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Crysis 2 Beta Keys Go First to Site Registrants
The Crysis 2 community site is relaunching, and when it goes active, EA’s promising that those who sign up first will be prioritized when it comes time to distribute beta keys for the game. So, in a nutshell, that means watch a currently inactive Web site, register, and hope, and by the way, no date…
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Update Brings Authentic Attacks and More to Super Mario Crossover
Jay Pavlina’s not done with his awesome-sauce Super Mario Bros. Crossover. It’s totally getting post-release support. And an update on the way June 25 will give Link, Samus, Mega Man et al. even more powers and attacks. A new options menu shortens Mega Man’s jump but gives him Rush Coil to get over taller obstacles,…
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The Kotaku Buyers’ Guides: What and Why to Buy
So often, we get asked for advice on what to buy – not games, necessarily, but major purchases. Hardware. This week, Kotaku published its first series of buyers’ guides, delivering our whys and why-nots for all major consoles and handhelds. We’re going to be updating and adding to these as the landscape changes, of course.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Is This the 3DS? Edition
Friday we got hold of a schematic, and working off that, developed a mockup of the hotly anticipated Nintendo 3DS. Many Bothan spies died to bring you that information. Now we expect you to make a joke of it. Some already got a head start on this week’s obvious no-brainer of a ‘Shop Contest subject…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: Hooray, It’s Not Father’s Day
Yesterday I said that – and not for the usual reasons – when Mom told me my card to Dad was not customarily late but spoiler-alert early. When the hell is Father’s Day? Tomorrow’s the second Sunday of June. I thought that was the deal, you got the first Sunday to go “Oh, shit, Father’s…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Makin’ License Plates Edition Winners
Some complained that stamping out license plates for no pay was a menial chore, but there are some prison laborers who still take pride in a job well done. Here are 20 of Kotaku’s. Last week’s challenge asked folks to put a game theme on an every-day item, the license plate. It was a pretty…
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Another Publisher Gets In on the MMA Craze
505 Games, fresh from putting out the unlicensed pro football challenger Backbreaker, will bring an unlicensed mixed martial arts title to E3, one that promises action more brutal than the UFC or Strikeforce-branded games. Supremacy MMA, for the Xbox 360 and PS3, will take injuries in a more extreme direction, up to breaking someone’s neck.…
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NCAA 11 Demo Unlocks 11 New Uniforms
Those sweet Nike Pro Combat threads in the eight-team NCAA Football 11 demo aren’t just for looks there. They’re also in the full version, for looks. Downloading the demo gives you access to the alternate uniforms in the main game. Playing each of the four matchups – Florida at Florida State, Oklahoma at Texas, Ohio…
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The New Code of Used Sports Games
With UFC Undisputed 2010 two weeks ago, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 this week, the era of pay-to-play multiplayer has come to sports video games. Nothing we’ve seen so far suggests it’ll be a brief experiment. It absolutely remains a 100 percent free feature for those who buy a new retail version of a…
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E3 2010 Preview: Recapping an All-Star Lineup
It’s difficult to narrow down the list of E3 showcase games to “most anticipated” status because each series has fans fired up for the next installment. But this week, Kotaku bravely picked out its biggest games of E3. We think. The major console and publisher pressers are watched for the surprises, but they’re anticipated because…
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USA vs. England World Cup
The World Cup match between England and the United States is on and we’ve got tons of readers on both sides of the pond. Sports fans or no, take your nationalism and trash talking to the open thread in Box Scores, or hashtag your comments #worldcup, #usaengland, #beatusa or #beatengland
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Vindicating Vindictus
OK, I really got off on the wrong foot Thursday with Vindictus, the new MMO from Nexon that we’ll see more of at E3. So, let’s make a reintroduction with this trailer, giving the game’s backstory. Vindictus, readers. Readers, Vindictus The broadest theme is familiar: Lone stranger in a strange land, here to save a…
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Box Scores: Four Overtimes for Fighting
What makes for a more epic game in the Stanley Cup Finals – four overtimes, or four fights? How about both, and a shorthanded goal to win it? Reader jayc4life‘s masterpiece on NHL 10 is the timely choice for Box Scores’ game of the week – leading the Chicago Blackhawks to a 2-1, 4OT victory…
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Everything’s Ring-a-Ding in Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout 3 introduced us to the Ink Spots and 1941’s “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire.” Fallout: New Vegas opens here with Kay Kyser‘s. “Jingle Jangle Jingle,” the No. 1 hit for eight weeks in 1942. That’s about the only useful thing I can add to this two-minute video, slam full of…
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The Moneysaver: A Fish Called Coupons
Wanda, do you have any idea what it’s like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of saying “Do you have children?” and being told they all burned to death on Wednesday. Today’s quote is for all our English friends, whom we’ll meet in two-and-a-half hours in the…
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The Week in Review: The 3DS Comes Into Focus
The week before E3 is always a gathering storm of rumor, hype, and anticipation. Friday, however, delivered something unusual even for the usual pre-expo chatter: A potential look at what could be a show-stealer for Nintendo. That above is Kotaku’s mockup of the new Nintendo 3DS, working off a schematic created by a Chinese blogger…
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