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Is The PSP Go Dead Yet?
This is the last picture I took of my PSP Go before selling it on eBay for $200. Is anyone still holding onto theirs? Three months after Sony released the UMD-less, sliding screen PSP Go I finally caved and bought one of my very own. Why? For one, it is a very pretty device. It’s…
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How To Be A World Of Warcraft Guild Leader, Now In Convenient Book Form
If leading a large World of Warcraft guild seems like a fun way to spend your free time, then you should probably check out Scott F. Andrews’ The Guild Leader’s Handbook to see the hellish task it really is. Leading a guild is no easy task. Well, let me clarify that: Leading a successful guild…
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The Forgotten Sands Opening Cinematic Is Quite Memorable
If this opening cinematic for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands doesn’t get you excited about the game’s May 18 release, nothing will. Now this is how an epic action-adventure game should start. Mysterious beauties in pools of water, large-scale battles filled with warriors in exotic garb, flying balls of flame, buildings toppling, and lots…
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Reviews
Real Racing HD Micro-Review: Relief For The Driving Impaired
After watching Firemint’s Real Racing HD idle at the top end of the iPad gaming charts every week since the device’s early April release, we put the racer through its paces to see why it’s getting so much love. I hate racing games. It’s not because I hate driving, or a racing video game killed…
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Another Aerialbot Joins The War For Cybertron Cast
Activision reveals two new playable characters for Transformers: War for Cybertron, with weasely Combaticon Brawl joined by Aerialbot leader Silverbolt, the second playable Aerialbot in the game. That’s two of five pieces of Superion! Activision hasn’t said anything about Autobot or Decepticon combiners being included in War for Cybertron, but now that two Aerialbots, one…
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Experience Tron’s Legacy With Space Paranoids Online
If Tron lead character Kevin Flynn were around today, surely he’d be proud of the fact that you can now play his arcade classic Space Paranoids directly in your browser window. Ah, how times have changed since the first Tron movie came out. Back then you’d have to pay a quarter to play Space Paranoids,…
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Are Video Games Doing Outer Space Justice?
This is no video game. This is an image of a gigantic baby star inside a galactic bubble 4,300 light-years from Earth, captured by Europe’s Herschel space telescope. Has video game space ever been so beautiful? The small white spot on the bottom edge of the ethereal-looking galactic bubble RCW 120 is actually an infant…
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Red Dead Redemption Revolution: Viva La Revolution!
Rockstar celebrates Cinco de Mayo a couple of days late, as Red Dead Redemption hero John Marston heads to Mexico for a little south of the border action. In Old West movies, Mexico is traditionally where you go when you need to escape the authorities, as well as a nice place to retire. Countless silver…
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Final Fantasy IX Coming Soon To North American PSN
With a May 20 release date already revealed for Japan, Square Enix confirms a North American release for Final Fantasy IX, the second-highest rated game in the Final Fantasy franchise, on the PlayStation Network. I’ve made no secret that Final Fantasy IX is my favorite game in the series, and aside from Final Fantasy III…
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PETA Beats Mafia Wars At its Own Game
After receiving a plea from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to cease using the often-abused Pit Bull as a weapon in popular social game Mafia Wars, Zynga has decided to let sleeping dogs lie. Last month Mafia Wars developer Zynga introduced animal-based weapons and vehicles to Mafia Wars, allowing dons to purchase ferocious…
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So That’s What A Living 3D Monopoly Game Looks Like
Yesterday I wondered if EA’s new 3D board game Monopoly Streets might be the Grand Theft Auto III of Monopoly games. As these first two screens show, there’s at least one car and some pedestrians. Now we need guns. Of course we won’t get guns in Monopoly Streets when it ships this fall for the…
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Fight FarmVille Facebook Spam With FarmVillain
Are you tired of constant FarmVille updates on your Facebook feed? Strike back against the mystery eggs and wandering stallions with zombie Jesus and surface-to-stork missiles in FarmVillain. FarmVillain is a Facebook app created solely for the generation of truly horrible FarmVille-style notifications on your and your friends’ Facebook feeds. There’s no game to play,…
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Alpha Centauri & Railroad Tycoon Sequels Are On Sid’s List
During our chat with Sid Meier earlier this week, fans couldn’t help asking about classic games like Alpha Centauri and Railroad Tycoon. They want sequels. While Meier couldn’t reveal any in-development titles, he did add them to Firaxis’ list of games to possibly revisit someday. You’d think a man like Sid Meier, father of Civilization,…
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Frankenreview: Alan Wake
Can the combined video game reviewers shed light on the quality of Xbox 360 exclusive survival game Alan Wake? Find out in the first (and only) episode of the Alan Wake Frankenreview. Just because Alan Wake spends the majority of his relaxing Northwestern mountain vacation in the dark doesn’t mean you have to. Will it…
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Casting A Hex On Civilization V
During this week’s broadcast of our Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, legendary game designer Sid Meier explains how the new hex-based map enriches Civilization V, and why it took so long for the series to go six-sided. The first question that comes to mind when many see Civilization V’s gorgeous new hex-based geography is why hasn’t…
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Cheaper Time-Limited StarCraft II Sold In Mexico And South America
StarCraft II fans south of the border will have two ways to pay for the game, with Blizzard revealing a less-expensive, time-limited version of the game for players in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. Here’s how this works. Players in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil can pay $299 MXN, $119 ARS, $13,900 CLP, and $49.90…
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Who Needs Health Packs When We’ve Got Lasers And Nanotech?
While we’re busy fumbling through dark corridors and navigating twisting platforms searching for health packs, food, and other esoteric life-saving items, the Air Force is healing wounds with lasers and nanotechnology. Even the futuristic space adventurers in Star Trek Online are chowing down on food to help regain health, while our military pioneers technology that…
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EVE Online Pumps Out Another Amazing Trailer
CCP makes outer space look good, and the trend continues with the trailer for EVE Online: Tyrannis, an expansion pack due out this month for the sci-fi MMO that finally opens up New Eden’s planets to resource-hungry players. For seven years now, EVE Online players have been mining asteroids, ignoring planets filled with delicious, profit-heavy…
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The Top 50 Video Game Franchises Of All Time, Voted By Gamers
The 2010 Guinness Book of World Records Gamer’s Edition features a list of the Top 50 video game series as voted by the gaming public. Which series came out on top between The Legend of Zelda, Call of Duty, and Halo? Instead of opting to go with game review scores or a board of experts,…
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