Sunday, December 13, 2009 - Page 2
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VGAs Promise ‘Biggest Surprise Premiere’ In First Five Minutes Tonight

Geoff Keighley’s stoking buzz for tonight’s Video Game Awards on Spike (8 p.m. U.S. Eastern). Since we already know of Halo: Reach, the new Medal of Honor and others, it sounds like a total wildcard will open the show.


In Real Life

Making Room For Baby Means Saying Goodbye To Old Friends

Parting with one’s treasured game collection can be an unthinkable proposition for many. But having a baby absolutely transforms your life, as one long-tenured Kotaku US commenter writes. And that makes such decisions not only possible, but downright necessary.


In Real Life

Performance And Mastery: Changing One’s Motivation As A Gamer

Faced with a challenge, people are largely motivated by one of two processes – either the opportunity to demonstrate their talent, or the opportunity to improve it. Game genres also appeal to these processes, and their rewards


News

Back Pay Is Hell, And Utah Devs Still Aren’t Getting Any

When we last left Sensory Sweep, the Utah studio that just stopped paying employees, it cut a deal with the government to pay back nearly $US1 million by September. That hasn’t happened, and its founder is facing tax evasion charges.


Not The Bottom Of The Ninth, But A Big At-Bat Coming For MLB 2K10

Scapegoated by its ownership and sandbagged by both declining sales and declining reviews, MLB 2K is a seriously troubled franchise. Flawed though it is, the title’s biggest problems going into 2010 are not entirely of its own making.


Kotaku Originals: Chunk Of Funk

Bravely revisiting his childhood typecasting, Jeff B. Cohen – “Chunk” from 1985′s the Goonies, and now a high powered Hollywood lawyer-mans – dispensed solid legal advice to the gaming community, going far deeper than the usual can-you-trademark-edge questions.


November 13, 2009
News

PAL PlayStation Store Update: Sorry

You know, a gracious bow and a sincere apology go a long way in this world. So while this week’s PAL PlayStation Store update is, once again, a little bare, at least SCEE are apologetic about the whole thing.


News

Phalanx Making A Triumphant Return

Phalanx is a strange game. Few of you will remember the game, even fewer probably ever played it. But most of you will remember, or at least recognise, the game’s famous box art.


News

Yup, There’s An Uncharted Pinball Game

Officially announcing what was unofficially announced earlier this week, Sony today revealed Pinball Heroes, a range of cheap, downloadable pinball games for the PSP.


News

GameStop To Sell DLC…In Their Stores

Next year, GameStops across the US will begin testing a new service whereby gamers can buy DLC not online, but in a store, then take it home with them. It’s called the “Missing The Point” program.