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The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report
While game publishers look to retail sales figures to gauge the success of the holiday season, let’s take a look at how our favorite games and consoles performed in the shady back-alleys of eBay’s 2009 holiday grey market. It’s that time of year again. Time to take a data dive into the heart of eBay…
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NCAA Football — Where My High School’s Name is in the Game
At my high school – among the smallest in North Carolina – we aren’t known as the “Rams” or the “Cardinals.” We’re “The Buckin’ Elks.” And Brad Nessler says that name – all of it – in NCAA Football 10. I know of no other institution of learning, NCAA FBS, FCS, Division II, III or…
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So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
After nearly a year and half of being Kotaku’s San Francisco Correspondent and default token girl*, it’s time for me to say goodbye. GamePro is whisking me away to that fabled land of print journalism I’ve heard so much about. I can easily say that my time here has been well spent. Kotaku taught me…
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Iraqi Kidnap Victim Subjected To PlayStation
British hostage Peter Moore will soon be returning to the UK from Iraq, after spending the last six months of his two-and-a-half year period of captivity with only satellite television, a laptop, and a PlayStation to keep him occupied. Peter Moore and his four bodyguards were kidnapped in May of 2007 by what is understood…
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You Decide Who Wins The Level Of The Year Sackademy Award
Media Molecule has whittled through more than 1.5 million LittleBigPlanet levels to select 10 nominees for the 2009 Level of the Year Sackie award. The rest is up to you. Media Molecule has been passing out the Sackademy Awards left and right this month, with the winners for Best Machinima Video, Best Visuals and Use…
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Dragon Age Retail Expansion Coming In March
Product listings from retailers in New Zealand suggest a full retail expansion for Dragon Age: Origins is heading to the PC in March. Eurogamer’s Czech Republic site has posted an article detailing a new expansion for Dragon Age titled Dragon Age: Awakening. Apparently culled from product listings from unnamed websites in New Zealand, the land…
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Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack: The Trailer
Final Fantasy XIII‘s soundtrack is so epic that it warrants its own, 2-minute long Japanese trailer. This trailer, which also appears on Square Enix‘s Japanese website for the game, makes it even harder for me to wait until the end of next month to import the soundtrack for a ridiculous amount of money. McWhertor detailed…
By Mike Fahey
