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Transformers Legends‘s Next Update Is Beast Wars. Hell Yeah.
Free-to-play mobile card collecting game Transformers Legends has been slowly slogging through early Transformers history for what seems like ages. Now they’re getting to the good stuff in the next update — Beast Wars. The computer animated show started off slow and built to a wondrous crescendo, attaching itself to first-generation cartoon continuity through a…
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You Can Spend $140 On One Car In Gran Turismo 6
Gran Turismo 6 is coming to the PlayStation 3 on Friday, bringing with it the first real-money microtransactions in franchise history. It’s a game where five bucks can buy you 27 1998 Mini Coopers, or 2.5 percent of a ’66 Jaguar XJ13. European and UK microtransaction pricing for the sixth game in the storied racing…
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Insomniac’s Space Pokémon Game Flees Facebook For Mobile Pastures
The makers of Ratchet and Clank turned their attention to Facebook last year, creating Outernauts, a hip, Pokémon-style battle game with absolutely splendid art design. Today Insomniac revealed plans to shut down the game’s web presence on January 31, focusing on making a mobile version more people might play. Insomniac relayed the bad news earlier…
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Zen Pinball 2 Flips Onto PS4 This Month
Zen Studios continues its never-ending quest to put pinball on everything capable of playing it with the December 17 release of Zen Pinball 2 for the PlayStation 4, with free tables for previous purchasers and a little something strange. Players who’ve already purchased tables for Zen Pinball 2 on the PlayStation 3 or Vita will…
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Here Are 32 Studios Making Games For Xbox One’s Indie Program
The Xbox One is in the hands of players now, but it’s also in the hands of a large number of developers who’ve signed on for the ID@Xbox independent publishing platform. Today program director Chris Charla namedropped 32 of them, and they make for a very impressive list. From huge huge outfits like Crytek to…
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Nintendo’s 2DS Pokémon X & Y bundles are the saddest bundles of them all. No special colors or decals — just the standard blue 2DS with Pokémon Y at Toys”R”Us or the red with Pokémon X at Target for $149.99. The games come pre-installed, so you don’t even get a pretty case. What a festive…
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The Fifty States, Now In Pleasing LEGO Form
The world would be a much better place if everything were made of LEGO. Artist Jeff Friesen is off to a good start with the “50 States of LEGO”, blocky, happy dioramas representing every state in the Union, except Canada. I’m just kidding. Canada gets its own LEGO gallery, where the minifigs are even happier…
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Nvidia’s Shield Can Now Stream PC Games At 1080p To Your TV
I’m beginning to wonder why Nvidia included a screen on its Shield gaming handheld. I’ve barely looked at it in over a month, thanks to the Android handheld’s GameStream console mode, and now that it can stream games from my PC to the TV at 1080p? I might never open it again. This week’s update…
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Ridge Racer Stops Trying To Launch Consoles
Since 1994, every major Sony console has launched with an installment of Namco Bandai’s (in)famous arcade racing franchise. There were Ridge Racer games at the launch of the Nintendo DS, 3DS and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as well. This generation? Nothing. Meanwhile, on iOS and Android… Ridge Racer celebrates its 20th year in existence on a…
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Yeah, You Should Be Scared Of Wildstar‘s Full Class Lineup
That is, if you’re planning an incursion against the nicer folks making a living on the planet Nexus in Carbine Studios upcoming MMO. My god these people make a good trailer. Now that the Medic and Engineer are out in the open, this should represent the full compliment of WildStar‘s adventuring classes. All that’s left…
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Street Fighter‘s Zangief Has No Respect For Sloppy Drunks
Zangief loves his vodka almost as much as he enjoys punishing those who can’t handle it. Witness him take his frustrations out on the internet’s most amusing drunks. It’s a bit of a stereotype, sure, but what else could be keeping the man warm while he’s doing battle in the freezing cold wearing nothing but…
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How Much Did You Spend On Gaming In November?
We’ve made it through November, a month packed with two next-gen console releases and a bunch of new releases from some of gaming’s biggest franchises. Now we’ve got time to pause and reflect on the damage we did to our wallets over the past 30 days. How much did you pay for games in November?…
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It’s Not The Best Doctor Who Video Game, But Give It Time
I often joke, when a bad game based on an existing entertainment license is released, that all any property needs to do to create a successful video game tie-in is to paste its characters and concepts over an already-proven title. Doctor Who: Legacy is almost proof of that. In the popular free-to-play mobile game Puzzle…
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ReviewsAn Iron Man Figure Worth Its Weight In Gold
For ages, Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett has taunted me with pictures of Hot Toys figures, the most spectacular sixth-scale, highly-articulated, true-to-life (where applicable) toys available. Now I’ve gotten my hands on one — the Iron Man Mark XXI Midas Armor sold by Sideshow Collectibles, and I may have been better off without. See, I’ve bathed in…
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ReviewsSnacktaku’s Turducken Thanksgiving Feast
Every November, Americans gather their family around the dinner table to give thanks for the many brown things we have to eat. Pumpkin pie, stuffing, gravy, UPS, dirt — these are all delicious brown things, but the centerpiece of the celebration, at least in my house this year, was a bird stuffed with two other…
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Toy And Collectibles 2013 Holiday Buyer’s Guide
The joy of tearing away wrapping paper to reveal a new toy during the holidays never gets old, even if we do. Here are some helpful suggestions for spreading colorful plastic joy to the toy collector in your life this holiday season. DO hunt for toys based on your giftee’s favorite video games. Tomy’s Pokemon…
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