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Here’s What PAX East 2014 Looks Like
Kotaku is at PAX East 2014, ready to bring you all news gaming-related throughout the weekend—but before we get started, let’s take a look at the show floor. So many booths to choose from. Don’t forget to click HD so you can take in all the details!
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Here’s the launch trailer for Double Fine’s fantasy hacking adventure, Hack ‘n’ Slash Does it remind you of anything? ‘Cause it really should, at least if you’re old enough. Or you like retro commercials. Anyway, the game launches on Steam Early Access in “just a matter of weeks”—check out our impressions here
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“I think what indies really need to watch out for is not becoming the new casual games… indies are being pushed more and more to have a lower price. I’d like to fight that. Double Fine wants to keep indies premium.” Double Fine COO Justin Bailey to USGamer, on how the company will operate as…
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Atlus Revives Failed Earthbound-Inspired Kickstarter RPG
Last Fall, the developers of modern JRPG Citizens of Earth took to Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for their project. Sadly, it didn’t work out. But now, thanks to Atlus, the game is going to be completed on time after all. So if you’re on the lookout for a good comedy RPG based in modern times…
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SNES-Style Tactical RPG Stars a “Raging Alcoholic”
Our heroine, ladies and gentlemen. Dragon Fin Soup will follow the story of several playable characters; one of them is Red Robin, an alcoholic bounty hunter who hails from a remote village on Asura—essentially a planet formed on top of giant cosmic turtle that swims around in space-time. The game’s Story Mode promises a dark…
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Open-world survival horror game The Forest is coming to Steam Early Access on May 22. I usually stay away from horror games but this one looks so good, I might just give it a try. On a weekend morning. When there’s plenty of light and everyone’s awake. Maybe. Anyway, above is the game’s third trailer.…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball: The TAY Review • Where is the role playing in JRPGS? • My Time Celebrating International Tabletop Day! • Monument Valley: The TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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This is Mark of the Old Ones, a physics adventure-platformer with a Lovecraftian twist in which you’re some sort of a tentacled abomination. Watching the trailer I’m reminded more of Gish than anything. A really pretty, horror-themed Gish. It has an ongoing Kickstarter campaign, if you’re interested. Aside: the page has some of the coolest…
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World of Warcraft’s Shiny New HD Tauren in Motion
Courtesy of Blizzard, here’s a look at what the Tauren will look, move and act like in World of Warcraft’s new expansion-slash-graphical-update, Warlords of Draenor In a post on the game’s blog titled “Running of the Bulls,” several developers working on the updated character models for Warlords of Draenor came out to discuss the Male…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Ani-TAY: Buddy Complex Review and Discussion • My Time Gender Bending in MMOs • The Ultimate Guide to Fishing in Elder Scrolls Online • Multiplayer Unlocks Really Suck, Don’t They? • Why I’m Bored with Adventure and Art Games TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow…
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Meet The Mystery Fighter of EA Sports UFC: Bruce Lee
Lee joins the impressive roster of UFC fighters in EA’s mixed martial arts game. The character is the product of a partnership between EA Sports and Bruce Lee Enterprises, who agreed to support Lee’s inclusion with plenty of background material which, according to EA Sports, allowed them to create a highly authentic digital representation of…
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Fantastic Minecraft City Was Built on Xbox 360 Over Almost 18 Months
Welcome to Titan City. In development since October 2012 and modeled after NYC, Titan City has been a one-man project of (and later, a group project led by) redditor FoxGaming, who posted renders of his map over the weekend. A fan of engineering, FoxGaming built the structures based on real-world methods saw in documentaries, with…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Silver Spoon: The Ani-TAY Review • Power Fantasies are Great, and Here’s Why • Memories of Launch Day: Xbox 360 • Zooming in (and out) on Games • Sometimes the Best Stories in Games Don’t Come from a Quest Log TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…
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Phase 2 of Final Fantasy XIV’s PlayStation 4 beta test begins today. If you’re new to the game, you can download the client through the PlayStation Store for free. The test runs until Monday, April 7, 1AM Pacific, and characters made during this phase will be playable after the game’s April 14 launch.
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Here, Have Some Spectacular Diablo III Artwork
deviantART, with the help of the game’s art director, Christian Lichtner, recently hosted, judged and concluded a fanart contest themed around Blizzard’s action-RPG, Diablo III—and the community came up with some truly mind-blowing pieces. Let’s take look at the finalists. Above is “Fist of conviction” by Nixell, featuring a monk deep in meditation, which nabbed…
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