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Joystiq vs. GDC 2010 14 March 2010 at 11:30 am by admin


GDC generally isn’t packed with the “oohs” and “ahs” that are typically exuded during E3 or the Tokyo Game Show.

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+ Kotaku Off-Topic: Butt Drugs and Dudu Chili [How Is This News?] By admin 14 March 2010 at 9:00 am and have No Comments


Yeah, a headline like that, you wanna know what’s inside, not what pointless thing happened to me at a stoplight yesterday. Although I did see a green-and-gold Oakland A’s Lincoln Town Car yesterday and it was so awesome I wept. More »

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Kotaku Off-Topic: Butt Drugs and Dudu Chili [How Is This News?]

+ Valve grabs some Naughty Dog devs By admin 14 March 2010 at 6:00 am and have No Comments


While all out confirmation that Valve is starting to really develop for the PS3 hasn’t come down the line yet, we’ve heard enough from people at the company to know that it is. At some point we’re going to see a Valve game that is fully developed by Valve on the PS3. It is going to happen and it looks like they’re taking it seriously as well.

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+ GDC Game Developers Choice Awards have some winners By admin 14 March 2010 at 4:00 am and have No Comments

In case you hadn’t noticed the Game Developer’s Conference want on this week. You should check it out, we’ve been talking about it .

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GDC Game Developers Choice Awards have some winners

+ Q4 release for Mafia 2 (re)confirmed; Payne, Noire, Civ V still on hit list By admin 13 March 2010 at 11:59 pm and have No Comments

Earlier this month, Take-Two announced the potential movement of one of the titles planned for release in its fiscal fourth quarter, extending from August to October. The choices were: LA Noire , Mafia 2 , Max Payne 3 , or Civilization V . During our demo of Mafia 2 on Wednesday, we were told the game would make its Q4 release, removing it from the list of potentially delayed titles

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Q4 release for Mafia 2 (re)confirmed; Payne, Noire, Civ V still on hit list

+ Will Wright predicts social games will grow to 25 percent of market By admin 13 March 2010 at 10:45 pm and have No Comments

One of the big trends at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference is social gaming, thanks to wild success stories like Facebook-powered Farmville .

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Will Wright predicts social games will grow to 25 percent of market

+ GDC 2010: EEDAR talks new IP strategy By admin 13 March 2010 at 10:00 pm and have No Comments

Game industry analysis firm EEDAR dropped some interesting statistics during its GDC panel this year. The first half of the presentation — hosted by EEDAR president Geoffrey Zatkin — concerned new intellectual property in the games industry.

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+ Monaco Award-Winner Celebrates, Warns Of Potential Nut-Kicking [Gdc] By admin 13 March 2010 at 9:00 pm and have No Comments

Andy Schatz won the top award at the Independent Games Festival for Monaco, a wonderful four-player heist game . Backstage after the win, Kotaku learned Monaco’s future, why Schatz might kick someone in the nuts, and …

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+ Medal of Honor trailer defines Tier One Operative (in case you were wondering) By admin 13 March 2010 at 9:00 pm and have No Comments

The latest trailer for EA’s upcoming reboot of the Medal of Honor series, which debuted this week on GTTV , really goes out of its way to explain exactly the kind of gentlemen you’ll be piloting this summer . These guys are Tier One Operators — “experts in the application of violence” — which might explain why some guy who seems to just be hanging out gets totally messed up without much of a reason. Aside from a repeat performance of the “kick dude in chair out of window who’s actually booby-trapped with explosives,” we’re given a bit of a hint at what to expect from the game.

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Medal of Honor trailer defines Tier One Operative (in case you were wondering)

+ Impressions: Mass Effect 2 DLC – Kasumi’s Stolen Memory By admin 13 March 2010 at 8:12 pm and have No Comments

click to kazoomi Like some of the best loyalty quests in Mass Effect 2 , ” Kasumi’s Stolen Memory ” is an inventive sub-story that steps away from all the galactic peril just long enough to explore the motives and traits of a newly recruited squad mate.

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Impressions: Mass Effect 2 DLC – Kasumi’s Stolen Memory