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Trouble In The Brutal Legend Cast?
Last night, Brutal Legend creator Tim Schafer hopped on a plane to fly across the sea, all to meet with “someone who’s threatening to cancel”. Who could it be? As you recall from earlier this week, Tim Curry has replaced Ronnie James Dio as Doviculus, the Brutal Legend’s main antagonist, but Tim Schafer assured Kotaku…
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Ex-Factor 5 Employees Cry Fraud
Former employees of the recently shuttered Factor 5 studio in California are taking the company to court, claiming that it fraudulently transferred assets, including source code for the next Rogue Squadron title. When Factor 5 filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 13th of this year, they had an estimated $50,000 to $100,000 in assets,…
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New Champions Screens Save The Day
Just when the morning seemed destined to fall at the nefarious hands of evil, new Champions Online screenshots arrive to save the day, just in the nick of time! I still haven’t had a chance to try out the game, with my various beta applications falling on deaf eyes, which doesn’t even make any sense.…
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Space Invaders Extreme Gets A Bit More Extreme Tomorrow
More levels, more bosses, more enemies, and two classic arcade emulators add even more extreme to Space Invaders Extreme as new DLC for the Xbox Live Arcade version drops from the sky tomorrow. A total of three new stages are being added to Space Invaders Extreme with tomorrow’s new downloadable content, along with the requisite…
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Remembering Final Fantasy VIII
PopMatters recently posted an extremely in-depth look back at Final Fantasy VIII, exploring the themes, emotions, and insight into human behavior that make one of the most neglected entries in the franchise great. Final Fantasy VIII was light-years ahead of VII both graphically and in terms of complexity, and perhaps that’s the reason the game…
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Reviews
Prototype Review: Alex Mercer SMASH!
Anti-hero Alex Mercer takes more than a few cues from The Incredible Hulk as he stalks the streets of New York City in Activision’s free-roaming action adventure, Prototype. Developed by Radical Entertainment, the team behind The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Prototype follows much the same formula as that Marvel Comics inspired title. Both feature super-powered…
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And The Game Critics Best Of E3 2009 Award Nominees Are…
The official Game Critics Best of E3 2009 award nominee list has been released, with Brutal Legend and Uncharted 2 punctuating EA and Sony’s nomination domination. Both EA’s Brutal Legend and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves rise to the top of this year’s nomination list, both scoring four each including the coveted Best…
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Autobots Seem Terribly Outmatched In Transformers 2 Multiplayer
The Decepticons might be bigger, stronger, faster, and more maneuverable that the Autobots in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen mutliplayer, but the Autobots have spunk! This is the main with accurately depicting a battle between the opposing robot factions in the Transformers. The Decepticons can fly. Not only that, but in the Michael Bay movies…
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PEGI Triumphs Over The BBFC
The war between the British Board of Film Classification and the Pan-European Game Information system over UK game ratings comes to an end today, with PEGI to act as the UK’s sole age rating system. The war has been long and hard, with the BBFC contending that a local board would be more in-tune with…
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Donate Your Used Games To Needy Children
Which is worth more, a $15 trade-in credit or getting your used games into the hands of children who would never get a chance to play them otherwise? This is a question raised by Pixel Equity, a new non-profit organization dedicated to getting video games and consoles into the hands of children at youth centers…
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Video Game Obsession Cited In Halo Shooter’s Lenient Sentencing
An Ohio judge has granted Daniel Petric a lenient sentence today, citing the teen’s video game addiction to Halo 3 as a potential contributing factor in the 2007 shooting that left his mother dead. Kotaku has been following this story closely since it began in early 2008. 16-year-old Daniel Petric, angered at his parents for…
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Section 8’s Shiny Pre-Order Armor
TimeGate Studios‘ Xbox 360 and PC shooter Section 8 isn’t coming out until August, giving you plenty of time to decide whether or not you want to plunk down $5 for this sexy pre-order armor. How does the special Captain’s Armor work for the dueling factions in Section 8? Here’s what GameStop says: Reserve Section…
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Will Wright Talks Team Building
The only thing tougher than coming up with visionary video game ideas? Putting together a team to see your vision to fruition. Here’s how gaming legend Will Wright does it. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Wright explains that the true key to motivating your employees is to know what motivates them,…
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The Rocket Riot Begins Tomorrow
Rockets will fire, pixels will fly, and zombies, pirates, and ninja will die as Codeglue’s Rocket Riot makes its way onto Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. THQ just announced the game’s June 17th release date, which means that tomorrow sees the release of not two but three games on Xbox Live Arcade, contrary to what we…
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World Of Warcraft: The Art Exhibit
While the argument over video games as art rages on, there can be no denying that games have influenced art, as evidenced by the WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon at the Laguna Art Museum in California. The WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon exhibit, which runs from now until October 4th at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna…
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The King of Fighters Online Flouts Its Mai
Fan-favorite Mai Shiranui is in fine form in this trailer for King of Fighters Online, the upcoming PC roleplaying game from Dragonfly and Triple Games. We originally thought the game was being developed by Triple A Games, but as Mai’s appearance proves, there is no room in this game for that A. According to the…
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Bionic Commando Fails To Grab Retail Success
Despite swinging into retail stores amidst a flurry of hype, nostalgia, and relatively kind reviews, Capcom’s Bionic Commando failed to capture big numbers at retail, pushing only 27,000 units in its opening month. Gamasutra got their hands on the NPD numbers for the title, which represent U.S. retail sales between May 19th and May 30th.…
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Tiny Legendary Cars Hidden In Burnout’s Big Surf
Fans of Burnout Paradise‘s Legendary cars might want to give the recently released Big Surf Island a closer look, as toy versions of all four movie-inspired vehicles are unlockable in the new DLC. Tiny versions of the cars based on Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Knight Rider are unlocked by…
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Brutal Legend Fans Set Air Guitar World Record
Fans of Brutal Legend gathered in England over the weekend to rock out with EA, shattering the world record for the most people simultaneously performing air guitar. Such is the power of the gamer. The record-breaking feat took place during the UK Download Festival in North West Leicestershire’s Donington Park over the weekend. Kerrang FM’s…
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This Week In Arcade: Sam And Magic: The Gathering
Sam & Max Save the World this week on Xbox Live Arcade, just in time for Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers to come along and ruin it. Sam & Max Save the World is a compilation of the first season of Telltale Games’ Sam & Max episodic PC adventure game series, lovingly…
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