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Gameloft Cuts Android Efforts, Says It’s Not Alone
12:20PM Owen Good | The French mobile games developer Gameloft has scaled back its development on Google’s Android platform, complaining that the Android application store is “not as neatly done” and offers little enticement to buy games offered there. More »
Culture
Google’s New OS Runs On Metal Gear
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | In case you missed it, Google unveiled for the first time today their fancy new Chrome operating system. Why do we care? Because its debut trailer managed to sneak in a little Metal Gear, that’s why. More »
Culture
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | When Earth Day rolled around, an army of Kotaku tipsters pointed out the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda’s cameo in Google’s holiday logo. Turns out that’s happened more than once. A lot more than once. More »
Yes, Someone At Google Is Slightly Triforce Obsessed
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | When Earth Day rolled around, an army of Kotaku tipsters pointed out the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda’s cameo in Google’s holiday logo. Turns out that’s happened more than once. A lot more than once. More »
Culture
When Google Maps Meets SimCity
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | While Google Maps is pretty useful at the moment – especially Street View – we can’t help but look at this Chinese map of Hong Kong and wish that, instead of “Street View”, we could instead have “SimCity View”. More »
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Gamify Your Google With iGoogle Game Themes
10:40AM Mike Fahey | Google makes web searching so much more exciting with the introduction of iGoogle video game themes, featuring art from Mega Man, Animal Crossing, Tomb Raider, Street Fighter, and more. More »
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Google To Bring ‘Gaming Industry’s Most Iconic Characters To Life’ At GDC
11:40AM AJ Glasser | A last-minute invite from Google could be very exciting or completely dull and uninteresting — but there’s just no way to tell which. More »
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Guitar Hero, Now On Google Phone
8:00AM Luke Plunkett | Activision like to exploit franchises. Guitar Hero is probably their biggest. So when a new platform – the Google Phone – comes around, you can bet Activision will be exploiting Guitar Hero on it. More »
Culture
You Seem To Have Got GTAIV In My Google Earth
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Reader Sun Scramble was checking out Google Earth the other day and – on a whim, we’re sure – punched in 40°42′49.23″N, 73°59′51.44″W. Lo and behold, what did he see? A giant GTAIV ad. More »
