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Bringing FarmVille To Your Browser Bar

From the FarmVille toolbar to a virtual pet that runs on your browser bar, Conduit’s Ltd is helping gamers connect with games without having to change their web page.


February 18, 2010
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Homeless RPG Comes To America

Europe’s browser-based hit homeless simulation that challenges you to “rise to become king of the bums,” has made its United States launch. Yep, get ready for 2010′s first giant wildass video game outrage …


July 16, 2009

LunchTimeWaster: Great Red Herring Chase

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It may seem like a film noir take on the early 2D Grand Theft Auto, but this flash game runs against type.


July 11, 2009
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Play Street Fighter II CE In Your Web Browser

Celebrating the release of Street Fighter IV for the PC, Capcom and GameTap parent Metaboli have teamed up to deliver Street Fighter II Championship Edition to your browser window.


July 10, 2009

Reader Review: Quake Live

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Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Ben does, as he circle strafes around the browser-based Quake Live.


July 2, 2009
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With Gaikai, Dave Perry Wants Gaming As Accessible As YouTube

In March, a revolutionary-sounding streaming video game technology called OnLive was announced. And then, suddenly, game designer Dave Perry suddenly said he had something just like it. Today, he told Kotaku what’s the same and what’s not.


June 26, 2009
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Battlefield Heroes Performs Covert Launch

The cartoonish, free-to-play, web-based iteration of DICE’s Battlefield series has quietly slipped out of beta, with Battlefield Heroes now available for anyone willing to partake.


June 2, 2009

Indie Tuesdays: Shift 4

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Hands down, this is one of the best browser games I’ve ever played.


May 22, 2009

Indie Devs Turn To In-Game Ads After Piracy Strike

Nearly 24 hours after it went out in mid-April, John Warner checked on the numbers for Raycatcher – a game he and a partner designed and distributed over Steam. The first day, it sold 1,000 copies for $US5. But pirates had also made 35,000 copies for free.


May 11, 2009
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Just What You’ve Always Wanted: A Playboy MMO

Actually, “Playboy Manager” wants to be called a MCOG (Massively Casual Online Game). I’ll call it a FaPS. It arrives this summer and is free and browser-based, so you can play it one-handed.