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In the Heat of the Action League of Legends Unleashes Dominion
There’s a new way to play popular multiplayer online battle arena game League of Legends today, as Riot Games goes live with its brand-new Dominion game mode. Dominion takes the more traditional Defense of the Ancients-inspired gameplay and twists it into a shape first-person shooter fans are sure to find comfortable and familiar. It’s a…
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Hard Reset Gets a Little Softer With Patch 1.01
Was Flying Wild Hog’s cyberpunk shooter Hard Reset too hard for you? Patch 1.01 eases your pain, removing weapon cooldowns, improving gun swapping speed, tweaking the sprint system, and allowing players the mercy of mid-game difficulty changing. Pansies. [Steam Forums]
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Michelle Rodriguez is Right as Rain in Resident Evil: Retribution
The tough-as-nails Rain Ocampo might have met her grisly end in the first Resident Evil flick, but that’s nothing a few flashbacks can’t fix in next year’s Resident Evil: Retribution The fifth entry in Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil film series is getting the old gang back together. Not only is Jill Valentine returning and…
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The Week in Gaming Apps Ain’t Always a Pretty Sight
This week our own Owen Good took a moment to remind us that our Gaming App of the Day feature isn’t just about the gaming apps we love. It’s also about Haraka With so many good gaming apps dropping every week across several different mobile platforms, there are times we stumble across something that’s not…
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Let’s Take a Walk Through Deus Ex‘s Missing Link
Due out in October, the Missing Link downloadable content for Deus Ex: Human Revolution sees players navigating an augmentation-stripped Adam Jensen through a mysterious freighter. Here’s lead narrative designer Mary DeMarle to show us how that works. Man, Jensen does not look good as this demonstration starts up. It turns out removing augmentations is more…
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Facebook Finds a Way to Make Facebook Gaming More Viral, Less Annoying-As-Fuck
By splitting the main feed into two parts, the personal update timeline and the movie, music, and game-powered ticker, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes Facebook games will regain the viral nature lost when everyone was blocking them. Good luck. [Develop]
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More Than a Quarter of 3DS Owners Feel 3D Hurts Gameplay
With Nintendo placing emphasis on delivering strong gaming experiences to their latest handheld. just how important is the 3D in the 3DS? According to a recent survey, more than 28 percent of 3DS owners feel the special effect takes away from gameplay. The large percentage of users dissatisfied with the portable’s 3D effect was revealed…
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Battlefield 3 Has 99 Problems, But a Bitch Ain’t One
In this teaser trailer for a full length ad to run on television September 27, rapper Jay-Z explains that while Battlefield 3 does have (at least) “99 Problems”, not one of those problems is a bitch. And here we were all worried! But when EA’s Battlefield team teases something, there’s generally something interesting waiting on…
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Can Four Ratchet & Clank Heroes Triumph Over the Massive Light-Eating Z’Grute?
When Dr. Nefarious’ latest evil plan goes awry, two heroes, one villain, and one President Qwark must join forces to take down a rampaging Z’Grute. This is how it all goes down. What’s going to work? Teamwork! Insomiac’s wonder pets must work together to steer clear of obstacles, activate weapons, and spring traps, and survive…
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Every Virtual Book in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is Now One Epic Leather-Bound Reality
Reddit user notadoctoreither shall henceforth be known as king of the Oblivion fans, having spent a month’s time and $130 collecting the countless books scattered across the game’s cities and towns into one gorgeous tome, and you can too. Not only did notadoctoreither gather together every work of fictional fiction and reference in Oblivion, print…
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Decorating Your Home in Early Video Game Crap
In today’s well-designed edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Monsieur.Froid wonders if anyone else has a home full of useless video game crap, or if it’s just him. Does anybody else decorate their abode with video game ‘swag’? I have, from the Bioshock 2 Collector’s Edition, the lithographs framed and matted, along with a…
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Conan O’Brien Shows Us a Kinder, Gentler Gears of War 3
Last night on TBS’s Conan, Mr. O’Brien touched on game reviewers’ fears that the more mature, emotional storyline for Gears of War 3 might alienate hardcore gamers. I say he knows nothing of French cinema! I don’t see what the audience finds so funny. Seems like a typical Gears of War 3 match to me.…
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There Are Far Too Many Pokémon To Care About Anymore
Remember back when there were 151 Pokémon and you knew everything about each one? Commenter Daemon_Gildas does, and he wants that feeling back in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So, lord knows I love me some Pokémon, but… anybody else feel like they need to hold off on making new Pokémon, and instead on fleshing…
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In Mario and Luigi’s Case, Clothes Do Make the Man
Today we all know that Luigi is the taller of the two Mario brothers, but back in the old days the difference wasn’t quite as easy to notice. To think that Luigi was just a pair of red and blue overalls away from being the star of one of the greatest video game franchises of…
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How Not To Make Fun of Nintendo Fanboys
See, his attractive girlfriend thinks he’s a regular guy, but when she leaves the apartment we find out he’s really a closet Nintendo fan, which is horrible, right? As a gaming comedy video, “The Closet Nintendo Freak” fails on several different levels. For instance, the notion that in this day and age a video game…
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Halo Anniversary Minimates Put Cortana in Your Pocket
All I ever wanted was a clear blue curvy woman to call my own, and that’s exactly what we’re getting in Diamond Select Toys’ commemorative Halo Anniversary Minimates set. Coming this winter to a specialty toy seller near you, the Halo Anniversary Minimates set marks the debut of Cortana, Master Chief’s A.I. love interest, in…
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Early Dark Souls Players Thwarted in Typically Brutal Fashion
Dark Souls doesn’t launch in Japan until tomorrow, but some players have managed to get their hands on copies early and are playing away without a care in the world. That is, until From Software invades their games with level 145 Black Phantoms. Utilizing Dark Souls‘ game-invading mechanic to their advantage, the folks at From…
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This is How the Diablo III Beta Ends
Last night Crecente took us through the first ten minutes of the Diablo III beta test with his Witch Doctor. Now let’s take a look at the beta’s final moments with my lovely Monk. After helping rid the town of New Tristam of various lingering undead creatures and retrieving the crown of the Skeleton King,…
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NCIS Games Sure to Delight Video Game Playing Senior Citizens
This fall Ubisoft teams up with CBS to bring the award-winning NCIS series to video games, letting fans of special agent Gibbs and crew perform their own Naval criminal investigations, provided they can figure out that confounded video game system. Enjoyed by elderly people around the world, the NCIS franchise is a wellspring of introductory…
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It’s Time To Align Your Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild
Phase one of guild creation for The Old Republic is complete, resulting in thousands of pre-game guilds just waiting to form on launch day, but what server will they launch on? That’s where phase two comes in. Let’s get aligned! Having your guild formed before the game comes out is all well and good, but…
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