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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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"When a video game can make us cry," the saying goes, "that is when we will know that games are art." But what if a video game trailer can make us cry? More »
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I love video game trailers, but I love them for the same reason I love concept work: I see them as entirely separate art forms from an actual video game. More »
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Can you imagine if this was one game? One shooting, stabbing, jumping, running, driving, flying master piece of gore, politics, character growth, feminism and dude-brotopia? More »
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Movie trailers suck. They lie, and they spoil. Game trailers, on the other hand, are an artform. More »
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When it hits May 25, UFC Undisputed 2010 will introduce three new fighting styles - karate, greco-roman wrestling, and fig-leaf gourd sambo. In this video, UFC coach Mark Laimon compares them to the existing styles in the MMA series. More »
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Age gates on trailers are a delay, not a barrier, a figleaf that does no more to stop kids from seeing violent content than the third-base line stops a foul ball. How many have claimed birthdays of Jan. 1, 1902? More »
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Three new videos provide nearly everything you need to know about the multiplayer of Splinter Cell: Conviction, from Deniable Ops side games and Persistent Elite Creation system to the co-op story mode. More »
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Mass Effect 2 trailers! (*fires shotgun*) Mass Effect 2 trailers here! (*fires shotgun*) Get your Mass Effect 2 trailers! Who's ready? (*fires shotgun*) Mass Effect 2 trailers! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5435781&view=rss&microfeed=true As we'll get into on Christmas day in a little more detail, video game trailers are big business these days. But did you ever stop and wonder where they actually come from? More »
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I'll respectfully disagree with Geoff Keighley, the announcement of Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 doesn't quite deliver the "biggest surprise premiere!" thrill he told us to expect. Granted, the Spike Video Game Awards have a history that is all of seven broadcasts long. More »
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Eidos just released a new trailer for Just Cause 2, which blends cinematic action with some impressive gameplay. More »
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Here's the Nepal bar shootout scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, for Lego Indiana Jones 2. I guess the Lego-talk gibberish can't get across the sequence's subtle implication that Dr. Jones was boinking Marion when she 16. More »
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Bad enough that this sucker's set in Louisiana and still features a cricket bat - I've truly never heard of anyone playing that game south of the Mason-Dixon, outside of university graduate students from India. More »
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"Siren Alley," as this is titled, gives you a two-minute glimpse of the weapons and plasmids you'll wield in the single-player mode of BioShock 2. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5390429&view=rss&microfeed=true .html Just because a trailer is entirely CGI doesn't mean it can't tip off clues to gameplay features and story arc. More »
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Here's a gameplay trailer for "Night Game" a WiiWare title that looks to be one of 2009's it-games in the indie community. More »
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The sick minds of Madworld released three more gameplay trailers this weekend. Commodes, jet engines and bus stop signs are some of the improvised weaponry in the first, covering the game's subway levels. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5158282&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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5137801&view=rss&microfeed=true As the year comes to a close let us all stop for a moment and reflect on the wonderful world of hype, marketing, and yes, game trailers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5121553&view=rss&microfeed=true <a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:df61044d-75aa-4605-877b-7797abc6a58c&showPlaylist=true&from=msnvideo" target="_new" title="Trailer for &quot;In the Pit&quot; for Dream Build Play 2008">Video: Trailer for &quot;In the Pit&quot; for Dream Build Play 2008</a> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5093783&view=rss&microfeed=true Now, this is more like it. Why can't more trailers be like this? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5086564&view=rss&microfeed=true Disney Interactive present a trailer for their would-be Wii rival to Rock Band/Guitar Hero, Ultimate Band. It's colorful, snappily edited and features a weaksauce-doused cover of The White Stripe's Fell In Love With A Girl - but how about the gameplay? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5076427&view=rss&microfeed=true Zubo is the latest comedy/action adventure/ rythm game coming from UK EA's Bright Light studio. While this might be a kids game, it sure does look pretty for the DS. Crecente got a chance to play it hands on a while back and said while it was for kids, it had enough style to be a possible hit for the handheld. In this new trailer we see some of the horror themed levels. The game will be headed to your Nintendo DS later this year. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5042637&view=rss&microfeed=true From the guys who brought you Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect comes Sonic Chronicles for the DS. In this video we get a quick look at the combat and what we can expect. The game will be hitting your Nintendo DS. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5040771&view=rss&microfeed=true James Bond 22 the Quantum of Solace is coming! It's the first original Bond film starring Daniel Craig and no 007 would be complete without his game counter part. In these videos we see how TreyArch visited the movie sets as well as how they were able to capture the likenesses of all the actors. More videos after the jump. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5040748&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's the "Jackal" trailer for Far Cry 2, set in Africa. All I can say is, thank God they're shooting at white people. More »
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Mashade.com is a newly launched website from Blockade Entertainment and GorillaSpot, Inc. that allows users to quickly edit their own video game trailer mashups. Take video assets from partners such as EA, Take 2, Sega, Codemasters, and Ubisoft, drop them into the editor, add sound clips, music, text, and effects, and you end up with something relatively horrible, as seen below. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5036454&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's the latest Rock Band 2 trailer and, whatever you think of the Foo Fighters (I happen to enjoy this particular cut) you probably agree that Harmonix is not fucking around. We've posted on rumors about their deep tracklist, free RB1 DLC and backwards compatibility, and also about the wireless instruments and improved standard drumkit, the insane $300 drumkit if you're so inclined. In other words, they'll definitely call Guitar Hero: World Tour's raise. Is it a re-raise though? Discuss. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=379232&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's the launch trailer for D3Publisher's Dark Sector, and while the gameplay still strikes me as a bit unexciting, the cutscenes certainly seem to pack a punch. This is one of those releases that is going to have me extremely conflicted. Not so much interested in the single player, but the multiplayer sounds nifty and the storyline and voice acting might be just enough to tip me over to the purchase side of the fence. It's one of those games that will have me at the game store on the 26th, endlessly picking it up, getting halfway to the register and then putting it back down again. The GameStop employees absolutely love me. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=370664&view=rss&microfeed=true Persona 4 was just previewed in Famitsu yesterday and already someone has ripped the promo videos that came with the magazine. (Of course they are both in Japanese) They are both pretty lengthy, one being ten minutes, the other coming in at around eight. I've only recently been inducted into the angsty, head shooting world of Persona 3 and I must admit I find it quite fascinating. Sadly there is no head shooting in the new Persona but hopefully this new game will be just as intriguing as its predecessors. More »
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Wow Yahtzee, you've done the impossible. You have a television program running previews of a freaking 3-minute review. Yeah, did you hear? X-Play will be running a snippet of your upcoming Zero Punctuations every Tuesday night. And including the clip's introduction, run time, and accompanying in-show bumpers, we wouldn't be surprised if this Tuesday teaser took just as long as your actual Wednesday review. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=354976&view=rss&microfeed=true Direct from Square Enix's 2008 Jump Festa and GEMAGA.com, this is the trailer for Square Enix's Star Ocean 4, displaying some pretty impressive CG, and really nothing else. There are stars, and I am pretty sure I spied an ocean down there. Who knew Square Enix could create such stunning CG? What, everybody? Oh. It's true that Squenix CG trailers are a dime a dozen these days while gameplay clips of their big RPGs are few and far between. All they really tell us is that the company believes in the game enough to invest the time and money on creating a short teaser. Still, I do love me some Star Ocean! More »
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The PlayStation store updated today with a ton of new demos, trailers, and a whole new game that Kotaku's Michael McWhertor called "unbearably unenjoyable". That unfettered praise was of course for LocoRoco Cocoreccho!, the butterfly-powered LocoRoco game that is now available on the PSN for $6.99, a low price indeed for possible...suckage. *sighs* On top of the new game, there are demos galore, with Skate, NBA Live 08, Stuntman: Ignition and Sega Rally Revo all ready to be slowly downloaded for your demoing enjoyment. Top it off with a heaping helping of trailers from games like Devil May Cry, Ratchet and Clank, and GT5 Prologue and you've got a lot less hard disk space than you did before. Enjoy! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302066&view=rss&microfeed=true Gamevideos has posted the first trailer for Ubisoft's Lost videogame that debuted earlier today at Comic Con, based off of the show that you all watch religiously unless you are some kind of blasphemous heretic. Being a blasphemous heretic myself, my only exposure to the show has been commercials, and yep...this certainly could pass for one. It has the requisite familiar faces, the appropriate setting and mood, and those damn peaking violins that just cry out, "Be in suspense, dammit!" As for show accuracy and such...well that's what we have a comments section for. So those of you who know more than we do can lord it over our heads. Knock yourselves out! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=282991&view=rss&microfeed=true Yes I know, blah blah Michael Bay, yadda yadda Starscream monkey. You're looking at a guy who has a closet in his apartment set aside specifically for Transformers brand robot goodness, and I'm saying that the trailer for the Transformers Movie game gave me chills. It doesn't look particularly awesome, and the characters are downright unrecognizable, but that voice... More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=257356&view=rss&microfeed=true Much like many professional athletes later become coaches, Rikimaru from the Tenchu series has taken on a teaching role. This time around, you are the protagonist, on the path to becoming the ultimate ninja warrior. As if. More »
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Some new and new old and old new updates have been posted to the PlayStation Store recently, including Rally Cross for the PSP, which weighs in at a healthy 105MB. The PSone racer is priced at $5.99 and will surely be playable on the PS3 any day now. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=228528&view=rss&microfeed=true Now this is what the Wii is all about. Swinging the wiimote around like a sword while making swooshing noises. Pretty sure the whole swooshing noise bit is optional, but it can't help but enhance the gameplay experience. More »
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