Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - Page 2
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Aussie Gamers Launch ‘Hire For The Fires’ Charity

Kotaku AU

The lads from local gaming sites Pixel Hunt, Xbox World Australia and Vooks have banded together to raise money for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal and support those whose lives have been tragically affected by the recent bushfires in Victoria. You can show your support too, by signing up for participating in the Hire For The Fires initiative

Update: You don’t need to sign up to show your support.


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Mario & Sonic To Meet Again, This Time In Canada

Fewer titles epitomise the gulf in potential and delivery on the Wii more than Mario & Sonic at the Olympics. I mean… Mario and Sonic? Together? With motion-sensing? How did this game end up rubbish?


In Real Life

The Cosplay of NYCC (Part 6)

Kotaku AU

Johnny Depp wasn’t at the New York Comic Con. Nor was Master Chief, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Scarecrow or… erm… who the hell is that meant to be?


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360 Avatars Can Celebrate Valentines Day Too, You Know

Valentines Day is coming up, marketing teams need ways to somehow tie gaming into that most non-gaming of days… what to do? Romantic costumes are a good place to start, and Microsoft just signed up.


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You Can Stop Fretting, Capcom Has An Australian Distributor

Kotaku AU

After word hit of Red Ant’s financial woes, Capcom were quick to reassure us there’d be no issues with the release of their upcoming games. That assurance is now official: Capcom has signed on with THQ to distribute their games in Australia and New Zealand.


In Real Life

Ikaruga & Pong Swap Polarities In Pong-Karuga

“GoS-CPT-Stewart” is a student at game design school Full Sail. As part of his studies, he had to make a Pong clone. So he took Pong and mixed it with, of all things, Ikaruga.


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H.A.W.X. Demo Date Confusion Now Less Confusing

Kotaku AU

Ignore our earlier post. These are the Australian dates for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. demo. If you have an Xbox 360, you get it today. Update: For “today”, read “this evening”. If you have a PS3, you get it tomorrow. If you have a PC, you get it in two weeks (Feb 26). Got that now?


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How Uncharted 2 Hopes To Fix Uncharted 1′s Biggest Problem

We loved Uncharted. Loved it to bits. But it wasn’t without its problems! Chief amongst those being the fact shirtless men somehow took 117 bullets to kill. Thankfully, the sequel’s looking to remedy that.


New Wanted: Weapons of Fate Screens

Hot off the presses are eight new shots from Wanted: Weapons of Fate. Contrary to most movie-games, Weapons of Fate looks like it actually might be worth a damn.


In Real Life

Finally, Zelda II Has Been Translated Into Latin

While I would prefer to play Zelda II: the Adventure of Link in the original Klingon, a full translation of the Nintendo classic in Latin can do in a pinch.