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Survive The Last of Us By Smashing People’s Faces In With Bricks
In the world of The Last of Us, where power grids are down and vine-covered, broken buildings are all that remind us of a once thriving civilization, ruthlessness is what prevails But as nature spills over cement, you can see beauty in the world. “It all looked lovely and managed to be gentle and brutal…
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You Can Play Warface With Russian Players Right Now, But You Might Get Slaughtered
Crytek’s near-future military shooter for the PC, Warface, is currently live in Russia, with a closed beta in China. But the game plays differently in both regions. Localization is not an unfamiliar concept. At its most basic that means the interface and dialogue/speech have to be translated so players understand what’s going on. But the…
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The Cave Is a Smart Game That Reminds Me What’s So Great About Adventuring
Smart games sometimes feel hard to come by. But when you do stumble on a smart game, it’s easy to tell how much thought went into its design. Ron Gilbert’s The Cave, an adventure/puzzle game made in collaboration with developers Double Fine, is a game that radiates with smart design. And it’s super cute, too.…
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Dead Space Was Always A Co-Op Game. Visceral Just Didn’t Know It Yet.
As much of a pansy as I am when it comes to horror games, I just can’t get enough of them. The Dead Space franchise is one of my favorites in the genre. But considering how much of a pansy I am, I’ve always wished I could play the game cooperatively with a friend to…
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It’s Hard When the Aliens Look Just Like the Damn Rocks
I checked out the multiplayer mode for Aliens: Colonial Marines at this year’s PAX East, but E3 got a new map and a new shotgun to play around with. My E3 multiplayer round against the aliens pit us four marines against them on large slabs of shiny black rock. What made this map interesting was…
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Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit Is Filled With Ridiculous Juvenile Fun
Hell Yeah! is the story of an undead rabbit prince, who got caught in an unfortunate, public scandal when pictures of him surfaced doing…questionable things with a rubber ducky. Now all the demons in the underworld are laughing at him. And he’s going to take his vengeance out one split skull and shredded muscles at…
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Metro: Last Light‘s Decomposing Bones Will Make You Hallucinate
Metro: Last Light is a shooter. But it’s nothing like a Call of Duty, and developers 4A Games resent that comparison. Metro: Last Light is much more about an Eastern perspective on a post-apocalyptic, everything-went-and-got-crazy world. Mutants large and small still terrorize Moscow, as they did in the first Metro title. And I imagine they’re…
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Disobey Orders In Company of Heroes 2 And Your Comrades Will Shoot You Down
Company of Heroes is a franchise that prides itself on several things. For one, it’s a well-regarded real-time strategy game. For another, historical accuracy is paramount to developers Relic. This means weapons and vehicles are true to history, and the snowy weather has an actual impact on your game. But it’s more than just that.…
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Slayer Multiplayer in Halo 4 Feels Familiar, With Better-Sounding Pew Pews
“Slayer.” You read it in the announcer’s voice, didn’t you? It’s a mode all Halo veterans are familiar with. It’s a mode that has seen your most vicious killing sprees and caused your most tempered tantrums. And it’s a mode in the upcoming Halo 4‘s multiplayer, known as War Games. Since Bungie is no longer…
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Darksiders II‘s Death Carries A Heavy Weight On His Shoulders (And It’s Not Just Dead Bodies)
Developer Vigil Games’ next Darksiders title retains the hack and slash formula from its predecessor, but it ventures into a new territory with its storyline. And even after just barely catching a glimpse of it, I already want to know more. My demo on the E3 showfloor starts at the beginning of the game. Death,…
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I’m Knee-Deep In Synthetic Bad Guys in Halo 4’s Bold new Multiplayer
When Halo 4 launches on November 6th later this year, it will ship with a full season of a multiplayer mode called Spartan Ops I got to check out a quick chapter of said episodic content today on the E3 showfloor, where the Majestic Spartan team met those red-laced synthetic enemies from the demo that…
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Wii Fit U Adds A New Peripheral
At Nintendo’s press conference today, Reggie Fils-Aime unveiled the new Wii Fit U that uses both the GamePad and the console to track your exercises, calories and all. The trailer portrayed a woman on the balancing scale jumping up and down while the GamePad in front of her showed the virtual trampoline. In line with…
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Disney Epic Mickey 2 Will Paint Your Screen This November
Disney Interactive today announced the official release date for Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. You can expect to paint and erase all sorts of things on November 18, 2012. You can watch co-op action in the trailer above, where second players can control Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
This awesome version of Mario was done by José Emroca Flores. You can buy his prints here if you’re as in love with them as I am. This week’s best image is brought to you by the help of Svalt Gamized Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things off as…
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Watch The New Tomb Raider Trailer Broken Down, While It Breaks Lara Down
We got a look at Lara last night from publisher Square Enix’s upcoming Tomb Raider, in which she gets quite the beating. Now, thanks to Foxy Foxy, you can rewatch the special parts, broken down into looping seconds of her struggle for survival. It’s just too bad they’re so small. Tomb Raider “Crossroads” trailer [Foxy…
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SOE’s E3 Line-Up Includes That Interesting Piece of EverQuest II Technology
Publishers are rolling out their E3 line-ups just as the big convention rears its massive head. We’ve even had some somewhat-surprising, but really-not-that-surprising reveals come of these announcements, too. Today SOE announced their stock of games to be shown on the showfloor, including the expected suspects like PlanetSide 2, updates to released titles, and several…
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Put Your Judgmental Faces On For Comment Of The Week
It’s Friday! Kotaku, it’s Friday. FRIDAY. What will you all be doing this weekend? I’m packing and preparing for the shenaniganry known as E3. It’s like hell week, but for game journalists. I’ll also be taking care of my sick kitty before I jet off. Before the weekend jumps up on us, can I get…
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Make Crazy Faces At Your Webcam And Your EverQuest II Character Will Soon Mimic Them
Emotes in MMOs are no new thing. Interacting with players online just isn’t the same if you can’t dance with them every once in awhile. But EverQuest II, an eight-year-old MMORPG, is getting an even more impressive facelift for even more expressive emotes. Namely, your emotes. No typing, only a webcam that will watch your…
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Alternate The Avengers Ending Raises Important Questions
Fair warning: this video definitely has spoilers in it. Including inside jokes. So if you haven’t watched The Avengers yet (why haven’t you watched The Avengers yet?!), please do so immediately and then return for this video. If you have watched The Avengers, proceed on to watch the animated version of how Joss Whedon’s film…
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