-Fame enshrinement two Saturdays ago. Today I posed a question unanswered by friends: What word would be inducted first into a Cussin’ Hall of Fame? Where should it be located? I think it’s somewhat analagous to video games. Four-letter words, eight-bit legends. How do you choose Super…
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Video Game Store For Sale On eBay
Ever wanted to own your own games store? Well, you can buy one on eBay – or the inventory of one set to close on Sept. 1 in Grand Junction, Colo. The owner ships it free up to 750 miles. All of the stock, valued at $60,000 is used, but you can Buy It Now!…
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Flight Control Coming To PSN With Move’s Launch
Flight Control, which did very well as an app with the iPhone’s multitouch controls, is getting a release for PlayStation Move at launch. It’s also playable with the PS3’s standard controller. The game will be sold over the PlayStation Store; no price was given in the news release, but it will be available in all…
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Here Comes The Boom, Ready Or Not
Sweet Aunt Nancy’s pajamas – what? Tim Kitzrow, who probably gets introduced as “the Boomshakalaka guy” at parties, brings the bonkers in this tease for NBA Jam’s high-def version on Xbox 360 and PS3, included free with NBA Elite 11. The game will be downloadable with a free one-use code included in new copies of…
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About 30 Jobs Lost At 2K Sports
Visual Concepts, the 2K Sports in-house studio handling NBA 2K, NHL 2K and MLB 2K, cut roughly 30 positions, Take-Two Interactive confirmed today. Very few jobs, if any, came from the studio’s upcoming NBA 2K11, its biggest moneymaker. Industry Gamers this morning reported Take-Two’s confirmation of the job losses. “These reductions will not affect 2K…
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The Massive GamesCom Preview Gallery
Take a peek at what’s going on this week at GamesCom in Germany, as Kotaku takes you on a tour of the convention grounds, with a special sneak peek at the show floor. We spent today wandering around Cologne, Germany, taking in the local flavor, before our curiosity got the better of us and we…
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Xbox Indie Clips: AvaGlide
Today on Kotaku’s Xbox Indie Clips we take a look at AvaGlide, the Xbox Live Indie Game that gets us in a Pilot Wings sort of mood. Our pal Luke Plunkett drooled over Haiku Interacive’s Xbox Live Indie Game AvaGlide a few weeks back, but couldn’t play it, because Australia doesn’t have Xbox Live Indie…
By Mike Fahey