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Black Ops III‘s Free Run Mode Channels Mirror’s Edge And Titanfall
Not only does Call of Duty : Black Ops III have all of its campaign content unlocked from the start, it has content that looks as if it comes from other games unlocked from the start as well. Check out the new multiplayer parkour-flavored “Free Run” mode. Introduced in yesterday’s live stream alongside the new Loyalty…
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Learning To Drive Stick With Video Games: A Jerky Start
A couple of weeks ago I decided to try anduse video games to learn how to operate a manual transmission.After several hours behind a fake steering wheel I’ve determined I need several more hours behind a fake steering wheel. As I mentioned in the original article, I never learned how to drive stick shift, which…
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Heroes Come For The Soda, Stay For The Adventure In Soda Dungeon
Why risk life and limb searching the depths of a dark and dangerous dungeon for treasure when you can get a group of soda addicts to do it for you? In Armor Games’ Soda Dungeon, out now for iTunes and coming in early November to Android, you play the part of a sort of dungeoneering…
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Reviews
Origin PC EON17-X Gaming Laptop: the Kotaku Review
With a desktop processor and a Nvidia G-Sync display panel, Origin PC’s EON17-X laptop is getting dangerously close to my gaming PC’s spec. That’s no exaggeration. The EON17-X model Origin PC sent me to test out features an Intel Core i7 4790K CPU—newer models of the system released since I received the unit come with…
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Indie Dev Co-opts Kate Upton’s Infamous Carl’s Jr. Ad
Independent mobile developer Tom Young couldn’t afford a big budget Kate Upton commercial like the Game of War: Fire Age folks for his puzzle game, so he just took Carl’s Jr.’s ad instead. The results are wonderfully bizarre. Instead of suggestively devouring a Southwest Patty Melt, now Upton is consuming the adorable little creatures from…
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Good Things Happen When Dragon Quest Meets Dynasty Warriors
I was so focused in bringing you nice people some gameplay footage of Dragon Quest Heroes: Long Subtitle that I wasn’t paying attention to the health bar of the objective I was protecting. I failed, but I failed for you. From Omega Force, the developer behind Hyrule Warriors for the Wii U comes another slick…
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ReviewsTransformers: Devastation: The Kotaku Review
To quote a tiny yellow robot during one of Transformers: Devastation’s many brilliant moments, “I did not see that coming.” Despite the killer cel-shaded look and a cast packed with voice actors from the ‘80s cartoon reprising their roles as the original robots in disguise, all signs pointed towards Transformers: Devastation being a massive disappointment.…
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ReviewsTo Click Or Not To Click? The Gaming Keyboard Question [Update: Answered]
I’ve got two Razer keyboards to choose from. One is silent and sleek with chicklet-style membrane keys. The other’s mechanical switches click loud and proud. Which is best? I need a little help there. Update: The poll results are in! If you’d asked me five years ago whether I prefer a mechanical or membrane keyboard…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It Could Be Worse, Luke Skywalker
So the latest Star Wars game has made tea-bagging Darth Vader’s smug Jedi son’s facean international sport. There are worse fates than tea-bagging, young Skywalker. Let us show you. Why, he could be a guest star in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for example. Or maybe he’s stuck in some horrible, inescapable limbo. And while…
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Culture
The Week In Games: The World Tree’s Woe And The Blight Below
That’s the last time I am typing out that subtitle. The Week in Games is getting longer as we head into big-time fall madness, with games coming at us from all sides, like slimes. Beautiful Dragon Quest Heroes slimes. I received a copy of the game on Friday—the review embargo was a couple days before…
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Star Wars Battlefront Beta Gets One More Day
Don’t put away your stormtrooper armor just yet kids. Originally slated to end tomorrow, the Star Wars Battlefront beta test has been extended through Tuesday in order to test extreme server scenarios and give me chance to add that word balloon I’d been eyeing.
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Coat For Max: Winners!
When Kotaku’s editor-in-chief voiced his dissatisfaction with a jacket worn by the title character of the Mad Max video game, our image-manipulating community sprung into action. Now he’s got plenty to choose from. Should he go with popular opinion however, only one suit of clothing shall do. In so far as our commenters are concerned,…
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Culture
Sunday Comics: Epically Tea-Bagged
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich, with the annual 24-hour comic! Published October 3. Read more of Awkward…
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Gary Oldman Headlines Star-Studded Star Citizen Story Mode Cast
A space senate speech by a virtual Gary Oldman establishes the tone of Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 single-player story mode, featuring the voices of Mark Hamil, Andy Serkis, Gillian Anderson and many, many more. It’s like Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts is picking up where Wing Commander left off, gathering a massive cast to tell another…
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Six Avengers Movies In One LEGO Game
How can TT Games make a LEGO game equal to rival the size and scope of LEGO Marvel Superheroes with only the two main Avengers movies to pull from? It can’t, so it pulls from four more. The New York Comic Con trailer for next year’s LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is here, showcasing key moments from…
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Future Knights Battle Dark Magic In LEGO’s Latest Original Creation
Launching early next year with 14 construction sets, a mobile app and an animated series, LEGO Nexo Knights mixes classic knighthood lore with futuristic technology. I need this. I need this a lot. LEGO’s had a run of good luck with its original IP lately, but for every wildly popular Chima or Ninjago there’s a…
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ReviewsRock Band 4: The Kotaku Review
It’s a good time for Rock Band 4 (as made famous by Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 3, LEGO Rock Band, The Beatles: Rock Band and Green Day: Rock Band.) That’s a lot of Rock Band to take in over the span of the four years between the 2007 release of the original…
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