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UncategorizedNew Deus Ex Ad Features Mechanical Evolution, Gives Us Indie Heavyweights [Update]
The smartest and strongest may not always survive, but it never hurts to have some wall busting fists. Adam Jensen goes through his cybernetic transformation in the newest commercial for Deus Ex: Human Revolution That music in the background is performed by Susanna Waiche of The Dirty Projectors and Kenseth Thibideau of Pinback, who recently…
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UncategorizedSeven Minutes in Hard Reset‘s Cyberpunk Shooter Heaven
Earlier this month I took a good hard look at Hard Reset, the upcoming single-player shooter coming out next month from Polish developer Flying Wild Hog, telling you all about my favorite parts of the game. Now I can show you. Thanks to Hard Reset‘s experimentally short public relations campaign, only a week and a…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Planetside 2 Keeping Friendly Fire, Adding Offline Skill Training
Planetside 2, the massively multiplayer first-person shooter with persistent warfare between three competing factions, is shaping up to be a pleasantly hardcore experience, if a presentation by the team is anything to go by. FPSGuru.com spoke to Sony Online Entertainment’s John Smedley and Matt Higby, who described Planetside 2’s dynamic, gameplay-affecting warfare, multiple planets, skills…
By Joel Johnson - Esports
These Are the Best Pokémon Trainers in the World
Thousands of fans flocked to San Diego, California this weekend to determine which six trainers were destined to be the very best at the 2011 Pokémon World Championships. You wanted more eSports coverage, we’re bringing you more eSports coverage! Over the weekend more than 400 players from over 27 countries came together in San Diego…
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UncategorizedKotaku Presents Two New Tracks from Jonathan Coulton’s Upcoming Album “Artificial Heart”
It’s our singular honor to be the first to present two live cuts from the massively talented, massively bearded troubadour Jonathan Coulton‘s upcoming album “Artificial Heart”. You may know Jonathan from his fan favorite songs “Skullcrusher Mountain”, “re: Your Brains”, “Code Monkey”, or—very likely around these parts—”Still Alive (GLaDOS’s Song)” and “Want You Gone (Love…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
He Can’t Play Half-Life 2 Without Getting Sick
Commenter Make.Sense gets sick while playing Diver: Deep Water Adventures, which makes perfect sense. He also gets sick while playing Half-Life 2, which is reason enough to appear in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Kotaku, have you ever played a game that made you feel ill? Not the “Oh this game is so bloody awful…
By Mike Fahey - Esports
League of Legends Season Two Flaunts the Largest Prize Pool in eSports History
In case anyone was looking for motivation to get involved in League of Legends‘ second season of competition, Riot Games has just presented five million convincing arguments in the form of the largest prize pool in eGaming history. The Defense of the Ancients-inspired arena battles of League of Legends will definitely heat up in the…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
A Tiny Slice of LEGO Universe Goes Free
Bright, colorful, and charming, the massively multiplayer LEGO Universe has attracted droves of players willing to spend $10 a month to experience everything the block-built world has to offer. For everyone else, there’s LEGO Universe: Free to Play Kicking off today, LEGO Universe: Free to Play gives new players the ability to download the client…
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