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It’s a Good Week to Be a JRPG-Loving Android Gamer
Japanese developer Kemco has spent the past couple of years rolling out a steady stream of Japanese role-playing games to the Android market, delivering hours of old school goodness to fans of turn-based pixel battles willing to spend $5.99 – $8.99. Now through April 30,every Kemco game is $.99. I just spent $4.95 to complete…
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Spellirium is an Amazing Game, But The Goggles, They Do Nothing
Untold Entertainment’s Spellirium, described by the legendary Tim Schafer as “if Loom and Boggle had a baby”, is a ridiculously nifty word adventure that I’m proud to say I preordered. It’s also completely wasted on the Oculus Rift VR headset. While I’ve heard it’s pretty cool for games like Team Fortress 2, with a game…
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It’s Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Take It From a Week of Gaming Apps
Thanks to games like Fish Out of Water! and Reef Run, I’ve spent more hours underwater this week than the two months following the theatrical release of The Little Mermaid, which my then-girlfriend made me watch at least a dozen times. That music, it never goes away. They come flocking to my cauldron crying, “Spells,…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Run Across NYC Rooftops to Score Speed
Pursued by a relentless robot across the rooftops of New York City, our young heroes must maintain a continuous supply of speed or they’ll be abducted by aliens. Nickelodeon presets Paranoid Reptilian Methamphetamine Junkies. Or the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for iOS. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run is, as one would imagine,…
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Resident Evil Creator Returns to Horror With One Seriously Messed-Up Trailer
What the hell, Shinji Mikami? Did you have to put every single scary thing into the debut trailer for The Evil Within? Barbed wire, embedded glass, squid head explosions — save something for the game, you maniac. This IGN-exclusive trailer is the culmination of Bethesda’s teases earlier this week. It’s the project Mikami’s Tango Gameworks…
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Now Hawken Has a Target Class. I Mean Healer Class.
No, I think I was right the first time. If you see the new Technician mech on the enemy’s team, kill it. If it’s on your team, hug it. If it’s you, then congratulations, you’re a helper. Way to help. Want to see pics of the new map you’ll be dying on? Along with various…
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The MOGA Android Controller is Now Available in Large
Last year, peripheral maker Power A introduced the Android-gaming world to the MOGA controller system with a pocket-sized game pad with a clip for holding your phone. It’s a nifty little device, but the game support wasn’t quite as expansive as I’d like. Today Power A releases the MOGA Pro, a console-sized game pad with…
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Speaking of Transformers, Hasbro is kicking off the 30th anniversary of the franchise a year early with the Transformers Fan Built Bot Poll, giving bot lovers a chance to vote on thefirst ever fan-created robot in disguise. The winner will be made into a toy and appear in the IDW comics. Voting runs through May…
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ReviewsInjustice: Gods Among Us: The Kotaku Review
The greatest comic book battles aren’t between heroes and villains. You can catch Batman punching out the Joker’s magically regenerating teeth any day, but the Caped Crusader versus Green Lantern, or Superman, or Raven “We Need More Women in the Game” Roth? That’s something special, even if the excuses for those battles are completely ridiculous.…
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There are 18 Armors in the Official Iron Man 3 Game. Can You Name Them?
I can name every one of the 18 Iron Man armors buildable in Gameloft’s official movie tie-in, coming April 25 to iOS and Android, and it only took me ten seconds. I named them all Tony. It seemed appropriate. You’ll probably want to call them something else. Looking at the individual files Gameloft sent over,…
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Even Horrible Games Get Their Due at the Game Marketing Awards
It pleases me to know that despite the shiny circular piece of crap inside every copy of Kinect Star Wars, there’s still a place where the folks responsible for the brilliant “Girl Vader” short can feel like the winners they really are. The 8th Annual Game Marketing Awards took place yesterday at the 2013 Game…
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80s’ Greatest Action Star Has So Many F***s to Give To Blood Dragon
If for some stupid reason Terminator star Michael Biehn wasn’t already your favorite action hero from the 80s, he will be once you see him as Mark IV Cyber Commando Sergeant Rex Power Colt in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. This might just be his greatest role. The trailer, not the game itself. I mean…
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An Annoying New Way to Play One of the World’s Best Word Games
I love word games, and PopCap’s Bookworm series has always treated me right. I’ve spent countless hours playing Bookworm and the epic role-playing hybrid Bookworm Adventures, knowing full-well that once I start playing a game in the franchise I’m not stopping for anything. That is, unless it’s the new turn-based Bookworm Heroes. Bookworm Heroes is…
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The New Cut the Rope Transcends the Laws of Time and Space
As the star of ZeptoLab’s incredibly popular Cut the Rope series, the adorable Om Nom has eaten all the candy he possibly can without temporal physics coming into play, and so, Cut the Rope: Time Travel is born oniOS and Android. I was wondering how long ZeptoLab would keep up with those free Cut the…
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It’s Not Quite a Magical Girl Transformation, But It’ll Do, Mewtwo
Yesterday, Patricia posted a fan animation showing the Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo changing into his recently-revealed new form via an elaborate ‘magical girl’-style sequence. The official version we just received from the Pokémon Company? Not far off. Set it to a little music, toss a skirt on him, and you’ve got a party when Pokémon X…
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The Best Pikmin Ever
Who needs Link and Zelda and Mario and Luigi when you’ve got this gorgeous little critter right here coming at you on August 4? That’s a new Pikmin for Pikmin 3, introduced today during the 3DS-centric Nintendo Direct. Iwata says it’s called the Flying Pikmin, because obvious. I call it potential tattoo flash.
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CultureIt’s Not Too Late to Celebrate National Eggs Benedict Day
Every year on April 16, folks across the country set aside their differences and roll out the poaching pits, shiny brass vats used to craft one of the integral components of the most expensive breakfast item on the menu outside of a steak. If you put Eggs Benedict inside of a steak, it wouldn’t be…
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Forget Far Cry 3, I Want a Full-Length Blood Dragon Movie
What might be the best standalone game expansion ever created just got the greatest live-action movie tie-in, even if it is under five minutes long. CorridorDigital, I just want to hug you. This live-action short for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is exactly what I wanted to see every time I went to the theater…
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