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  Here’s How Giants Will Fit Into The Next Skylanders Game

  As you might have guessed from the screenshots, trailers, or your ability to read words, Activision’s upcoming Skylanders Giants will feature a set of new figures called Giants. You’ll be able to collect up to eight of the hulking creatures, which are twice the size of normal Skylander action figures both in-game and in real…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2012
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  Man, That Sure is a Lot Of Gotham City Impostors DLC

  Gotham City Impostors doesn’t hit Xbox Live until tomorrow, but you can get all of the Gotham City Impostors DLC you could ever want today. The game now has over one hundred selections of downloadable costume pieces, ranging in price from $1 to $4 (80-320 MSP). A majority of the DLC is obtainable the old…

  By Nick Vannucci Published February 7, 2012
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  Receive Texts from Mass Effect Characters with the Mass Effect Datapad App

  In addition to the the upcoming iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator, BioWare also announced an app called “Datapad” that would allow you to “stay in touch with all of the info in Mass Effect 3,” check the status of the war in the galaxy map, and even get messages from game characters. Okay, this kind…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012
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  The Darkness II Weathers the Hellish Attentions of Game Reviewers

  There are plenty of things you can do with a tentacle besides porn, and The Darkness II has them all covered. Jackie Estacado has gone through hell; now he faces an even greater challenge: Critics. There’s something living inside mobster Jackie Estacado, born of the blackest corners of the psyche, eons of human suffering and…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012
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  Tiger Woods PGA 13 Will Let You Live Out the Golf Star’s Life, Starting at Age 2

  EA’s upcoming Tiger Woods PGA 13 will feature a sort of “Jordan Challenge Mode”, which will allow players to enter the shoes of its titular golf star and live out the major events of his career, starting at age 2. Above is a video from the event where the feature was announced. We’ll have more…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012
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  Crush 3D Will Frustrate You, In a Good Way

  Crush 3D is a game that makes full use of the 3DS’s three-dimensional capabilities by producing platforming puzzles difficult enough to challenge the most die-hard of platformer fans. The game’s “crushing” mechanic has the player switching in between 2D and 3D at will, crushing and collecting as they try to navigate to the exit of…

  By Nick Vannucci Published February 7, 2012
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  BioWare’s Mass Effect iOS Game is the Third-Person Shooter Mass Effect: Infiltrator

  At a press event in New York today, EA announced that BioWare’s hit Mass Effect franchise will be coming to iOS as a new game called Mass Effect: Infiltrator, which will tie in with their upcoming game Mass Effect 3 The game was described as a “fully featured iOS third-person shooter” which will showcase “stunning…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012
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  In Two Weeks, You’ll Fall to Your Death in the Next Call of Duty DLC Map

  The globe-trotting nature of the Call of Duty series means that multiplayer maps have a plethora of locales to choose from. And the latest one is in… New York?! Wait, don’t run away! The Overwatch map hitting on February 21st is different, since you’ll be engaging in firefights 70 stories above the street in a…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2012
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  Sony: You Won’t Be Able To Bring PSP Discs To Vita

  Sony has told Kotaku that there will not be a North American version of the UMD Passport program, which would allow PlayStation Vita users to transfer their PSP discs to the upcoming handheld. Sony debuted the UMD Passport program in Japan last December alongside the release of the Vita. Japanese gamers can insert their game…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2012
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  No, Wait. This Is a Video Game for Grown-Ups

  Have you ever made a video game character fear you? Have you ever imagined you could do that? Don’t think about the ghosts in Pac-Man dashing away from you because you ate the power pellet. Think about a realistic-looking game set in a quake-broken but realistic-looking city. Think about men in that city, men who…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 7, 2012
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  Skyrim‘s Official High Resolution Texture Pack Makes Your Dovahkiin Sexier Than Ever

  Your Dragonborn might be able to tear massive dragons out of the heavens with the power of his voice, but does he have back pimples? He can now, as Bethesda releases the free official high resolution texture pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Yes, along with today’s release of the Skyrim Creation Kit and…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012
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  Chrono Trigger‘s Hidden Playa Character Has an Important Message About Drug Use

  When Lavos is in the timestream, drop him like it’s hot. I believe that’s what Snoop Dogg would say if he were alive today. We’ll check back with him tomorrow to see if anything’s changed. See, it’s Chronic Trigger! Instead of Chrono Trigger? Get it? Yes, I’m aware that this video is completely stupid. I’m…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012
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  Psychonauts Creator Seems Confused By Surprise Sequel Benefactor [Update]

  Double Fine head Tim Schafer is just as baffled as the rest of us at news that Markus “Notch” Persson wants to fund a Psychonauts sequel “I just woke up,” Schafer told me when I asked what he thought. “Is something strange going on?” The legendary designer responsible for games like Grim Fandango and Day…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2012
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  The Correct Video Card Settings Make a Marked Difference in the Razer Blade’s Performance

  After posting my initial impressions of gameplay on the Razer Blade yesterday, company reps contacted me to make sure my video card was working properly. It was not. Now it is, and my impressions have been updated

  By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012
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  These Guys Are Paid To See The Slightly Scary Future of Video Gaming

  N’Gai Croal and Andre Vrignaud have seen the future of video games. They don’t want you to be scared even though things are about to be very different. The former Newsweek reporter and the former Xbox platform strategist and PC gaming strategy director for Intel are now video game consultants, which means they fly around…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 7, 2012
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  This Skylanders Giants Trailer Teases a Tiny Bit of Gameplay

  Most of this buzz clip that accompanied today’s Skylanders Giants announcement is Activision beating its brawny chest about the success of their new toy-and-video-game franchise. But, you’ll see a snippet of gameplay featuring new larger-than-normal character Tree Rex towards the end of the video. He’s doing big things.

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2012
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  Reminder: We liked Resident Evil Revelations

  Resident Evil: Revelations for the 3DS hits store shelves today. Our review found much to love in the eerie 3D game.

  By Kate Cox Published February 7, 2012
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  Not a Jedi Mind Trick: Kinect Star Wars Xbox 360 Bundle Out on April 3rd

  Those rumors about an April debut for the Kinect Star Wars game—and the fancy console associated with it—have turned out to be true. Xbox exec Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb confirmed an April 3rd date on Twitter and an official press release cites a $450 price for a console + Kinect + game bundle.

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2012
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  Hey Final Fantasy, Why So Serious?

  Remember back when the Final Fantasy franchise had room for silly jokes and random frivolity? Commenter Balmung certainly does, and he wonders we’ll ever go back there in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So I was just wondering about this. When did the Final Fantasy games get so serious? Back through Final Fantasies III-VII the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012
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  Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning: The Kotaku Review

  The lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III and IV, a New York Times bestselling fantasy author, and one of comics’ most notable creators walk into a development studio to create an action role-playing game based on an entirely original fantasy world. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Former major league baseball pitcher Curt…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012