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Dragon Age Returns To Ostagar Next Week
Return to the scene of a king’s downfall with the release Return to Ostagar, the latest downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins, due out next week for the PC and Xbox 360. Ostagar is the very first area you visit in Dragon Age: Origins once you make it through your character’s original story, though shortly…
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It’s Not Too Late For An 8-Bit Christmas
Christmas 2009 may have come and gone, but you’ve still got two days two days to order the perfect gift for the retro gamer in your life – RetroZone’s 8 Bit Xmas 2009. 8 Bit Xmas 2 is a new NES cartridge from RetroZone crafted specifically for the holiday season. Built using completely new parts,…
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Steam Sold Out Of Prey, Please Try Again Later
One of the advantages of digital distribution is that you’ll never run into a sold out sign – or so we thought. Steam seems to have completely run out of 2K’s Prey. Who knew? 2K’s futuristic alien shooter Prey was part of the ongoing Steam end-of-the-year sale, until they ran out. That’s right, Steam is…
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Halfbrick Sets The Blast Off Soundtrack Free
As a way of saying thanks to all of the fans who made Halfbrick Studios Blast Off the most successful and critically acclaimed PSP mini title to date, the developer has released the suitably mini soundtrack for free. PSP minis are about quality over quantity, and Blast Off is the poster game for the concept,…
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SouthPeak Carries Blood Bowl Across Goal Line
Cyanide Studios‘ Blood Bowl scores a retail release next year courtesy of SouthPeak Interactive, carrying the video game adaptation of Games Workshop’s fantasy football board game to the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation Portable. Blood Bowl is a game of real fantasy football, with races from the Warhammer universe taking on each other in brutal…
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Christmas Was Very Good To Forza 3
Forza Motorsport 3 was on quite a few Christmas lists this year it seems, with developer Turn 10 reporting a massive influx of new players over the holiday weekend. As far as gifting video games goes, racing games are easy. You generally know if your loved one is a racing fan, and if they owned…
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Oh Yeah, That Other Final Fantasy Release
It may not look, sound, or play quite as good as its numbered big brother, but the recently released Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers does have one advantage over Final Fantasy XIII – I can understand it. I’ve played around 10 hours of Final Fantasy XIII now with zero-Japanese comprehension skills, and it’s…
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Southpeak Games Wishes You A Charmingly Awkward Christmas
The gang from Southpeak Games wishes you and yours a happy holidays and a something 2010, showcasing one of the most adorably goofy groups of game industry professionals ever assembled, except for that one guy. Man, that one guy. He’s just not in the holiday spirit at all. I’m not going to single out which…
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Reviews
Style Savvy Review: Dressing Miss Michael
Join Kotaku’s tallest, broadest, and hairiest regular contributor as I explore the world of retail fashion design with Nintendo’s Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS. Style Savvy is a game marketed at girls that’s all about fashion – putting together outfits, running your own boutique, and maybe even making waves on the runway scene. The…
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Borderlands Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot Preview: Eyond Underdome
Join me as I strap on my weapons and take a trip deep into Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, the second dose of downloadable content for Gearbox Software’s Borderlands. The second installment of Borderlands DLC ditches the exploration found in The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned in favor of strengthening the ties between the game and…
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The Magic Obelisk: Game Arts’ First Original Title In 10 Years
Grandia and Lunar developer Game Arts delivers its first original title in over a decade to WiiWare next week, with The Magic Obelisk, an action-adventure game about the deep bonds formed between tree spirit and light spirit. Lukas is a tree spirit who wants to use his power to transform into a tree to help…
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On The Worst Day Of Christmas Dante’s Inferno Gave To Me…
The Dante’s Inferno marketing team sinks to new lows in this “The Worst Day of Christmas” trailer. Two purple peaks? Really? Have you ever been embarrassed for someone else? The moment the music starts up in this holiday-themed Dante’s Inferno trailer my cheeks started getting warm. By the time the first line came out, they…
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World At War Map Packs Bundled Up For The Winter
Save five dollars on nine multiplayer maps and three zombie wonderlands with the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle, available today on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Surely someone hasn’t bought these yet, right? The World at War Map Pack Bundle collects all three of Treyarch’s expansion packs for the latest…
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Xbox Live Launching Individualized Music Game Stores
Microsoft makes searching for downloadable songs for your rhythm games much easier today, with the introduction of individualized music game stores covering all the major music games. Expected to launch later today, the Xbox Live music games stores will make browsing the latest releases for games like Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero much more…
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Weyland-Yutani: Building Better, Bloodier Worlds
Lance Henriksen slithers back into the role of Charles Bishop Weyland in this story trailer for Rebellion’s Aliens vs. Predator, once again managing to sound comforting and sinister at the same time. I’m pleased to see Rebellion putting so much work into the story mode for Aliens vs. Predator. While I love the multiplayer concept…
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The Sega Mega PSN Sale
From Alien Breed for the PSP to Valkyria Chronicles downloadable content, if it’s Sega and it’s on the PlayStation Network, it’s now on sale. Announced this morning by Sega’s assistant community manager David Beavers on the PlayStation Blog, the Sega Mega Sale drops the prices of every piece of downloadable Sega goodness on the PlayStation…
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North American Game Industry Employment Somehow Rose Slightly In 2009
According to the third annual Game Developer Census, game industry employment in North America has risen slightly in 2009, due in part to new Canadian studios and a rise in social and online gaming developers. It almost seems impossible, considering the frequent reports of studio closings we’ve reported over the past twelve months, but the…
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Judge Super Street Fighter IV’s Real-Life Juri
When I first saw Super Street Fighter IV’s new character Juri, my first thought was that the costume she wears is extremely impractical. Capcom’s official real-life Juri confirms that thought. Capcom USA posted this video yesterday, featuring a live-action model wearing a close approximation of Juri’s outfit during a 2010 lineup reveal earlier this year.…
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Oh The Weather Outside Is…Ice
If the weather outside is frightful, there’s a good chance Victor Fries is out there somewhere. Sony Online Entertainment reveals the DC Universe Online look for one of Batman’s most tragic villains, and I’m not even counting the movie appearance. Cryogenecist Victor Fries dedicates his life to saving his wife Nora from a rare disease,…
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Happy Holidays From Fallen Earth
There might not be any snow in the post-apocalyptic world of the MMO Fallen Earth, but that won’t stop the Wastelanders from building Dirtmen while waiting for the Seasonal Arctic Network of Toy-based Altruism to arrive. The Archivist Coalition has finally determined the date for the New Year, and they’re sponsoring a First Night festival…
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