Kotaku: Magic

Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Helm in Might & Magic Heroes VI

Owen Good — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:30:00 EDT

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We now have the culmination of last week's tease-of-a-teaser. Here is the Gamescom 2011 trailer for Might and Magic Heroes VI, establishing the game's appropriately epic struggle. We've got brother against sister, glowing undead and giant insectoid witches, even the Wilhelm scream. More »

If Anything Can Get Me To Play Battlefield Heroes, It's Magic

Mike Fahey — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:40:00 EDT

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I will play any game that pits the forces of magic against (relatively) modern military forces. Battlefield Heroes gets wizards today. I approve. More »

Why Sony's Sorcery Moved Us

Mike Fahey — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:30:00 EDT

Shown exclusively during the Sony E3 2010 press conference, SCEA's Sorcery made enough of an impression on us to score a Best of E3 nomination for Best New Game. How'd that happen? More »

Borderlands Creator Wanted Me To Pick A Card, Any Card

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:43 EST

Randy Pitchford, head of Gearbox Software, makes games and performs magic. On the red carpet for the awards out here at DICE, I asked Pitchford to show me a trick. He happened to have a deck of cards. Of course! More »

Imagine Town Spearheads Ubisoft's Online Game Initiative

Mike Fahey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:40:00 EST

Imagine Babies? Imagine Doctor? Try Imagine Town, the virtual world based on the successful game series, spearheading Ubisoft's online gaming lineup for fiscal year 2010-11, with Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms, Trackmania 2, and two unannounced titles in the works. More »

Magic Planeswalkers Duels Spill Over To PC, PS3

Mike Fahey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:20:00 EST

Wizards of the Coast are bringing Xbox Live card-battler Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers to the PlayStation Network and PC, with two new Xbox 360 expansions in the works. More »

Elves Add Classes To Runes Of Magic

Mike Fahey — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:20:00 EDT

The elves are bringing two new playable character classes to Runes of Magic, along with the usual pointy-ears and naked mailbox dancing. More »

Magic Online III Launches With Mediocrity

Mark Wilson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:20:00 EDT

In what may be news only interesting to me and my occasional pilgrimage of interest to Magic the Gathering, Magic Online III has launched, allowing players all over the world to duke it out with virtual cards in the virtual world. Unfortunately, only 1,300 players caused the servers to crash on launch day. Since then, there have been frequent reports of lag...a disappointment for a bandwidth-light card game. More »

Conan Gets All Magical

Mike Fahey — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:20:43 EDT

Nihilistic has heard it before. We all know Conan hates magic, yet here he is in the video from their upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 game, tossing about elemental magic as if it were going out of style. The devs assure everyone it will make sense in context of the story, but the Conan we know and love would sooner kill himself that be forced into using spells. Unless said magic somehow prevents him from dying, it's still a pretty big stretch - like making a Garfield game where he loves Mondays. Oh that Garfield. More »

Doodle Hex Casts A Spell On The DS

Mike Fahey — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:00:03 EDT

Every have a game's art style just reach out and grab you? That's what happened to me when I first saw these character images from Doodle Hex, a DS game coming in 2008 from Spanish developer Tragnarion Studios. A game of magical combat, players battle by drawing runes on their DS screen to cast spells like fireballs, reflect spells and polymorphs. Over 200 runes can be collected and swapped over wi-fi and used to compete in tournaments or puzzle mode. The promise of over 100 hours of gameplay is intriguing, but the real star here is the artwork. With quirky characters like Strat the emo rockstar elf and the goth witch Fey, the visual style of Doodle Hex has me surrendering with nary a screenshot fired. Hit up the Doodle Hex Website for more peeks at the stylish title, as well as goodies like wallpapers and icons, with the promise of more to come once the game hits Leipzig next week. More »

Avencast: Rise of the Mage Gameplay

Mike Fahey — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:00:27 EDT

If you are like me, when you start up an isometric 'health potions are red, mana are blue' action RPG, you go for a crafty rogue or a bulky fighter, leaving the delicate mage characters to those of a more masochistic nature. Clockstone's Avencast: Rise of the Mage isn't giving you that choice. You're playing the mage, like it or not. Luckily for you and me the mage looks to be one of the badder-ass examples of the species. With over 50 different combat moves and magic spells, Avencast could rise above the silly, generic name to become a force to be reckoned with in the PC action RPG genre. That, or it'll make a nice addition to the $9.99 bin at GameStop. The power is in our hands! More »

Wizards' Home is Where The Game Is

Mike Fahey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:20:48 EDT

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Wii Sensor Bar TV Remote Hack

Mike Fahey — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:40:11 EST

At first I was sure the Wiimote ran purely on fairy dust and children's dreams, but apparently I was wrong. Someone has posted a YouTube video showing how to replace your sensor bar with TV remotes.
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