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Red Johnson’s Chronicles Makes A Compelling Case For PlayStation Network Adventure
Combining a sleek and sexy graphical style, puzzle solving, investigation, and quick fire action scenes, PlayStation Network adventure game Red Johnson’s Chronicles is a game that deserves more attention then it’s gotten so far. I’ve seen the name many times, but until I saw this trailer for the game, due out shortly on the PlayStation…
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Hunting The Wild Leon In Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Meet the Umbrella Security Squad’s Delta Squad. They’ll be in charge of hunting down Leon S. Kennedy and putting him down like a dog in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. As Stephen mentioned in his impressions piece yesterday, one of the tasks given the U.S.S. Delta Squad in Operation Raccoon City involves hunting down Raccoon…
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What Will You Find Inside Pokémon Black And White‘s Secret Egg?
In the Pokémon Black and White cartoon, Ash will soon find himself the proud owner of a mysterious Pokémon egg. From April 27 through May 31, fans can snag their own Secret Egg from Toys “R” Us and play along. Pokémon players are used to visiting retail stores to acquire special new Pokémon, but this…
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The Most Beloved Final Fantasy Is Headed To The PlayStation Network
Soon all the Final Fantasy anyone could ever need will be found on the PlayStation Network, as Square Enix releases Final Fantasy VI on the Japanese PSN. Between VI and IX, that’s all the FF anyone needs. Why do people love Final Fantasy VI, or Final Fantasy III as it was known in the states?…
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Why Can’t Video Game Villains Be More Vulnerable?
Commenter Fuzzymail wonders why the villains we face in video games can’t be just as scared and uncertain as the heroes in today’s episode of Speak-Up on kotaku. Why does the main “bad guy” always have to be so calculated and self assured? Why can’t they present their struggle to achieve their goal the same…
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Lay Your Quarter On The Console In Mortal Kombat‘s King Of The Hill
Back in the day we used to gather around the Mortal Kombat machine at the local arcade, cheering or booing the current set of kombatants as we waited our turn to play. Next week’s new Mortal Kombat brings that feeling back with the King of the Hill online mode. We’ve seen spectator mode in online…
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What Kind Of Cruel Joke Is This?
THIS IS NOT FAIR | ATLANTA, GA : What kind of cruel toy manufacturer creates plush versions of festive treats that you cannot technically digest? (Photo by Michael Fahey) The Best New Idea In Zombie Video Games Lurches Through Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City That moment I knew Resident Evil: Raccoon City could be a multiplayer…
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Guitar Hero Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Resting
You can’t keep a good franchise down, and you can’t keep Guitar Hero down either. Activision may have killed off this year’s Guitar Hero game, but as Activision’s Dan Winters explains to GameIndustry.biz, there’s always next year. Last year Guitar Hero got the axe with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the sixth major installment of…
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The Disgaea 4 Premium Package Totally Gives A Fuka
Players willing to spend the hundreds of hours it takes to fully experience a Disgaea title deserve a little extra, and NIS brings that something extra this September with the Premium Edition of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten for the PlayStation 3. I’m slowly collecting a stack of oddly-sized PlayStation 3 boxes, and it’s all…
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Building Your Own Rogue In Rift
In Trion Worlds’ massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, eight different souls come together three-at-a-time to create many different flavors of rogue. Here are just a few. Due to various obligations and complications I’ve not had nearly the time to talk about Rift as I planned when the game first came out, and with its deep…
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SSX‘s Elise Gears Up For A January Release
The hottest thing about the new look for SSX snowboarding queen Elise Riggs’ redesign is the fact that she actually looks like she’s going snowboarding. Four screens of the new Elise Riggs popped up today, following an event yesterday in which EA Sports nailed down a January 2012 release date for the next entry in…
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Meet Doctor Lautrec, Konami’s 3DS Answer To Professor Layton
With an older, learned gentleman in a silly hat determined to solve mysteries alongside his young assistant, Konami’s Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights for the Nintendo 3DS could easily be confused with Nintendo’s Professor Layton at first glance. Let’s look a little deeper. It’s impossible not to compare Konami’s upcoming 3DS game with Level-5’s…
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Watch A Swarm Of London Wasps Take Down A Dragon
A handful of rugby players face off against mythical beasts in a spectacular video game projected 50 feet high on the side of Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London, England. This epic battle is part of a promotion for the upcoming St. George’s Day game between the London Wasps and Bath Rugby on April 23. Utilizing…
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A Musical Complaint About Final Fantasy XIII
In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Konaa finishes Final Fantasy XIII “mostly” enjoys it, except for that damn Leona Lewis song. So like, I just finished FF13 and mostly enjoyed it… Mostly. The ending cut scene, however, felt very underwhelming. It just seemed like the writers were checking off aspects that they needed in an…
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This Is The Bloodiest Lord Of The Rings Game Ever
One would assume that cutting your way through countless orcs would leave your clothes rather messy. Snowblind Studios, the developer of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North makes that happen in what looks to be the most violent game the fantasy series has ever seen. Gore spattered dwarves and elves are nothing…
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Portals Opening All Over Steam’s Potato Sack Indie Games
Valve’s vast potato-based conspiracy explodes today, as GLaDOS and Portal invade the thirteen games that were offered as part of Steam’s indie game Potato Sack bundle. The horror! Players that purchased the Steam Potato Sack indie game bundle have gotten a whole lot more that thirteen excellent indie titles and a special skin for Portal…
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BlizzCon 2011 Tickets Will Briefly Be On Sale Next Month
Blizzard has cordoned off two fleeting moments in time next month in which fans can attempt to spend $175 per ticket to attend the annual celebration of all things Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo-related in Anaheim, California. BlizzCon 2011 takes place in October this year, same as last year, bucking Blizzard’s trend of alternating between August…
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