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Game developer, Spike, is releasing a new role playing game for the PSP this April where one of the objectives is to save the world by conceiving children. More »
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Ever since Epic's Gears of War plucked heartstrings with a cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" game creators have been attempting to recreate that magic, forging an emotional bond between gamers and game through evocative music. Let's see how good a job Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and BioShock Infinite did of it with their respective Spike VGA Awards debut trailers. More »
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The opening cinematic for Diablo III debuted tonight at the Spike VGA awards, featuring the falling of more than one star and the passing of a torch from uncle to niece. More »
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After two games that weren't exactly dripping with hot web-slinging action, developer Beenox takes things open world in the Amazing Spider-Man. How focused are they on swinging this time around? So focused that they haven't noticed they've stolen the plot from a Robocop move. More »
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The VGA Awards Mass Effect 3 trailer has hit, demonstrating one way to handle a gigantic intelligent robot creature hell-bent on the extinction of everything: Giant bug sex. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5866957&view=rss&microfeed=true At 12:30am EST tonight, tune into GTTV Presents GameStop Unwrapped: GTTV on Spike to catch some of your favourite Kotaku editors talkin' bout video games on the TV set. More »
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Earlier this month Game Informer gave us the first dust-filled image from BioWare's mysterious new franchise. Now Spike delivers the first footage from the title, nearly three whole seconds that tell us absolutely nothing. More »
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There's a reality TV special to be broadcast on Spike later this year that'll be all about Uncharted 3. Think Survivor, only it's a single episode. Or, more aptly, The Tester with half-tucks. It's called Uncharted 3: Race to the Ring. More »
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I'm excited to announce that starting Noon ET, 9AM PT Monday, Kotaku editors will appear during Spike and GameTrailers's 20-plus hours of live coverage of E3 2011. Stephen Totilo, Brian Crecente, Michael McWhertor, and Joel Johnson will all be appearing live on Spike and GameTrailers.com to provide expert analysis and share breaking news with Geoff Keighley between all the major press conferences. More »
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Earlier this month, it was revealed that first-person shooter Homefront was going to be changed for Japan. Today, the game's Japanese publisher finally explained why. More »
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One of the last year's most uncomfortable experiences was sitting in a room full of Japanese press and watching as North and South Korea united and then overran Japan. That experience, however, is now lost to time, and the game, first person shooter Homefront, is all the less interesting because of it. More »
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The Spike Video Game Awards were a great piece of entertainment, weren't they? We got a Mass Effect 3 trailer, an Elder Scrolls V reveal, an amazing Batman trailer and awards for…hrm... More »
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December's Spike TV Video Game Awards gets a little more murderous with the help of Activision. The Call of Duty and Guitar Hero publisher has launched a teaser site for Murder Your Maker, a... well, we don't know what it is yet. More »
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Seventeen year-old idol Karin Aiba is promoting PSP game Dangan-Ronpa in 15 second TV ads. The making-of documentary is way longer and has added curry eating. Mmm curry! More »
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Fire Pro Wrestling is returning, but this time it's coming to Xbox Live Arcade and it's way cuter. But does that mean the buff Fire Pro-Wrestling of days gone by have been passed over in favor of Xbox 360 Avatars? More »
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Japan's venerable wrasslin' series, Fire Pro-Wrestling, is back and now on the Xbox 360. And now with Xbox 360 Avatars as playable grapplers. More »
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Geoff Keighley's stoking buzz for tonight's Video Game Awards on Spike (8 p.m. U.S. Eastern). Since we already know of Halo: Reach, the new Medal of Honor and others, it sounds like a total wildcard will open the show. More »
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Spike TV's second-annual special celebrating indie games airs on Spike tonight. Host Geoff Keighley shared a copy of the show early with Kotaku and it does indeed feature visits with the makers of Osmos, 'Splosion Man, Trials HD and Flower. More »
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We here at Kotaku get to vote in the Spike VGAs. Nominations were made public today. Predict winners and complain about omissions below. The awards air live on Spike on December 12. More »
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As a casual fan of Spike's Way of the Samurai series, I was probably more excited than you were to read that Way of the Samurai 3 was now available on the iPhone. Technically, it is. More »
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The Halo Legends won't be out for months. Spike will be airing up to seven minutes of it tonight. The shot above is clipped from that clip. More »
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Action adventure game Way of the Samurai 3 is getting also an Xbox 360 port as well as apparently an English location. In Japan, the PS3 is getting a revamped version with bonus features this October. More »
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Gamers on board with the slow trickle of Left 4 Dead 2 reveals will want to look up the Spike TV channel listing this Thursday, as GameTrailers TV reports straight from Valve on its upcoming games. More »
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Word has it that the Kobe Bryant NBA 2K10 cover wasn't supposed to be revealed until later today when the NBA Finals start. But here it is, on your internet. More »
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Former PlayStation exclusive series Way of the Samurai is making the platform jump. Publisher Spike announced its intentions to bring Way of the Samurai 3 to the Xbox 360 in February. More »
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In addition to the Gears 2 rumor, attentive spies listening to the VGA rehearse logged a slew of award winners. We can verify that some actual announcements slipped out, but can't specify which. More »
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So, Spike TV was screening its rehearsals. Someone (not us) saw it and says tonight's big news for Gears 2 is a bit ... anticlimactic. Like, it's a map pack, available on XBLM at midnight. More »
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Spike TV's running a promo for tomorrow's Video Game Awards, giving away 7,000 downloads of four A-list indie titles on XBLM, PSN, WiiWare and Steam. The promo requires you to submit an email address. More »
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Disturbed, Judas Priest and Cheap Trick (pictured) are challenging the top three user bands in the nation tonight on SPIKE TV's "30 Minutes to Midnight," the official countdown show for the launch of Rock Band 2. The three bands challenge the users to play their songs, among the hardest in the game, with other competitive twists. There will also be a guy who can finish a song playing all four instruments at once. If you're one of those people transfixed by watching others play this game really well, you might want to flip over. More »
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Developer Spike is back with another bosozoku adventure. That's right, Kenka Bancho 3 is coming to the PSP. The game, which features a high school gang leader who has a laser eye beam, looks like the PS2 titles that proceeded it. Man, I wish i had a laser eye beam in high school — heck, now even. The game features 2 player ad-hoc play and will be out this November in Japan. So there ya go. More »
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Spike's Way of the Samurai 3 looks a bit... hideous. That's a PlayStation 3 game you're looking at, folks, pretty much on par with Spike's graphical prowess as displayed in previous Way of the Samurai games for the PlayStation 2. It's certainly no Yakuza 3 KENZAN! So why are we excited? Because the Way of the Samurai series is fun way to waste an afternoon, even if it's a bit of an ugly duckling. The series has been getting worse and worse from the get go, but that doesn't mean we aren't hoping that some naive American publisher will pick it up and loose buckets of money on the thing so we can get our oddball samurai thrills. More »
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Yes, the game of the year discussion is already beginning! Spike is hosting its 5th annual Video Game Awards this December in Las Vegas, and this morning the nominees were released on Spike.com. What's in contention for Game of the Year? Orange Box, Halo 3, BioShock, and Mass Effect. Don't agree with the nominees? Blame Crecente and this here guest editor, who are both part of the judge advisory panel. For all full list of all the nominees, check after the jump. Watch the show Sunday, December 9 at 9 PM to see if this year's host can pronounce my last name correctly. More »
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The Spike TV Videogame Awards are coming up on December 9. Over at Spike.com they've posted the list of this year's nominees, decided on by a panel that includes Kotaku's own Brian Crecente and this week's guest editor Geoff Keighley. For Game of the Year, the nominees are Orange Box, Mass Effect, BioShock and Halo 3. Check out all the other nominees over on the official site. More »
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Almost two years later, Spike's unreleased sprite based Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for the PS2 is getting an American and European release. Publisher Agetec will be bringing it to the West, and Agetec's Mark Johnson: More »
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DS comedy trainer Archime-DS has gotten an English page that includes not only an explanation of the game, but also a Japan sale date countdown. Wonder why they've created an English page... As previously mentioned, the game does not have any single player — it's only multi-player! Here's an explanation from the site: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=270040&view=rss&microfeed=true Japanese developer Spike released first screens of its Nintendo DS-bound figure skating game Spinning Princess: Figure Sparkling Ice Angel back in January to many hooray!s, but first video of the supposed "sport" playable with a stylus is now available. They've added some interesting touchscreen mechanics and managed to make even harsh figure skating critics like myself raise an eyebrow in interest. Training mini-games, dozens of glittering costume choices and thrilling ice competitions with stylus action? Sign me my girlfriend up! Michael McWhertor More »
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Two doctor series. Both from Japan. Trauma Center, you know and love. And Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta, well, that DS title you might not be familiar with. Retitled as "Lifesigns: Surgical, the game is coming to North American via publisher Dreamcatcher this June. The game's producer Jay Podilchuk explains how it's different from Trauma Center: More »
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Appleseed EX isn't only a poorly received PS2 game, it's a remade poorly received PS2 game. Developer Dream Factory produced a video game based on the manga/anime Appleseed for Sega. The game was released earlier this year to low Famitsu scores and low sales. A few years earlier, Dream Factory also created a game for Capcom and Spike called Crimson Tears. Japanese blog Ge-ma Teki Dash points out that the manner in which characters reload rocket launchers in both games is strikingly similar. What's more, the stats placement and the "combo" placement is the same (hit the jump for pic). Makes it seem as though Appleseed has been tossed together with left-over assets for different publishers. Real classy, Dream Factory. My question to insider folk and know-it-alls: Is this common? Brian Ashcraft More »
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Sony just chucked a press release in the rusty Kotaku mailbox, announcing that the RPG Untold Legends Dark Kingdom will get a PS3 Japan release. The title was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and will be hit The Land of the Rising Sun courtesy of Spike. From the presser: More »
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Lock up your daughters. Japanese developer Spike has answered all the little girls' prayers (you know who you are) and is releasing a figure skating game for the DS. Called Spinning Princess ~ Figure Sparkling Ice Angel, the game features mini-games, dream-boat guys, costume selecting and training. To pull off jumps, use the touch pen to draw large circles. For spins, rub it back and forth. Game goes on sale in Japan on March 15th. Me, I just shriek with glee. More »
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