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This Elegant Controller Solution Could Change the Way Mobile Games are Made and Played
When I first showed pictures of Power A’s MOGA to my compatriots, they thought it was a brand new gaming handheld. In a way, it is. MOGA is a complete mobile gaming system aimed at making today’s console-quality smartphone games play like console games. Mobile phone gaming controllers have come and gone, bulky add-ons proving…
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Self-Mutilation for Magic Coming to North America in Soul Sacrifice
Mega Man co-designer Keiji Inafune’s fleshy new dark fantasy, Soul Sacrifice, is just too bizarre to stay in Japan. Today Sony confirmed a North American release for the PlayStation Vita game, and Inafune confirmed that he can be really confusing when talking about game concepts. The main gameplay system of Soul Sacrifice is that the…
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The Must-Have Collector’s Edition of 2013 Award Goes to Aliens: Colonial Marines
Don’t think of Aliens: Colonial Marines February 2013 release date as a painfully long waiting period. Think of it as eight months to save up $99 for this freaking amazing collector’s edition package. It comes with a resin Powerloader statue in a limited edition Xeno Hive box. I could probably just stop writing here and…
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The Biggest Name in Teddy Bear Horror Returns This Fall
When the bears of Perfect Island neglect to invite Naughty Bear to their island resort vacation, amazing advertising ensues. Oh, and a new Naughty Bear game coming to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network this fall. But man, that advertising. Seriously, browse through our coverage of the original Naughty Bear and you’ll find some…
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The Ubiworkshop Edition of Assassin’s Creed III is an Excellent Way to Spend a Benjamin
Available for preorder exclusively at Ubiworkshop.com, the Ubiworkshop Edition of Assassin’s Creed III bundles the game with the second edition of the coveted Assassin’s Creed Encyclopedia and a new graphic novel for a smidge under a hundred bucks. In a way, you’re just trading one Assassin’s Creed III collectible for two, seeing as our American…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is your last chance to talk about video games in Kotaku‘s official forum this month. Will there be a next month? Tune in tomorrow to find out! TAYpic craftsman Shadoroch sends May to its Doom with this hellish creation. Goodbye, May TAYpic. We loved you so much. And with a new month dawning (possibly),…
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Here’s the First Trailer for Dawnguard, Skyrim‘s First Full Expansion Pack
The province of Skyrim expands this summer with Dawnguard, 1,600 Microsoft points worth of new epic adventure for the Xbox 360. Dawnguard is a timed Xbox 360 exclusive, which is unfortunate seeing as I am fully invested in the PC version of the game at this point. Still, timed is timed, and we’ll get it…
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It’s Actually a Pretty Damn Good Week for the Nintendo Download
What’s this? Four new-ish downloadable games across the various Nintendo platforms, and not one that I can poke fun at? This has to be some sort of record. Then again, it’s hard to screw up when you’ve got Metal Slug and Rayman on your side. Metal Slug 3 for WiiWare and the original Rayman in…
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Sports Champions 2 Should Help Knock the Dust Off Those Move Controllers
There goes Sony again, blowing its massive announcements the week before E3. Sports Champions 2 is coming this fall, new that no doubt have several PlayStation 3 owners wondering where they put that Move controller. to celebrate, Sony rolls out a non-traditional gamer glamour reel. Look at those people having fun with a video game…
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The Real Optimus Prime is a Fall of Cybertron Preorder Bonus
How the mighty have fallen. Once the proud leader of the Autobots, an instantly-recognizable hero in either of his iconic forms, and now he’s a mere preorder bonus. Not just that; he’s a retailer exclusive preorder bonus. Now who will light our darkest hour? Don’t say Rodimus. He doesn’t count. The G1 Retro pack is…
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The Secret World‘s Lead Designer Leads Me Straight Into Hell
In room 13 of the Overlook Motel on the scenic Savage Coast of New England there’s a doorway that leads directly to hell. If I had to sum up the setting for Funcom’s massively-multiplayer supernatural role-playing game The Secret World in one sentence, that would probably be it. Theodore Wicker studied the occult and demonology…
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The Musical, Mind-Bending, Microbial Magic of Splice
Cipher Prime, the studio known for crafting stylish concoctions of simple gameplay and stunning sound sets bioengineering to music in Splice, an award-winning puzzle game coming to Steam for Mac and PC June 13. How are you at splicing strands of DNA? In Splice the player is cast in the role of a researcher, tasked…
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A Completely Unbiased Look at the Races of Guild Wars 2
While pouring over Starfleet Dental’s comprehensive guide to the races of Guild Wars 2, it helps to keep in mind that Humans were the only race available to play in the original game. So when they call the diminutive Asura an “anime abortion”, it’s nothing personal. I am sure the creators of this infographic did…
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Tera MMO Log Part Four: The Political Process Begins
It’s the final week of my coverage of En Masse Entertainment’s massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game Tera. Normally at this point I would be sick to death of playing and eager to reclaim my free time. Instead, I find myself more invested in the game than ever before. Oh yes, it just got political up…
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The Witcher Creators Are Creating the Official Cyberpunk Role-Playing Game
At today’s special Summer Conference event, The Witcher developer CD Projekt revealed that their next big role-playing game is an official game based on the Cyberpunk pen-and-paper role-playing system. It’s being built by a second CDP Red team made up of Witcher veterans and will focus on letting players create their own characters to navigate…
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The World’s Largest High IQ Society Enters the Brain Game… Game
Since 1946 Mensa has been bringing together the most intelligent people in the world and convincing them to pay annual membership fees for a card that proves how clever they are. Now the world’s largest gathering of large IQ scores teams with Square Enix for Mensa Academy, a game aimed at training others to pay…
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Agent 47 Brutally Slaughters Nuns in the Bizarre Hitman: Absolution E3 Trailer
There are so many things wrong with this “Attack of the Saints” trailer for Hitman: Absolution, starting with the fact that the Saints don’t so much attack as they walk forward in slow motion as Agent 47 takes them out one-by-one. It seems silly to me that Square Enix decided to play up the fetish…
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Four Naked Barbarians Walk into The Skeleton King’s Lair
A team of four Barbarians joined together recently with a simple goal in mind: to take down the Skeleton King, one of Diablo III‘s earliest boss fights. An easy task, unless you’re playing on Hardcore Mode, and you aren’t allowed to upgrade your equipment. Girlish shouts ensue. Robert Pooner and the Spice Boys step into…
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Looks Like Castlevania: Mirror of Fate isn’t the 2D Platformer I Was Hoping For
Last week news of a game called Castlevania: Mirror of Fate for the Nintendo 3DS had fans of the series (myself including) imagining a brand new 2D adventure for Nintendo’s latest handheld. Perhaps if we had known the game’s full name, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate, we would have known better. According…
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