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The Next Katrina Could Make You A Winner

Every year between June and November the North Atlantic is subjected to some of the harshest weather on the planet. Hurricanes and tropical storms take lives, ruin homes, and have been known to commit large portions of poorly fortified cities to the briny deep. Predicting these destructive forces of nature is no game, only now it is.


April 20, 2011
PC

Minecraft Beta 1.5 Brings Weather, Achievements And More

Minecraft updates to beta 1.5 today, adding achievements, weather effects and various other improvements to Mojang’s big bad building game. Be sure to update your servers!


January 13, 2011
PC

Not Even Superman Can Defeat Mother Nature

Sony Online Entertainment’s massively multiplayer superhero game DC Universe Online launched yesterday, and I was not there to see it. What diabolical villain kept me from playing a major MMO release on day one?


June 22, 2010

Gran Turismo 5 Weather, Go-Karting, Track Editor Confirmed?

Will Gran Turismo 5 have dynamic weather, go-kart racing and a track editor when it ships this November? Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida seems to think so.


February 11, 2010
News

Due To Inclement Weather Your Podcast Has Been Delayed

Blizzard warnings and threats of a New York whiteout shut down CBS Radio’s New York Studio today, giving our podcast a last minute snow day.


September 23, 2009
In Real Life

Sydney: Where Reality Surpasses Gaming Fiction

Kotaku AU

Sydneysiders awoke this morning to find the entire city blanketed in a red haze. Turns out a dust storm was the culprit. But it reminded us of a couple of games we’d played recently.