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Cube World is Now Available [UPDATED]
After an official release announcement, followed by a long day filled with server crashes, bug fixing and careful testing, Picroma’s online store is officially back online, and Cube World, their voxel-based adventure-RPG sandbox, is available to purchase. Still, developer Wollay maintains in his blog post that in case of overly high traffic, the shop might…
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Runescape 3, the next big update to Jagex’s twelve-year-old MMORPG, will be released on July 22. In addition to making the leap to HTML5, the new Runescape will also feature an updated quest system which lets you “directly shape the future of [Runescape’s world], its inhabitants and scenery for the very first time.”
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Counter-Strike Co-Creator’s New FPS Arrives on Steam Next Month
Minh Le’s Tactical Intervention had a long, arduous journey. Now, many years of development and one not-so-successful launch later, the multiplayer shooter is set to find home on Steam. Like Counter-Strike, Tactical Intervention promises intense team-based tactical shooting gameplay, but with a few new elements such as car chases, and realistic locations including shopping malls,…
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Kneel Before Zod…’s Awesome and Informative Injustice Trailer
As promised, General Zod, the super-powered Kryptonian tyrant, is now available as a downloadable character for Injustice: Gods Among Us. As an extra, Netherrealm Studios threw in a bit of a history lesson discussing Zod’s past, his motivations, and his uncanny ability to shove people through the moon’s core.
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You Could Briefly Buy and Play Cube World. Very Briefly. [UPDATED]
Yesterday, a post popped up on voxel-based PC adventure–RPG Cube World’s forums. “It’s finally happened, the moment we’ve all been waiting for,” it said, “the game is available [to] play as a Demo and paid Alpha access.” Sadly, the servers were immediately crushed by the thousands of eager players trying to gain access to the…
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Mario Is Pretty Much The Go-To Guy For Marriage Proposals These Days
Kotaku reader Brandon’s night was very special. It was his turn, you see, to ask Diane, the love of his life, to become his player two. He did this by using a custom Super Mario World level. “She said yes, and after I gave her the ring and such she demanded we play the level…
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Rise of the Triad Gets A Metal-Heavy, Explosive Pre-Order Trailer
Rise of the Triad, the insanely fast-paced remake of the classic ’94 Apogee first-person shooter, will be released on the PC in just a month, on July 31. Pre-ordering also gets youfour more classic Apogee titles, including the original Rise of the Triad with its expansion pack, and the two Blake Stone games. Not bad.
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This Is How You Craft Guns in Guncraft
Following the news of their game getting greenlit, the developers of Guncraft, the heavily customizable voxel-based multiplayer shooter, released a video of the game’s much-touted build-your-own-gun feature. Hopefully, dubstep is not an integral part of the crafting process. Guncraft is set to hit PCs on July 11.
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Just Cause 2’s Ambitious Multiplayer Mod Might Actually Come Out Soon
Following last week’s test (footage of the test above), Philpax, one of the developers of the popular multiplayer mod for Avalance Studios’ action sandbox, Just Cause 2, submitted a lengthy post to the mod’s forums discussing the project’s past, present, and future. “We are hoping to release JC2-MP within the next few months, client and…
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An Indie Mars-Based Survival Game Inspired by… Pokémon Snap?
A bit over a month ago, we showed you Lacuna Passage, an amazing-looking and quite mysterious indie Mars exploration game. Now, developer Random Seed Games is taking to Kickstarter to raise some money so they can work full-time on their first commercially released game. So yes, Lacuna Passage is a survival game set on Mars,…
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Nikola Tesla Battles The Undead In This Beautiful Platformer-To-Be
The evil Thomas Edison sabotaged Tesla’s latest invention, causing undead to rise all over 1800’s America. How can Tesla fix this? Archetype Games hopes to answer this question in some form with their upcoming platformer-puzzler hybrid, Tesla Breaks the World. Randomly-generated levels, unlockable inventions, simple but intuitive mechanics and truly gorgeous hand-drawn visuals will all…
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Kotaku EastBlood, Dragons, Somber Japanese Ballads–Yep, This is Drakengard
Number three, specifically. With this trailer, Square-Enix showcases the combat, setting, and characters of the latest installment in their Drakengard RPG series. The game is set to come out on October 31 in Japan, with no western release date announced yet I really hope it’s a “yet”
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Steam’s Fresh Batch of Greenlit Games Includes “Minecraft with Guns”
Of course, Guncraft is just one of the eight games (and three software titles) the community approved for Steam-driven distribution last week. We’ve got a jungle survival game, a supernatural adventure-thriller, and even a mining adventure set on Mars. Let’s dive right in. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller An episodic point-and-click adventure game series starring…
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GameTrailers reports that Darkspore, EA’s always-online action-RPG from 2011, has been pulled from Steam following complaints about game-breaking network issues. An announcement on the game’s official forums says that these bugs will not be fixed as the game is “for almost all intents & purposes an abandoned title.”
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The Focus of this First-Person Puzzle Game? “Single-Player Co-op.”
This is Tessallation, a free puzzle game where you play with yourself. Well — copies of yourself. You play as Tessa, a schoolgirl with a cube for a head (don’t ask) who has the ability to time travel. But it’s not just any ordinary time travel; Tessa can travel back in time while leaving a…
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This Indie 8-Bit Platformer Harkens Back To The Castlevanias of Old
Meet Odallus: The Dark Call, currently in development by JoyMasher, the same Brazilian indie group that brought us Oniken last year. It’s an “action exploration platformer” set to come out in 2014. Also, the hero is named “Haggis.” … Huh. Much like the first Castlevania, Odallus will be comprised of separate stages. These stages are…
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Civilization V: Brave New World Gets An Excellent Early Launch Trailer
It’s even narrated by Captain Anderson Keith David. Anything that man touches is gold. The newest expansion to Firaxis Games’ turn-based strategy title, Civilization V: Brave New World, will feature nine new civilizations, eight wonders, and introduces several new mechanics to the main game, such as trade routes and the World Congress. Expect it to…
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Contrast Gives Us 5 Screenshots Before Stepping Back Into The Shadows
Indie platformer Contrast sure is coming along nicely. We first caught glimpse of the game earlier this year, when we got a taste of the unique shadow-platforming mechanics behind the game. Now, with these screenshots, we get to see the moody, film-noir inspired world in greater detail. Have a look below. Contrast is expected to…
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20 Great Artists Want To Make An Album Celebrating Video Game Music
“Game audio is still something that’s not really recognised for what it is,” muses Rik Ede, composer for Wipeout HD and organizer of a Kickstarter to fund a brand new album created by some of the biggest names in video game music. The people involved in the project represent a wide variety of genres, be…
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All The Serious Sam Games, In One Convenient Package, On The Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 will be getting an on-disc compilation of every game in the Serious Sam series of first-person shooters. Well, almost every game. The aptly titled Serious Sam Collection contains the HD versions of First Encounter and Second Encounter, Serious Sam 3 BFE along with the Jewel of the Nile DLC, and Serious Sam…
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