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February 24, 2012
The Next Microsoft Console's Code Name is Revealed to the Gaming Public
So places like Kotaku have heard from a lot of sources (which can be found in this article) that are close to the working on the next Microsoft gaming console. They found out that the code-name for Microsoft's next console is Durango. Sounds like a familiar animated title doesn't it?
Though it should be noted that this is a code-name, not the official name. Just like the code-names for the Dreamcast (Katana), the Gamecube (Dolphin), and the Wii (Revolution), it's not the name that will be printed on the console or the box it will be
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February 24, 2012
PAX East Pledges to Stay in Boston for 11 More Years
The organizers for PAX East and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) announced recently that the popular video game convention will remain in Boston until 2023. The organizers are hoping to grow the number of attendees to around 100,000, making it one of the largest public gaming conventions in the world (behind Germany's Gamescom and Japan's Tokyo Game Show).
PAX East will also make a sizable donation to digital games education, as Massachusetts Digital Games Institute will receive a $50,000 contribution this year alongside an annual donation of $25,000 a year. Totally to $325,000 over the next 11 years.
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Black Ops Deemed the Best Video Game Ending, Many Have a Different Opinion
So over 13,000 fans voted for their favorite video game ending of all time for next installment of "The Guinness Book of World Records Gamer Edition", and it was a surprise to everyone like Kotaku and Screwattack. And not everyone is happy with it. While I have played Black Ops and liked its ending, in my 20+ years of playing video games, I think there is way better endings than Black
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February 22, 2012
Check out the new Borderlands 2 Trailer just released this morning! The new trailer reveals the new set of vault hunters and a good number of characters making a return appearance from the last game.
The trailer shows a promising, but similar experience to the original. Which is just fine by us.
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COD Now Has Over 40 Million Players, Half from MW3
Activision stated in a news release to sources like Kotaku that as of now its Call of Duty franchise has reached to more than 40 million monthly active users across all of its titles, half of them coming from Modern Warfare 3. Meanwhile, there are around seven million users in the game's Call of Duty: Elite service with around 1.5 million of them being paying annual members.
In January, Xbox Live reported that the three most recent Call of Duty titles captured first,
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EA Displays Their Plans for the Future
There is plenty of room in our gaming lives for more Battlefield 3, Bad Company and other military first-person shooters from EA, the giant game publisher's number two boss told the public through a recent interview with Kotaku just recently.
"I think the genre is big enough, and they're different experiences," said EA CEO Peter Moore said during a brief sit-down interview in New York City. Just a day before that, representatives of EA sent Kotaku and others
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February 14, 2012
Kaz Hirai to be Officially the Next Head of Sony
As I have stated nearly a year ago, Kaz Hirai will become the next head of Sony. According to this article on Kotaku, it seems that it has been officially confirmed. Sony CEO Howard Stringer announced that his replacement as President and CEO of Sony Corporation will definitely be Kaz Hirai, when he steps down in June. They officially announced this move with Hirai's promotion in April (while Stringer will remain as executive chairman until his departure this Summer).
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February 10, 2012
Notch Wants Pyschonauts 2 to Come True
Tim Schafer's Psychonauts is practically up there when it comes to great, under-appreciated video games. While it didn't set the world on fire with massive sales, it's still a cult hit with everyone for its out of mind gameplay and humor.
So, where's the sequel? Well, lately Schafer's Double Fine development studio's changed a bit. They now focus on smaller, leaner games destined for the downloadable market. Schafer's stated that from a manpower and financial perspective, Double Fine's not quite ready for a follow-up to Psychonauts. Still, he told in
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February 07, 2012
South Korea Opens the World's First Kinect Powered Theme Park
According to Kotaku, South Korea has opened the gates to the first ever interactive theme park called Live Park. It allows visitors to experience the virtual world with interactive games and other forms of interactive entertainment. Think of video games meets Six Flags meets Minority Report (minus the Tom Cruise acting), and you would likely get Live Park.
The park, which was the brainchild of Start-up D'strict, boasts sixty-five attractions, took about two years to complete, and can hold up to around
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February 07, 2012
Legend of Grimrock Developers Make Their Game Accessible to All Gamers with Limited Accessibility
When someone on the Legend of Grimrock's commented and asked about clickable on-screen arrow navigation for the upcoming Indie dungeon crawling game, developers said they had no plans to make said feature. When they found out that the comment came from a gamer with limited movement, they changed their plans and made it possible for people like the commenter (who goes by the handle name of HarpoonIPA), who uses a mouth stick for typing and gaming.
Legend of Grimrock is an old-school dungeon exploration game from developer company Almost Human (who