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Dungeon Siege III‘s Katarina Is A Real Bullet Witch
Joining the quest to rebuild the Legion and retake the Kingdom of Ehb in Obsidian’s Dungeon Siege III, Katarina combines her father’s mastery of firearms with her mother’s witchcraft to devastating effect. Sorry if that headline brought up bad memories for anyone. Cavia’s Bullet Witch left a bad taste in many people’s mouths, promising a…
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Ten Thousand Tiny Voices Wanting To Provide Us A Beautiful Place To Play
In this moving six-minute microtalk from GDC 2011, Independent Games Festival chairman Brandon Boyer champions the countless independent developers that still have something sincere to say through gaming. “What I want for us all is to be creating and championing the games that remind people everywhere of why they used to play, instead of reminding…
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Trade Your DS In At Walmart, Score 3DS Credit
Walmart stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina will be offering up to $100 trade credit towards the 3DS for your old Nintendo DS systems March 27 through April 30.
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Becoming A Badass Master Of The Force In The Old Republic
In the latest video from BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic we get a look at what the discriminating Jedi Knight will wear as he progresses through the ranks in the upcoming MMO, or how to dress for Jedi success. The Jedi Knight class in The Old Republic is looking to be the most popular…
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Tearing Apart Assholes Is A Dirty Job, But Someone Has To Do It
Over-the-top first-person shooter Bulletstorm features some painful-looking, biologically questionable special kills. These gory demises raise questions, such as, “Who is responsible for rendering an asshole torn apart by a power drill?” Meet People Can Fly special effects artist Jose Teixeira. Mr. Teixeira is a member of the Epic Games team at People Can Fly. As…
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Is Standardized Video Game Pricing Bad For Business?
In this Friday edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter YamiKarasu wonders if the standard $50 – $60 price for today’s video games is hurting the industry. Well is it? The standard price of a video game today is $50-60, is that too high or too low? I’ve got my opinion on the manner but I’m…
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Mortal Kombat‘s Tag Team Ninja Throwdown Is A Glorious Spectacle
Scorpion and Sub-Zero square off against Cyrax and Sektor in the ultimate ninja-on-ninja battle. Come for the fighting, stay for the scenery! We’ve seen plenty of fighting footage from Netherrealm Studios’ next Mortal Kombat by now, but most of it has been against a backdrop of the treacherous hellscapes of the Netherrealm itself. It’s refreshing…
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Dungeon Fighter Online Battles Its Way To Xbox Live Arcade
Online gaming company Nexon takes its first steps into the console world, teaming up with Microsoft Games Studio to bring 2D MMO Dungeon Fighter Online to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Can a console MapleStory be far behind?
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No Game Will Make You Look And Sound Quite As Ridiculous As Pah!
In a distant future where voice controls have completely replaced the need for physical buttons, a starship captain sits at his helm watching asteroids grow ever-larger on the view screen, desperately shouting “PAH!” Imagining that scenario really doesn’t help take the edge off Luck7 Labs voice-controlled iPhone game Pah!, which has players emitting a constant…
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What Room Is Your Gaming Console In?
Have video game consoles earned their spot in the family room, or are we still tucking them away out-of-sight? The measurement and information experts at Nielsen release the results of a study that shows what’s being played where in U.S. households. Back in the old days a gaming console was something you pulled out from…
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Join The Umbrella Corporation In Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Slip into the uniform of a member of a crack Umbrella Security Services squad member tasked with cleaning up both the zombies and the survivors of the original T-virus outbreak in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, a new title reportedly on the way from former SOCOM developer Slant Six Games. Back in November of last…
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It’s Double The Carnage, Double The Fun In Hunted Co-Op
Featuring both online and split-screen offline cooperative multiplayer, Hunted: The Demon’s Forge is definitely a game you’ll want to play with a friend. I call dibs on the elf girl. In the latest trailer for Inxile Entertainment’s hack and slash fantasy adventure focuses on how Caddoc the mercenary and E’lara the archer can combine their…
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Dragon Age II Writer Eloquently Defends The Game’s Sexuality Balance
When a forum poster decided to criticize the developer for neglecting the core role-playing game market – straight male gamers – when developing romance prospects for Dragon Age II, BioWare writer David Gaider’s response was swift and elegant. BioWare forum poster Bastal obviously feels strongly that the supporting characters in Dragon Age II were more…
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Brazilian Street Markets Aren’t As Fun Without Piracy
Brazilian commenter KaiserSpiegel tells the story of the sad decline of his local street market following an anti-piracy police raid in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I’m from Rio de Janeiro, and as many of you may know, Brazil is a piracy paradise. Next to my college there’s this popular market with lots of stands selling…
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The God Of War Brings His Quick Time Events To Mortal Kombat
If there was any doubt that God of War’s Kratos was a good fit for the PlayStation 3 version of Mortal Kombat, this trailer crushes them brutally. He’s a perfect fit, right down to the button-mashing quick time events. Netherrealm Studios treats Kratos like the god he often is in his cameo in next month’s…
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Paper Train Is Fight Control For Dummies
Paper Train takes the traffic management features of games like Fight Control and puts the whole thing on rails, with the player controlling when the trains start, stop, and crash into cows. It looks good on paper, but is it challenging? The answer is a little sketchy. Anyone that’s played the iPhone classic Fight Control…
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The First Templar Slices A Bloody Path Towards The Holy Grail
The secrets of the Order of the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail unravel in The First Templar, Kalypso Media’s combat-heavy cooperative third-person historical action game. The blood flows like wine in the latest gameplay trailer. Due out in May for the Xbox 360 and Windows PC, The Last Templar is the tale of a…
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