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A Field Guide To Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon‘s Giant Killer Bugs
We’re less than a week away from the alien insect carnage of Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In order to best prepare, be sure to consult this handy field guide to see what killer bugs you’ll need to kill dead. Vicious Cycle Software and D3Publisher unleash Insect Armageddon…
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Let’s Go To Comic-Con, Voltron Force!
It might not feel like it, but we’re in the midst of a Voltron revolution, and nowhere will that be more readily evident than at next month’s first Voltron Comic-Con panel ever, where THQ will be on hand to show us what sort of video games the five lions will be forming up to create.…
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How Rage Reflects Id’s Lengthy Legacy
Back in 1992, id Software released Wolfenstein 3D, a title that ushered in an entirely new genre and showed developers and gamers just how immersive and visceral a video game could be. Two decades later comes Rage For nearly 20 years the company has been improving the formula, creating more powerful technology, constantly redefining the…
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The Nintendo Download Delivers Kirby, Euchre, and Some Final Fantasy Game
In this week’s exciting installment of the Nintendo Download, Kirby’s Dream Land is the next old school Game Boy title for the 3DS, DSiWare gets Hearts, Spades, and Euchre, and some old role-playing game hits the Virtual Console. What the hell is a Kefka? It’s a rather busy week for the Nintendo Download, with big…
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How’s That Uncharted 3 Beta Working Out for You?
Now that the beta test for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is in full swing, commenter B-Money kicks off a discussion of its pros and cons in today’s triumphant episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. Uncharted 3 beta thoughts: 1) Having a sprint button is awesome 2) New melee sucks (is there even a counter button…
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This Wii Cycling Peripheral Costs More Than the Console
Nearly two years ago Bigben Interactive teased us with the Cyberbike, a full-sized stationary bicycle that acts as a game controller for your Nintendo Wii. Now that the Wii has dropped in price to $150 and a new console is on the way, the Cyberbike finally hits North America for $199.99. The Wii has been…
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Playing Everything Sony Online Entertainment Has To Offer Just Got Cheaper
With the impending demise of Star Wars Galaxies and perhaps the dawning realization that the best games it has to offer are free-to-play, Sony Online Entertainment ditches the Station Pass in favor of SOE All Access, allowing players to access nine online games starting at $19.99 a month. Sony Online Entertainment’s Station Pass used to…
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So That’s What Happened To Mario and Pauline
At some point during his illustrious career Nintendo hero Mario swapped girlfriends, dumping Donkey Kong‘s Pauline for Super Mario‘s Princess Peach. How did that go? A little something like this. Mario and Princess Peach are one of video gaming’s premiere couples, but that wasn’t always the case. We often discuss the great success of Shigeru…
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GameFly Opens Seattle Distribution Center, Alaska Rejoices
The Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Wild. Majestic. Coffee-soaked. For too long these dark and mysterious areas of the United States have been bereft of a local GameFly distribution center, forced to suffer longer-than-normal shipping times for their game rentals. Today GameFly says no more. GameFly’s new Seattle-based distribution center launches today with the goal of…
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Riptide GP Rips Android Gamers a Console Quality Racer
I knew absolutely nothing about gaming on the Android platform before Vector Unit sent me a build of its jet ski racer Riptide GP and a couple of devices to play it on. Now I want to know everything. Shortly after I wrote up Hydro Thunder Go for the Windows Phone 7 as a gaming…
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How Do You Stop a Team Fortress 2 Addict From Playing?
Playing video games is normally a harmless hobby, but when a game consumes every single waking hour of your existence there’s a problem. Commenter Wtfisthisidonteven is looking for help breaking his little brother’s Team Fortress 2 habit in today’s very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. I’m having a problem with my 13 year…
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The Nintendo Download Welcomes eShop Games Into the Fold
The weekly Nintendo Download makes the move to Thursday morning this week, as the era of the eShop kicks off with the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong and a colorful WiiWare game about snails. I had feared I would miss the Nintendo Download this week due to a pair of new personal reasons, but…
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Jay and Silent Bob Advertise the Living Shit Out of Infamous 2
In this week’s episode of Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes’ excellent podcast Jay and Silent Bob Get Old, the dynamic duo spends several minutes hawking Infamous 2. Did you know the game will “suck yo dick?” I’ve been listening to plenty of podcasts lately, as I’ve currently got two babies in two different hospitals on…
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When Captain America Throws His Mighty Pinball
On July 22, Captain America becomes the latest Marvel Comics character to get the blockbuster movie treatment, and on June 28 he’ll be busting balls as the latest addition to Zen Studios’ Marvel Pinball and Pinball FX 2 Due out June 28 for the PlayStation Network and June 29 for Xbox Live Arcade’s Pinball FX…
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Spider-Man, Mega Man X2, Mad Dog McCree… Nintendo Download, are You Trying to Seduce Me?
Your lackluster performance at E3 2012 is complete forgotten, Nintendo, for you have brought the glory of Mad Dog McCree upon the 3DS, given Wii owners Mega Man X2 , and given portable players an early taste of The Amazing Spider-Man Yes, I realize Nintendo has nothing to do with the creation or development of…
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Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny is Simply Adorable on the PlayStation 3
Farming and fighting it’s all the same, until it comes to the PlayStation 3, gets Move support, and looks this pretty. Stand back while I hug Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny Tides of Destiny is coming out later this year in North America for the PlayStation 3 and Wii, which isn’t a combination of release…
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Step Inside The Old Republic‘s Eternity Vault, and Bring Some Friends
On the ice world of Belsavis a deadly threat to the galaxy lies in wait. More powerful than the Empire or the Republic, the only hope of defeating it lies in forming a raid in Star Wars: The Old Republic This is The Eternity Vault, a maximum level Operation for BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars MMO.…
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