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The Sims 3 Late Night Adds Club Hopping Vampires
The Sims 3 expands this fall with The Sims 3 Late Night Expansion pack, plunging your Sim into the active downtown nightlife, or letting them explore their darkest fantasies as a Sim vampire. That’s right, Sim vampires. According to EA Play’s Rod Humble, speaking at the EA Studio Showcase today, the supernatural mods for The…
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The White Rabbit Leads Us To Alice: Madness Returns
A strangely Tweeting member of the family Leporidae teases big news about Alice: Madness Returns, the newly-named action-adventure return of American McGee’s Alice, due out next year from Spicy Horse. Thewhiterabbit Tweets, “Follow me and stay tuned for a major announcement from the mad world of Alice today!,” which leads us to believe that one…
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Scott Pilgrim’s Epic Tale Comes To A Close
Will Scott defeat Ramona’s seventh evil ex-boyfriend and live happily ever after, or will he finally realize that he and Kim Pine were meant to be together? Find out today, as the final volume of Scott Pilgrim hits store shelves. It’s been a year and four months since Scott Pilgrim volume five, Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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The Mighty Thor Faces His Deadliest Foe Yet
He’s faced off against gods, giants, and serpents so large they wrap around the entire planet, but even the mighty Thor might not be powerful enough to survive next year’s video game adaptation by Sega. Through its long-term agreement with Marvel to produce video games based off of the comic book company’s live-action films, Sega…
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Red Faction: Armageddon Prepares To Kick Comic-Con Ass
The latest game in the Red Faction franchise will be taking over THQ’s booth at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, with bloody new screens and a suspenseful new trailer heralding the impending Martian invasion. From political intrigue to all-out war to this. You might have caught our eyes-on with Red Faction: Armageddon at E3…
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Curt Schilling’s All-Star RPG Becomes Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning
Previously known simply as Project Mercury, Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios and EA finally give the Todd McFarlane, R.A. Salvatore, and Ken Rolston powered role-playing game a name, promising open world exploration and fast-paced action combat in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It sounds a bit generic, but that’s sure to change once we get a good…
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Amazon Does Video Game Deals All Day Long
Optimus Prime leads the charge as Amazon.com charges the day with deals on Singularity, Metro 2033, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin’s Creed II, and more. Transformers: War for Cybertron for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 is a steal today on Amazon.com at $42.98, the Deal of the Day punctuating a series of timed Lightning Deals…
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It’s A Blue Monday For GameStop Rock Band 3 Preorders
Harmonix and MTV Games have revealed retailer-specific preorder bonuses for Rock Band 3, with GameStop customers scoring three free tunes when the game launches October 26, including New Order’s techno anthem “Blue Monday.” It’s no “True Faith,” but it’ll do. With the addition of keyboards, Rock Band 3 opens players up to a whole new…
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The U.S. Needs More Cyberwarriors
In this digital age, when the country’s most delicate information and processes are housed on vast computer networks, who do we turn to for defense against attacks by cyber-terrorists and 4chan? Now more than ever, the nation needs cyberwarriors. But the cyberwarriors aren’t heeding the call to battle. According to a report on NPR, America…
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Music Can Change The World Of Power Gig
Did you know upcoming rhythm game Power Gig is set in a fantasy world of Ohm, where rockers can affect the world through their music, using their powers to fight against the oppressive Headliner? I had no clue. I guess I as blinded by Power Gig’s use of a real six string guitar instead of…
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Kotaku’s 2010 Summer Reading List
As sure as spring gives way to summer, Kotaku’s 2010 Summer Reading List is here to help you get your portable video game fix during the sunny, sandy situations where gaming isn’t an option. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the surf is gently lapping at the shore. While that all sounds…
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Why Is Pinball Perfect For Facebook?
According to Sony Ericsson, the new pinball game on its Facebook page is perfect for the social networking site because pinball has also been a social game. A visit to the Sony Ericsson page on Facebook reveals a new “Pinball” tab at the top of the page. Clicking on it brings you to a simple…
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A Much Cheaper Way To Secure An Aston Martin One-77
Don’t have $1.7 million to drop one of the only 77 Aston Martin One-77’s being produced? The sexy automobile can be virtually yours for a mere $60, when Atari and Eden Games release Test Drive Unlimited 2 this September. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a game that’s all about living the luxury vehicle lifestyle, and…
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PlayStation Home Readies An Indie Social Gaming Invasion
PlayStation Home features more than 100 ready-to-play games, but hardly anyone is playing. Perhaps that will change now that Sony has teamed up with independent games label Codename to bring fresh new experiences exclusively to the PlayStation Home service. PlayStation Home is not somewhere many gamers go to play games. I don’t know of a…
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The Nintendo Download: Fishing, Felinez, And Furry Legends
Turn your Wii into a virtual aquarium, free Furland from the sinister Lord Squarie, and trap a helpless kitten inside your DSi, all in this week’s installment of The Nintendo Download. The classic games of the Wii Virtual Console are absent once again this week, but there are plenty of original titles to keep you…
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Netflix Goes To Canada This Fall
Netflix plays it safe taking its first steps outside of the United States, bringing streaming television shows and movies to our neighbors to the north this fall. Will Canadian console owners get the streaming service as well? Rejoice, Canadian Kotaku readers! Come this fall, you’ll no longer have to suffer pangs of hopeless desire every…
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Valve Unleashes An Alien Swarm On Steam
The Alien Swarm Unreal Tournament 2004 mod becomes a full, Source-powered four-player co-op tactics game, available for free on Steam this Monday, courtesy of the nice folks at Valve. Valve hired on the team responsible for Alien Swarm two years ago. Since then, they’ve been busy working on the Left 4 Dead series and now…
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