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This is How Modern Warfare 3 Will Bring Everyone Together
The Call of Duty series has traditionally been about shooting your enemies apart online, but with the strong social features of Call of Duty Elite and Facebook integrated with Modern Warfare 3 the latest game in the series is more about bringing gamers together. And then killing them. I’m not a big multiplayer shooter person.…
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Homegrown Terrorists Fight to Take Back America in Rainbow 6: Patriots
After a two-game vacation in Vegas, Tom Clancy’s elite counter-terrorism unit takes on an all-new threat threatening to destroy the U.S. government in Rainbow 6: Patriots now in development for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. In the latest entry in the venerable series, Team Rainbow faces off against the True Patriots, a well-organized…
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Google “Do a Barrel Roll” Right Now
Do it. Right now. Why are you still here? You need a link? To Google? Seriously? Fine. There, wasn’t that fun? You can thank Twitter You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
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Sonic Generations Has Game Reviewers Running in Circles
Desperately attempting to please two different sets of fans on Sonic the Hedgehog’s 20th anniversary, Sega has crammed two different types of hedgehog gameplay into Sonic Generations, a formula that never fails to create entertaining game reviews. What else can Sega do? Some fans hate 2D Sonic, other fans hate 3D Sonic. They’ve tried making…
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Shooting Folks is Fine, But What if We Run Over a Dog in Grand Theft Auto V?
With a puppy appearing in the opening scene of the Grand Theft Auto V debut trailer, animal-loving commenter Nostrapadamous is worried that a virtual dog might run out in front of his virtual car and virtually die. In the arms of angels goes today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I am an animal lover. No, I…
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Reviews
Am I Up To Reviewing This Competitive Gaming Bag?
The Battle Dragon Bag is Tt eSports’ answer to the pro-gamer’s equipment carrying woes: A perfect way to transport the delicate equipment the serious competitive gamer needs to excel at their craft. I am not a serious competitive gamer. I can be serious at times, certainly, and I’ve been known to become quite competitive when…
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Where is Our First-Person, True-to-Scale Frogger Game?
A gigantic frog terrorizes motorists in Dorkly‘s latest video short, which raises a question: Why hasn’t anyone delivered a more realistic frog crossing the road simulator? It’s a silly concept, but I’d definitely play a new version of the arcade classic Frogger in which a tiny amphibian tries to cross a full-sized highway. High definition…
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Nintendo Triumphs in 2008 Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Three years ago Ohio-based technology company Motivia filed a patent lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging the Wii infringed on its ‘Human Movement Measurement System’ patent. Today an International Trade Commission judge ruled that wasn’t the case.Grats, big N.
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Character Creation Is Back and Better Than Ever in Soulcalibur V
My favorite feature of Soulcalibur IV was the ability to create my own custom characters and see how they fare on the stage of history. Judging by this trailer and these new screens, it’ll probably be my favorite feature of Soulcalibur V as well. With the inclusion of stickers and scars, pattern changing and scaling,…
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Should You Buy The Lord of the Rings: War in the North? Yes.
Just when we thought we’d seen all there is to see in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings saga, Snowblind Studios goes and writes an entirely new adventure, chronicling the goings on in the North while Sauron’s eye was focused on Frodo and friends. Should you lend it your bow, or give…
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Fight Alongside DC’s Greatest Superheroes for Free
With yesterday’s addition to the PlayStation Network and today’s flipping of the switch on the PC version, DC Universe Online is now free-to-play. Sony Online Entertainment celebrates with the most exciting trailer you’ll see all…oh, nevermind Both versions of DC Universe Online now feature three levels of access — free, premium, and legendary, the differences…
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Culture
Stuff Your Gamer Mouth With the Nuts of Destruction
While I’m not too fond of food marketed directly at the gaming community in general, GamerFood has come up with some rather catchy names for their new line of energy-infused nut sacks. Packed with caffeine, taurine, ginseng and lysine, this is a serious collection of nuts and seeds right here. We’ve got Seeds of Victory,…
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Tapping the Spine of Video Game Cover Art
Big splashy box art is all fine and good, but the spine of the game case is what gets the most exposure. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku commenter Mindsale ponders spine art perfection. Y’know what doesn’t get enough attention? Spine art. Most games just use a high-contrast “white text against a black background,” which…
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The Redesigned PlayStation Home Will Jam Fun in Your Face Tomorrow
The PlayStation 3’s virtual world transforms from tired curiosity to gamer theme park tomorrow, when Sony rolls out its massive fall facelift for PlayStation Home. It’s a new beginning for PlayStation Home, the free virtual world that’s included with every PlayStation 3 console. While the original version of the service launched back in 2008 had…
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Thank Capcom These Hideous, Offensive Street Fighter Rejects Never Saw Life
Did you know that Zangief’s original name was Vodka Gorbalsky? Do you realize how horrifically stereotypical some of the early Street Fighter character designs were? You will once you watch episode one of Machinima’s FighterPedia It’s not Japan’s fault that they don’t have a lot of African, Indian, or Russian people hanging about to model…
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It’s Sonic Generations Launch Day
Two generations of hedgehogs collide today in Sonic Generations, and we’ve got the launch trailer to prove it. Just don’t watch it if you’re waiting on the PC version (November 4) or the 3DS one (November 22). Or if you’re in Europe for that matter (November 4). Or Australasia (November 3). Or Japan (December 1).…
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Cowboys and Ninjas Collide in the Kinect Holiday Bundle
Looking for the perfect gift for the gamer in your family? That’s nice. In the meantime, check out this Kinect Sensor Holiday Bundle for the Xbox 360, combining three games and Microsoft’s magic rectangle for one low price. It’s actually a rather good deal for those of you that haven’t jumped on the Kinect bandwagon…
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Sonic CD Comes Early to GameStop Tablet Customers
The world’s largest dedicated video game retailer recently started selling GameStop-branded Android tablets, and now they’ve got their first exclusive, scoring Sonic CD a full month ahead of its wide release. GameStop’s branded versions of the Acer Iconia, ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, and Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets come bundled with gamepad support and a bevy…
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Sometimes You Conquer the Road, Sometimes the Road Conquers You
How do you create a competitive driving game with only one car? Bernhard Handler’s Roadeo offers a simple and elegant solution. Player one drives the car, and player two steers the road. Oh for those heady days of youth, when playing a multiplayer game on a PC meant you either had two joysticks hooked up…
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Non-Gamers Pick the Winner of the GameCity Prize, and They Picked Minecraft
None of the members of the GameCity Prize jury are gamers, but the odd collection of actors, musicians, politicians, and journalists recruited to judge seven of the most entertaining video games of the year sure picked a winner. A new project from the folks that put on the annual GameCity gaming celebration at Nottingham Trent…
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