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Now Everyone Can Be A Lord Of Ultima
EA’s web-based strategy revival of classic RPG series Ultima has entered open beta, with thousands of players fortifying their towns for the inevitable invasion by everyone imaginable. Will you join the fray? The original Ultima was a series of PC role-playing games with rich stories and deep character development, so disappointment over Lord of Ultima…
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The Splash Hills Of Sonic The Hedgehog 4
Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 website updated yesterday, with new screens showing off the verdant Splash Hills Zone, Dr. Eggman’s character profile, and a little free music to whet your appetite for some old school hedgehog action. If the latest update to the Sonic 4 website doesn’t convince you that Sega is on…
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More Giant Robot Love From Front Mission Evolved
Square Enix passed us the box art and a batch of new screens for Front Mission Evolved today, including at least one shot of a mech that seems to be joyously completing an upbeat dance routine. What won’t those giant robots do? That’s another giant robot-related prayer that Square Enix and Double Helix Games have…
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Wipeout: The Game Set To Disappoint Fans Of Futuristic Racing This Summer
There’s a new Wipeout game coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS this summer, but don’t get too excited – it’s not what you think. For nearly 15 years, Sony fans have thrilled to the balls-out futuristic racing action of the Wipeout series, with each installment bringing new challenges and more speed to the beloved…
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Maybe Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Would Be Better If We Snuck Together
Did you enjoy your glimpse of single player sneaking in the Peace Walker clip we posted on Monday? Well two can play at that game! See how two people can be sneakier than one in this latest clip. While I wasn’t initially impressed by the thought of cooperative sneaking in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker,…
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Is USB Storage In The Xbox 360’s Future?
Is Microsoft planning to drop its overpriced Xbox 360 Memory Units in favor of more affordable USB mass storage devices? According to documentation obtained by Joystiq, the answer is yes. Currently the only external storage solution for the Xbox 360 is the Microsoft-produced Memory Unit, a relatively expensive way to add up to 512MB of…
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This Game Boy Looks Damn Good On Paper
French graphic design duo Zim and Zou have created a paper craft Game Boy that looks so real you could almost play a giant paper craft version of Tetris on it. Thibault Zimmermann and Lucie Thomas, otherwise known as Zim and Zou, merge their artistic expertise in digital design and paper crafts to create these…
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Middle Earth Goes Snowblind In The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North
Warner Bros. Interactive has tapped the team behind Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath to create The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, co-op action RPG for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. With the console installment of Baldur’s Gate and the two EverQuest-themed Champions titles under its belt, no…
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Yam Hand? Jelly Man? BioShock Monsters That Might Have Been
If you thought BioShock had some creepy enemies, wait until you get a look at the enemy concepts that didn’t make it into the game. Irrational Games pulled out these five pieces of concept art from deep within its vaults, giving fans a taste of a BioShock that might have been. There seems to be…
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Is This The Release Date For Dragon Age 2?
A blood dragon-emblazoned card tucked within retail copies of the Dragon Age Origins: Awakening expansion suggests that February 1, 2011 is a date of some importance to BioWare’s latest RPG franchise. Is this the release date for Dragon Age 2? The card is definitely dating something, but isn’t it a bit early to reveal a…
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Wild Arms Creators Make RPG Magic On The iPhone
From Square Enix and the developers Wild Arms comes Chaos Rings, an iPhone game that looks like it could be the first great 3D Japanese RPG on the platform, with production values on par with PlayStation-era Final Fantasy titles. The comparison is apt, considering the game features designs by Yusuke Naora, the character designer for…
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The Newest Kotaku Podcast Completes Its Dark Descent To iTunes, Zune & More
Dante’s Inferno senior producer Hans ten Cate joined our hosts, Brian Crecente and Stephen Totilo, in today’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio to discuss everything you need to know about descending into the darkest depths of hell. In case you missed the live show, which runs every Wednesday at 11AM Mountain, 1PM Eastern time, we’ve…
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Better Days To Die Coming To Star Trek Online
For Klingons, every day is a good day to die, but you might want to wait until Cryptic slips the new Klingon player-versus-enemy content into Star Trek Online, as seem in part two of the Expanding Universe video series. The Klingons need more distractions in Star Trek Online. This is readily evident to any Federation…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Metroid Drinks, Proper Baby Prep, Natural City, And Public Gaming Etiquette
After skipping the week of GDC, Speak-Up on Kotaku returns at full force, with contributions by Kotakuites The Drunken Moogle, Rear Admiral Meatwad, Raffleking, and Kyosen! 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 what they have…
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Is There Another Star Wars MMO On The Horizon?
With BioWare hard at work on Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars Galaxies hanging onto life, is Sony Online Entertainment working on a browser-based Clone Wars MMO for kids? Rumors say yes. Sony Online Entertainment is making a mint with its free-to-play, browser-based family-friendly MMO Free Realms, which is why the prospect of…
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Kiss Me, I’m An Irish Video Game Character
It’s Saint Patrick’s Day, and before we get around to drinking ourselves into a stupor and starting fights with inanimate objects, we’re taking a moment to celebrate our favorite fightin’ Irish video game characters. Did you know Anna and Nina Williams were Irish? What about M. Bison? While several of the more prominent Irish video…
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Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling Like To PlayStation Move It
Sony has updated its official PlayStation Move page with a couple of new games taking advantage of the PlayStation 3’s upcoming motion controller, Toy Story 2 and Brunswick Pro Bowling. I hope those wrist straps are sturdy. Of the two latest additions to the Move’s list of supported titles, Brunswick Pro Bowling is listed as…
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