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World of Warcraft Gets Its Cross-Server Real ID Party Started
Blizzard’s Real ID system allows World of Warcraft buddies to chat no matter what game server they reside on, but talk is cheap, and we came to party. With the Real ID Party system, star-crossed pals can now team up to take on dungeons no matter what realm they roam. I’ve met plenty of World…
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A Town With NPCs is the Most Exciting Thing About These Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens
Look! It’s an actual town, complete with people with ellipses over their heads, indicating that they wish to speak to you! Oh Square Enix, you do love us. At times Final Fantasy XIII-2 feels like an interactive apology for everything that was wrong with Final Fantasy XIII, but that’s only because it is just that.…
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Let’s Take a Tour of Netflix on the 3DS
Come with me as I explore the magical world of streaming video with the newly-released Netflix app for the Nintendo 3DS. Have all of our portable entertainment dreams come true? Small and serviceable, the Netflix app for Nintendo’s latest handheld does the job advertised. With the flick of the stylus you’ll be flipping through new…
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Who Cares About Downloadable Games? Let’s Watch Sons of Anarchy on Our 3DS!
Ridin’ through this world, all alone. God takes your soul; you’re on your own. That is unless you’ve got the Nintendo 3DS and an internet connection handy. Then you’ve got Netflix to keep you company, courtesy of today’s Nintendo Download. It’s Netflix day for the Nintendo 3DS, the day when streaming video fans everywhere download…
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To-Do in New York: Explore Alt-Sexuality Gaming at Future Babycastles
Join Kotaku contributing columnist and owner of some of the largest earrings in the industry Leigh Alexander tomorrow evening at Babycastles’ new arcade exhibition space in Williamsburg for the debut of Bad Bitches, a new exhibition of games featuring themes of alternative sexuality. How can that not be a good time? Tomorrow night from 6PM…
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Someone Was Not Pleased With the Catherine Demo
The demo for Atlus’ Catherine came out earlier this week, at at least one of our commenters considers it a highly polished piece of crap. Voice your agreement or defend your enjoyment with commenter MonkeyChunks in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Today I played Atlus’ Catherine demo. I think it is a very well made,…
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This Historical First-Person Shooter is an Iranian National Treasure
In the mid 1700’s an Arab Amir took on the military might of Dutch colonials occupying Iran’s Kharg Island, capturing their fort and liberating the southern Iranian cities from colonial rule. This Amir, called Mir Mahna, is an Iranian national hero. And now he’s a video game hero as well. Shipping this week to local…
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Tribes: Ascend Makes Its Playable Debut at QuakeCon 2011
Fans eager to see what Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios is doing to the Tribes franchise should head for QuakeCon in Dallas August 4 through 7, where Tribes: Ascend will be available in playable form, with closed beta keys up for grabs.
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When One Heart Isn’t Enough to Signify Your Love for Gaming
First artist Fabian Gonzalez taught us the video game ABCs. Now he delivers the ultimate expression of retro gaming love, three full hearts and a handful of classic game references. Visit his Society6 store page to plaster this banner everywhere.
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GameStop’s Online Store Becomes One with Impulse
GameStop’s purchase of Steam rival Impulse comes to a head today, as the video game retail giant fully integrates the PC game digital download service into its online store. Now, instead of purchasing a downloadable PC game through GameStop.com, you can go to Steam instead, like you were doing already anyway. Let’s face it, the…
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Because We Can Never Have Too Many Massively Multiplayer Space Combat Games
Spacefaring shooter fans looking for a massively multiplayer game with a stronger emphasis on action than economy should be overjoyed to learn that Reakktor Media’s Black Prophecy has been cleared for launch in North America. Developed in Germany and released in Europe earlier this year, Black Prophecy takes place in the 26th century where bio-genetically…
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Fling Mini Transforms Your iPhone Into a Dual Analog Gaming Beast
iPhone touch screen controls suck, and there’s only one way to fight suck: More suck. Ten One Design’s suction cup mounted tactile game controller for the iPhone were created to suck your touch screen control blues away. Ten One Design creates devices that give iPads and iPhones the finger, or at least the sense that…
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Why Can’t All Games Be As Simple As Portal 2?
Though complicated and convoluted, Portal 2 takes one solid idea and runs with it until the very end. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Fernando Jorge wonders why more games can’t follow in Portal 2‘s footsteps. Portal 2 shows games could use more simplicity. Not all games, not all genres, but I’d say a…
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Sony Sinks $20 Million Into Exclusive PlayStation Network Games
Not content to run a downloadable games service where players have to wait weeks for repairs in order to play titles already out on Xbox Live Arcade, Sony Computer Entertainment America commits $20 million over three years towards the development of more excellent PlayStation Network exclusive games. Teasing aside, the PlayStation Network has been a…
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GameStop Wreaks Havok on the X-Men, Gives Spider-Man an Identity Crisis
With two Marvel superhero video games coming from Activision this fall, GameStop ransacks comic book continuity for fresh outfits to provide preorder customers of X-Men: Destiny and Spider-Man: Edge of Time Spider-Man developer Beenox really went to town on the alternate costumes in its previous outing, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, so this time around the preorder…
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The StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Competition Comes to a Head at BlizzCon 2011
If you thought competitive StarCraft II in a bar was wild, wait until you see it amidst a throng of thousands of fans at BlizzCon 2011, home of the 2011 Global Battle.net Invitational and the 2011 Global StarCraft II League October Final. During my yearly sojourn to Anaheim for BlizzCon, I don’t often touch on…
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