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LEGO Universe Spawns Collectible Card Game
Collectible bricks become collectible cards next year, when NetDevil’s LEGO Universe expands with a virtual and physical trading card game, courtesy of the experts at Dire Wolf Digital. Who is Dire Wolf Digital? Integrating a digital and physical collectible card game into an MMO seems like a very Sony Online Entertainment thing to do, which…
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PlayStation Store Update: Kane & Lynch For Everyone
Remember last week’s PlayStation Store update, when the Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days demo was for PlayStation Plus subscribers only? Yeah, screw that noise. Now it’s for everyone. Fight the power! The online might be free, but PlayStation demos are getting awfully Xbox Live Gold/Silver lately, aren’t they? Why should non-paying customers have to…
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Ty The Tasmanian Tiger Is On Facebook In His Underwear
After a five-year absence from the gaming scene, Krome Studios wants to bring Ty the Tasmanian Tiger back into the limelight, and they’re not afraid to show you his underwear to do it. Krome has launched Bush Rescue HQ on Facebook, calling it “the social hub of the Ty universe,” which is funny, because I…
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Linkin Park Is Medal Of Honor’s Eminem
EA combats Activision’s inclusion of a soulful song from Eminem’s new album in Call of Duty: Black Ops with the inclusion of a soulful song from Linkin Park’s new album in Medal of Honor. Is there some unwritten rule that big-name first-person shooter releases must contain a new song from musical artists I stopped caring…
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Could A Console Version Of StarCraft II Work?
With a relatively successful, albeit questionably marketed version of the original StarCraft released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000, how would StarCraft II fare on today’s consoles? Two years after the release of the original StarCraft on the PC, StarCraft 64 hit store shelves. Co-developed by Blizzard Entertainment and Mass Media Inc., the game contained…
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Michael Jackson Zombie Moonwalks Away From Plants Vs. Zombies
After more than a year spent dancing into our hearts and gardens, objections from the King of Pop’s estate cause PopCap Games to replace the killer Michael Jackson lookalike in Plants Vs. Zombies. The Dancing Zombie in Plants Vs. Zombies will forever remain the Michael Jackson Zombie in my heart, even if plans are currently…
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EverQuest II Goes Free-To-Play In A Different Way
Continuing a trend started by D&D Online and Lord of the Rings Online, Sony Online Entertainment is launching a free-to-play version of EverQuest II, completely separate from the existing game. EverQuest II producer David Georgeson explains why. Free-to-play fever is burning through the massively multiplayer online role-playing game industry like wildfire, and today it consumes…
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First Screens Of Obsidian’s Dungeon Siege 3
The other people’s role-playing game sequalizers at Obsidian have released the first two screens from Dungeon Siege 3. Take a quick peek at what the series’ console debut looks like. Square Enix dropped word that Obsidian Entertainment, the developers behind Alpha Protocol, Knights of the Old Republic 2, and Neverwinter Nights 2, would be taking…
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Who Wants Some Thor Video Game Concept Art?
And so begins the process of Sega convincing us that a good comic book movie-based video game is in the works, with a pair of concept art shots from Thor: The Video Game You all know how this works. Sega tells us they are making a Marvel comic book movie video game tie-in. We groan.…
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Gorillaz iPhone Game Is Like Rhinestones Falling From The Sky
Pilot Murdoc’s Doom Glider over the skies of Plastic Beach HQ in Escape to Plastic Beach, the virtual band’s very own iPhone and iPad video game. The art of Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett comes to life in Escape to Plastic Beach, a combination video game and marketing tool for the band’s latest album, Plastic Beach.…
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Take A Break From StarCraft II With Lost Viking
Real-time strategy gameplay got you down? Slip into the cantina for some pleasant conversation, Night Elf dancing, and a little scrolling-shooter action, courtesy of Lost Viking. McWhertor mentioned the Lost Viking arcade game in his hands-on with StarCraft II’s single-player campaign a few months back, but the game was unfortunately unplayable. Now it’s completely playable,…
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The Midnight Ride For StarCraft II
Three hours sleep plus recording with my iPhone 4 while driving on a dark and rainy night equals one mildly dangerous StarCraft II midnight launch video. As I mention in the video, I already had a copy of StarCraft II waiting for me at home, but I promised my nephew I would take him to…
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You Know What We Did Last Summer Of Gaming
Kotaku’s 2010 Summer of Gaming might be over, but there’s still plenty of sunshine left this season. Why not spend the time looking over the summer-related things we wrote about last week? From the first flash of the lovely Plunkett-powered opening image to this sad farewell, we’ve shared memories this Summer of Gaming that will…
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Final Fantasy XIV ESRB Rating Warns Against Putting Your Manhood In The Forge
Warning! The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has passed judgement on Final Fantasy XIV, warning potential players against boozing, whoring, upskirts, euphemisms for masturbation, and creative ways to endanger a penis. I want in the Final Fantasy XIV beta so badly now I can almost taste it. The ESRB listing for the game reads like a…
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A Visual Guide To Real-Time Strategy
Our Kotaku genre guide series continues this month, appropriately enough, with the resource collecting, unit constructing, zerg rushing battles of real-time strategy, in The Kotaku Genre Guide to the RTS. We’ve done role-playing games, and we’ve done first-person shooters. Now it’s time for something a little meatier. The RTS demands a sharp, strategic mind, nimble…
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While You’re Waiting On The Space War, Here’s The Shogun War
While you’re waiting for your chance to play some sci-fi real-time strategy, why not browse through some lovely screens and concept art from Shogun 2: Total War, visiting a simpler time, when war didn’t involve zergling rushes. I really enjoyed the brief time I had with Shogun 2: Total War at E3 this year, and…
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Meet Pokémon Triple-Zero
Say hello to Victini, a brand-new Pokémon coming in the upcoming Black and White games with a very special number: #000. Those familiar with Pokémon and Pokédexi will know that the pocket monster list for any Pokémon game generally starts at #001. This would seem to indicate that there’s something special about Victini, other than…
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