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New Astro Boy Game, New Screens, New Impressions
The Wii version of the next Astro Boy game showed up in New York a couple of weeks ago. As of July, we can cover it. Click the thumbnails. Look at the screens. Read my notes. All at once. More » -
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Dreamkiller Impressions: “Emotional Painkiller” Doesn’t Sound As Cool
Dreamkiller is a first-person shooter starring a "punk rock chick psychologist" who projects herself into her patients' dreams to cure their psychotic behavior by killing their nightmares. More » -
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Halo 3 ODST Impressions: What Happened In Africa
The campaign of this fall's Halo 3 ODST surfaced at an event in New York this week, right near a bowl of lime green jellybeans and a bunch of Zunes. Here's what we learned. More » -
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Feet-On With Wii Fit Plus' Wacky New Balance Games
The fact that someone from Nintendo is currently in sole possession of a video of a Kotaku writer playing Birdseye Bullseye has nothing to do with our willingness to publish the following post. More » -
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Fifty-Seven Flights Up With New Super Mario Bros. Wii
It was E3 in New York last night as Nintendo re-booked the highest floor we've ever played games in, to showcase a fall line-up headlined by New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Some observations from a four-player session. More » -
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Dirt 2 Impressions Sans Porn Star
Unlike E3, there were no stars of adult movies to distract us from focusing on Dirt 2 when the game showed up in New York this week. It's muddy racing with some unexpected narrative touches. More » -
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APB Does All Of The Following, In Theory
No game at E3 may have had a longer list of unexpected features than APB, Real Time Worlds' so-called crossing of Grand Theft Auto and an MMO. More » -
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Supreme Commander 2 Impressions: Less Is More
After he finished delivering medical advice, Gas Powered Games founder and CEO Chris Taylor showed me a little of what Supreme Commander 2 was bringing to the real-time strategy title. More » -
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Army of Two: The 40th Day's Smartest Feature Guarantees Arguments
Before you roll your eyes at yet another game infused with an innovative morality system, consider the arresting E3 2009 debut of Army of Two's co-op morality. More » -
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Alpha Protocol: You Got Some RPG In My Shooter
Alpha Protocol is a role-playing game disguised as a fast-paced third-person shooter. More »
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Undead Knights Impressions: Throwing Zombies At The Problem
Tecmo might have created an entirely new genre with their PSP title Undead Knights - the zombie tosser. More » -
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Aliens Vs. Predator Impressions: Petting A Human Head
There are a lot of things I can say about Rebellion's return to the beloved Aliens vs. Predator franchise, most of them good, but know this first: You can pull the head off of humans and, spine still attached, stroke their faces. More » -
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Puzzle Chronicles: Infinite Interactive Does Puzzle Fighter
Infinite Interactive, the creators of Puzzle Quest, continue to combine adventure and gem-matching with Puzzle Chronicles, part roleplaying game, part Puzzle Fighter. More » -
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DJ Hero Impressions: One Turntable and a Plastic Guitar
Seen up close and personal, I was surprised at how fun DJ Hero appears to be. More » -
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Halo 3: ODST Firefight Preview: OUHave12
Halo: ODST returns players to the universe of Halo without its central character. Can Halo be fun without the Master Chief? More » -
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Divinity 2: Ego Draconis Impressions: I Am Dragon
Journey back into the magical land of Rivellon in Divinity 2: Ego Draconis, Larian Studios PC and Xbox 360 follow-up to their poorly-title action roleplaying game Divine Divinity. More » -
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High Voltage's Gladiator A.D. First Impressions
The Conduit developer High Voltage is bringing the original arena sport to the Wii with Gladiator A.D., part fighting game, part roleplaying game. More » -
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Sin And Punishment 2 Hands-On: Up, Down, Up, Down, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot
Nintendo's best evidence that its E3 2009 showing was all "about the games" were the four kiosks dedicated to Sin And Punishment 2. Treasure's sequel to the Nintendo 64 shooter was given prominent attention at the front of Nintendo's booth. More » -
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Impressions: If It's Broke A Little, Fix It A Little
I didn't like Ninja Gaiden II much. From what I saw of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, though, I like it a lot better. Amazing what an extra 12 months development time can do for a game, isn't it? More » -
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God Of War III Hands-On: Half-Goat, Half-Lion, Half-Snake
My hands-on demo with God of War III was a familiar journey, having seen the same stretch of the PlayStation 3 game played through three times by someone else. I knew exactly what to do. More » -
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Rapstar Impressions: "They Sing, We Rap"
While other members of Team Kotaku are busy flying/driving home today, I had one last E3 appointment to attend: spend some time with 4mm Game's hip-hop karaoke title Rapstar. More » -
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Just Cause 2 Impressions: In Which Everything Explodes, Awesomely
I saw plenty of games this past week. Some good. Some bad. Some worse. But only one game could be the best-looking thing I saw all week. And that game was Just Cause 2.
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Afrika Preview: And It Hurts That My Friends Never Stood Downwind
Afrika, first released in Japan last year, has often been compared to Pokemon Snap. Both fairly and unfairly. And guess what? Those comparisons are totally on the money. More » -
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FIFA 10 Preview: It's The Early-Season Favourite
Despite being the world's most popular sport, and also EA's biggest-selling annual title, FIFA 10 was relegated to a small backroom presence at E3 while Madden was everywhere. Ah well. We played it anyway. More » -
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Glory Of Heracles Hands-On Handholding
Nintendo's Glory of Heracles feels like the company's attempt at RPG Training, a My First Role-Playing Game for the crowd fearful of stats-heavy, turn-based conventions. But then the Nintendo DS game quickly becomes that very thing. More » -
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Eyes On With Invizimals: When Pokemon Meets Ghostbusters
Novarama's PSP game Invizimals may smack of an obvious PokĂ©mon clone, but the PSP Camera-enabled pet collection game is still fascinating to look at, with magical appeal that younger games might just eat up. More » -
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Bioshock 2 Multiplayer Impressions: That Sinking Feeling
Bioshock didn't excel as a shooter. It excelled as a narrative, Rapture acting as a living, breathing story. So it's a little strange seeing part of the game reduced to a standard multiplayer shooter.
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Stylus-On With Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is a return to the stylus-controlled Link of Phantom Hourglass, but with a twist. More » -
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ModNation Racers Impressions: LittleBigRacer
Sony's "Play Create Share" initiative picks up speed with the debut of ModNation Racers for the PlayStation 3, a kart racing title that lets you build the track, the kart, and the racer. More » -
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Mafia II Eyes-On: The More Things Change...
Funny thing, making a sequel to Mafia. A game that, for all its innovation, has been forgotten in the wake of the Grand Theft Auto series. Hopefully the same fate doesn't await Mafia II. More » -
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Impressions of Explosively Cute Critter Crunch
I was initially drawn to "Critter Crunch" by its unique art style, but once I picked up the controller I was sucked in by it's simple and addicting, fast paced arcade gameplay. More » -
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Batman Preview: Not A Bat-Toosie In Sight
I got a chance to finally get around the showroom floor and play some games today. Fortunately for me, the first one I got to play was Batman: Arkham Asylum. More » -
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The Beatles Rock Band: I Wanna Hold Your Hands-On Impressions
The Beatles: Rock Band has been playable at E3 this week. So, being fans of both The Beatles and Rock Band, we figured we'd go check it out. More » -
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Left 4 Dead 2 Extended Impressions
Yes, Left 4 Dead 2's release is shockingly close to the release of the original Left 4 Dead. And yes, Left 4 Dead 2 plays very similarly to the original Left 4 Dead. But there's a reason for both of those things. More » -
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Borderlands Eyes-On: Co-Op Fallout In Reverse
You're in the wasteland, taking on quests, picking up look, and wandering around for miles, only this time you're trying to get into the Vault. More » -
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PSP Go Hands-On Impressions
Sony introduced the PSP Go at today's E3 media briefing, a smaller, pricier alternative to the already available PSP-3000. That new model was available on the E3 show floor, attached to new PSP games. We got to go hands on when the show opened. More » -
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Lord of The Rings Comes To Wii, With Dashes Of Mario, Link
For some people the big news will be that the Lord of the Rings is making a video game comeback for kids; for others it will be that the developers responsible have a strong pedigree. More » -
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Red Dead Redemption Eyes-On Impressions
Rockstar San Diego's sequel to Red Dead Revolver has been a long time coming, with the original released in 2004 and a current-gen follow-up teased via video at Sony's E3 2005 press conference. More » -
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Lego RTS Coming To DS, Sneaks Into NYC
Chalk this one up as curious: we've seen a DS Lego strategy game from the people who brought Supreme Commander to the Xbox 360. More »



































