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The nominees for the 2012 Game Developers Choice awards have been announced. The awards, which will be held at March's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, are one (if not the) most prestigious awards ceremonies in gaming. They occur the same night and location as the Independent Games Festival (IGF) awards. More »
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When Ocarina of Time was released, the next game in the series re-used its art design. When Wind Waker was released, it spawned a number of handheld and multiplayer games borrowing its cel-shaded look. More »
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As a gamer that regularly reviews big titles and otherwise has the means to procure his own video game entertainment, it isn't often I get to experience the joy of a thoughtful video game related gift. Instead, I give things to my family and live vicariously through them. What did they get this year? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5871432&view=rss&microfeed=true Interactive Skyrim map and future tool for in-game bragging Dragon Shout is out and free for iOS devices now. You can read a bit more about it here. But it's essentially a Skyrim map that lets you mark and track your in-game moments. More »
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Earlier this year Polish developer CD Projekt Red got into a legal scuffle with Namco Bandai over the distribution rights to the Xbox 360 port of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Now a French court has made it quite clear: THQ is out, and Namco Bandai is in. More »
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Last week, I wrote about my experiences as a left-handed person playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. To save you the re-reading, I'll let you know that I survived. More »
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Paintball has never been quite as exciting as it is seen through the eyes of director Saman Keshavarz in this video, which you'll want to watch at least three times. Why? More »
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The problem with mining the rich and varied history of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise for Sonic Generations is that history includes this red and black jerk-off right here. For some, Shadow is a welcome addition to Generations. For others, he still signifies the looming death of a beloved series. More »
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One man's random pile of wood, pulleys, cables, and motors is another man's giant mechanical rabbit capable of projecting a marble into a tiny blue box from a mile away. That second man needs to play Apparatus, the physics building game for Android phones and tablets. More »
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For a company with such storied franchises, Nintendo sure does a terrible job in commemorating them. Mario got a red Wii and a repackaged game for his 25th birthday, and Zelda got...bupkis. More »
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Every couple of weeks we deliver a list of our favorite (mostly) new Xbox Live Indie games to officials involved with the Xbox 360. We pick our favorite indie games; they list them in a corner of the Xbox Live Games Marketplace called Kotaku's Favorites (it's in the Indie channel). More »
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Towards the end of inFamous, Cole MacGrath is given a vision of The Beast, an all-powerful world destroyer that only he has the power to stop. At the beginning of Infamous 2, he fails. More »
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Watchmen writer Alan Moore is famous for not wanting to see the properties he creates for comic books taken outside of the medium, but what about properties created with multiple mediums in mind? At a recent question and answer session celebrating his magazine Dodgem Logic, Moore hinted that such a project was in the works and a video game could be on the table. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5799300&view=rss&microfeed=true If you want to see me get smoked over the first nine of Augusta National, I'll be facing EA Sports' Justin Patel in a mini tournament being streamed live tomorrow at 2 p.m. EDT. Justin and I will be playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters and discussing the game. You can watch live here; we'll also be embedding the stream here when that gets up. Know what else will be embedding the stream? My tee shot. More »
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Felicia Day, star of the Internet series The Guild, will also be the star of Dragon Age: Redemption a web spin-off to the dark fantasy Dragon Age series that will debut this summer. More »
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The Old Republic world designer Jesse Sky and his team are responsible for creating Flashpoints, moments of group-based galactic crisis in the game on the same level as the Death Star battle. No pressure. More »
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This is the latest trailer for The Last Story, an upcoming role-playing game for the Wii from the creator of the Final Fantasy series. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5668371&view=rss&microfeed=true Puzzle fans can look forward to enjoying the third installment in the Professor Layton series for Nintendo DS earlier than expected. Nintendo announced today that the launch date of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, a tale surrounding a time-traveling letter from 10 years in the future, has been moved up a week to September 12. More »
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Fans looking to delve deeper into the cyberpunk dystopia of the Deus Ex series need look no further than Deus Ex: The Icarus Effect, a novel coming next year from Del Rey and tie-in author supreme James Swallow. More »
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From the 1981 masterpiece Defending the Galaxy: The Complete Handbook of VideoGaming, as detailed at the Cavalcade of Awesome. More »
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The American comic book industry wants you to buy comics! Head to your local comic book store tomorrow to celebrate the ninth annual Free Comic Book Day, and pickup free comics featuring everyone from Sonic the Hedgehog to Iron Man. More »
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It's been ten years since the characters of Marvel's comics and Capcom's video games faced off in a fighting title, so 2011's Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds can't come soon enough. More »
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Call me a pessimist, but post-apocalyptic Dubai doesn't look like the sort of place you'd want to vacation in. And look! They've even hung the flag wrong. More »
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Lots of video game comics hit comics shops in the U.S. this week. That includes an adaptation of one of the least-discussed Zelda games ever made: The Minish Cap. Plus, Sonic is back. Yes, Sonic comics! More »
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Wizards of the Coast are bringing Xbox Live card-battler Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers to the PlayStation Network and PC, with two new Xbox 360 expansions in the works. More »
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Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. More »
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Clearly getting out of the way of the release of Executive Assistant Iris #3, comic publishers are releasing just two four video-game-themed comics today. Sorry for skipping last week and not getting to post about this Dead Space Extraction comic. More »
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Word from Electronic Arts today is that Maxis, the studio behind The Sims and Spore, suffered layoffs today. No word on how many people were affected. EA described the cuts as an attempt to "focus" the studio. More »
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Daedelic Entertainment's Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, voted "Best Adventure Game of 2008" at the German Game Developer Awards, is making the trip stateside courtesy of Merscom. More »
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Activision passed us some Stan Bush swag in celebration of "The Touch" being available as free downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour. If you know your Transformers the Movie trivia, it could be yours. More »
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We've struck a major milestone in this week's Nintendo Download, as The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask becomes the 300th game to grace the Wii Virtual Console. More »
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What do you get when you take one of the world's most popular player-made Warcraft III mods and break it out into its own game? League of Legends: Clash of Fates. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5151097&view=rss&microfeed=true Sega's House of the Dead: Overkill isn't just another House of the Dead game. It's a House of the Dead game with one hell of a nice trailer. More »
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As mentioned in the Test Realm patch notes we posted on last month, a blue Blizzard post confirms that they are indeed removing restrictions to allow players to create Death Knights on any server. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5127486&view=rss&microfeed=true Prepare Lord of the Rings Online fans. It's almost time for you to get your hands on Mines of Moria - the first expansion for the MMO - is coming November 18th. There will be plenty of new features to look forward to such as the game's level cap being increased, new items, and the addition of two new classes, Run-keeper and Warden. You'll also be able to have the option of purchasing a massive collector's edition with all sorts of goodies. In the mean time we got a new trailer which gives you a fly through the ruins in Durin's Way. More »
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Prince of Persia will ship on Dec. 2 for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 along with Prince of Persia: The Fallen King for the DS, Ubisoft announced today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5051794&view=rss&microfeed=true So John Krasinski plays Jim Halpert on the office. Surprisingly enough, in one of the episodes in season 4, he is wearing a fake mustache, and thats where my geeky 6th sense kicks in and I notice, he looks a lot like Luigi. Ok, granted the mustache is pointing downwards while Luigi’s are pointing upwards. Still, am I the only one who sees the similarity here? More »
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We are officially eight beers and about two Jager Bombs into the show. After hanging out at the Activision booth for way too long watching McWhertor pwn at Guitar Hero III, we realized we were out of time and high-tailed it to Hall number three where Sony and, more importantly, SingStar was located. More »
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Reports are coming in the upcoming Pokemon Battle Revolution game, already released in Japan, has its own separate friend code for participating in online battles, above and beyond the current, system-specific friend code every Wii has. This pretty much means that after going through the trouble of exchanging friend codes, you have to do it all over again if you want to play online with your friends with Pokemon. More »
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This (Nintendo marketing) guy was pacing around outside the press line to get in on Iwata's keynote. He was gracious enough to due a little Hiel Nintendo for us when we asked to take a picture. More »
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