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Capcom Gives Out 200 E-Tanks to Thirsty VGA Goers
Capcom-Unity trucked down to L.A. for the Spike Video Game Awards and staged a big E-Tank giveaway to pimp Mega Man 10. Check out what the happy campers got! Well, in addition to the E-Tank energy drink , they also got a sweet t-shirt and commemorative box. Plus they were served buy a guy in…
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Dragon’s Lair Giveaway: We Have a Winner
Congratulations to Michael N. of Utah, who gave the correct answer – well, one of four correct answers, actually – and was chosen from 586 correct entries to win a Blu-Ray Dragon’s Lair signed by the game’s creators. After giving you Lucille Bliss, also the voice of Smurfette, as one of the voices for Princess…
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European ‘Dante’ Edition Getting … Dead Space’s Isaac?
Chalk this one up to weird. Visceral Games has announced a Europe-only “Death Edition” of Dante’s Inferno that will include a Dead Space‘s Isaac Clarke’s getup as a playable in-game costume. According to the Italian-language Console Planet, these are the features of the Death Edition: • Exclusive costume for a playable character in-game: Isaac Clarke…
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Stevie Wonder’s Plea for Accessibility in Games
Undoubtedly, the Spike Video Game Awards’ Best Music Game was going to go to The Beatles: Rock Band, and the show lined up a presenter with enough star power to do the job last night: Motown legend Stevie Wonder. But it’s what Wonder, did with the moment that shows why the man is and has…
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Bungie Donation Points to Halo: Reach Multiplayer in May [Update]
Earlier today, a news release accompanying the Halo: Reach opening cinematic said the multiplayer beta would begin this coming spring. Now, of all things, the description of a charity auction lot pegs the date no earlier than April 28. The listing (above) comes from Thursday’s Child’s Play Charity Auction Dinner in Seattle. Bungie donated not…
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Week in Games: Weak Week
Very little activity the week before Christmas. Blaster Master’s on the Virtual Console on Monday; Konami Classics brings six arcade oldies-but-goodies to the Xbox 360. After that? Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent. This week’s piddling count: five for PC, four for Wii, two for DS, two for Xbox 360. Monday (Dec. 14) Blaster…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 Video Game Weapons [AskMen] Haven’t we been over this already? Yeah, yeah. BFG-9000, blah blah spread fire from Contra. Where’s the dead-cat silencer…
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Team Fortress 2 Craftily Crafts Crafting Update
The Team Fortress 2 blog deliberately buried the lede in its post yesterday, following 84 words of trivial nonsense with “Oh, also: Crafting.” As in, yes, a weapon-making system will be coming to Team Fortress 2. Also: Saxton Hale. “EVERYTHING in your inventory now contributes towards something you actually WANT, and can build YOURSELF!” Valve…
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Rounding Up the Winners and Videos from the VGAs
I’ll respectfully disagree with Geoff Keighley, the announcement of Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 doesn’t quite deliver the “biggest surprise premiere!” thrill he told us to expect. Granted, the Spike Video Game Awards have a history that is all of seven broadcasts long. It just seems a little soon for this. So soon, Left 4 Dead…
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Casting Director Says Battlefront 3 is in Development
When Chris Marazzo (pictured), a casting director, listed on his personal website that he’s casted more than 200 projects – “including most recently Star Wars: Battlefront 3 with LucasArts” – he probably didn’t have this kind of response in mind. However, the fan site Battlefront3.net noticed, got in touch with Marazzo, and lo and behold,…
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Halo: Reach Trailer Dates Multiplayer Beta for Spring
These two minutes come from the opening cinematic of Halo: Reach, establishing the story of Noble Team, assigned to defend the planet. An accompanying press release announced the multiplayer beta – invitations included in Halo 3:ODST – begins Spring 2010.
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Years ago someone said to me, “You look like a person who drinks flavored coffee.” I imagined that people were shot in Dodge City a century ago for similar slander. Anyway, while I pour some hazelnut breakfast blend, y’all get to talkin’ ‘mongst your own selves in this here Kotaku Official Open Thread. Confused about…
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From the VGAs: Sequels Announced for Force Unleashed, True Crime
At the Video Game Awards, Samuel L. Jackson just took the stage (describing himself as a “bad ass motherf—-er”) to announce Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. The trailer featured a Vader vs. Yoda voice over, Starkiller fighting a beast muuuuch larger than a Rancor, but no gameplay, and no release date. Earlier in the…
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From the VGAs Mark Hamill Hints at Arkham 2 [Updated]
Kotaku’s Michael McWhertor is in L.A. for tonight’s video game awards, where Mark Hamill told him he was asked to do a trailer for a sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. Update: Looks like that game has been announced. That really didn’t take long. The show opened with the announcement of Batman: Arkham Asylum 2. A…
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Christmas Lights Hero 100 Percents the Holidays
Ric Turner, a former special effects specialist with Disney Imagineering built this, a 21,268-bulb Guitar Hero holiday display that plays “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson. According to Turner: When you play, you watch only the Christmas lights, but the audio you hear is from the Wii, so your flubs are broadcast for all to…
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Early Video Outs ‘Green Day: Rock Band’
Not sure if this is the “biggest surprise premiere in VGA history” we’ve been promised, but MTV put up a “Green Day: Rock Band” video dated three days into the future, then pulled it. Embed code still works, though. As you can see, the band’s rocking out to “American Idiot” with note highways, band shots,…
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