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Detroit Muscles In On Driver: San Francisco’s Fleet

1:00PM July 8, 2011 | Owen Good

More than 120 licensed vehicles, modern makes and classic models, populate the world of Driver: San Francisco. The City by the Bay was the scene of the greatest car chase in cinema history, Dodge vs. Ford, so the fleet reveal for Ubisoft’s action racer naturally genuflects to American automotive pride. Driver: San Francisco releases Aug. 30.


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Gamestop’s Balloons Don’t Fly In San Francisco

12:00PM March 3, 2011 | Owen Good

GameStop’s Homefront promotion for the Game Developers Conference involved releasing hundreds of red balloons in the downtown of one of the most environmentally conscious cities in America. Many floated into its neighbouring bay. Bad idea? Yeah, you could say that. More »


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How You Can Help Build A World-Class Video Game Museum

7:20AM February 16, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The staff at the Museum of Digital Art and Entertainment have the knowledge, passion and the gaming artifacts to create a world-class video game museum in the San Francisco Bay area. Now they just need a place to put it. More »


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Bus Shelters Turn Wait Times Into Neighbourhood Deathmatches

10:00PM January 21, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Web giant Yahoo has installed 20 large touchscreen displays in bus shelters across San Francisco. These displays are not for trailers. Instead, they’re to let people engage in some free multiplayer gaming. More »


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Mafia Wars Agency Takes The Rap For Vandal-Marketing Stunt

10:00AM November 13, 2010 | Owen Good

An ad agency has taken the fall for a guerrilla marketing stunt that had the city of San Francisco threatening Facebook-games maker Zynga with vandalism and other charges. The agency will pay the city $US45,000 in fines. More »


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Saving Professor Layton’s London In San Francisco

6:20AM September 14, 2010 | Mike Fahey

People puzzling in the streets of San Francisco during Nintendo’s Professor Layton and the Unwound Future special event. Be sure to read Kotaku’s full review!


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Mafia Wars’ Guerrilla Marketing Infuriates San Francisco

10:30AM August 21, 2010 | Owen Good

A marketing stunt for the Facebook game Mafia Wars, which pasted fake $US25,000 bills onto San Francisco’s footpaths, has the city’s Department of Works steam cleaning them – and steaming mad. More »


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Farmville Makers Attacked Over Real-World "Vandalism"

2:30PM August 20, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Zynga, the company behind Facebook titles like Farmville and Mafia Wars, is in trouble with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office over reports of vandalism linked to the developer’s advertisements. More »


In Real Life

Hey, Gimme That, You Big… Ape

7:00AM August 8, 2010 | Owen Good

At the San Francisco Zoo yesterday, photographer Christina Spicuzza captured five pictures of gorillas playing around with a DSi XL. They later touched a monolith and used the handheld to slay an eohippus. More »


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74 Sega Employees Restructured Out Of Their Jobs

7:40AM April 23, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Staff cuts may have struck Sega London and San Francisco today, as an email from Corporate Operations Officer Masanao Maeda informing employees of the termination of a combined 74 positions between the two locations. More »