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You’ll Be Happy to Note That None of Our Gaming Apps This Week Were Diablo III
Oh give us a break, it was the first time any of us got to cover the launch of a Diablo game. And hey, we did manage to spotlight five mobile games that have almost completely nothing in common with Blizzard’s game. Almost. I mean sure, Tower of Fortune is a dark role-playing game of…
By Mike Fahey - Esports
Racist Comment Leads DOTA 2 Commentator To Apologize To Community
Toby “Tobi Wan” Dawson is a professional commentator for esports site JoinDOTA. He covers DOTA and now DOTA 2 matches and tournaments, and is considered to be quite entertaining. Unfortunately, the commentary he was caught making while playing in a live-streamed public match over the weekend is not so much entertaining as it is inexplicably…
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Nominate Comment Of The Week Here (Plus A New Policy!)
Hello Kotaku. Happy Friday. Do you have good weekend plans? I was going to go to a concert, but now I have to cancel to play Dragon’s Dogma all weekend for review. Because of you. I blame you. Last week, Stephen asked you all to weigh in on what we’re doing over here at Kotaku.…
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UncategorizedThe World Revolves Around Video Games In Freddie W’s New Web Series
The first episode of Freddie W’s new Internet series, Video Game High School, is out. Episode 1 introduces us to the concept of the prestigious academy that is Video Game High School. I wish I lived in a world where video game skills were as highly regarded as they are in this show. Then again,…
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UncategorizedMy Compliments to Those Who Made This Could Hurt So Good
I’ve become so jaded by mobile gaming’s endless pleading for my attention that I recently removed every game from my iPhone except for three that I deeply admire. Today, I’m glad to add a fourth to that group: This Could Hurt by Orange Agenda. A shrewdly designed single-control platform challenge, This Could Hurt layers on…
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UncategorizedNine Compelling Diablo III Features That Didn’t Make the Final Game
As I play through Diablo III, I can’t help but think back to all of the amazing features I witnessed over the course of three years of BlizzCon that didn’t make the cut. YouTube user AlluvianGarald compiles several of these into one disappointment-inducing video. The biggies are obvious. There’s the arena combat, which was shelved…
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UncategorizedHere’s a Clip From Community, Entirely in 16-Bit Video Game Form
Do you love NBC’s comedy show, Community? I love Community. Though the show often pokes fun at film and television tropes—typically through the dorky, yet lovable character Abed—the characters sometimes toy around with video game jokes, too. Last night’s show was more than just a few funny video game quips and references. It was 20…
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Borderlands 2 Loot Chest Wants to Get Players Pillaging
The team behind upcoming shooter Borderlands 2 first showed off their fancy loot chest last month at PAX East. The design came from community suggestions, made to look like the in-game loot chests, and they promised it would be filled with as-yet unannounced goodies. Well, now the goodies are announced. Nestled deeply in among the…
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There’s a Mario Kart 7 Patch in This Week’s Nintendo Download
Thanks to advances in Nintendo downloadable content distribution, 3DS like Mario Kart 7 can now be patched to eliminate exploits. Awww man, I love exploits. But apparently Nintendon’t, so the “Wuhu Loop,” “Maka Wuhu,” and “Bowser Castle 1” maps have now been patched, and those patches are required for online play. Welcome to the future.…
By Mike Fahey
