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When Your World is a Sheer Vertical Wall, All You Can Do is Climb
When I first loaded up Michael P. Consoli’s Against the Wall I felt the early onset of panic. In front of me, stretching out in all four directions was a vertical wall made of blocks of varying sizes. Behind me there was only sky. That’s how this independent game begins, presenting the player with a…
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Look Guys, It’s an Online Fantasy Role-Playing Game with Panda Monks
This past weekend Blizzard revealed Mists of Pandaria, the new Expansion pack for World of Warcraft that introduces a Monk character class and a panda race. This is a story about the other game with Panda Monks. Eligium: The Chosen One is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Shanda Games and operated…
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Sixteen Minutes of Soulcalibur V Action Starring Xianghua’s Daughter
Why I am upset over this video of new Soulcalibur V character Leixia being played during Paris Game Week? It’s not the missing moves or unfinished command set of the demo version of Leixia. It’s not the similarities between the character and her mother, continuing Soulcalibur‘s tradition of creating offspring characters with very familiar moves.…
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Arkham City and Saints Row the Third Introduce Third-Party Games to EA’s Origin
The promised inclusion of third-party content on EA’s Origin digital download service kicks off in a big way next month, with Batman: Arkham City and Saints Row the Third leading the charge. Capcom, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and THQ are the first three third-party publishers to cast their lot with EA’s PC game download service,…
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Anima: Ark of Sinners Makes the Whole Nintendo Download Awesome
There’s a sexy side-scrolling combat platformer based on a Spanish fantasy setting that’s been described as the JRPG of pen-and-paper role-playing? Where the hell did I put those WiiWare points? You can’t darken my mood today, traditional Nintendo Download fluff; not when Anima: Ark of Sinners is going up for sale. It’s a side-scrolling hack…
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Someone’s Going to Be Playing a Lot of Battlefield 3 Multiplayer
Commenter Valeria got more and less than she bargained for in her copy of Battlefield 3 for the Xbox 360. It’s a picture perfect Speak Up on Kotaku! Well I’m sure glad I wasn’t really that interested in the single player… About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes…
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Guess Who’s Making an Arcade FightStick for Soulcalibur V?
If you’ve got a big-name fighting game on the way, Mad Catz has your high-quality Arcade Fightstick. Check out the sexy see-through number the stick maker has put together for next year’s Soulcalibur V It’s the same Tournament Edition controller we’ve reviewed on three separate occasions here at Kotaku, only this time the smoky transparent…
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Ultima Creator Transforms Into a Robot to Work From Home
With his new wife living and working in New York and his company and home base in Austin, Texas, how does legendary game developer Richard Garriott split his time between the two? He doesn’t, that’s what his robot is for. Garriott’s $15,000 robot patrols the halls of his Austin-based Portalarium development studio when the big…
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My Favorite 3DS Game Involves Dancing and Dressing Up a Little Girl in Cute Outfits
I don’t particularly want to admit that Natsume’s Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove 3D is my favorite game on the 3DS, but when I play a game every chance I can get for two weeks straight I feel I should mention it. Be gentle. What can I say, I’m a sucker for handheld rhythm games. Blame Elite…
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There’s a Little Extra Classic Sonic Lurking in Sonic Generations
In case the classic Sonic the Hedgehog gameplay isn’t classic enough for you in Sonic Generations, Sega’s tucked an old school surprise in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of next week’s hedgehog revival. Completing levels in Sonic Generations earns players points in the game’s Skill Shop. One of the items up for sale…
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In Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor You Are Half of the Controller
As Brian Ashcraft reported during the Tokyo Game Show in September, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor foregoes the pricey, complicated controller of the original game in favor of a slightly less convoluted control scheme that uses Microsoft’s Kinect and a real gamepad. You are the controller! That’s what Microsoft told us during E3 2010, when their…
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World of Warcraft Guilds Can Now Switch Servers and Sides
Have you or someone you know spent years cultivating an Alliance-side guild in World of Warcraft, only to realize late in the game that Blizzard only loves the Horde? Now’s your chance to feel the company’s approving warmth as new services debut that allow guild leaders to change realm and faction. Starting yesterday, guild leaders…
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Let’s Get Excited About Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Multiplayer
The backstabbing multiplayer of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood returns next month in Revelations, bigger, bloodier, and more customizable than ever. Live producer Andreane Meunier explains what’s changed, what to expect, and makes me want to mispronounce the word “beta”. While I’m sure there are people eagerly awaiting the return of Assassin’s Creed multiplayer, I don’t count…
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Should Mass Effect 3 Keep This Gamer From Selling His Xbox 360?
Mass Effect is a series about making tough decisions, and commenter eatplaysleepmore is really feeling it. He wants to sell his Xbox 360, but doesn’t want to lose the accumulated save data for the previous two games. What should he do? Been debating this for a while.. I don’t really want to keep my 360…
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Only 500 Wrists Shall Ever Wear This Forza 4 Watch
Okay, I suppose someone might share or pass down this limited edition Forza Motorsports 4 watch from Level Up Wear, but with only 500 total being made available in the U.S. and UK, but with only 500 being made they might be better off just hanging onto it. Do people even wear watches anymore? With…
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Don’t Forget to Suit Up for Today’s Other Big Game Release
While all the grown-ups are playing Battlefield 3, what’ll the kids be playing? That’s right, Battlefield 3 as well, but keep a copy of Disney Universe nearby in case Child Protective Services stops by. Hey look, it’s got Tron in it! Oh come on, even adults can’t resist the charm of the freaky little critters…
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The Second Wave of Halo Anniversary Edition Toys Gets Animated
How many different Master Chief figures can McFarlane Toys make? Oh they’re just getting started. The company recently announced series two of the Halo Anniversary Edition figures, featuring the white-striped version of John 117 from the animated Halo Legends short “The Package”. And what a package series two will be. We’ve got “The Package” version…
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The Greenskins Are Coming, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Co-Op Mode Is Coming With
As promised, four-player online co-op is here for the PlayStation 3 and PC versions of Warhammer: 40.000: Space Marine, with the Xbox 360 version following soon after. And so the enemy of my enemy becomes my friend. Relic calls it Exterminatus mode, and it adds two new maps and a standalone game mode to Space…
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The Next Chapter in the Halo Saga Begins Right Here
The road to 343 Industries’ Halo 4 begins today with the release of Halo: Glasslands, the beginning of a new series from Star Wars and Gears of War scribe Karen Traviss that bridges the gap between the third and fourth games. Want to read a huge chunk of it? You’ve come to the right place.…
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The Battlefield 3 Reviews We Can Find Are Pretty Positive
Normally on the day after the review embargo for a major video game release is up sites like Metacritic are flooded with fresh opinions waiting to be woven together into one of Kotaku‘s Frankenreviews. Not so with Battlefield 3 As of this writing there were only 18 critic reviews of the PC version, four for…
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