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Han Will Always Shoot First With A Network Accelerator Card

Bigfoot Networks has unveiled a PC network card that it claims is “the fastest network card available for online games”. What does this mean for you? It means you may get an unfair advantage in online shootouts. Able to automatically detect which incoming traffic is related to an online game and which isn’t (and prioritise…

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Yoshi: Behind The Dinosaur Comment by: p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. Nominated by: Erwin Oh! Yoshi’s Safari! *drives to parents house* *Rummages through boxes in garage* *Finds old snes games* *digs for still longer to find super scope* *sets up the system and puts in the game* *gets killed by hammer bro several times before giving up* *drives home*…

Why Are People Pirating A Charity Game?

Last week, a pack went on sale that let you name your own price for five great indie games, all in the name of charity. Know what a ton of people then went and did? Pirated the thing. Wonderful. To recap, this was a pack that let you pay what you want. With all proceeds…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Has 4-Player Co-op

A few more details on Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops popped up today, answering a few of the more pointed questions arising from the game’s debut trailer Intrigued by the presence of an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft in the clip? According to this report there’ll be another “C-130” sequence in Black Ops, with a…

If This Video Game Thing Doesn’t Work Out For EA, It Can Still Clean Up

Mario receives a brief respite from the copyright infringing small businessman as EA Carpet Cleaning speeds presumably towards John Madden’s house to clean up another massive mustard spill. Thanks, Robby!

Kotaku Off Topic: Burbank

Back to the grindstone, back to the pleasure of Monday editions of Kotaku Off Topic. Let’s talk about our weekends, whether they were packed with gaming goodness or pleasures of another sort. I did, as previously posted, see Iron Man 2 this weekend. Yes, it drags and, yes, it packs in way too much into…

The Last Man to Play Halo 2 on Xbox Live

He is Apache N4SIR. Nearly a month after Microsoft shut down the original Xbox Live, he was one of the Noble 14 who kept their connections running. Their numbers slowly dwindled, and today, he was the last Spartan standing. At 4 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, Agent Windex and Apache N4SIR were the last ones left…

Immerse Yourself In Tron Legacy Concept Art

We’re still about six months away from the theatrical release of Disney’s Tron Legacy, so some new concept art of the sleeker, sexier video game world seems appropriate. But that doesn’t make the wait any easier. Feast your eyes on lightcycles and Recognizers from the past and present, architecture, and a dozen other things that…

BioShock 2‘s Latest DLC Hits PS3 and 360 Tomorrow

BioShock 2‘s “Rapture Metro” pack of downloadable content, abruptly delayed from its original release two weeks ago, was rescheduled just as abruptly today. 2K Games today said the DLC rolls out tomorrow. The DLC is 800 Microsoft Points/$9.99 and is available on PS3 and Xbox 360 tomorrow. The PC version of the DLC is on…

Designer Glasses Help Lower The 3D Dork Factor

Wide acceptance of 3D in the home, whether for movies, television shows or video games, has a few imposing barriers. Price, support, and—perhaps most limiting—looking like a tool while staring blankly at your television screen, wearing 3D specs. At least Nintendo is cognizant of this, readying a 3D handheld gaming machine that won’t require users…

Brit Modder Wiped Out, but Doesn’t Get Jail

A British programmer said to have reaped some £600,000 selling modchips that bypassed copy protection on four consoles avoided jail at his sentencing today, but only because the father of two was bankrupted by his conviction. Glen Cook (pictured, left) got home detention from a judge named Les Spittle, whose measured remarks at sentencing belied…

Is The Story of God Of War Worth… Reading?

Fortunately, you can determine that for yourself. Not by judging the cover of the novelization of the PlayStation video game, but by reading the first chapter of the God of War book, now online and freely available to read. Sony’s offering up the first 17 pages of Matthew Stover and Robert E. Vardeman’s text-based take…

Tron Legacy Concept Art

Get The Ballad of Gay Tony For A Song This Week

Attention Grand Theft Auto IV fans looking to complete the “Impossible Trinity”: Rockstar’s second expansion The Ballad of Gay Tony is the Xbox Live Deal of the Week. Revisit Liberty City slightly cheaper, just 1200 Microsoft Points. [Live Marketplace]

FarmVille, Coming to a Convenience Store Near You This Summer

FarmVille looks to overrun your corner convenience store this summer, thanks to a cross promotion that’ll have 7-Elevens nationwide hawking exclusive items for the casual game, plus others from the Zynga family. Whaddaya get? From the looks of it, a water tower, a cow, a sandwich cart, a tree, a swimming pool and other items…

Mother’s Day

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Yes, I Forgot Mother’s Day Dude! How can you forget that, you’re married to a mother twice over. Man, you’re lucky you survived. Tristan and I spent Sunday catering to Trish’s every needs. We fixed her breakfast, spent the day doing some handy jobs around the house, walked the dogs…

The Bizarre Dragon Quest Battle Road Victory Controller Approaches!

For the Wii owner that demands an authentic Dragon Quest Battle Road Victory arcade experience at home, controller maker Hori offers this elaborate and very expensive… thing. The new controller, seen here in its conceptual form, replicates the controls from the arcade version of Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road II Legend, coming to the Wii…

Walmart Takes Another Shot at Used Game Sales

Three months after its kiosk partner bellied up, ending Walmart’s first foray into used game returns, the retail behemoth is climbing back in the ring with another provider, and will offer more than just used discs. Industry Gamers says Walmart confirmed that it is now partnering with Game Trade, a start-up company providing these types…

Cannes And Lynch

Once every year the resort town of Cannes, France is transformed into a mecca of motion picture advertising, including this first look at marketing for the Kane & Lynch movie. As Twittered by Empire magazine