Monday, March 2, 2009 - Page 2
News

Midway Offloading Mortal Kombat (And Screwing Former Employees)

Midway, publishers of the Mortal Kombat franchise, are in trouble. And how are they looking at getting out of trouble? By giving Midway executives bonuses! Oh, and by selling off Mortal Kombat.


In Real Life

Super Mario Land Explained In A Second Language With Yelps And Bad Words

We’re not exactly sure what’s going on here. There’s Game Boy title Super Mario Land, the English language, and a whole lotta what-the-fuck.


News

The Biggest Selling Game In Japan Last Month Was…

February is over. Games were sold in Japan last month, and Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has a list of which games sold the most.


WIN! A Killzone 2 PlayStation 3 Console

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Final reminder: our Killzone 2 competition closes tonight! Read our review here and then head over to the original post for more details on how to enter.


In Real Life

What’s On Good Game TV Tonight?

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Junglist is here again to give you a sneak preview of tonight’s episode of Good Game.


In Real Life

BackGames: Reverse In Plots Games Video

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“Pacman fills mazes with dots, pausing only to regurgitate fruit & ghosts.” That’s BackGames, the latest way to waste time amuse your friends on Twitter.


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Toys R Us Testing Used Game Sales And Buy Backs

Toys R Us is testing out a new program to buy used video games for store credit at some stores in the New York area, the national toy retailer told Kotaku today.


Censor Watch

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Remember how we despaired at the delays to Club Nintendo? Then remember how Nintendo told us we’d finally have some good news last week?Of course, that good news was also delayed. But the recent classification of Club Nintendo reward game, Game & Watch Collection for DS, suggests we might not have to wait too much longer.


Did You Win Dawn Of War II?

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Last week’s Dawn Of War II competition has closed. Let’s find out who were the five winners.


The Week In Games

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Game of the week is undoubtedly Empire: Total War, from the Creative Assembly and Sega. Sure, the competition isn’t the strongest, but this is a title that would tower above all others most weeks of the year. However, if a monolithic PC strategy game isn’t your idea of fun, there’s always Rapala Fishing Frenzy…