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This is Why Animals Need to Talk
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Two Big Santa Differences This week in Oregon, it got down to hideously cold temperatures, like 16 degrees. There’s a stray cat in the neighborhood who comes snorfling around looking for food and I usually give her some, but with it so cold out, I took a great deal of…
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Naughty Dog, Double Fine on GDC Presentation Marquee
Organizers of the Game Developers Conference announced on Friday that Naughty Dog – developer of the newly minted Game of the Year at last night’s Spike Video Game Awards – and Double Fine will be giving presentations at GDC 2010. Naughty Dog will give five different lectures related to Uncharted 2 and its production; In…
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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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