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Ouya Tries To Dispel Fears That The Console’s Nintendo Emulators Will Promote Piracy

Yesterday on the unofficial Ouya console forums, forum administrator Ed Krassenstein announced that several emulators will officially be available on or near the launch (March 28) of the Android-based console. The additions of said emulators to the upcoming console have been in discussion since as early as July of last year (here, here and here).…

Here’s that Borderlands 2 limited edition diamond plate loot chest for sale on Think Geek

Metro: Last Light Is At Its Best As A Stealth Game

I got to play about an hour and a half of Metro: Last Light at PAX East this weekend. What I played felt like two different games. The first game was a stealth game, at least in the way I decided to play it. You could always opt for guns-blazing if that’s more your thing.…

Here’s A Video Of That 15-Minute Transistor Demo I Played At PAX East

In all its Supergiant Games glory, here is that 15-minute PAX East demo, thanks to TotalHalibut. Listen to that music, listen to that awesome voice acting. And take in all the art.

Transistor Is The Sexiest Game I Played At PAX East

Transistor—Supergiant Games’ latest project since their incredibly compelling Bastion—is a sexy game. Not because there’s any actual sex (or at least none that I know of!). And not because of any of the other traditional definitions of the word. This isn’t a typical kind of sexiness where short skirts and muscular men automatically mean sexy,…

What Is Tiny Tina Teasing For Borderlands 2?

Gearbox showed off a little trailer that looks like Tiny Tina is playing something of a Dungeons and Dragons-esque board game, but Brick, Mordecai and Lilith aren’t quite understanding her rules. Could this teaser trailer—shown off during Gearbox’s PAX East panel today—be hinting at upcoming DLC? An official Borderlands 2 board game? A mobile spin-off?…

The next Borderlands 2 campaign DLC comes out at the end of June this year, Gearbox said at their panel today.

Gearbox Is Working On More Patches To Fix Aliens: Colonial Marines, But No Apologies Yet

Gearbox recognizes that there are some…flaws with Aliens: Colonial Marines. That’s why they’re continuing to work on patching the game. At their PAX East panel today, the developers announced a few more fixes that players will see in future patches. Chris Faylor community manager at Gearbox mentioned the most notable changes: More aggressive AI Tweaked…

Check Out The New Psycho Bandit Class In Borderlands 2 In Glorious Action

Gearbox announced a new playable class at their PAX East panel today, but now you can see the psycho bandit in action, in-game. Check out the devs playing as Krieg in the video above. Axe-swinging, dynamite-throwing…wow. He looks awesome and ragey and I want to play. Here’s some more:

Here’s A New, Limited Edition Borderlands 2 Loot Chest [Update: Image Of Loot Chest]

Gearbox’s last Borderlands 2 loot chests were such a hit, they decided to make a new version to match the style (aka diamond plated) of the in-game chests in the sequel. It’s a collaboration with Think Geek, and they’re only releasing 5,000 of them. The chests will be stocked with new content, including redeemable in-game…

The Newest Playable Class In Borderlands 2 Is A Psycho Bandit Named Krieg [Update: Now With Teaser Trailer]

The next character class in Borderlands 2 is a big, bad, psycho (you know, one of those bandits you shoot and kill all the time) named Krieg. An ex-psycho bandit that you can actually play as. Gearbox has been teasing the next playable character class for Borderlands 2—a hulking, silhouetted baddie—since SXSW. But we finally…

Borderlands 2 Is Getting A Second New Game Plus Mode Next Week

If you’ve played Borderlands 2 to completion and then played it through to completion a second time on True Vault Hunter Mode, and you’re still looking for more, you’ll be happy to hear that the game is getting something of a new game plus plus mode. It’s called Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, and you’ll have…

Borderlands 2‘s Level Cap Will Go Up To 61 On April 2

At Gearbox’s PAX East panel today, the developers of Borderlands 2 announced that players maxed out at level 50 will finally be able to get to leveling their characters again. As of April 2nd (next week!) you can download what is basically DLC for 11 extra levels (that’s up to 61). But it’ll cost you…

Could This Be A New XCOM Game In The Works?

Firaxis teased this very small snippet of a trailer for what looks like something XCOM related. A new game? DLC? They mentioned it was their next big project, so I would wager a guess to the next title in the series. For now, your guess is as good as mine.

Civilization V‘s Next Expansion—Brave New World—Releases In North America On July 9th

Firaxis today announced at their PAX East panel that the recently announced Civilization V expansion, named Brave New World, will release in North America on July 9th. International gamers can expect to play the expansion on July 12th. Update: Here’s ten minutes of footage from today’s panel—this is everything you need to know about the…

XCOM: Enemy Unknown will get a Mac version on April 25th.

You’ll Soon Be Able To Use XCOM Soldiers In Civilization V [UPDATE: Now with video]

Today Firaxis—the makers of both XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization V—announced that you can research something called the XCOM Project in your game of Civ V What that does is replace what would normally be paratrooper units with actual XCOM soldiers that drop from the Skyranger. Check out what that looks like in the screenshot…

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Is Coming To The iPhone And iPad This Summer [Update: Now With More Info]

Firaxis’ summer is going to be quite busy. They just announced today at their PAX East panel that they’ll be bringing the fantastic strategy game from the PC/consoles over to the iOS platform. They showed off a quick demo of what the game will look like on your palm-friendly device, but we’re told that it’s…

This Is What The First Playable Version Of XCOM: Enemy Unknown Looked Like

Today at Firaxis’ panel at PAX East, the developers showed off the first version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown before it was scrapped for what you played last year. They worked on what you see above for about a year before ditching it.

The Best Of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Up above, we see a cosplay of Katamari Damacy, which comes from PAX East. Now let’s move on to reading this week’s best content, courtesy of us. Video Games Gave Him the Chance to Prove He Is American Owen…