Posts Tagged ‘ summer of gaming

When A Real Band Tried Rock Band… [Video Game Summer] 27 July 2009 at 3:00 pm by admin


It may be the Summer of Gaming here at Kotaku, but for many Brooklyn neighborhoods, the season’s long, hot days mean just one thing: weeks of non-stop band shows. No, not Rock Band — real bands. Is there common ground?

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+ About This Nascent Modern Warfare 2 "Boycott" [Tales Of The Pissed] By admin 26 July 2009 at 6:30 pm and have No Comments


Someone ran a poll and, guess what, two out of three people hate paying higher prices. This is called a potential boycott of Modern Warfare 2 , unless Activision lowers the $60 price for PC versions

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+ Custom Make "Any Game" as an NES Cart Necklace Charm [Big Free Ad] By admin 25 July 2009 at 8:00 pm and have No Comments


We do a lot of free ads for Etsy craftspersons, yeah, but this is pretty good: Old school NES carts are available as mini-sized necklace charms, in hypoallergenic silver if you want to upgrade. Artist Laura Swingle makes the charms; her page features Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt, Zelda, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3, Metroid, and Final Fantasy

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Custom Make "Any Game" as an NES Cart Necklace Charm [Big Free Ad]

+ EA Provides "Girls", Asks Gamers To Sin To Win [Comic-con 09] By admin 24 July 2009 at 1:14 pm and have No Comments

Electronic Arts is asking Comic-Con goers to “sin to win” a dinner and “sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty.” To enter the contest, conventioneers need to “commit acts of lust” by taking photos with the models working the Dante’s Inferno booth or any other booth babes at the show. Those photos then need to be uploaded to Twitter, Facebook or emailed to Electronic Arts

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+ Dev: DSi Is "A More Powerful Platform" Than DS Lite [Comparisons] By admin 24 July 2009 at 10:40 am and have No Comments

One of the top DS development houses in the industry doesn’t see the DSi as just a DS Lite plus gimmicks. “It’s not just a DS with cameras in it as some might think,” video game producer David Nathanielsz told Kotaku in an interview earlier this week. “It’s a more powerful platform.” Nathanielsz is the executive producer of the forthcoming Band Hero DS , which is in development at Activision’s Vicarious Visions studio.

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Dev: DSi Is "A More Powerful Platform" Than DS Lite [Comparisons]

+ Fallout 3 Developer Creates More Backyard Games [Video Game Summer] By admin 23 July 2009 at 9:20 am and have No Comments

I have a thing for playing outside. There I said it

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+ Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation? [Video Game Summer] By admin 22 July 2009 at 2:00 pm and have No Comments

Get up off your ass. Move, move, move.

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+ Why No Splinter Cell On PS3? It’s A "Business Decision" [Splinter Cell] By admin 22 July 2009 at 3:30 am and have No Comments

Sometimes, a developer or publisher chooses not to release a game on the PS3 for manpower or technical reasons (see: Valve ). Other times, though – as is the case with Splinter Cell : Conviction – it’s just down to money. In an interview with Kikizo, Ubisoft’s Steven Masters has completely gone against previous Ubisoft comments on the matter and been refreshingly frank, saying the real reason the game won’t be appearing on Sony’s console has nothing to do with his development team, and everything to do with the suits upstairs: Ubisoft as a company now has a lot of experience with PS3.

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+ Get Outside… and Enjoy Video Gaming? [Video Game Summer] By admin 21 July 2009 at 10:00 am and have No Comments

We’ve spent this month talking about the confluence of summer and gaming, from summer blockbusters to beach arcades , summer reading to video-game-inspired outdoor play . Here’s a chance for you help build up our Summer of Gaming . What do you plan to do this summer that’s video game related?

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Get Outside… and Enjoy Video Gaming? [Video Game Summer]

+ Hideo Kojima Reads Through MGS Peace Walker Script [Hideo Kojima] By admin 21 July 2009 at 7:30 am and have No Comments

More teasing from the master of tease Hideo Kojima .

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Hideo Kojima Reads Through MGS Peace Walker Script [Hideo Kojima]