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MotorStorm’s Festivus For What’s Left Of Us
Scads of unseen gameplay illustrates this latest MotorStorm: Apocalypse video, which explains how the game’s Festival mode will handle the party in an urban environment beset by disaster. There’ll be more of a story to unify your races. That means what happens in previous races will carry through to the next, which sounds like something…
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Flipping Virtual Skirts Should Get You Slapped In Real Life, Too
Here’s an iPhone game to play if you don’t want anyone sitting next to you on the bus: Upskirt. Yes, it’s what you think it is, right down to the skirt-flipping sensei with the panties on his head. The trailer says Upskirt (which looks like it’s based on this flash game) is due Jan. 11,…
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Bulletstorm Option Will Allow For Fewer Vulgarities, Expletives, Dicktits
If your sensibilities can tolerate the incineration and impaling of pus-oozing space zombies, but not the profligate use of cuss words, then Bulletstorm is your game. The raucous shooter will feature an option to tone down its notoriously salty language. So says Adrian Chmielarz of the game’s studio, People Can Fly, in this tweet. “Bulletstorm…
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Go West, Old Friend, With Dead Rising 2’s DLC
No memes about covering wars, you know, in this new trailer for Dead Rising 2: Case West. Just the return of Dead Rising’s intrepid photog and a hint at the story behind his team-up with the sequel’s motocross-racing protagonist. Dead Rising 2: Case West is exclusive to the Xbox 360 and arrives Dec. 27. It…
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Need A Sure-Fire First Down in Madden? Try “Cougar Cross” [Update]
The folks at Madden NFL 11 put out a list of all plays run by all of its zillion-plus users so far, sorted by average gain. No. 2 is “Cougar Cross,” which sounds like Rex Ryan’s wife’s best-selling video. In fact, I’m not sure where you find it in the playbook. I’ve never seen it…
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What’s The Poop On Dirty Diapers?
Keeping a dozen cranky infants happy hardly sounds like a fun time in real life; on the iPhone, it’s the premise of Dirty Diapers, a fast-twitch puzzler just released on the App Store. Dirty Diapers is by Streaming Colour studios, which made 2009’s Dapple, a game I still think highly of. In it, 12 babies…
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ReviewsReview: X-Men Reopens A Classic Six-Pack
Konami’s X-Men couldn’t have arrived at a more nostalgic time for me. Released my freshman year, I stayed on campus until they kicked everyone out for Christmas break, and went flat broke playing X-Men at the Electric Company Mall in Raleigh. The classic brawler returned this week to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network,…
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The Week In Games: Not A Creature Was Stirring
An all-download week coming up for Christmas, as Battlefield: Bad Company 2 releases its Vietnam DLC and several Neo-Geo games arrive for PS3 and PSP over PlayStation Network on Tuesday. Monday (Dec. 20) Cosmo Fighters (DSiWare) DarkLight Dungeon (PC) Frobot (WiiWare) Mario Party 2 (WiiWare) Paul’s Monster Adventure (DSiWare) Tuesday (Dec. 21) Battlefield: Bad Company…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •13 Greatest Videos Of Pornstars Playing Games [Ranker] I feel compelled to say something on Jo Garcia’s behalf; she’s not a pornstar. I read “pornstar”…
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PS3 Getting Tomb Raider Trilogy In 2011
The PS3 will get a Tomb Raider trilogy comprised of high-definition re-releases of of Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider Anniversary, plus Tomb Raider Underworld, says a senior executive with the studio that made the games. Karl Stewart, the global brand director for Crystal Dynamics, confirmed via Twitter that a German Amazon.com listing for the…
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Halo: Reach — Over 33 Billion Served
This colossal infographic anchors the latest Bungie Weekly Update. Thirty-three billion have been killed in firefight, campaign and multiplayer. The smallest number: 1,000 have unlocked the “Inclement Weather” armor effect. Thanks to Ursus-Veritas for the tip.
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European Lawmaker Gives Free Publicity To Wants Mafia II Banned
Italian-Americans wanted Mafia II banned because they said it portrayed offensive ethnic stereotypes. A European Parliament member wants it banned because it trivializes mob murders. I have a better strategy: STFU about banning bad games, and they’ll eventually fade away. Sonia Alfano, the MP in question, also is president of Italy’s association for the families…
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Shoot Up Any Web Page, Asteroids Style
This nifty timewaster’s been around since early October; someone just brought it to my attention, so now I’ll bring it to yours. By bookmarking this link, you can play Asteroids on any page. Watch me shoot up Crecente’s bio! Put the link in your browser bar, as I have, and then when you click on…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make A Move
Last week, we got word of the Sharp Shooter, the official PlayStation submachine gun attachment for PlayStation Move. On Friday, it was the Assault Rifle controller from CTA Digital. Begun, the Move peripheral wars have. That, gives rise to this week’s challenge. Combine a Move controller with some other item to make a completely ridiculous…
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Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Dec. 13 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 16 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Dec. 17 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Dec.…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
The Senate vote yesterday means we can all be openly TAY today. Video games – what’s on your mind? You’re entitled to both ask and tell. Verno77 is the weekend winner of the #taypics derby. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image and submit it to…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NPH WTF Winners
After Neil Patrick Harris’ cringe-inducing job hosting the Video Game Awards last week, we asked you to ‘Shop him into video games even more awkwardly. A record 800 submissions followed. See who made the cut! [Update] With remorse, goodwill and in a spirit of reconcilliation, more than two years later I am adding in Azureguy’s…
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