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Steam Account Sells for $1,000 on eBay
Here’s a story amusing not so much for the games that were sold or their price, but the fact the seller managed to, essentially, resell used Steam games. Like 139 of them, for $1,000. (With free shipping, too!) Seller dave311freak estimated his collection’s value at $2,700 and said he wanted at least $500 for the…
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Kotaku Originals: Tonight’s Listings
Previously, on a very special Kotaku: Totilo speaks to Irrational Games about a change of identity. Nintendo is pleased by news of 2009’s hardware, and displeased by rumors of 2010’s. And a Kotaku editor dies! 900 times! (In VVVVVV). Top Stories Ken Levine Explains Irrational Switch, “Underwater Horse” Connection NPD: New Super Mario Bros. Wii…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Poor George will have to console himself with the fact that not everyone gets a mattress sale on their birthday. Well, Abe gets one too. Some housekeeping changes, before we get to the whatever-ya-wanna-talk-about. We’ve altered our publishing schedule on Saturday and Sunday, which means we’ve altered the times for our standing features and items.…
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Bungie Seeks Halo Heroes for Haiti
Bungie’s mobilizing the Halo community to join the Haiti recovery effort. On Wednesday, the studio encourages players to wear a special emblem supporting Haiti relief and pledges to donate up to $77,000 depending on how many participate. For every 1,000 players who don the emblem on Wednesday or Thursday next week, in either Halo 3…
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How Much You Bet These Guys Aren’t Talking About Hitting at All?
I don’t speak Spanish (pardon my grammar; I don’t speak no Spanish) but I halfway think that Seattle’s Felix Hernandez and the Angels’ Kendry Morales aren’t saying what’s in the subtitles. Or maybe I just wish it was that way. Also, way to tip off that you’re sitting on the fastball, Kendry. See if you…
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Original Aliens vs. Predator Coming to Steam
Rebellion’s original Aliens vs. Predator for PC, from 1999, will be released via Steam for “very cheap,” sometime before the updated version releases on Feb. 16, Rebellion’s CEO says. Update: It’s already available, and it’s $4.99. “It shows its age a little bit, but it is frightening and it is difficult,” Rebellion boss Jason Kingsley…
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Catan Seems Likely for North American PS3 Release
The ESRB shows a new listing for a PS3 adaptation of Settlers of Catan, the popular resource-allocation strategy board game. A version of this game by the same developer was released in Japan back in 2008. Game Republic developed the Japanese version of Catan; it’s listed as the studio for the new version rated by…
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World Of Warcraft Armory Goes 3D
The Armory, World of Warcraft‘s number one stalking, tool is now even stalkier, as upgrades introduce 3D character models, character data feeds, and calendar feeds, allowing players to sync their WoW calendars to their Google calendars. I feel so naked, and that’s probably because the World of Warcraft Armory database now shows my mage, Rande,…
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Marble Madness Creator Selected to Hall of Fame
Mark Cerny, a developer known for his work with Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games – and for his 1984 arcade hit Marble Madness – has been selected to the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Cerny joins only Will Wright and Shigeru Miyamoto as developers honored by both the AIAS…
By Owen Good