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The Swiss and the Swedes Get Their Own NHL 11
Chicago’s Jonathan Toews is the global cover athlete for NHL 11 but EA Sports shows some love for other nations, putting Henrik and Daniel Sedin on the cover for the game sold in Sweden, and Mark Streit for Switzerland’s version.
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NBA 2K11 Eyes-On Impressions: Looks Are Everything — For Now
The same day Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers would repeat as NBA champions just a block away from E3, 2K Sports made its case for why NBA 2K will continue its dominance of pro basketball on consoles. At E3, we were given an eyes-only demonstration of NBA 2K11 that was long on visuals…
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UncategorizedSpeak-Up On Kotaku: F-Zero, Argentina Woes, Mushroom Art, And The Good Old 60GB
The post E3 2010 episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku is here, with Linfosoma, Dracosummoner, Richardsim7, and Mayonaisetim sounding off on dead 60GB PlayStation 3 consoles, mushroom art, the F-Zero series, and the trouble with games in Argentina. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our…
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Create Your Own Scott Pilgrim Avatar
Ever wonder what you’d look like as a character from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series? Probably much better than you do in real life, if my picture from the Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator is any indication. The video game reference riddled Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie is coming in August, and the official…
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New World Of Warcraft Patch Enables Cross-Game Chat
Blizzard’s 3.3.5 patch for World of Warcraft went live yesterday, enabling the new Battle.net Real ID feature, allowing for cross-faction, cross-server, and when StarCraft II comes out, cross-game chat. Real ID is a layer of friends list on top of the one World of Warcraft players are used to. Instead of tagging another character name…
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Science Finds Courage In The Human Brain
General George Patton said that “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” Now scientists may have found a way to stimulate courage, pinpointing the portion of the brain that helps humans conquer their fears. Snakes – why is it always snakes? A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel,…
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UncategorizedEl Shaddai’s Lucifel Is Headed For A Fall
The second part of Ignition’s epic trailer for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron gets up close and personal with Lucifel, a suave archangel destined to become the foremost fallen. Oh, and porklings. Lucifel is of course Lucifer, God’s favorite angel who eventually falls from grace and becomes the ruler of hell. The eternal damnation…
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Survive Earthquakes, Floods, And Tornadoes With Disaster Hero
Adventure game company Legacy Interactive and the American College Of Emergency Physicians have teamed up to create Disaster Hero, a web-based game aimed at helping people keep it together while the world is falling apart. When the forces of nature turn against us it seems like there’s nothing we can do to prevent them, but…
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Missed Connections: Rock Of Ages
Between the trailer, these screenshots, and the advertisements on every E3 badge holder, I’m terribly sorry I missed our E3 2010 appointment with Atlus and didn’t see Rock of Ages, but I had to fly home. There was cake waiting. Rock of Ages is a new downloadable game from ACE Team of Zeno Clash fame.…
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Living The High Life In Test Drive Unlimited 2
A glamorous, raven-haired beauty clad in a slinky dress wanders through a showcase of the world’s most expensive vehicles, her high heels clicking on the tile floor. I’m that raven-haired beauty, and one of these cars will soon be mine. The game is Test Drive Unlimited 2, Eden Games and Atari’s second trip into the…
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