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Happy Birthday Trials HD

Kotaku AU

Trials HD turns one today. Kotaku reader FatShady (currently ranked 216th on the global Trials HD leaderboard) baked it a cake, as seen on the RedLynx forums.


July 29, 2010
In Real Life

Happy Tenth Birthday, Double Fine

Scott Campbell, art director at Brutal Legend and Psychonauts developers Double Fine, has marked the studio’s tenth birthday with this rad cartoon.


June 23, 2010
In Real Life

Deus Ex Turns 10

This week, classic PC title Deus Ex turns ten. They grow up so fast! To celebrate, you can buy it for $US2.50.


March 5, 2010
In Real Life

The PS2′s First Ten Years: A Timeline

In case you missed it, today was the PlayStation 2′s tenth birthday. Happy birthday, PS2! To mark the occasion, we’ve whipped up a little timeline charting the good times, and better times, of the world’s most successful games platform.


December 3, 2009
News

Happy 15th Birthday, PlayStation!

It all began 15 years ago today. On December 3, 1994, Sony released the PlayStation in Japan. The rest, as they say, is history.


November 26, 2009

Why I Don’t Play World Of Warcraft

Monday marked the fifth birthday of World of Warcraft, and – enormous success though it is – there are many millions who haven’t played it, and honestly don’t care to. I’m one of them, and here we have our say.


November 25, 2009

Why I Play World Of Warcraft

Oh, not me specifically. I don’t play World of Warcraft. But I am powerful curious as to why millions and millions of people sink money into the Blizzard moneymaker year after year for a game that you can never win.


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Celebrate 5 Years Of Killzone With Double XP

World of Warcraft isn’t the only game turning five this week, with developer Guerrilla celebrating five years of Killzone all week long at Killzone.com, culminating in a weekend’s worth of double XP goodness.


November 3, 2009
News

10 Years Of Asheron’s Call

Can you believe Asheron’s Call is still running 10 years after its November 2nd, 1999 release? Turbine can, and it’s celebrating in style with events throughout the day for the diehard fans still grinding away.


August 15, 2009
News

Happy 20th, Sega Genesis!

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. release of the Sega Genesis, the game console that briefly put Sega on the video game hardware map.