Late last night, we learned the story of Richard Gaywood, the not-so-happy Xbox Live user whose gamertag was banned. Since “RichardGaywood” was both the user’s gamertag as well as his legal, honest-to-goodness given name, Kotaku contacted Microsoft to learn the reason behind the ban.


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Cue the I-told-you-so’s — the everlasting rumor about last year’s Xbox 360 hit BioShock popping up on the PS3 turns out to be true. According to the July issue of EGM, publisher 2K Games has confirmed that the underwater shooter is making the transition to Sony’s shores.

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Instead of using positive review quotes from gaming publications they went with the most ridiculous comments that one hater has been systematically posting on Wired. Dtoid also found out that the guy has been trolling them since 2005 on various sites. Can you imagine his face when he discovers this?

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Microsoft announced this afternoon that there would be no spring dashboard update for the Xbox 360.

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What does Valve think of the PC Gaming Alliance? Are they as tired of the PC gaming “problem” as we are? What is at the root of the issue, anyway? Read on for some answers.

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When the first Gears of War 2 gameplay footage was revealed, it did nothing for me, at all. The only thing that instantly jumped out to me was using Locust as meat shields, but nearly everything else felt very familiar.

I shrugged off my disappointment, as I knew it was the multiplayer information that would get me hyped up. An by god, it has.

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When Disney died in 1966, Mr. Miyamoto was a 14-year-old schoolteacher
’s son living near Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital. An aspiring cartoonist, he adored the classic Disney characters. Shigeru Miyamoto, a man whose creative successes have spanned almost 30 years. From Donkey Kong, to Mario as well known as Mickey Mouse

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CVG Staff have confirmed that the framerate issues in NG2 were found in the final build of the PAL version.

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Funcom has announced that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is shaping up to be one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. Half of the visitors to Hyboria, over 400,000 of them come from North America. The record pre-orders for the game have translated to financial dividends.

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If you were wondering if AoC was going to be a hit, wonder no more.
� Funcom has announce that it has shipped 700,000 units world wide for its May 20th launch date, which includes 110,000 units of the special edition box.� To put that in perspective, World of Warcraft [...]

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Bill Gates has commissioned 100 mother of pearl-clad Xbox 360s to be used as extra special gifts, the first of which was given to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

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More info will be posted soon but suffice it to say it involves a company that did not live up to it’s promises on computers purchased for review and a long arduous process of trying to get our money back. It’s really fun stuff and we’ll talk about it later but the biggest thing to announce is that we will be returning to the podcast this coming weekend (friday) for sure. We can not wait to get the podcast back on the road. See you then.

Kotaku explores the Entertainment Software Association’s decision to move E3 to Santa Monica last year and the enormous cost of the move in both money and industry credibility.

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With the departure of Activision from the ESA—and its subsequent withdrawal from E3—the company will only be showing its upcoming titles off-site. The ESA has taken issue with this, arguing that companies not involved in E3 should not be eligible to win such awards.

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Shortly after you won Skater of the Year, your character disappeared. No one knows what happened to him, but the skaters of San Vanelona hope he’ll come back. And they need you. In the past five years, the cops have cracked down on skaters. Caps were put on rails to make it almost impossible to grind and “No Skating” signs are everywhere.

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