Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - Page 2
In Real Life

Kenka Bancho, The Badass Gallery Of Tough Guy Faces

This March, fighting game Kenka Bancho is coming to the silver screen in Japan with Kenka Bancho ~ Zenkoku Seiha (Nationwide Domination). It’s bringing hard-nosed facial posturing with it!


News

The Big Three All See Revenues Drop In 2009

Revenues were down for most video game companies in 2009, and the big three platform holders were no exception. Pretty clear, but if you need it spelled out a little clearer, nice graphs tend to do the trick.


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Why Is Square Enix Raising Cash?

Square Enix, the company behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, announced a ¥35 billion ($418 million) zero-coupon convertible bond.


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EA Exec & Former EA Exec: Handbags At 20 Paces

This is fun. A former EA executive last week went to town on the publisher’s business strategy and that of its boss, John Riccitiello. Rather than let the comments wash under the bridge, however, EA today responded. With snark.


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Blizzard Worth $7 Million In 1995, $7 Billion In 2007

What a difference a decade makes. Speaking with Game Informer magazine, Activision boss Bobby Kotick has spoken of the massive disparity between how much Blizzard was worth in 1995 compared to the price Kotick paid in 2007.


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Sony Confirms Local Servers For Aussie MAG Launch

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MAG, Sony’s 256-player military shooter, is out in Australia in just over three weeks. Now that the beta has wrapped up, Sony says they’ll be hosting local servers for Aussie players.


Rumour: Rock Band Network Launching Tomorrow?

MTV’s Rock Band Network, an ambitious program aimed at letting “anyone” upload a song to the game’s store, may be launching as early as tomorrow, according to the Wall Street Journal.


Reader Review: Wings Of Prey

Kotaku AU

Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Sam does, as he asks us to smoke him some kippers, he’ll be back for breakfast.


Kotaku Off-Topic: Every Kiss Begins With Uranus

You might think you got your girl a nice sized rock when you popped the question, some gas giant at the edge of the solar system just blew the curve for the rest of us guys.


In Real Life

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