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E3 2012? No Sir, It’s Adventure Time
How big is Pendleton Ward’s instant cult classic cartoon Adventure Time? So big that D3Publishers has a giant inflatable Finn and Jake hovering over their E3 2012 booth — and the game isn’t even here. And you know what? I don’t particularly care that
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Hawken is Everything I Ever Wanted in a Mech Shooter
For more than a year now Adhesive Games’ indie PC mech shooter Hawken has tantalized us with breathtakingly gorgeous scenes of giant robot carnage amidst dystopian cityscapes that combine anime sensibilities with Moebius-level intricacy and detail. The aesthetic has won us over time and time again, but what of the gameplay? It’s even better. My…
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This is Why I Never Could Get Into EVE Online
I’ve tried to get into the universe of EVE Online countless times over the years, but I’ve never managed to form a lasting relationship with the game. During my E3 meeting with CCP, EVE Online creative director Torfi Frans Olafsson explained why with a single sentence. EVE Online is a game driven by the players,…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
E3 continues to roil and rage and froth about our heads, yet there remains a place where like-minded video game fans can gather and talk in relative peace about their love affair with interactive entertainment. If only we could find it. Today’s #TAYpic comes from the fertile mind of Neo-d1ngo, though I can’t seem to…
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Razer’s Artemis is an Elaborately Sexy Way to Play Mechwarrior Online
My very first E3 2012 appointment this morning was with peripheral company Razer. At the forefront of their booth beneath a glass case sat this thing. My first question for the team: “What the hell is that thing?” The Razer Artemis is a concept device aimed at giving players of Piranha Games’ Mechwarrior Online a…
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Wizardry Online Doesn’t Look Like any Wizardry I Know
One of the first PC games I ever bought with my own money was Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant. These screens from Sony Online Entertainment and Gamepot’s Wizardry Online show off a game that’s completely dissimilar to that one. For me, Wizardry will always be walking turn-based corridors in a first-person perspective. Can this…
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Mad Catz Collects the Whole Set With Tritton Headsets for the Wii U, Vita, and 3DS
Accessory maker Mad Catz officially supports every major gaming platform with the announcement of the Tritton Kunai line of headsets, delivering quality personal stereo sound to the PlayStation 3, Vita, 3DS and Nintendo Wii U. Can you guess which one is which? If you guessed the black Kunai was for the PlayStation Vita and the…
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This Is How Nintendo Land‘s Zelda Game Works
The first Legend of Zelda game you’ll play on Nintendo’s Wii U doesn’t star Link; it stars you dressed as Link, or at least your Mii dressed as Link. Stephen Totilo walks us through the first Zelda experience on the Wii U. The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest is one of several mini-games arriving in…
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Let’s Play a Little Animal Crossing in Nintendo Land
A Wii U game designed to ease players into the intricacies of playing with the system’s unique controller, Nintendo Land features an all-star cast of Nintendo’s top tier titles. Let’s watch Stephen put Nintendo flunkies to the test in the Animal Crossing-themed Sweet Day mini-game.
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s the first official day of E3 2012, and I can’t think of a better time to talk about video games in Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Today’s ICOnic TAYpic comes from press UP for oranges, no doubt overjoyed that another Sony E3 presser has come and gone without any mention of giant bird…
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This Weekend’s Guild Wars 2 Beta Event Features an Enhanced Sense of Smack
This weekend, after the E3 smoke clears, ArenaNet helps players and press wind down with the next Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event. This weekend’s festivities include plenty of new additions and tweaks, but the most intriguing has to be what designer Jon Peters calls “the sense of hitting.” It’s all about impact. The feeling…
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DUST 514 Gets a Vita App, Beta Date, and No One Cares About PlayStation Home
Fans eager to touch start fighting free battles for their EVE Online masters get their chance during the June 29 DUST 514 premiere weekend event. The beta details drop along with new info on the DUST 514: Neocom Vita application and some PlayStation Home crap. Perspective players can get their beta on by registering at…
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Who Needs E3 When They’ve Got a Week’s Worth of Amazing Gaming Apps
Big name console title announcements and new hardware debuts are nice and all, but those are fleeting and unpredictable. Kotaku‘s Gaming Apps of the Day, on the other hand, are timeless. Oh yeah, there’ll be no gaming apps next week due to E3 2012. Oh don’t be upset, I’m sure we’ll see plenty of exciting…
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There’s a PC Version of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron After All
Earlier this year High Moon Studio’s game director Matt Tieger told me his team couldn’t handle making a PC version of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and PC gamers were a little upset. High Moon still can’t handle creating a PC version, but High Moon Studios and developer Mercenary Games working together are getting the job…
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Rift’s Storm Legion Expansion Adds a Ridiculous Amount of Sexy New Stuff
Trion Worlds takes its massively-multiplayer online role-playing game expansions seriously. Tripling the size of the game’s landmass, adding 10 new levels and four new classes, guild and player-housing; if Storm Legion‘s massive influx of new content doesn’t satisfy you, you probably shouldn’t be playing Rift While I am not a big Rift player at the…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s a brand new month, and we’ve got a brand new TAYpic to bastardize, but right now let’s discuss video games in Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. This month’s TAYpic base comes from professional TAYpic craftsman Pan_1da7. Well, technically “Primavera” comes from Sandro Botticeli, but that was way back in 1482, so I don’t…
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Those Adorable Mini Ninjas Get Kinect-ified for Xbox Live Arcade
We’ve not heard much from Hiro and his tiny assassin friends since 2009’s Mini Ninjas, which makes sense; you’re not supposed to hear ninja. Fans will get a chance to learn that for themselves come June 29, when Square Enix releases Mini Ninjas Adventures, a Kinect-powered fight-fest for Xbox Live arcade. Hinted at back in…
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