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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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Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Dec. 11 PvPonline published Dec. 11 ActionTrip published Dec. 7 Digital Unrest published Dec. 7 EXTRALIFE published Dec. 10 2P Start! published Dec. 9 GU Comics published Dec. 11 Dotgif published Dec. 7 Ctrl-Alt-Delete published Dec. 9 Dueling Analogs published Dec. 11 Nerf NOW published Dec. 11 Rooster Teeth published Dec. 12…
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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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UncategorizedChristmas Lights Hero 100 Percents the Holidays
Ric Turner, a former special effects specialist with Disney Imagineering built this, a 21,268-bulb Guitar Hero holiday display that plays “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson. According to Turner: When you play, you watch only the Christmas lights, but the audio you hear is from the Wii, so your flubs are broadcast for all to…
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Early Video Outs ‘Green Day: Rock Band’
Not sure if this is the “biggest surprise premiere in VGA history” we’ve been promised, but MTV put up a “Green Day: Rock Band” video dated three days into the future, then pulled it. Embed code still works, though. As you can see, the band’s rocking out to “American Idiot” with note highways, band shots,…
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Win a Blu-Ray Dragon’s Lair Signed by the Game’s Creators
Dragon’s Lair is out on the iTunes App Store for five bucks, but if you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, the good folks at EA Mobile are providing an autographed, playable Blu-Ray copy that we’re giving away. Here’s the lowdown on the swag up for grabs: It’s a Blu-Ray version of the game,…
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Hey, Looky That. UFC Undisputed 2010’s Dated
Big ups to reader Philip C. for spotting something my sandy eyes missed this morning when I was doing Weekend Coupons. UFC Undisputed 2010 has a release date of May 25, according to the latest Gamestop ad. Of course, the game itself will get a debut trailer at tonight’s Video Game Awards on Spike. But…
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Atari Now on its Fourth CEO in Three Years
I half imagine Atari’s board of directors has a sticker on its windshield reminding it to change CEOs every 5,000 miles. Sure enough, it’s happened again. Former chief operating officer Jeff Lapin is now in the top job. The publisher of Star Trek Online gave no reasoning for the switch, only saying outgoing CEO David…
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