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The Conspiracy Unfolds in the Latest Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Body modifications that turn regular human beings into terrorist puppets? I knew it! Deus Ex: Human Revolution is just another clone of Square Enix’s masterpiece, MindJack Can’t believe I typed that with a straight face. MindJack and Deus Ex: Human Revolution are two very different games, of course. One is shiny, white, nonsensical, and overall…
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The Riddler Takes a Sinister Turn in Batman: Arkham City
Edward Nigma, AKA the Riddler, is merely a highly intelligent man with a penchant for criminal activities. How dangerous can he possibly be? Looks like we’ll find out in Batman: Arkham City As teased back in March, the Riddler plays a much more expanded role in Arkham City than he did in Arkham Asylum. No…
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These Are the Very Best Pokémon Trainers in the United States
/> After two straight days of fierce competition, 24 Pokémon trainers have been chosen to represent the United States in the 2011 Pokémon Video Game World Championships. Behold our best hope for 2011 Pokémon domination! It all went down at the 2011 Pokémon Video Game U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana this weekend. The top…
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Remembering the Little Game Boy That Could, But Only Just
Commenter GiantBoyDetective seems like an off person to be picking up the tiny little Game Boy Advance Nintendo completely killed with the release of the DS, but he’s pretty huge, so we’ll let him have his say in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Let’s suggest some GBA games! Looking back I realize that the Game…
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The King of Fighters XIII Brings Console-Exclusive Content to North America in October
Atlus narrows down the fall North American release for the console version of The King of Fighters XIII today, promising console-exclusive characters, stages, and game modes galore. Until then, expect screenshots and trailers galore, much like these. See if you can spot some of the console-exclusive content in the trailer of the thirteenth King of…
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Fallout: New Vegas’ Old World Blues Isn’t Exactly Brain Surgery
Due out July 19, the Old World Blues downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas isn’t exactly brain surgery, but it’s pretty damn close. Does removing the entire brain count? After the inevitable apocalypse comes and goes, I plan on avoiding science altogether. The post-apocalypse and the powers of science simply do not mix in a…
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Professor Genki Wants You to Preorder the Platinum Edition of Saints Row: The Third
The host of Saints Row’s top-rated reality show makes killing time fun with Professor Genki’s Hyper Ordinary Preorder Pack, the perfect octopus-shooting, pedestrian-catapulting compliment to the Saints Row: The Third Platinum Edition. Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax is a show that places contestants in shiny, happy, life-or-death contests, where winning is half the battle!…
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Green Lantern’s Light Comes at a Price in DC Universe Online
To become a member of DC Comic’s Green Lantern Corps, a being must be willful beyond imagining and fearless to a fault. Should they meet that criteria and the time be right, one of the fabled power rings may just find its way to them. In DC Universe Online, Sony Online Entertainment’s super-powered massively multiplayer…
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How Steam Brought a Console Convert Back to the PC Gaming Fold
In this Monday morning episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Cobaltios tells the story of how he drifted away from PC gaming, only to have Valve’s downloadable PC game service drag him right back in. Well, if it wasn’t official before, I’d say it is now… Steam has officially re-converted me to a PC…
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Let’s Give a Big Hand to This New Set of Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens
This latest set of screenshots for Final Fantasy XIII-2 are more than just the selection of character faces and random battle scene we’ve grown accustomed too. There’s also a giant metal hand. Hello, giant metal hand. I am assuming that giant metal hand is connected to a giant metal body that at some point animates…
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Five Triumphant Moments in Space Shuttle Gaming
Now that the final mission of NASA’s space shuttle program is underway, we thought we’d take a look at some of the games influenced by the primitive spacecraft over the years. Since the early test flights leading up to the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, game creators have been…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
It’s a four for four special this week in Kotaku’s gaming apps round-up, as in we didn’t have an app of the day on July 4, so you get four. Hooray independence! Not that independence figured much into this week’s app. Kicking off Tuesday with Tiny Tower pretty much killed the will I had to…
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In a World Invaded By Space, Two Producers Launch a Film Project No One Wants to See
Not satisfied with aiding in the creation of the childhood-stealing Transformers and G.I. Joe movies, producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura has teamed up with Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker to bring Space Invaders to the silver screen. Oh joy. When last we checked in with the Space Invaders franchise, Warner Bros. was looking to option the…
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PlayStation 3 Gamers Enter Limbo on July 19
Earlier this week developer Playdead confirmed the stunningly stark and strirring Xbox Live Arcade title Limbo was “coming soon” to the PlayStation Network. According to the PlayStation Blog, soon means July 19 in North America, July 20 in Europe. Rejoice!
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The Gritty Golden Cities of Deus Ex: Human Revolution
In order to create the most immersive settings possible for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the Eidos Montreal team had to build shining cities of the future from the ground up, and then they had to get them dirty. It’s one thing to create a futuristic city that’s filled with clean lines and glowing lights. It’s…
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Yoshi Armor and Other Products of a Downloadable Content Plagued Past
Who’d pass up a chance to own a full set of Yoshi Armor in Super Mario World for a mere 200 SNES points? Copious amounts of downloadable content might be the norm these days, but then we’ve grown used to it, having lived through Oblivion‘s horse armor and Capcom’s continuous costume packs. Taking a step…
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