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Skyward Sword‘s Golden Bundle, Tetris: Axis, and the Latest Layton Cushion Nintendo’s Fall
One does not simply walk into Wal-Mart and spend $50 on a brand-new Zelda game. Not when there’s a chance to spend $20 more for a gold-colored Wii Remote Plus! The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword limited edition bundle, Tetris: Axis for the 3DS and Professor Layton and the Last Specter were hot topics at…
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Hard Reset Gets a Firm Release Date, Solid System Reqs, and Sharp New Screens
I’ve talked about how good Flying Wild Hog’s cyberpunk shooter Hard Reset is. I’ve shown you how good it is. All that’s left is for you to see for yourself when the game hits Steam on September 13. Can your PC handle it? The rapid-fire rollercoaster of Hard Reset‘s PR campaign is winding down as…
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And On the Seventh Day They Played Video Games
In today’s installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Uncle Jesse wants to know if there’s a special day that you set aside each week to partake in a little interactive entertainment, if you know what he means. Does anyone have a ‘gaming day’? One day of the week that no matter what is going…
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The Next Generation of Online Multiplayer Mobile Games Debuts at PAX
Founded by online gaming vets Chris Chung and Rick Lambright, Seattle-based startup Motiga aims to revolutionize mobile gaming using its scalable, cloud-based mobile game server technology, the Motiga Infinite Context Engine (MICE), which allows small development teams to create a wide range of real-time mobile multiplayer games faster and more efficiently than ever before. Motiga…
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Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes’ Bright Wizard is One Hot Little Number
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes mixes the player-versus-player combat of Warhammer Online with the champion system of games like DOTA to create a unique free-to-play competitive online experience. Meet Felicia. She’ll be your Bright Wizard today. The player-versus-player combat was my favorite aspect of Warhammer Online proper, which is rare for a pansy role-player like…
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Funcom Welcomes Enlightened Players to The Secret World Beta
After an agonizingly long wait, Funcom has finally opened up beta signups for The Secret World, the modern day supernatural massively multiplayer online role-playing game where nothing is as it seems and every dark legend comes true. There’s a secret war going on that you won’t know about until you sign up afor (and hopefully…
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In Case You Were Worried Heroes of Ruin Wouldn’t Have Enough Shark Creatures, Rest Assured
I must admit I haven’t been paying too much attention to n-Space’s 3DS strategy role-playing game Heroes of Ruin, which is exactly the opening the sharks and shark-by-products of the game’s Coral Tombs were waiting for. Wait, is that a fucking Sharktopus? DAMN YOU, SHARKTOPUS! You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post,…
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The Voice of Edge of Time‘s Spider-Man is So Dreamy
Why do we have freaky giraffe-necked Andrew Garfield playing Spider-Man in the 2012 film reboot when the voice of Spider-Man from the cartoons and games looks this good? You may not know Josh Keaton’s face, but you know his voice. He’s been Spider-Man in the cartoons, the video games, and anywhere else they’ve needed a…
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Another Puzzling Look at Quantum Conundrum
While we got our first look at Airtight Games’ dimension-hopping Quantum Conundrum yesterday via Gamespot, there’s just something about the smell of a fresh announcement trailer and screenshots that transport your heart straight to the fluffy dimension. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on…
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GameStop Apologizes for Deus Ex Coupon Removal With $50 Gift Cards
Hoping to assuage customers angry over having their games opened and rifled through prior to purchase, GameStop is offering everyone that purchased the regular edition of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the PC a $50 gift card and a Buy Two, Get One Free used game purchase, according to a leaked memo. All better now?…
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Tremble Before Our Massive Borderlands 2 PAX Gallery
You thought you saw all there was to see of Borderlands 2 at Gamescom last week? These two fresh shots direct from PAX will show you how very slightly wrong you were. Man, that’s an empty looking gallery. I almost added a picture of a friendly kitten, just because those two new shots looked lonely.…
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Hollywood Wastes No Time Securing the Movie Rights to Indie Mech Shooter Hawken
Gamers aren’t the only ones impressed by upcoming indie mech shooter Hawken‘s distinctive style and dynamic combat. Hollywood has taken notice as well, and now there’s a movie in the works. A Romeo & Juliet meets District 9 movie. That’s how developer Adhesive apparently refers to the story behind Hawken, according to production company DJ2…
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Dead Rising 2 Off The Record‘s New Sandbox Mode is All I Ever Wanted
Capcom makes all of my zombie killing dreams come true this weekend as they reveal the all-new sandbox mode for Dead Rising 2 Off The Record at PAX, finally setting players loose into the undead apocalypse with no timer to hold them back. Forget Zombrex. There’s no helicopter on its way. It’s just you, thousands…
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How Do You Fuel a Marathon Gaming Session?
Aside from making us all hungry, commenter FortWaba shares with us the supplies he needs to make it through a video game all-nighter. What food and drink fuels your power-gaming sessions? Bring enough to share in today;s Speak Up on Kotaku. Some people use strategy guides, some use music, some go it alone… I just…
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Guess Which Platform Gets Skyrim DLC First
The downloadable love affair between Bethesda and Microsoft continues with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as the first two installments of add-on content are revealed as 30-day exclusives for the Xbox 360. They did it for Fallout: New Vegas, and heck, for awhile there it looked like the PlayStation 3 version of Fallout 3 wouldn’t…
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The Brave Firefighting Aliens of Titan Are the Real Heroes of Sprinkle
That humanity, always screwing things up for the little blue guy. The inhabitants of Saturn’s moon Titan lived in peace and harmony until human tourists accidentally set the place of fire. Typical. Good thing they’ve got some of the finest water physics yet seen on an Android device at their disposal. Mediocre Games keeps its…
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The Ten Minute Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Gamescom Demo is Better With Commentary
It’s also better when it’s not removed from YouTube due to copyright claims, as was the leaked demo footage we posted last week. This one is much more clear, much more permanent, and much more narrated. Enjoy! You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on…
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