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X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter Making A Comeback?
4:00AM Mike Fahey | With LucasArts in a re-releasing and re-making mood, with classic games on Steam and the Monkey Island remake on Xbox Live, is there anything happening with the classic X-Wing space combat series? Could be… More »
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Turning Japanese, Kotaku’s Turning Japanese
10:00AM Brian Crecente | If you live in Japan you may have noticed that you’re not able to read or even see this right now. In fact, you’re probably reading a very similar Kotaku except entirely in Japanese. More »
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Kotaku Heads To Comic-Con
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | We’re making the annual trek to the San Diego Convention centre for Comic-Con 2009, which kicks off with a preview night on Wednesday and wraps up on a lazy Sunday. This year, we’re doing things a little different. More »
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Come To Kotaku’s E3 Party This Sunday
2:20AM Michael McWhertor | Kotaku’s annual pre-E3 party is happening this Sunday, giving you a chance to buy those shots you owe me, rub elbows with fellow Kotaku readers, and drunkenly hit on video game PR reps. Good times. More »
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Come To Kotaku’s Pre-E3 Party!
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Kotaku crew is headed to E3 2009 in just ten days. As we do every year, we’re throwing a little get together on the eve of E3. And you’re invited, dear reader! More »
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What Is Sony Announcing On Tuesday?
8:20AM Mike Fahey | Sony dropped Kotaku a line to let us know that something is going down on Tuesday, March 31st. Could it be the long-rumoured price cut is finally upon us? More »
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About Kotaku Previews
5:00AM Michael McWhertor | After launching the Kotaku review template last year, we decided to move on to the next most important aspect of judging games: Judging them before they’re finished. Most folks call them previews. More »
Sony Patents Ultrasonic Waggle Controller Technology
3:20AM Mike Fahey | A patent application filed on October 23rd that surfaced over at NeoGAF reveals that talk of Sony creating a break-apart controller that surfaced back in July of this year might not have been as far-fetched as was originally thought. The patent is for a method by which a system could track the movement of one or more controllers, with video tracking the position of the controllers and ultrasonic frequencies used to determine their distance from the console. What this means is that two different controllers would submit data to a video input device like the PlayStation Eye, with the Eye’s microphone picking up on both the visual location and aural distance to track motion. More »LittleBigPlanet Servers Are A Go…. Well …
2:00AM Brian Crecente | LittleBigPlanet Servers Are A Go…. Well at least they were working moderately well last night. Soon after booting up my Playstation 3 and starting up the game I was asked to download a 20 meg or so patch that brought my copy of LittleBigPlanet up to version 1.03. After the update I was able to connect and even publish a crap level I created. I also managed to play through some other amazing levels with friends. The only issue I had was some slow down in create mode when I tried to undo multiple accidents. Are you having any luck? More »
