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Vice City‘s Mobile Makeover Will Take Your Self Control
The neon-soaked streets of Vice City have never looked as good as they do in next week’s 10th Anniversary Edition for iOS and Android. The fingers are still fused together, but the bodies attached to them are better than ever. When I first watched this trailer I was a little shocked. This is not how…
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The Timeless Charm of a Game Built Entirely From Clay
All video games contain the fingerprints of their developers, the oft subtle maker’s mark that set the work apart in the eyes of devoted fans. Clay Jam‘s prints are anything but subtle, covering every inch of this whimsical hand-crafted game for iOS and Android. Clay Jam, which we briefly featured late last year, is the…
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The Cute and Cuddly Canimals Make Their U.S. Debut in One Adorably Sparse Facebook Game
The stars of the number one animated broadcast program in Taiwan, the cylindrical Canimals are far too important to worry about silly things like releasing a complete game. Cantasia officially launches on Facebook today, boasting one mini-game and a whole bunch of “coming soon” notices. The stars of a host of mobile and social apps…
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This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: Oh How I’ve Missed You, Ilomilo
One of the warmest, most wonderful games I’ve played shows up on this week’s Windows Phone charts, granting me a comforting nostalgic rush and hopefully distracting all of you from noticing I didn’t do the Windows Phone charts last week. Look at how cute those two little guys are. Just look at them. I had…
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Here’s a Monstrous New Way to Celebrate 40 Years of Pong
Celebrating 40 years of Atari’s take on video game tennis, Pong World transforms those primitive paddles into furry animated monsters, because why the hell not? Pong World is the end result of the Pong Indie Developer Challenge, a contest that gave small devs a chance to deliver their take on the game that launched a…
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This Week’s Android Charts: Incredibly Late Morning Edition
What’s that? It’s a little late for this morning’s weekly Android game charts? Poppycock! It’s never too late for the morning. Well, I suppose the next morning would be too late. Looks like I made it just in time for Ralph to wreck it once more. Now that Ralph and the magical Vanellope have finished…
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My 13-Year-Old Baldur’s Gate Review, Enhanced Edition
When PC role-playing classic Baldur’s Gate was released in 1998, I was writing for a small gaming news site called Videogamers.com. BioWare’s masterpiece was my first official PC game review. While Videogamers.com is long gone, the magical Internet Wayback Machine houses an archived version of the review, at least until I figure out a way…
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Friendship Was Tragic for This My Little Pony Player
When My Little Pony for iOS and Android launched earlier this month I could count my Gameloft Live friends on two hands. Now I have 500. They say you can never have too many friends. In my case, too many friends destroyed Ponyville. In the screenshot above you’ll notice entirely too many chests. When players…
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Spicy Horse Invades Android with Crazy Fairies
Spicy Horse’s web-based Worms-meets-Mother Goose trajectory shooter Crazy Fairies flies from Facebook to Android, bringing cross-platform multiplayer to the Droid-loving masses. Crazy Fairies is a turn-based shooter in the same vein as the PC classic Worms, with a heaping helping of American McGee’s penchant for twisted fairy tales. Players choose a character from several fantasy…
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Making the Most of Zynga Poker‘s Marketing Budget
With tens of millions playing on Facebook and mobile phones, Zynga stalks the streets of New York City, hunting for anyone that’s yet to sample Zynga Poker. Either that, or the game is opening for Gov’T Mule—sighted near Kotaku’s NYC office.
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There’s a Bizarre Bite-Sized Blitz Version of Street Fighter X Tekken for the iPhone
Sneaking into iTunes today while I wasn’t looking, Street Fighter X Tekken Gauntlet pits Ryu and Kazuya against the entire mobile roster, 30 seconds at a time. Built in the same engine as the full $.99 version of Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile (as evidenced by the lack of iPhone 5 widescreen support), Gauntlet is…
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And Then There Was a Collectible Pirate Women Card Game
The new wave of mobile collectible card games — which I still do not understand — is really starting to branch out. For awhile there it was all collectible fantasy creatures and demons. Now Aeria Mobile swaps collectible creatures for collectible women. It’s okay, they’re pirates. I don’t want to be known as the mobile…
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From the Bustling City to the Wild Frontier, Zynga Spreads Toys for Tots Cheer
Zynga has given millions of Facebook gamers free toys to play with. Now it’s time to spread the love. Today Zynga launches “Oh, What Fun!”, a digital charity drive for Toys for Tots, spread across seven popular social games. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has been bringing Christmas presents to less fortunate children for…
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Reviews
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Number One: The Kotaku Comic Book Review
The first issue of a comic book based on an animated series is not normally cause for excitement. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is no regular animated series, and its comic book companion is much more than a throwaway cartoon tie-in. It’s incredibly easy to make a lazy cartoon-based comic book. Recycle some plot…
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Play Dominion Online in Your Browser Right Now
Goko, the multiplatform headquarters for mature board and card games, has launched in open beta, giving strategy-minded players a chance to play all the Dominion Online, Forbidden City and All the King’s Men their devious little hearts’ desire. There are more than 150 games lined up for Goko, using HTML 5 as a universal gaming…
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The Tide of Battle Quickly Turns Once You Realize Your Enemy is Delicious
For years the peaceful-yet-pecking Hoggyens battled the relentless Gobblen hordes that rained down from the sky. Then one day the embattled hedgehog creatures discovered their demonic nemeses’ fatal flaw: they are delicious. This is why giant slingshots get built, people. Little Guy Games’ Super Snack Time is a bubble-popping game on a sugar high. Your…
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