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At E3 in June, I watched Konami's Shinta Nojiri play NeverDead and struggle to reassemble his dismembered, immortal hero just to dispatch what looked like the game's run-of-the-mill enemies. These people have a real problem on their hands, I thought to myself, if they think that's anyone's idea of fun. More »
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Today is Friday, August 26. The Tokyo Game Show won't start for weeks, but that hasn't stopped Konami from releasing this new NeverDead. More »
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In Never Dead, you can rip off your head and then throw it. In real life, you cannot do this. Well, at least I don't think you can. More »
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In video games, death is anything but final. We've been playing games with some form of immortality or reincarnation for decades, whether that's gamesaves, extra men, whatever. NeverDead enforces the concept in gameplay itself. No matter what grisly mishap befalls your hero, he will not die. More »
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Konami offers a new look at the dismemberment-focused action adventure NeverDead today, this time featuring a level that looks a little brighter, a little unfinished. Look at all those tarps and that scaffolding! More »
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It's been six years since the last time Rebellion took us to the high perches of World War II Europe in Sniper Elite. I'd say it's high time for another, wouldn't you? More »
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Describing Konami's new action-horror shoot 'em up NeverDead is something of a challenge for producer and game designer Shinta Nojiri. It's a game that might require some re-education, due to its rather unique gameplay system. More »
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Hey. It's been a while. Let's check in with NeverDead, the shoot 'em up that's chock full of self-inflicted dismemberment and decapitation. I think Konami's shoot-and-slice fest is looking rather promising. What do you think? More »
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Aliens Vs. Predator fans who weathered the storm of mediocre review scores are being rewarded with a second helping of downloadable multiplayer maps next month in the Bughunt Map Pack, complete with environmental hazards and weather effects. More »
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A legendary hero rises to combat a demonic plague, and while they may tear him limb from limb, he'll pull himself together again and again in NeverDead, Konami's next big fantasy horror title. More »
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The four multiplayer maps released in Aliens vs. Predator's Special Edition will be available to the general public as DLC beginning next Thursday, March 18. The Swarm Map Pack will run you $7. More »
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Discounting "three totally sh— reviews" from American sources, Rebellion reasons that Aliens vs. Predator is a "critical success", just as becoming the U.K.'s fastest-selling title of 2010 makes it a commercial success. They're already thinking sequel. More »
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Aliens vs. Predator tells the story of a colonial base on a distant planet that finds itself at the unfortunate epicenter of a showdown between a hive of Aliens and a hunting party of Predators. More »
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Aliens vs. Predator released today, and PC players are stuck with peer-to-peer matchmaking for a little longer while Rebellion gets a dedicated server ready "in the next few days," according to the studio. More »
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It's the human race versus the Predator race versus the Alien race in Alien Vs. Predator Species Deathmatch. More »
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According to this latest trailer from Rebellion and Sega, you'll also jam a wrench down an alien's throat. Here's two minutes-plus of PS3 multiplayer from a Predator's often-cloaked point of view, and trust me, it is age-gated for a reason. More »
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The four multiplayer maps included with the Aliens vs. Predator special editions will be made available to the general public, Rebellion has said. No date or pricing was discussed. More »
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I've noticed from my time playing an Alien in the Aliens Vs. Predator multiplayer demo, that many of you don't know how to block. Sega fixes that, with this helpful close combat techniques video, dammit. More »
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"I've always been a non-violent person," Tim Jones told me last week as we chatted in a subterranean nightclub in Manhattan. He's a "peace and love" kind of guy and designer of a new video game featuring spine-dangling decapitations. More »
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No amount of heavy techno music can make life better for the Colonial Marines in Aliens Vs. Predator. More »
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We knew there would be a demo coming for Sega and Rebellion's Aliens Vs. Predator, but we didn't know when it would be showing up. Does tomorrow work for you? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5463286&view=rss&microfeed=true Check out this trailer for Aliens Vs. Predator's Survivor Mode, in which up to four players co-operatively take on the Alien hordes. More »
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Rebellion's boss promised the Steam re-release of 1999's original Aliens vs. Predator would support multiplayer. They've delivered, patching in the support for that today. More »
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Rebellion's David Brickley, director of the upcoming Aliens vs. Predator, said there is "absolutely no justification" for downloadable content that essentially makes gamers pay to unlock code already on the disc. "Players are entirely right," he says. More »
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The more a vicious conflict between human Marines, stealthy, methodical Predators, and relentless Aliens changes, the more it stays the same. Developer Rebellion talks about what's changed and what's remained in the new version of Aliens Vs. Predator. More »
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Rebellion's original Aliens vs. Predator for PC, from 1999, will be released via Steam for "very cheap," sometime before the updated version releases on Feb. 16, Rebellion's CEO says. Update: It's already available, and it's $4.99. More »
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Rebellion's Alex Moore gave a quick-and-dirty "confirmed" for an Aliens vs. Predator demo, but no other details, in a lengthy interview with fan site AvPGalaxy. No timeframe was given, but one has to assume it'll be pre-release. More »
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Lance Henriksen slithers back into the role of Charles Bishop Weyland in this story trailer for Rebellion's Aliens vs. Predator, once again managing to sound comforting and sinister at the same time. More »
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Following a traditionally content-crammed October and November, another year creeps to a close with few higher profile releases hitting in its last few weeks. Don't tell that to Bethesda Softworks, though, as it infiltrates the holidays with the under-the-radar stealth shooter Rogue Warrior. More »
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I played as an Alien, a Predator and a Marine last night in eight-player locally-linked Xbox 360 matches of Sega's upcoming game. And it's not like I panicked too many times. More »
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Australia's Classification Review Board will meet on Friday to reconsider its earlier refusal to classify Aliens vs. Predator, effectively forbidding it for sale in that country. A news release says Sega asked for the reconsideration. More »
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Responding Australia's refusal to classify upcoming shooter Aliens vs. Predator, developer Rebellion says it will not cut violent content for "territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices." Ouch. More »
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It's with a heavier heart than usual (normally it's as light as a sparrow!) that I tell you Rebellion's upcoming Aliens vs Predator has been "refused classification" in Australia. Which is as good as a ban. More »
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You know, this is the first time I stopped thinking of this as "some game due next year" and "oh, another Aliens game", and started thinking "oh man, it's an AvP game made by Rebellion, that's so great". More »
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Modern Warfare 2, of course, done stepped in it with the dedicated-server thing. CVG talked with a producer and got less-than-assuring answers that Alien vs. Predator PC will support dedicated boxes, too. More »
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After showcasing the poor Marines in the first faction trailer for Aliens VS. Predator, Sega focuses on the clear winners of the conflict - the Aliens. More »
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Sega's Aliens vs Predator is at Gamescom. Know what it reminds me of? You know when bloom lighting first came on the scene, and some games went a little overboard with it? It reminds me of that. More »
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Bit of incremental news for those who were space marine before space marine was so cool - Sega's updated its Aliens vs. Predator site with a coming soon date: February 2010. More »
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A new trailer for Rebellion's upcoming Aliens Vs. Predator showcases the game's third faction, the defiled corpses Marines. More »
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