E3 is right around the corner, and the big publishers are rolling out lists of what they'll be bringing to the show. Ubisoft's list includes Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Shaun White Skateboarding, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, the next installment of the Driver series, and "many other titles" that haven't…
Microsoft's Xbox Live director of programming, Major Nelson, will be our guest host on the Kotaku call-in podcast this week, filling in for ... me. The good Major joins Crecente live, Wednesday, ready to field your live calls.
The very creative creative director behind Scribblenauts and the Drawn to Life is hanging with our own Stephen Totilo this week, taking your calls and answering your queries with a vocabulary of more than 22,800 individual words.
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While our boss is away, Gearbox Software's boss plays, when the Borderlands developer's head honcho Randy Pitchford takes Crecente's place beside Totilo in this week's installment of Kotaku's call-in podcast.
The main man behind Borderlands, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, will be our guest host on the Kotaku call-in podcast this week, continuing our December-long effort to fill a vacationing Brian Crecente's empty chair. It happens live, Wednesday.
Cliff Bleszinski tried to fill Brian Crecente's podcasting shoes last week. This week: Bleszinski has passed the guest-hosting loafers to Amy Hennig. The creative director of Uncharted 2 will guest-host our live podcast this Wednesday. Call in!
I have a found a man who can fill in on the Kotaku podcast tomorrow for a vacationing Brian Crecente. A man who will take your calls live. That man is Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski.
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We have a special treat in store for you this week during our weekly live call-in podcast. Special guest Tim Schafer will be joining us to take your calls.
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Tomorrow, Ken Levine, the man behind BioShock and future secrety projects, joins us on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat about gaming and take your calls.
We have a special treat in store for you next week during our weekly live call-in podcast. Special guest Ken Levine will be joining us to take your calls.
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Capcom has revealed their game lineup for E3 2009, or perhaps it's better to say mostly revealed, with two mystery titles making their debut at the show.
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The coming week will be completely dominated by E3 coverage. Come to think of it, the previous week was completely dominated by pre-E3 coverage. After the jump we've compiled a scene-setter of sorts, aggregating together all the lineups announced, so you know some of what to look for in the coming onslaught of copy.
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Don't expect me to sum up Electronic Arts' E3 2008 presence in a couple of paragraphs. It's far too huge for just a quick rundown, so I'll just give you the pertinent points. The line up includes soemwhere around 38 games, including four games for the iPhone, three for the iPod, and four mobile games - including the…
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SouthPeak Games has revealed their line up for E3 2008, where they'll be showing a wide variety of games in all shapes and sizes. Most prominent is their just announced reinvention of the Brave series, which started with Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer on the PS2. Brave: A Warrior's Tale for the Xbox 360, PSP, and …
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Majesco is bringing it's 'A' game to E3 this year, with a strong line up of titles for the Nintendo Wii and DS ranging from the quirky and curious to the deep and involving. By far the most intriguing game in my opinion is Major Minor's Majestic March for the Wii, which reunites the Parappa the Rapper team of Masaya…
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So what does RPG giant Square Enix have in store for E3 2008? Why RPGs, of course. The publisher's lineup doesn't come as a surprise to anyone who's been following the company since last E3. Starting on the portable side of things they'll be showing the remake Chrono Trigger for the Nintendo DS, along with Dragon…
