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Walmart’s Exclusive L.A. Noire Case Is Stuck In Traffic
Preorder Rockstar’s L.A. Noire from GameStop and you get a thrilling homicide case. Preorder the game from Walmart and you’re stuck on traffic duty. Rockstar continues to dole out retailer-exclusive cases for its upcoming detective thriller L.A. Noire, and today we get our first peek at “A Slip of the Tongue”, the traffic case that’ll…
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Offended Gay Gamer Wants Dragon Age II Writer Fired
Last week we lauded BioWare writer David Gaider for his eloquent defense of the inclusion of love interests for players of any sexual orientation in Dragon Age II. Now one gamer has started an internet petition asking that Gaider be fired for his poor portrayal of gay men. You can’t please all of the Dragon…
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Sony’s MMO Studio Confirms Massive Layoffs, Closes The Book On The Agency
Yesterday’s rumors have proven true, as Sony Online Entertainment confirms 205 cut positions, the closure of three studio locations, and puts the final bullet in the head of massively multiplayer online spy game The Agency. In an official statement delivered to Kotaku this afternoon, Sony Online Entertainment outlines the strategic decision that resulted in the…
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It’s Not Every Day You Get To Create A Brand-New Muppet
Creating a brand-new official Muppet character is a task few people in this world have the opportunity to undertake. Double Fine Productions Scott Campbell is one of those people, and this is what his effort has wrought. Once Upon A Monster is the most exciting Sesame Street video game ever created. Using Microsoft’s Kinect camera,…
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BloodRayne Is Back And More Two-Dimensional Than Ever
We’ve still got a day left until April Fools, so we’re going to have to take Majesco seriously when they announce the return of their half-vampire, half-supermodel heroine this summer in the 2D side-scrolling platformer BloodRayne: Betrayal. Why take a franchise that did moderately well as a 3D action-adventure title and transform it into a…
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Canadian Man Terrorizes Bus With Video Game Controller
A 50-year-old man surrendered to police in Maine this morning, following a nine-hour standoff during which he threatened to blow up a bus using a fake detonator crafted out of a spiral notebook, a video game controller, and duct tape
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This Speak-Up Post Is Dedicated To Steve
Today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku is dedicated to a very special video game character. From the heart of commenter Digimope to the annals of Resident Evil history, this one’s for you, Steve Burnside. Every Resident Evil post on Kotaku, all I see is 100 comments about how f*#@ing awesome Leon is and it’s getting…
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Magicka: Vietnam Dated, Blindfolded, Taken Out Back And Screen-Shot
Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios have put an April 14 date on the downloadable content no one saw coming, celebrating the impending release of Magicka: Vietnam with the screenshots everyone will want to see. The sight of robed wizards making their way through the rice paddies of Vietnam should not warm my heart, yet…
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Return To 2099 In Spider-Man: Edge Of Time
Developer Beenox and Activision cross continuities again in Spider-Man: Edge of Time, a time-hopping adventure that’s one part Amazing Spider-Man, one part Spider-Man 2099. One Spider-Man just isn’t enough for developer Beenox. After giving four Spideys a try in Shattered Dimensions the team trims things down to two in Edge of Time. The untimely death…
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The Cursed Crusade Is Coming Along Nicely, Though Still Cursed
After months of quiet toil, Atlus and developer Kylotonn Entertainment step out of the smoky blacksmith shop with a handful of new screenshots for their co-op action-adventure outing The Cursed Crusades. Why does everyone look so glum? Oh yeah, the whole curse thing. Just because holy Templar Denz and his roguish mercenary friend Esteban have…
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Ridiculously Short, Arrival Sets The Stage For Mass Effect 3
The Arrive downloadable content pack for BioWare’s award-winning Mass Effect 2 has been unleashed, giving players one last chance to spend some quiet time with Commander Shepard before the trilogy’s Earth-shattering conclusion. An hour and a half just doesn’t seem like enough time. Before I go deeper into my Arrival impressions, know that I’m going…
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BurgerTime Has Never Looked So Meaty
After giving us a few tantalizing peeks at the high definition remake of the culinary classic platformer, MonkeyPaw Games delivers a handful of scintillating new screens for BurgerTime HD. It’s nice to see there’s more to BurgerTime HD than building sandwiches amidst the purple swirls of outer space, as our previous glimpses at the game…
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Just Cause Creators Go Downloadable With Renegade Ops
Avalanche Studios unveils Renegade Ops, a downloadable vehicle-based action game with up to four-players battling to save the world from terrorists. Renegade Ops is coming to the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 later this year from Sega
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The F.E.A.R. 3 Story Trailer Tells A Twisted Tale
A pair of brothers tries to find their place in a town torn apart by the psychic influence of their tortured mother in F.E.A.R. 3, sure to be the feel-good game of the year. With talent like Halloween’s John Carpenter and 30 Days of Night’s Steve Niles hammering out the storyline for the third installment…
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The 3DS’s 3D Is Easier To Understand Under A Microscope
We can toss around terms like parallax barrier to describe the Nintendo 3DS 3D effect all day long, trying to explain how the system alternates lines of pixels to trick your eyes, or we could just show you. Peter Silk of Nukezilla pulled out his pocket microscope and took a gander at the Nintendo 3DS…
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You Mean Gamers Aren’t All Bloodthirsty Domination Maniacs?
It’s time for a video Speak-Up on Kotaku! Commenter FuzzleMail takes issue with this AlienWare commercial for depicting gamers as bloodthirsty domination maniacs. I hate this Alienware commercial. It’s the one with the guy going all Reb Brown with the machine guns in some made up game world, then it reveals hes just way too…
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City‘s First Teaser Shows Off Fast-Paced Zombie Slaughter
Undead creatures swarm, bullets fly, and gas stations explode in this action-packed first look at Slant Six Games’ Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City It could be the fastest-paced Resident Evil game ever. Retelling the story of Resident Evil 2 and 3 from the perspective of an Umbrella Corporation clean-up squad is not only a genius…
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It’s Not A Real Adventuring Party Until The Cover Bard Shows Up
In Dorkly’s latest Final Fantasy-inspired short, the oft-maligned bard is oft-maligned once again, and Sugar Ray is sung with great gusto. When I first started playing Dungeons & Dragons way back in the day, bards were the laughingstock of our adventuring group. Back then, being a bard took a tremendous amount of hard work and…
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Gamer Bride Summons A Final Fantasy-Inspired Wedding Dress
Offbeat Bride tribe member Kouhotaru wanted to be a video game princess at her renaissance fair wedding, but Peach and Zelda just wouldn’t do. Instead, she turned to Final Fantasy IV. Princess peach was too pink, and Zelda’s more recent outfit would require armor. What character could Kouhotaru possibly represent that would provide the perfect…
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