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Leland Yee Has More Black Friday Shopping Tips For You
Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee was unsuccessful in getting his anti-video game law to remain the supreme law of the land of California—when the Supreme Court smacks down something 7-to-2 with Justices Scalia and Ginsburg agreeing, you know that was one rancidly unconstitutional piece of work. So he’s back with another handy set of Black…
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I Am Alive’s Creator Does Just About Everything He Can to Piss Off PC Gamers in Explaining Why They Don’t Get a Version of the Game
Here’s a heartwarming tale full of good holiday cheer. In an interview with IncGamers, Stanislas Mettra, the creative director behind Ubisoft’s thought-provoking survival tale I Am Alive said chances of a PC port are about zero because a) um, piracy and b) lol, nobody buys PC games anymore. U mad? Oh, it gets better, Mettra…
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The Sounds of The Show Come from the Minor Leagues
When Sony San Diego Studio needs to build a new major league ballpark for MLB The Show, they go to that ballpark, take hundreds of measurements and images, and spend about four months constructing it in the game. When they need new sounds you hear at that ballpark, they go to a minor league field.…
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Trine 2 will Feature Cross-Platform Multiplayer for PC and Mac
Trine 2 is getting both a Mac and a PC version, and developer Frozenbyte is going to see if they can play together nicely. The Steamworks version of the game will offer cross-platform multiplayer support, the studio said in a news release. A newly released Mac beta, available to all who preorder the game, will…
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It’s Mario Kart 7, not Mario Kart 3DS, Because 7’s a Lucky Number
Mario’s debut on the 3DS was, appropriately, called Super Mario 3D Land. And never in the series 19-year history has the game had a numbered sequel (well, technically there’s Mario Kart 64, but it was not the 64th game in the series.) So why is the franchise’s 3DS version, due out in North America next…
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Oh God, Desert Bus is Now on iOS and Android
Just in time for Desert Bus for Hope’s fifth annual charity drive, the infamous mini-game from Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors for Sega CD is now available on Android and all iOS devices. It is, by all appearances, a straight port of the unforgiving original, which requires you to drive eight hours in real…
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The Latest Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Screens Have Nowhere to Hide
Don’t look at me, I’m just as bewildered as many of you are that Sniper: Ghost Warrior did well enough to score a sequel. Perhaps it had something to do with the sexy scenery City Interactive is showing off in the sequel’s screenshots. While I’m a huge proponent for sniping early and often, I just…
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UncategorizedThe Hour of World of Warcraft‘s Twilight Is Almost Upon Us
With patch 4.3 coming soon to a World of Warcraft near you, Blizzard tossed us some video showcasing the three new five-man dungeons and the grand finale of the Cataclysm saga, the Dragon Soul Deathwing raid. It used to be I’d watch something like the Dragon Soul raid coming in the Hour of Twilight patch…
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Follow Gameloft on Twitter for Free Android Games All Weekend Long
Gameloft is handing out free Android games over the Thanksgiving weekend via links in the @GameloftAndroid Twitter feed. The games be available for two hours at a time, meaning you’ve got an hour and a half to snag Dungeon Hunter II HD
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Come Talk About Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Right Now!
Welcome, Kotaku Game Club, to the multiplayer edition of our Uncharted 3 talks! Thank you everyone for showing up a day early. I hope that you’re as excited as I am to get a healthy gaming discussion in before the holiday. In case you’re stumbling upon the Game Club for the first time, our group…
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UncategorizedThe New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer Proves Square Enix Still Knows How to Make a Scene
While the Final Fantasy name may have lost a bit of its drool-inducing powers over the past two entries in the series, the Final Fantasy XIII-2 cinematic team keep the excitement alive in this latest trailer, “Battle of Valhalla”. If the team behind the sequel to one of the most polarizing entries in the series…
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