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Uncharted 2 Gets A Well-Deserved Game Of The Year Edition
We can think of no better recipient of a Game of the Year Edition than Kotaku’s 2009 Game of the Year Uncharted 2. What will $50 net fans come October 12? The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition hits retailers on October 12. Celebrating the myriad awards given Naughty Dog’s masterpiece including…
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Red Dead Redemption’s Cover Art Has Seen Better Days
Rockstar teases us with a first look at the artwork for the upcoming Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare downloadable content. The Undead Nightmare art is a gruesome take on the original Red Dead Redemption cover art, with James John Marston replaced with a slightly more fearsome cowboy. The Undead Nightmare pack follows Marston on a…
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The Stars Shine Bright In Fable III
Simon Pegg, Ben Kingsley, John Cleese, and Michael Fassbender headline an all-star cast of men and women with British accents in this voice acting installment of the Lionhead video diaries. The voice cast for Fable III is one of the most talented gathering of voices ever assembled. Particularly impressive is Sir Ben Kingsley in his…
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Registration Opens For PAX East 2011
With the Penny Arcade Expo’s habit of selling out far in advance, fans eager to attend next year’s PAX East should probably register as soon as humanly possible. PAX East moves into its new digs at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center this March, which means more room for fans to hobnob with games and…
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Final Fantasy XIV MMO Log One: What’s My Motivation?
As part of Kotaku’s extended massively-multiplayer role-playing game review process, I spent the better part of the past week playing Final Fantasy XIV. I’m still not sure why. 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…
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World Of Darkness Is Dark, Sexy, And Playable
When can I be a virtual vampire? While developer CCP isn’t giving out any dates for its World of Darkness MMO, EVE Online creative director Torfi Frans Olafsson tells Eurogamer the game is in a playable state. Vampire the Masquerade creators White Wolf merged with EVE Online developer CCP in 2006, leading to talk of…
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Euro Sonic Colours Special Edition Is Filled With Toys
Not only do Europeans get an additional “U” in their version of Sonic Colors, they also get the option to pay more for a box filled with toys. I would enjoy a box filled with Sonic Colors toys. I’m already getting a snazzy hat, but what good is a hat without colorful plastic friends to…
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What To Expect From The Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Beta
Here is a look at what fans can look forward to when the PlayStation 3 multiplayer beta for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood kicks off on October 4. Did the Doctor just punch that woman in the face? Why yes, yes he did. While many players are still uneasy about the addition of multiplayer to Assassin’s Creed…
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The Mods And Modes Of GoldenEye 007
Take a look at the tools players will have at their disposal to create more than 200 multiplayer game combinations in GoldenEye 007for the Wii. Fans will have plenty of multiplayer options available when they pick up GoldenEye 007 for the Wii this November. Developer Eurocom goes above and beyond expectations, with enough potential game…
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Raving Rabbids Scream Their Way Into A Live-Action TV Show
The studio behind Wallace and Gromit takes a walk on the wacky wild side, as a job listing reveals that Aardman Animation is working on a live-action television show starring Ubisoft’s Raving Rabbids. The Raving Rabbids could soon be wreaking havoc on the real world, according to a job listing that crossed the desk of…
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Kinect Immerses You In Advertising Like Never Before
Sprint and T-Mobile join Chevrolet in using Microsoft’s innovative new Kinect controller to advertise to gamers in innovative new ways. When Kinect Joy Ride launches in November, players will be able to test-drive Chevrolet vehicles in the game. Along with the Chevrolet Volt, revealed back in June, watching an in-dash video advertisement will unlock Chevrolet…
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The Nintendo Download: Zenonia Gets A Real Control Pad
Gamevil’s role-playing game Zenonia is an excellent iPhone title, its one significant flaw being the lack of a real directional pad. With the DSiWare release of Zenonia, that problem gets solved. While it might not be as pretty as its iPhone predecessor, the DSiWare version of Zenonia makes up for it with real physical controls.…
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Naughty Bear Stalks The iPhone
Artificial Mind and Movement’s murderous mascot goes mobile, as Naughty Bear hacks and slashes his way into the iTunes App Store. Fresh from a relatively popular Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title and a few Halo: Reach cameos, Naughty Bear is back and smaller than ever. Artificial Mind and Movement brings the pugilistic plushie to…
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Xbox Live Indie Clips: Radiangames Inferno
In this week’s installment of Xbox Live Indie Clips we take a look at Radiangames Inferno. The developer calls it a “twin-stick action RPG.” What the hell is that? As it turns out, a twin-stick action role-playing game is a great deal like Gauntlet. It’s got four-player same screen multiplayer, monster generators, doors and keys,…
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Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch Has More Than 50 Weapons
With more than 50 classic Mega Man weapons represented, upcoming fan made game Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch has something to kill everyone. The Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch Doom mod has come a long way since we showcased it late last year. CutmanMike puts traditional first-person shooter developers to shame with an amazing array of weapons…
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Celebrating Blizzard’s Cultural Legacy
Blizzard co-founders Mike Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham were honored this week as Artistic Visionaries as part of Orange County’s 11th annual Cultural Legacy Awards. Photo by Nicholas Koon. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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Running From The Police Sure Looks Like Fun
If high-speed police chases were half as exciting as this Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit trailer makes them out to be, everyone would be doing them. Of course everyone would also need to own a souped-up Porsche. In my experience that is a lot harder to achieve than pissing off the police. I’d expect it…
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Press A To Win ManStruggle
To triumph over their friends in Grab’s new Facebook game ManStruggle, players need to bring their “A” key. How does a developer make a fighting game that is accessible to Facebook’s social-gaming audience? They throw out the complicated parts, like combos, special moves, punching, and kicking. All one needs to do to triumph over their…
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