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It’s a Pixel Zombie Motorcycle Empire Invasion This Week in Gaming Apps
It’s not always easy to work in all five of our Gaming App of the Day game titles into the weekly gaming app round-up, but I’d like to think this week I was particularly inspired. Notice how I just strung a bunch of words together? So good. From large and colorful blocks to semi-realistic (looking)…
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There’s a Little Bit of Infinity Blade In Dynasty Warriors Next
Tecmo Koei PS Vita launch title Dynasty Warriors Next plays like a standard Dynasty Warriors title for the most part, but when certain officers clash it’s time for a little Infinity Blade style touch screen dueling. Using the touch screen to slash, block, and otherwise decimate powerful opponents is nothing new, at least for iPhone…
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In Which the Lord of Hell Accidentally Takes a Bus to Michigan
In the first of a series of live-action videos promoting Square Enix’s PlayStation Vita launch game, Army Corps of Hell, the lord of hell takes a bus to Hell, Michigan. Honest mistake, really. I don’t know, Hell, Michigan seems like a lovely little place to settle down and raise an army of the damned. I…
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Fluid Has Never Been Quite as Dynamic as It Is in Puddle
Coming later this month to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, Puddle is a fluid dynamics platformer that follows various fluids as they travel through a garden hose, a rocket engine, the human body, and more. Born from a project by six students from the French video game school ENJMIN and recipient of a…
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Vote for the Most Frustrating Situations in Gaming
Video game humor site Dorkly is currently holding a competition to determine the most frustrating gaming situation of them all. Are we going to let “Accidentally hitting yes when an NPC asks you to repeat the entire conversation” beat out “Dying when you haven’t saved?” I don’t know, I think the voters are right on…
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Here’s Hoping They Never Make a Sequel to The World Ends with You
In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Zombie711 wants Square Enix’s DS masterpiece The World Ends with You to end with itself. In other words, here’s one of the game’s biggest fans explaining why it should never, ever get a sequel. Aww. I like The World Ends with You. A Lot. But at the same…
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Mega Talk Amongst Yourselves
While discussing video games today in Kotaku‘s official forum, trey holding down your keyboard keys to build up power and give your replies a little extra oomph. (Note: This will not work.) The evil Dr. Wily (aka Pan1da7) has done it again, transforming our beloved art into a twisted mechanical TAYpic. Join in the fun…
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Is Hunk the Third Protagonist of Resident Evil 6?
Since last night’s trailer debut for the newly-announced Resident Evil 6, fans have been trying to figure out the identity of the third protagonist joining stars Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield in the ambitious sequel. Could it be Resident Evil’s most mysterious character? The Hunk theory makes more sense than several of the others making…
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The Sexy Wipeout 2048 Into Drives Us Through the Past, Present, and Near-Future of High Speed Racing
How do we get from today’s F-1 racers to the gravity-defying hover cars of Wipeout 2048 in a mere 36 years? Sony Liverpool details this mechanical evolution in the intro video for the upcoming PlayStation Vita launch title. In case the intro video isn’t communicating clearly enough for you, we’ve also got the same video…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Factions Learn to Work Together to Exploit the PVP System
Now that BioWare has instituted fixes limiting the number of Republic and Imperial players taking part in each instance of player-versus-player planet Ilum an uneasy truce has been formed. Now both sides can take turns killing each other for credit! Patch 1.1 for BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic patched the game so players could…
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Dance Central Mobile App Encourage Impromptu Dance Battles
Available today on iTunes, the Android Market, and wherever it is Windows Phone 7 users get their apps, Dance Central 2 Dance*Cam encourages fans to record their dance routines via mobile phone and upload them for friends to judge. I’ll pass!
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It’s Official! Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield Co-Star in Resident Evil 6
As teased at NoHopeLeft.com and GameStop advertising materials, Resident Evil 6 is officially coming this November, bringing the series two most popular male leads together for the first time. Taking place some ten years after the Raccoon City incident that started this whole business, Resident Evil 6 begins with the President of the United States…
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Wait, Don’t Cancel Yet! Check Out What’s Coming Soon for Star Wars: The Old Republic
With yesterday’s patch 1.1 player-versus-player debacle stemming a flood of threatened account cancellations, BioWare has released a video showing off what the coming months have in store for Star Wars: The Old Republic, in case you choose to stick around. In case you missed yesterday’s story, patch 1.1 basically transformed the high-end PVP planet of…
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Skyrim Faces the Greatest Threat it Has Ever Seen: Giant Friendship-Breathing Ponies
The twisted terror of the Macho Man has nothing on the latest threat to besiege the people of Skyrim. Friendship becomes a dark magic indeed when My Little Pony Fluttershy descends from on high. I’ve seen My Little Pony horse texture mods for Skyrim, but this mod takes the pony-worship to a whole new level.…
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And a Resident Evil: Revelations Demo Shall Lead the Nintendo Download
The Nintendo Download post normally showcases one of the many downloadable titles you can buy from WiiWare, DSiWare, or the eShop each week, but this week’s all about try-before-you-buy as Capcom unleashes a playable demo of Resident Evil: Revelations for the 3DS. An entirely new chapter in the Resident Evil saga begins right here, right…
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Blizzard Still Busily Mucking About With Diablo III‘s Core Systems
Is Diablo III coming to consoles? That’s not a question Blizzard’s going to answer until they finish the PC version, and judging by today’s letter from game director Jay Wilson, they’ve still got quite a ways to go. While we eagerly await the release, developers are still figuring out the game’s core systems. The Diablo…
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Dungeons & Dragons Online‘s First Expansion Pack Travels to the Forgotten Realms
The most disappointing aspect of Dungeons & Dragons Online was that the game was set in Stormreach instead of the much more popular Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Turbine rectifies that mistake with the first expansion pack for the six-year-old MMO, Menace of the Underdark Why has it taken six years for Dungeons & Dragons Online…
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What Difficulty Setting Do You Play On, or How Hard Do You Like It?
With today’s news that BioShock Infinite will include a special old school difficulty mode, commenter Blessrok is curious about what difficulty setting you play on by default? Are you an easy-going gamer, or do you like to be punished? Tell us in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I don’t know about anyone else, but for…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Ah, the cool refreshing goodness of discussing video games in Kotaku’s official forum. Nothing like a little iced TAY to quench your thirst for discussion. Sorry about that. I say we all blame Pan1da7 for this excellent Ice Climbers TAYPic. Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your best—or your worst—and…
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