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  Shank 2‘s Launch Trailer Paints the Walls Red

  This launch trailer for Shank 2 is a spectacle of gore and cartoony style. One of the sequel’s additions to the original downloadable game is Survival Mode, which you can get your bloodthirsty eyeballs on right here. Both there and in the game’s single-player, rest assured that yes, you will feel like Rambo (and that’s…

  By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 8, 2012
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  Watch a Spartan Take Down a Banshee in this Fan-Made Halo Trailer

  Take a look at yet another Halo-centric fan film, made in mid-January by a team of three dedicated members on zero budget. Last week saw the release of the first episode of Halo: Helljumper, a series focused on ODST culture, and its first encounter with the hostile Covenant. Here, Halo: Archetype goes straight to the…

  By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 8, 2012
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  Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Leveled Up Considerably During the Review Process

  Now that we’ve put the ever-questing of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning through its paces, it’s time to see how it fared in the face of the assembled game critics. As far as I can deduce, it’s either horrible or the best thing ever. Try not to strain your neck while navigating Reckoning‘s Frankenreview chart. I’ve…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2012
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  BroShep Takes on Humans, Reapers and His Own Conflicted Longings in These Mass Effect 3 Screenshots

  Hard choices are going to have to be made in the final part of BioWare’s sci-fi trilogy and the screen above seems to pose one such crossroads. The look on the male Commander Sheperd’s face here seems to say “How do I choose?” Maybe he could just buy them both Twisted Metal and see what…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 8, 2012
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  Shank 2, Gotham City Impostors, Catherine New This Week on the PlayStation Store

  This week, there’s a good amount of solid stuff new at the PlayStation store; it ain’t the horn of plenty that we’ve seen in the past, but it’s certainly better than the cursed wasteland that was last week’s PlayStation Store update. We’ve got Shank 2, which is new this week, as well as Gotham City…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 8, 2012
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  Real Life Gotham City Impostors Looks More Entertaining Than the Game

  Whoa there, viral marketeers! You have to be careful not to overshadow your product with the promotion, as these lovely shots of everyday people dressing up in Gotham City Impostors garb readily demonstrate. Monolith’s game of vigilant justice versus criminal insanity is now out on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, but it’s no substitute…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2012
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  Epic Fan-Created Battle Rages Across Skyrim

  In this skillfully-assembled scene that feels straight out of the siege of Minas Tirith, a cast of hundreds go to war. Featuring undead, a dragon, and a couple of decidedly irritated mage-generals, “The Great Battle of Skyrim” lives up to its name. I, for one, walked away curious to learn more about the reasons for…

  By Kate Cox Published February 8, 2012
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  The Rules of Religion, and Why The Next One Just Might Be a Game

  The things that make us reconsider who we are and what we believe in are often bizarre, random, coincidental; sometimes completely unremarkable save for the sudden realization that concusses you. Lately, things I’ve been reading and playing have coalesced into a divine cognizance for me. I’ve been reconsidering my faith. [jump] First, some context. My…

  patricia hernandez Published February 8, 2012
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  What? Battleship is Evolving… Into a First-Person Shooter?

  Battleship was once a strategic board game in which players had to guess where their opponents had placed their war ships. This summer, it will be an action-packed movie in which ships blow each other up. And this May, publisher Activision said today, it will be a video game in which you shoot people. Developer…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 8, 2012
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  This Lil’ Cablinasian Will Grow Up to Make Huge Stacks of Cash If You Play Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Right

  Announced yesterday during EA’s Spring Showcase, PGA Tour 13’s Legacy Mode will let players of the publisher’s next golf sim step inside the golf great’s cleats at various points of his life. Including, apparently, Tiger’s awkward yet fashion-forward adolescence.

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 8, 2012
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  That Battlefield 3 iOS Game Just Spawned Into the App Store

  Anyone who’s been watching EA knows that the publisher’s going to be tethering portable spin-offs to its big releases. Last year’s Dead Space game for iOS and Android proved such games could be great and yesterday we saw the debut of Mass Effect Infiltrator. This sector’s a big deal for EA. So, it’s surprising that…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 8, 2012
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  Funky-Cute Rhythm Stealth Game Beat Sneak Bandit Creeps Onto iOS Next Week

  We’ve gotten a few peeks at Beat Sneak Bandit, the charming cartoony larceny game from indie devs Simogo and the thing looks like all kinds of smooth It’s been a mystery as to when BSB would actually let you get your tap-centric thievery on, but Simogo finally announced—via yet another snappy new trailer—that their game…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 8, 2012
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  Sign #589 That the Wii Is On The Wane

  There will be no Wii version of EA’s Tiger Woods series this year. There could be a Wii U version, but EA confirmed to Kotaku that the Wii is out. A couple of years ago, the Wii was the series’ flagship platform. This year, Xbox 360 Kinect gets the spotlight (PS3 is still supported, too.)

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 8, 2012
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  Remembering the Pre-DLC Days, When Free Unlockable Content Flowed Like Wine

  Back in the day we’d spend countless hours unlocking every hidden character, special costume, or magical weapon in our video games. Today we simply buy them outright. Commenter Superlocke laments this unfortunate evolution in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. DLC. D-L-MO’****IN-C. What exactly is going on with unlockable content in games these days? It’s like…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2012
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  EA, Atari Founders Unite for Gamers At Work

  EA founder Trip Hawkins and Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell both lend their stories to Gamers At Work, a new book that features interviews and anecdotes from a whole bunch of well-known game designers and developers. Out today, Gamers At Work also includes stories from the likes of Junction Point’s Warren Spector (Epic Mickey), Naughty Dog’s…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 8, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Welcome to the official Kotaku forum, Kupo! This is where we converge on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and video game related without fear of being thrown to collect treasures. Also, Kupo. Today’s TAYpic comes to us from CG420, who reminds us that these things don’t have to be all that…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2012
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  Sleeping Dogs Reveal Trailer Has Nothing To Do With Video Games

  There’s a lot of action in this trailer for Sleeping Dogs, once known as True Crime: Hong Kong, which publisher Square Enix officially re-announced today. Unfortunately, none of it looks anything like a game. I guess it’s a good watch if you like watching men hit each other, but this live-action video does nothing to…

  By Jason Schreier Published February 8, 2012
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  This Stylish Supernatural iOS Adventure is So Damned Good It’s Dangerous

  A woman is in peril! Unbeknownst to her, a killer is leaning out from the shadows, murder weapon at the ready, and only one man can save the day. Just one problem—her potential savior is a ghost, invisible and intangible. Guess it’s time to get creative. That may sound like the plot to a Righteous…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 8, 2012
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  2K Sports Caters to the Baseball / Basketball Crossover Crowd

  2K Sports pulls a Jordan on March 6, combining its stellar basketball game with its so-so baseball franchise in the Xbox 360 exclusive $69.99 MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack

  By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2012
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  New Disney Movie Features an 8-Bit Arcade Villain. Have a Look

  Disney’s upcoming Wreck-It-Ralph is “the story of an arcade game Bad Guy determined to prove he can be a Good Guy.” Rich Moore, an animation director whose credits include The Simpsons, Futurama and The Critic, is directing. John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch are lending their vocal talents to the flick,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 8, 2012