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New York Comic-Con is a wrap, but only after delivering four days packed with movies, video games, comics and cosplay. More »
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Sony has posted a new video for Lightbox Interactive's upcoming Shooter/Builder/Flyer/Strategy hybrid Starhawk, which shows some serious building', shooting' action, as well as the excited reactions of a bunch of Comic Con attendees who got to play the game. More »
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Mike and I saw a ton of cosplay, much of it game-themed, two weeks ago at Comic-Con 2011. In all of our time at the San Diego Convention Center, however, we never, ahem, stumbled across this guy, cosplaying as the QWOP runner. You can't stop QWOP. [via Rooster Teeth] More »
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Last week we served up 13 of the most exploitable cosplay pics from at Comic-Con 2011 for you to corrupt even further. Many entered, only one will win! Who is it? OK, yeah, it's that guy above. But see inside for the other 19 finalists! More »
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Nearly everyone who plays DC Universe Online has an anecdote about spending a good hour or more in its character creation stage, fine-tuning the costume, getting the colors and powers just right, and then taking a deep breath at the name-generation screen and hoping no one's yet taken that perfect one you just thought up. More »
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In September, D.C. Comics' lineup of monthly titles all will restart at issue No. 1, some delivering major changes to their continuities, all of them rebooting—or relaunching, as Jim Lee gently insists it be called. None of this will affect the video game bearing the D.C. name, nor should it. More »
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Context is key. While this video shows Tekken prevailing over Street Fighter in a series of challenges at Comic-Con 2011, what you don't see is what led up to it. More »
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It wasn't until 72 hours later, when I flew home and resumed an old save file in Batman: Arkham Asylum that I truly appreciated the innate quality of brawling I experienced in Batman: Arkham City, a game I missed at E3 but, at long last, got my paws on at Comic-Con 2011. More »
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The people who make Tekken are extremely busy. They have Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for arcades (and console(s)!), Tekken for Nintendo 3DS, Tekken for Wii U and Tekken X Street Fighter on their plate. More »
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Didn't make it to this year's San Diego Comic-Con? You can still catch some of the panels, specifically the Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception rap session in which the game's creators and its acting talent talk about the upcoming PlayStation 3 blockbuster. More »
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Most Twisted Metal games, despite their carnage, have been rated T for Teen. The lone exceptions are Twisted Metal: Black, the 10-year-old PlayStation 2 game with a darker bent, and this fall's equally grisly PlayStation 3 reboot. More »
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A 46-year-old female ninja with a preference for revealing red tights may still have a place in the next Soulcalibur game, according to its creators—the same creators that found a way to make Soulcalibur's Ivy look remarkably young in her advancing years. More »
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The well received Marvel series of tables for the acclaimed pinball simulator Pinball FX 2 will be getting another set of four tables by winter, and also will expand to other platforms in 2012. More »
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Being a Saturday, day three of Comic-Con 2011 saw no letup in the parade of cosplay across the halls of the San Diego Convention Center. And those who have braved the stampeding horde know why the in-house Starbucks would need an armed patrol by this old soldier. More »
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The Living Legend proposed to his girl yesterday at Marvel's Comic-Con 2011 booth. (Given the setting and costumes, these appear to be actors rather than civilian cosplayers, but the proposal is genuine.) As seen by Comic Book Therapy [h/t Daniel K.] More »
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This is Brandon. He just won "Best In Show" at Konami's cosplay competition for his take on Snake from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Look closely and you'll see why his costume impressed the contest's judges. More »
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Leaning into the microphone, Ryota Niitsuma led his remarks on Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 with not so much a piece of news as it was a reminder. More »
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With some big-budget games with strong narratives—L.A. Noire, Resistance 3—now using facial motion capture to add depth to their characters and dramatic impact to their scenes, it's somewhat noteworthy that Uncharted 3 isn't. There's a reason for that, though. More »
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Asura's Wrath, a new game (joining Dragon's Dogma) due for a 2012 release, got a showing at the World of Capcom panel yesterday at Comic-Con. Here is a two minute video full of gameplay, showing off the game's beat-em-up adventure cred. More »
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Wrapping up a panel on Star Trek: The Captains, William Shatner's documentary about the leading men of the Star Trek universe, Capt. Kirk rose to reprise the most famous four-letter word in Trek history, the subject of "The Long Khan,", a documentary about the meme which premiered earlier this month on EPIX. More »
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Here is exactly what was shown of Halo: Anniversary's singleplayer campaign, today at Comic-Con 2011. The demonstration was also given to press at E3 back in June; this is its first public display. It covers the classic level "Silent Cartographer," and showcases the ability to switch between updated high-definition graphics and the low-def visuals of the original Halo: Combat Evolved. More »
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Elena Fisher began as a Spanish character, the writer of the Uncharted series said. The adventure's female protagonist was originally conceived as "Elena Vargas," and originally, writer Amy Hennig wanted Claudia Black, the voice of Chloe Frazer in Uncharted 2 to voice her. More »
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George R.R. Martin teased and quizzed the Game of Thrones cast in a panel at Comic-Con yesterday. The cast shared their greatest GoT challenges and favorite scenes, the creators hinted at what's ahead, and Martin revealed the moment he won't watch on television. More »
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Japanese toy maker Kotobukiya has already welcomed a few Comic-Con friendly femme fatales to its "bishoujo" line of beautifully sculpted figures. They started with superheroines from Marvel and DC Comics, but now they're moving on to video games. More »
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Mass Effect won't suffer the same fate as other video game movies, said the screenwriter assigned to the project, because it draws on far more than the "seductive" visuals and active sequences that all video games are known for, whether or not they are accompanied by a story with any depth. More »
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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the high-definition remake of the landmark Halo: Combat Evolved, will feature new narrative content and on-the-fly switching between its new presentation and the graphic mode of the original. More »
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Friday morning at Comic-Con, the pilot episode of the supernatural horror show Locke and Key — which was not picked up by Fox for the fall season — will be screened to the public for the first time. On the eve of its unveiling, io9 caught up with series writer Joe Hill and illustrator Gabriel Rodriguez about all the keynote issues. More »
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From the beginning, in every panel on the game, in its every appearance here at Comic-Con, there has been one question facing D.C. Universe Online More »
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The talent behind Gears of War 3 is talking about the forthcoming game during the game's annual presence at San Diego Comic-Con. Design director Cliff Bleszinski and executive producer Rod Fergusson will be fielding questions from fans. What will they say? More »
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San Francisco is a city long associated with rights movements, idealism, and rallies for peace, making it a useful backdrop for X-Men: Destiny. But Silicon Knights isn't planning on a Summer of Love in when the game arrives this fall. More »
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Poison, the dominatrix hotty from Final Fight headlined another four-character reveal for Street Fighter X Tekken at Comic-Con 2011. She will be joined by Dhalsim and, from Tekken, Steve Fox and Yoshimitsu. More »
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Last night at Comic-Con, Dark Horse Comics unveiled Orchid, a new dystopian scifi series penned by Tom Morello, the guitar virtuoso for such bands as Rage Against the Machine and The Nightwatchman. Tom filled io9 about this bleak futuristic tale, which will span four three-issue story arcs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5823911&view=rss&microfeed=true At Comic-Con 2011, Capcom revealed the launch dates for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. The game comes to PlayStation Network on Aug. 23, and to Xbox Live Arcade on Aug. 24. Price is $14.99 or 1200 Microsoft Points. More »
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LucasArts' Craig Derrick and Kinect's Jorg Neumann sit down with USA Today's Mike Snider to discuss new gameplay from the Kinect-enabled Star Wars game. The panel is said to include new details about the game include an all-new mode. The duo are also supposed to be "unveiling an exciting announcement," according to the official panel description. More »
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We haven't heard too much about it, but there's going to be a game based on the excellent Fables series of comics. If you like the idea of that, you'll love this. More »
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Here is how you take a three-inch high plastic figurine and pull him into your 3DS, without wires, memory cards, or the device's camera. Just set your character from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure on that portal, and aim the 3DS at him, and wait for the beam of light. When I did it, I swear I felt the slightest tug when I lined it up correctly. More »
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Mortal Kombat fans have double the finale to look forward to at this week's San Diego Comic-Con. One is the final episode of Kevin Tancharoen's live action Mortal Kombat Legacy and, immediately following, the reveal of a new Mortal Kombat character. More »
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Square Enix will start off the new year with the release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 in North America. The publisher of all things Final Fantasy has nailed down January 2012—2011-2, if they could get away with it—for the continuing adventures of the lady Lighting and her party. More »
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Loads of big games will be at this year's Comic-Con. Nintendo is no exception. More »
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Following Nathan Fillion's important PSA last week, The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco addresses an important problem facing the ladies of cosplay—the impulse to dress like Slave Leia without thinking. More »
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