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UncategorizedIs This a Collector’s Edition Worthy of a Space Marine?
Large and bulky like the mutated heroes of the game itself, the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine collector’s edition could easily take down your average Ork. Let’s take a peek inside. I blanked on the price during the recording of the video, which is just as well, as I never would have guessed this was a…
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Faux Futurists Want to Keep PC Gaming in the Past
Some day soon, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is going to walk on stage at some obscure electronics industry event and say these words: “We love PC gaming. Our heritage is in 3D gaming hardware. And that’s why we’re more excited than ever to announce we’re never making another gaming video card again.” Sound like a…
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Dead Island Goes From 30 to 90 in Six Reviews
Should you spend your vacation time on Techland’s Dead Island? Normally in this situation looking at a range of video game review scores would help. Normally. In this case, however, that might not help. The latest zombie survival horror action role-playing game’s fancy trailer dragged it kicking and screaming into the spotlight where it now…
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UncategorizedThe 3DS Scores One of the Best-Selling PC Franchises of All Time
Okay, it might not be one of the best-selling PC franchises that immediately comes to mind, the RollerCoaster Tycoon series has sold more than a million units worldwide, and next year it’s coming to the 3DS. While it’s never been my cup of tea, the RollerCoaster Tycoon series has captured the hearts of millions of…
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The Cyberpunk Shooting of Hard Reset is Just a Demo Download Away
Flying Wild Hog’s humanity-versus-machines shooter Hard Reset is now available for download via a PC digital deliver service near you. Get it from Steam, FilePlanet, GameFront, and many other fine game downloading services.
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Madden’s NFL Predictions — And a Few of Our Own, Vol. 3
It’s an annual tradition for Madden NFL 12 to simulate the upcoming season and offer its predictions of how the football season will unfold. Last year it correctly picked one of the Super Bowl participants—the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. This year, the game calls for a rematch of their title game with the Pittsburgh…
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Uncategorized░▒▓ Announcing Blip Festival Tokyo! ▓▒░░░░░░░░░░░░░
Presented by 8bitpeoples, the second annual Blip Festival Tokyo brings a hard-hitting group of low-tech musicians and visualists to Japan to lay down an arresting distillation of the energy & spirit of the global chipmusic underground. ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 今年も2011年10月22日、23日に第二回ブリップフェスティバル東京が開催されます。YOU SHOULD GO. ヨーロッパ、オーストラリア、日本のチップチューンミュージシャンが出演します。 OCTOBER 22 – 23, 2011 Koenji High 4-30-1 Koenji-Minami Tokyo, Japan Anamanaguchi [US] Bit…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
Don’t Forget To Grab Your Red Dead Redemption Myths and Mavericks Next Week
Available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 September 13, the only reason you have for not picking up Red Dead Redemption‘s free Myths and Mavericks DLC is if you went and traded in the game for credit. You didn’t trade in the game, did you? Well if you did, here’s four new screenshots that…
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UncategorizedThis is What a Dungeon Run in Tera Looks Like
During Gamescom 2011 in Germany, the Frogster folks gave press a peek at what a standard dungeon run looks like in the action-packed MMO Tera. Now see for yourself! This is a shortened version of what was shown to press at Gamescom, featuring a group of Tera players going through a dungeon called the Necromancy…
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Do You Mine Your Role-Playing Games for All They’re Worth?
Commenter Supra5mge spends a great many hours squeezing ever ounce of enjoyment out of his role-playing games. How do your numbers compare to his? Show him up in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Here is something I have wondered for awhile now. How many hours do most of you role-playing game players out there put…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
When Mass Effect companion characters launch into a fight over gambling winnings wearing period clothing, the best thing to do is talk amongst yourselves. Big thanks to Brian H. May for shepherding in this lovely TAYpic! Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think you’ve got what it takes, or even if you…
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The Arkham City Soundtrack Might Be Worth a Listen
Featuring brand new tracks by artists like Panic! at the Disco and Coheed and Cambria, Batman: Arkham City‘s music might be the first collector’s edition soundtrack I’ve bothered downloading in years. Free via a redemption code packaged with the collector’s edition of Batman: Arkham City and available for standalone purchase on October 4, the game’s…
By Mike Fahey
