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Fake Gabe Newell — Show Yourself!
Some of you might have noticed my “zombiedogs” snafu earlier today. “Gabe Newell” did. Well, the guy masquerading on Twitter as the Valve boss, anyway. That’s when I knew for sure there were no zombiedogs in Left 4 Dead 2. Quick recap: We got sent a screengrab of some files in the Left 4 Dead…
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EA Warns Against Bogus Bad Company 2 Beta Signups
Apparently there are some phishing emails going around – for what other purpose would someone fake an invitation to a sign-up for a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta? EA says no such thing exists. Says the Battlefield producer Gordon Van Dyke on the Battlefield Blog: As of today there is no official Battlefield Bad Company…
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Modern Warfare 2 Killstreak Rewards Revealed?
The early PC Xbox 360 leak of Modern Warfare 2 continues to churn spoilers. Yesterday we saw the video of what you get for an eyepopping kill streak of 25. Someone’s posted a list of rewards for all the others. The site Gamepex has posted, without attribution, the full list. Take it with a heaping…
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Week in Games: Harvest Season
More than 60 qualities drop this week as the release season begins its death march toward Black Friday. Dragon Age: Origins is the marquee release, with two DLC expansions releasing for Xbox 360 on Day One. Lego Rock Band and Band Hero provide the competing casual rhythm game experience. Star Wars: Battlefront hits the handhelds,…
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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 Biggest WTF Games of All Time [Brave New Gamer] Back in the 1980s I remember reading an ad for early arcade ports that…
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Amazon Seeks “Call of Duty-est” Town in America
Amazon’s pitting city against town against village in a promotion to see which American municpality orders the most copies of Modern Warfare 2 with release-date delivery. They’ve got a top 40 board up, which Stillwater, Okla. currently leads. The criteria: Amazon’s cutoff are towns and cities with a population over 5,000 (according to the most…
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Latest Wiimote Attachment: Baby
Fans of hardcore child-rearing sims will no doubt find the Wii-exclusive “Baby and Me” to be a day-one purchase this year, promising a revolutionary new peripheral in which you stick a Wiimote inside a baby. OK, not a real baby. A baby doll, of course. But it takes doll-playing to the next level by incorporating…
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Don Ivan Punchatz, Doom Box Artist, Dies at 73
The artist Don Ivan Punchatz, whose artwork on id Software’s Doom helped establish the game’s hardcore reputation and appeal, has died of a heart attack. He was 73. Punchatz who also illustrated for top-flight publications such as National Geographic, TIME and Playboy, suffered a heart attack on Oct. 11 and never regained consciousness. After two…
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Infinity Ward Removes Modern Warfare 2 “F.A.G.S.” Video
Following stern criticism from two games writers yesterday, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling pulled back a viral video for Modern Warfare 2, couched as a PSA from a group called “Fight Against Grenade Spam” that called the tactic “for pussies.” Destructoid’s Samit Sarkar, following the event unfold over Twitter, reports that Infinity Ward took fire publicly…
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Watch Grandma Hardcore Cuss Up a Storm in Brütal Legend
We’ve featured her on Kotaku before, but years ago. So to reintroduce her, Old Grandma Hardcore lives in Cleveland (there’s just no way she could live anywhere else) and she loves playing games. She’s also got the potty-mouth of a 19-year-old, but the F-bombs she drops are terms of endearment, explains her grandson:over at OGH.…
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And Here is Two Full Minutes of Nonchalantly Performed Badassery
Eidos just released a new trailer for Just Cause 2, which blends cinematic action with some impressive gameplay. This game’s packing some attitude, dammit. It doesn’t really care that opening a parachute 10 feet from the ground probably wouldn’t work in real life. It does in real Just Cause 2. Now excuse me while I…
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AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
Manhunt 2, notoriously edited by Rockstar to not earn an Adults Only tag from the ESRB, will be released Nov. 6 in that AO form, on the PC. Direct2Drive will have the download, for $29.95. Manhunt 2, as an M-rated game on the PSP, PS2 and Wii, was very poorly received when it went out…
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No Demo for Assassin’s Creed II, Either
Ubisoft’s decision to not publish a public demo for the first Assassin’s Creed disappointed fans. They’re going to be disappointed again, because a spokesman has said Assassin’s Creed II won’t get a demo, either. Connected Consoles reports that, at the Eurogamer Expo, an Ubisoft rep told them straight up the game will not be getting…
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25 Kill Streak in MW2 Delivers You a Really Big Bang
Multiplayer spoiler alert, I guess. Should you be awesome enough to rack up 25 straight kills in Modern Warfare 2, the game gives you a superweapon from which there is no escape. Not even for the guy who uses it. Nuke Your Opponents in Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer [Spoilers] [Hot Blooded Gaming]
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