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There's a disappointing lack of people being cut in half and the lightsaber impact effects could use more oomph, but this video featuring a Jedi Ninja showdown by Team 2X is worth a look. Now, the question of how/why ninjas, Jedi and Sith would all be in a warehouse on Earth are not answered. But the fight choreography's good enough to make you gloss over such questions. Best of all, I love whiplash-inducing reversal of tone at the end of this clip. It reminds you that all this stuff—even as executed at the highest professional levels—can be boiled down to really fancy LARPing. More »
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Pirates lay siege to the Island of Perfection in the upcoming Chapter 9 downloadable content for 505 Games' killer plushie simulator Naughty Bear. And so the circle is complete. More »
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Thank you! As seen on That Girls Site. More »
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Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 hits stores this week, so you'd best get familiar with the weapons you'll be using to get the job done. More »
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Our Swedish friends weren't just working on a Final Fantasy project when the studio went belly-up last year. A former GRIN artist has posted concepts from a ninja action/adventure game, and it sounds like it was a new IP. More »
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Look, I get that the Wii is a scarce commodity — more so a year ago when actor David Hasselhoff was looking to buy one — but playing the Knight Rider card? Really? More »
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It's a developer diary! It's a nature documentary! It's both! The developers of the upcoming Wii exclusive action adventure title Deadly Creatures talk up the combat abilities of the game's two unique protagonists. More »
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The Behemoth aren't fools, they understand that adding ninjas not only adds awesomeness, it compounds it. (Seriously, try it out. Take any noun, say "plus ninjas," and tell me if it's not awesome. Christmas. Oregon Trail. My cousins' confirmation. Told you.) So word's out via the official blog that you can count on Ninja as another character, and Skeleton as still another.
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The fabled ninja code of silence are the ties that apparently bind Sega employees' lips shut, it seems. MTV Multiplayer's Stephen Totilo got snaps of the Sega office decor, which features ninjas urging employees to protect their company's trade secrets. More »
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Russian developer Akella are the closest thing gaming has to pirate specialists. They've got titles like Pirates of the Caribbean (Xbox), Age of Pirates, and Sea Dogs under their belts already, and they've just announced a new game for 2008, City of Abandoned Ships. It's a pirate RPG that allows you to take the role of the pirates themselves or any of the usual suspects: England, France, Spain, or the Dutch. You'll get ship=to=ship combat, meet historical figures, and explore land-based locations throughout the Caribbean. They're so pirate they've even come up with a nifty anagram for their advancement system: P.I.R.A.T.E.S - Power, Impression, Reaction, Authority, Talent, Endurance and Success. They might be going a little overboard here, but years at sea will do that to you. City of Abandoned Ships is due in the first quarter of 2008, most likely for the PC. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323695&view=rss&microfeed=true Southpeak Interactive describes Ninjatown as "a quirky but intensely addictive strategy title." It'll be on dispaly at the Leipzig Games Convention, and the game will be out first quarter 2008. I don't care if it's Wednesday, this clip is the cutest thing you will see all week. Mark my words. More »
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One thing I've learned: You can never have too many ninjas. Pirates, yes. Ninjas, no. Still, there is a flash game called Too Many Ninjas!. It's annoyingly bizarre little flasher with purple ninjas that is not nearly as great as its own title. Still, I was only able to kill 20 of those little buggers, when I realized there may be too many ninjas, but not enough fun. More »
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Chris Kohler over at Game|Life is reporting that the first South Park episode ever to be presented in HD will be an Xbox Live exclusive. Starting Tuesday, March 6, the episode, Good Times With Weapons, will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace free of charge for the first two weeks. Then, from March 20 to April 3, Best Buy will be giving away free copies of the episode on HD-DVD with the purchase of an Xbox 360 or it's HD-DVD player. More »
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As chairman of NiPL: Ninja-Pirate Love, I feel it is my solemn duty to point you at what appears to be a shiny little gem of an indie game. GayGamer reports: More »
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Feast your eyes and nuts on this glistening new character selection screen from Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. According to hot tipper David, it just got dropped onto the Midway forums by one of the mods. More »
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1up reports that art firm Massive Black is pursuing legal action against the head and a former employee of its Shanghai devision, James Xi Zhang and Jenny Chen, respectively. More »
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