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Get In Line For The Rift Closed Beta
Eight primordial forces struggle for domination of the world of Telara, and you can experience that struggle for yourself by signing up for the first closed beta event for Trion Worlds’ Rift, kicking off at the beginning of December. Rift’s unique soul combination character customization feature caught the eye of Stephen Totilo at PAX back…
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The Coolest Touchscreen You’ll Ever See
Lacking anything better to do in Finland, a team of Nokia researchers have created a touchscreen made entirely out of ice. First off, I kid Finland. There is plenty to do in Finland, of course. There’s even a song about it Finaland also has plenty of ice, and when that ice is cut into blocks,…
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So This Is What Splatterhouse’s Hero Is Fighting For
If Splatterhouse hero Rick’s blood runs cold, it’s probably because his memory has just been sold. His angel Jennifer is the video game centerfold in the December issue of Playboy. Judging by Jennifer Willis’ Playboy Data Sheet, Rick doesn’t have anything to worry about. She’s totally into guys with a dark sense of humor, hidden…
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The Untold Story Of The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North
While the Fellowship of the Ring is slowly realizing that everything would have gone much smoother had Gandalf called the eagles in the first place, a great evil stirs in Middle Earth’s Northern Reaches. While I appreciate the attempt to inform players of the story behind Snowblind Studios’ The Lord of the Rings: War in…
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Black Ops Multiplayer Works A Little Bit Better Today
Finding an online match in Call of Duty: Black Ops should be a little less of a chore today, as a full title update hits for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, addressing many of the game’s more pressing multiplayer problems. Treyarch has been steadily releasing small updates for Call of Duty: Black Ops since…
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Kevin Butler Commits Gran Theft Turismo
With each new major PlayStation 3 release comes a new video starring Kevin Butler, Sony’s VP of game commercials. In this Gran Turismo 5 spot he claims responsibility for the game’s greatness, and claims a sporty little number for himself. Should I purchase Gran Turismo 5? Every time a new game in the series comes…
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The Next Pirates Of The Caribbean Game Will Be LEGO-ized
Following in the footsteps of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean is the next film franchise to get the LEGO treatment from TT Games. The Captain Jack Sparrow image you see here is not an official model from the upcoming game, but this custom creation from Devon Syvertsen shows…
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Reviews
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Stupefies
What happens when you take the magical world of Harry Potter, mix in a little Gears of War shooting and Splinter Cell stealth gameplay, and shake vigorously? Things go boom. Dumbledore is dead, the evil Lord Voldemort has risen to power, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on the run, searching for four magical artifacts…
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Harry Potter Guide
The only real time you’ll need to break out the explosive Confringo spell is to help Harry get over two-foot high barriers. Check out all eight of Harry Potter’s spells in action during one of the game’s many challenge stages. Sorry, there are no videos of me flapping my arms about while playing this Kinect…
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What’s Going Down In N.O.V.A. 2?
Six year’s have passed since the events of Gameloft’s Halo-esque iPhone shooter Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, and hero Kal Wardin figured he was safe to retire. He figured wrong. War never changes, and war veterans never truly retire. Kal Wardin gave it a good try, leaving the alliance after N.O.V.A. ended to settle on a…
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And Now We’re Trapping Antimatter Atoms
Antimatter and matter annihilate each other on contact, so how do you go about capturing atoms of antihydrogen for study? The brilliant minds at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva have figured it out. Antiparticles are the evil opposite of particles, carrying the same mass but the opposite electrical charge. As matter is comprised…
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Kotaku’s 2010 PSP Gift Guide
The holidays are coming, and that means it’s time for you to start thinking about what sorts of gifts you want to give and get this year. Apple has had it’s turn with the iPhone and iPad Gift Guides; now it’s time for the dedicated portable gaming machines to have their say, starting with Sony’s…
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Cut The Rope Goes Cosmic
Chillngo’s adorable little candy-muncher Om Nom has proved irresistible to iPhone gamers. Here’s a sneak peek at what more than three million Cut The Rope players can look forward to in update 1.1. Cut the Rope is a physics puzzler in which players strategically slice ropes in order to give the ever-hungry Om Nom candy.…
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Could Microsoft Give Project Gotham Devs A Lift?
Microsoft is shopping around for a new Project Gotham Racing developer. Activision is looking to offload original Project Gotham development studio Bizarre Creations. Could the timing be any better? the Project Gotham Racing franchise was a huge success for both Bizarre Creations and Microsoft, but that pairing came to an end in 2007 when Activision…
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Tron: Evolution Will Always Have Daft Punk
No matter how Propaganda Games’ video game companion to Disney’s Tron: Legacy turns out, it will always have two tracks from Daft Punk’s movie score to make it worthwhile. Disney Interactive details the music of Tron: Evolution. when a game developer is hit with massive layoffs towards the end of the development cycle for a…
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Tony Hawk: Shred Sells Like Rancid Hotcakes
Perhaps you’ve seen the stack of Tony Hawk: Shred skateboard bundles sitting at your local video game store. You might want to get used to them, because the game’s first week sales number are very, very low. A word to publishers: Taking your franchise away from a developer two week’s before the release of the…
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The Tester 2: Episode 3: “Can You Hear Me Now?” Liveblog: Communication Is Key
Can SCEA Santa Monica Studio Producer Deborah Mars keep Big Fazeek from eating the other competitors like some sort of cereal? Let’s watch The Tester 2 episode three and find out! Things heated up on The Tester 2 during last week’s episode. Tensions flared, the word douchebag was thrown about more than once, and a…
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LEGO Universe MMO Log Three: A Dark Hero Rises
This week’s installment of our four-part LEGO Universe MMO Log begins with the death of RumbleWarpWhistle and the birth of Fahey, Agent of Paradox. Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on beta gameplay, we play the game for four weeks before issuing our final verdict. Once a…
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Final Fantasy XIV’s Skips Another Subscription Period
Expecting extensive game-fixing changes in the months to come, Square Enix steps up to the plate once again, offering Final Fantasy XIV players another free 30 days of game time while renovations are underway. Square Enix has big plans for troubled MMO Final Fantasy XIV, but those changes will amount to nothing if the player…
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A Space-Time Cloak Is Much More Exciting Than An Invisibility Cloak
Do you find the idea of an honest-to-goodness cloak of invisibility intriguing? How about a cloak that obscures events in space-time? Science is making it happen. the United Kingdom is obsessed with not being seen, and I blame Monty Python Earlier this month I posted about a team of researchers in Scotland that were using…
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