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Is This Shattered Dimensions’ Spider-Man 2099?
A series of screenshots has slipped onto the web, showing off what looks like confirmation of Spider-Man’s 2099 alter-ego Miguel O’Hara’s appearance in Activision’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. While we were expecting a big reveal of the third of four dimensions featured in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, it looks like someone might have jumped the gun. All…
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Square’s New WiiWare Games Are Unbearably Cute
Enter the picture-book world of Kumanage, Square Enix’s adorable WiiWare title that’s actually two different games. Will you choose action or puzzles? According to Japanese gaming news website andriasang, Square Enix’s Kumanage is actually two different games: Kumanage: The Blue Gem that Kiina Hates -Battle Version and Kumanage: The Red Candy that Piina Likes –…
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A Sandstorm Kicks Up In Global Agenda
Atlanta-based Hi-Rez Studios launches phase one of the massive Sandstorm patch to Global Agenda today, bringing many much-needed additions to the massively multiplayer online shooter, including revamped Agency-vs-Agency combat, epic weapons, and single player content. Global Agenda is a nifty little online multiplayer shooter that received a relatively warm reception when it launched back in…
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The First Killzone 3 Trailer Is A Real Kick In The Face
Celebrating the relaunch of the official Killzone website, Sony delivers the first trailer for Killzone 3, showing off the game’s brutal new melee system. Looks painful! Michael McWhertor got his hands on Killzone 3’s new melee attack system last month, and wasn’t particularly impressed. Perhaps if Sony had shown him this rendered trailer, with its…
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A Massively Multiplayer Mummy? Madness!
Why does it always have to be mummies? Bigpoint is bringing Brendan Fraser-powered film franchise The Mummy online, with a massively multiplayer online game due out in winter 2010. Developed by Pittsburgh-based Schell Games in partnership with Universal Partnerships and Licensing, The Mummy Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer action RPG set in the 1930’s…
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First Batch Of BlizzCon 2010 Tickets Hit eBay
Blizzard’s first batch of tickets to BlizzCon 2010 sold out quickly yesterday. As expected, a nice chunk of them are now available on eBay for more than double the price. Now how much would you pay? BlizzCon tickets went on sale yesterday at 7 PM Pacific, and sold out moments later, which should come as…
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Egyptian Assassins And Other UbiWorkshop Teases
The UbiWorkshop Twitter account sprung to life today, delivering this teasing glimpse of an Egyptian assassin from Polish artist Gabz, along with news of a secret project from acclaimed comic book artists Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. “Oh, and before you ask, this has nothing to do with Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood,” Tweets UbiWorkshop, in response…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Preorder Insecurity, Final Fantasy X-2, Aion Banning, And DSi Cases
Speak-up on Kotaku returns this week, with commentary on the greatness of Final Fantasy X-2, a question about DSi travel cases, Aion banning, and getting sick of preorder bonuses. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes…
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Science Figures Out Why Teenagers Are Stupid
While average blog readership is packed with the sort of hyper intelligent teenagers that have to be portrayed by 30-year-olds in TV dramas, many of the world’s teenagers are prone to doing stupid things for stupid reasons. New research explains why. Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and colleagues from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University…
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Man Accused Of Killing Kitten For Unplugging Game Console
A Virginia man faces charges of misdemeanor animal cruelty and disorderly conduct after allegedly hurling his girlfriend’s kitten against the wall after it disconnected the video game he was playing. Staunton, Virginia authorities were called to the apartment of 21-year-old Bruce Jamar Walston by his girlfriend around 9pm last night. The woman called 911 after…
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Blade Kitten Trades Delay For Multiplatform Release
Originally slated for a PlayStation Network release this spring, Krome Studios’ comic book-based platformer Blade Kitten gets a new publisher in Atari, Xbox Live Arcade and PC versions, a September release date, and new screens to help ease the wait. When we last checked in with Blade Kitten, based on the comic book by Steve…
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Batman: The Brave And The Bold Looks Like Colorful Campy Fun
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a colorful 2D beat-em up in a world where dark and gritty 3D action adventure reigns supreme. Can it possibly succeed where other Batman brawlers have failed? With comic book Batman busy dealing with his apparent death and time-traveling return, Wayforward’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold could…
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CIA Drone Killings Could Lead To A “PlayStation Mentality” Towards Killing
A United Nations investigator is warning that CIA-controlled remote drone assassinations of suspected Islamic terrorists could lead to a “PlayStation mentality” towards killing. Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has issued a 29-page report calling for an end to the CIA’s use of unmanned Predator or Reaper drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan against…
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GameStop Does The CEO Shuffle
After a two-year stint as chief executive officer of GameStop, Dan DeMatteo slides over into the executive chairman position, with new CEO J. Paul Raines stepping in to guide the company to new heights of marketplace dominance. GameStop has big plans. They’ve got a new rewards program to roll out, downloadable content to market, and…
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World Of Warcraft Creatures Prowl The Waters Of Southern Australia
Behold the Pink Handfish, one of fourteen species of bottom-dwelling marine fish endemic of the waters of Southern Australia and Tasmania, or, as World of Warcraft players know them, Murlocs. It’s easy to imagine the handfish as the inspiration for some of World of Warcraft’s most hated and beloved enemies. They’ve got the same hands…
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The Magic Of Broadway Comes To The Wii
From the company behind Assassin’s Creed and the Tom Clancy series comes Dance On Broadway, a new Wii title that lets you perform 20 classic showtunes in the safety and privacy of your home. Embarrassing costumes are optional. We’ve had singing games, and we’ve had dancing games. We’ve even had singing and dancing games, but…
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Sega Genesis Classics Now Available On Steam
The first batch of downloadable Sega Genesis games for the PC has hit Steam, giving gamers a new way to spend $2.99 apiece on games like Ecco the Dolphin, Vectorman, and Sonic 3D Blast. Why worry about the ambiguous moral and legal issues surrounding emulation when you can just buy Sega Genesis titles for your…
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Three Spider-Man Villains’ Shattered Dimension Makeovers
Take a look at how classic Spider-Man villains Hammerhead, Kraven the Hunter, and the Goblin fare in the transition to the continuity-crossing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. The shattering of the Tablet of Order and Chaos did a number on the Green Goblin, but left Hammerhead and Kraven mostly intact, which makes sense, I suppose. Kraven hunts…
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Reviews
Alpha Protocol Review: Not Quite The Omega
Sega and developer Obsidian Entertainment conspire to bring you Alpha Protocol, the espionage role-playing game. Is it Mass Effect meets modern-day spy thriller? After stumbling upon a global conspiracy during a failed mission, agent Michael Thorton finds himself on the run from the very country he vowed to serve. Betrayed by his superiors, Thorton’s only…
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