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The Hand That Guides the Gears of War Universe
In 2006 when science fiction author Karen Traviss’ editor asked her if she wanted to do a military video game tie-in novel, it was the first she’d heard of Epic Games’ Gears of War. Today she’s responsible for the entire fictional universe, steering the adventure of Marcus Fenix and company to its inevitable conclusion and…
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Expensive Cars Trade Paint in the Need for Speed: The Run Limited Edition
Don’t care about Need for Speed: The Run‘s cross-country racing story? Then perhaps you care about the Lamborghini Aventador, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and the all-new Porsche 911 Carrera S, all three of which make a special appearance in the game’s limited edition. Racing fans that pick up Need for Speed: The Run on or soon…
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Indie Darling Limbo Speeds to Steam
Having already charmed countless Xbox Live and PlayStation Network players, Playdead’s starkly beautiful Limbo is now available for $9.99 on Steam, boasting the only version of the game to run at 60 frames per second. Hopefully that’ll fix the flickering.
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Xbox Live Deal of the Week: Lose the Stupid Gamertag
You know that gamertag you’ve been sporting the past few years, the one with the letters replaced with numbers because someone else had the same name idea first? You should change it now, while it’s cheap. This week’s Deal of the Week on Xbox Live is the ability to change your gamertag for only 560…
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Not All Yoshi are Created Equal
There are some colorful dinosaur creatures you just don’t feel comfortable handing over a baby to. Dorkly gets it. I get it. Inbred Yoshi doesn’t get it. Go figure. 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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If His Demands Are Met, He Guarantees Battlefield 3 Will Triumph Over Modern Warfare 3
In today’s online multiplayer shooter edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter WhoKnew? lists the tweaks he believes will lead to more people playing Battlefield 3 than Modern Warfare 3 this fall Dear EA / DICE, While the internet is filled with Battlefield 3 vs. Modern Warfare 3 propaganda that pretty much defines fanyboyism at…
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It’s a Massively Multiplayer Musical Adventure with Kitty Girls
Tiara Concerto Online is an anime-flavored massively multiplayer online game that features a strong musical component, a world made up of flying islands accessed by airships, and kitty girls with guns. You ever get the feeling people are developing games just for you? Coming to North America soon from Gamania Digital Entertainment, Tiara Concerto Online…
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Who Wants To Be a Gun-Toting, Zombie-Killing Stripper?
Naked Terror, the first of two exclusive levels for House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut for the PlayStation 3, transforms the players from a pair of foul-mouthed men of action into a couple of scantily-clad adult entertainment workers. The Naked Terror level fills in a gap in the House of the Dead: Overkill story,…
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Ragnarok Online Goes Offline for the iPhone
One thing about playing the adorable massively-multiplayer online game Ragnarok Online I could never stomach; all the damn Ragnarok Online players. Ragnarok Violet for iOS solves that nagging problem this Friday. Ragnarok Violent is role-playing game for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that allows players to explore Prontera, capital city of the Rune-Midgarts Kingdom,…
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Rise of Nightmares Cuts a Bloody Swath Through Fourteen Screenshots
I get the point; this is an M-rated Kinect game. Can you please stop throwing blood all over me, Sega? Oh god, it’s in my mouth. Sega’s Rise of Nightmares is the gamer that finally realizes the joy of air-chainsawing the undead into tiny little pieces, even if it still has a way to go…
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How Video Games Make It Harder to Quit Smoking
When attempting kick the cigarette habit, tasks and activities once associated with smoking make the cravings flare. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Peter Pan Complex struggles with video games as a catalyst for puffing his life away. That damn cancer stick. I’ve been trying to quit after 10 years of lighting it up…
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EA Enlists Ex-SAS Operator to Pen Battlefield 3: The Russian
In a world flooded with video game novelizations, only one man has the background to develop the back-story of RU Special Forces operator Dima, one of Battlefield 3‘s playable characters. That man is not Sean Bean, but he was played by Sean Bean, which is pretty much the same thing. The man Sean Bean is…
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Let’s Go On a Group Mission in Star Wars: The Old Republic
During Comic-Con last week, visitors had a chance to play through “The Esseles”, one of the early Flashpoint group missions for Star Wars: The Old Republic. This is what that looked like. The Old Republic‘s director of production. Dallas Dickinson. provides the play-by-play as a group of young Republic heroes take on their first big…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
Kotaku‘s been recovering from the hectic pace of the San Diego Comic-Con by kicking back with our mobile phones and playing the hell out of any game we can get our grubby little paws on. Let’s see what we’ve touched on this week. Looks like we’ve got another week dominated by iOS titles, though not…
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Guild Wars 2 Makes its Player-Versus-Player Debut at Gamescom
This year’s Gamescom in Germany will play host to a bevy of firsts for ArenaNet’s eagerly-anticipated MMO sequel Guild Wars 2, including the playable world premiere of PvP combat. Exactly how jealous should I be? Extremely jealous by the looks of it. While I’m at home helping two little people live long enough to feed…
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Be Very, Very Quiet; We’re Stealthing Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution
You can charge through Deus Ex: Human Revolution guns ablaze, but you’ll miss out on the special moments shared by the game’s characters when they don’t know you’re there. 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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Minecraft‘s Creator Puts Players in Control of Their Own Terror
Don’t look away. Don’t even blink. Exploring new ways to instill fear in the upcoming adventure update for Minecraft, creator Notch explores placing the responsibility for terror on the players themselves, creating a creature that’s equal parts Doctor Who Weeping Angels and Super Mario‘s Boo. The first time you encounter a Creeper in Minecraft is…
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The King of Fighters XIII Preorders Come with 15 Years of Musical History
Not content to merely offer its usual single soundtrack CD, Atlus has gathered four discs of fighting music to entice players into putting their money down on The King of Fighters XIII That’s right, four CDs packed with your favorite tunes from The King of Fighters series, including that one theme from that stage with…
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Reviews
The SteelSeries Spectrum 7XB Silences Doubts About High-End Wireless Gaming Headsets
I’ve often wondered what drives a person to shell out upwards of two hundred dollars for a high quality gaming headset instead of simply plugging in a pair of cheap ear buds or turning the television down really low. As one might imagine, I’m not much of an audiophile. In the span of a couple…
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Download Brink‘s Agents of Change DLC on August 3, Look at It Now
The battle for The Ark spills over into the underwater Labs facility and Founders’ Tower on August 3, when the free Agents of Change downloadable content is released for Bethesda’s Brink Consisting of a pair of fresh maps, a bunch new clothing and weapon attachments, and a level cap boost to 24, Agents of Change…
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