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Which Console Company Will An Apple ‘Smart Television’ Kill?

7:20AM October 25, 2011 | Joel Johnson

There’s going to be another round of consoles. There’s another Xbox coming, another PlayStation. Anything could happen in the next couple of years before they’re released. For instance, Apple could start selling “smart televisions”. More »

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Madden’s NFL Predictions — And A Few Of Our Own, Vol. 3

3:20AM September 8, 2011 | Owen Good

It’s an annual tradition for Madden NFL 12 to simulate the upcoming season and offer its predictions of how the football season will unfold. Last year it correctly picked one of the Super Bowl participants — the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. This year, the game calls for a rematch of their title game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. More »

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Forbes Predicts The Rise Of Apple And Google Gaming And Decline Of Sony And Microsoft

5:00AM December 29, 2010 | Brian Crecente

In light of Forbes amazingly perceptive 2000 piece about the computers of 2010, Forbes’ Paul Tassi decided to take a stab at predicting what gaming will be like in a decade. More »

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MLB 2K10 Says The Giants Win The Pennant – And World Series

9:00AM October 16, 2010 | Owen Good

Postseason sports means time for sports game developers to predict champions. Going against two heavy favourites in Philadelphia and the New York Yankees, MLB 2K10 says the Giants will win their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958. More »

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Madden’s NFL Predictions – And A Few Of Our Own

8:20AM September 3, 2010 | Owen Good

Madden NFL has an impressive record picking Super Bowl winners; it also takes an annual stab at the much less exact science of predicting the season, which a simulation says ends with Baltimore and Green Bay as conference champions. More »

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NCAA 11 Picks Alabama For The National Title

10:30AM July 16, 2010 | Owen Good

We know there’s a certain level of stagecraft and gimmickry to these sports video games picking winners. That said, EA Sports has correctly predicted the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and World Cup champion this year. More »

How Did My E3 2010 Predictions Go?

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2:00PM June 21, 2010 | David Wildgoose

Badly. Spectacularly badly. My predictions for a whole bunch of surprise announcements was foiled by a show where the real surprise was the lack of surprises. More »

My 13 Predictions For E3 2010

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9:00AM June 10, 2010 | David Wildgoose

Every year E3 throws up a host of hardware news, surprise deals, game announcements and much hyperbole for the future of the industry. Here are my tips for E3 2010. More »

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Mass Effect 2 Predicts Super Bowl Winner – In 2185

2:30PM February 10, 2010 | Owen Good

No word on how Madden is doing with its predictions 175 years from now, but Mass Effect 2, via Cerberus Daily News, says the New York Giants, with a Krogan quarterback (pictured), beat the Beijing Dragons in Super Bowl CCXIX. More »

2010: Looking Back On Kotaku’s Look Ahead

1:00PM December 21, 2009 | Owen Good

We’re 10 days from New Year’s but tomorrow is the winter solstice, starting us on another trip around the sun. And a new year that will be full of its own controversies, challenges, triumphs, disappointments and delights in video gaming. More »