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This is What Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Has in Stores for You This Sunday
Video game stores everywhere are forced to carry action figures this Sunday, when Activision releases the toy-powered Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. In the meantime, check out what Activision unleashed all over my computer desk today. What you see here is a dozen carded Skylanders action figures, starter packs for the Wii and Xbox 360 (to test…
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The Star Wars: The Old Republic Release Date Goes Global
Previously slated for release December 20 in North America and 22 in Europe, EA and BioWare scootch the Euro release of The Old Republic back two days, unlocking the coveted ‘global launch’ marketing phrase. It’s global!
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Hamsters, Horror, and Holiday Cheer Punctuate This Week in Gaming Apps
I could have just said the three H’s and every Kotaku reader would have understood, but sometimes we get outsiders checking these things out so we have to clarify. Where was I? Oh yes, Merry Christmas! I was certainly not expecting to see Santa Claus popping up in our Gaming App of the Day so…
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UncategorizedGhost Rider Turns His Penance Stare on Pinball FX 2
Johnny Blaze, the subject of the upcoming live-action sequel starring Nicholas Cage’s hair, is the next Marvel superhero to get the Pinball FX 2 treatment, but what virtuous secret is he hiding? Ghost Rider will join the ranks of Spider-Man, Blade, Iron Man, Wolverine, The Fantastic Four, and Captain America as Marvel characters given the…
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Austrian Politician Cleared of Charges Stemming From Anti-Muslim Flash Game
A court in Graz, Austria today cleared Freedom Party deputy Gerhard Kurzmann of charges brought following last year’s release of anti-Muslim flash game Moschee Baba (“Bye-Bye Mosque”). Released last year as a political advertisement for the Freedom Party, Moschee Baba was a relatively short flash game in which players shot stop signs at minarets, mosques,…
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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Goes 3D Three Ways
A first for the franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations will be playable in full 3D across all three platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, with the console versions supporting both stereoscopic 3D and TriOviz’s Inficolor 3D glasses
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UncategorizedThe Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Teaser Knows Exactly What I Want
I don’t need to see Optimus Prime or Megatron. They can save the large scale battles for future trailers. Hell, I don’t even need color. Just give me Grimlock and I’m good. All I really know about the next Transformers game from the developers of War for Cybertron is that combiners might make an appearance,…
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UncategorizedSonic Versus Three Generations of Rivals and Bosses
With two decade’s worth of games to pick from, these are some of the gigantic bosses and wily rivals Sonic and Sonic will be taking on in next month’s Sonic Generations I always forget about Chaos. When I think Sonic villains, it’s always Eggman in a mechanical hover-ball joined with some sort of giant robot…
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