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Rift Lets Players Rift To Other Servers for Free
When the next major update for Trion World’s massively-multiplayer online game Rift hits this summer, players and whole guilds will earn unlimited free weekly server transfers, taking all stats, items, currencies, and achievements with them.
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Want a Massive Bloody-Bladed Firearm With Your Copy of Gears of War 3?
Think you’re a hardcore Gears fan for preordering the $149.99 Epic Edition of Gears of War 3? Drop an extra $80 on the Retro Lancer bundle and then we’ll talk. GameStop weaponizes all three versions of Gears of War 3 with the addition of bundles featuring a full-sized replica of the Retro Lancer, crafted expertly…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Undercurrent of Domestic Violence in Bioshock Infinite
“I’m sorry. I never should have left. I never should have left. Take me back. Take me back. Take me home… please.” The girl is crying as she says it. The tears remind me of what she said earlier, when we were alone, her hand against her face, smiling sadly: “Promise if it comes to…
By Brian Crecente Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is One of Japan’s Bloodiest Directors Working on an Ace Attorney Movie?
Japanese film director Takashi Miike, well-known for the over-the-top violence depicted in movies like Ichi the Killer, also has a softer side, which should shine through in his next project, a light comedy courtroom drama based on a Nintendo DS game. Are we getting a live-action Ace Attorney movie? The Ace Attorney (or Gyakuten Saiban)…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now Everybody Can Play APB Again for Free
Proof that you can’t keep a moderately okay multiplayer online game down, GamersFirst launches the open beta testing phase for APB: Reloaded. Welcome back to San Paro! Originally launched in June of last year, Realtime World’s APB showed a lot of promise, with many referring to it as an online version of Grand Theft Auto.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s E3 2011 Showing Will Be Televised
Fans eager for latest news on the next Nintendo console and the games coming out for it can tune into Nintendo’s E3 website starting June 7, where the company will be streaming its 2011 media event live at 9AM Pacific.
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Witcher Takes a Swing at The Lord of the Rings
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a dark and gritty sword and sorcery game, so removed from Tolkien’s legendary high fantasy epic that it takes a moment to swipe at it from afar. One of the myriad ways The Witcher 2 improves over the first game in the series is its writing, particularly its…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow To Kill a Pedestrian in L.A. Noire
The citizens of Los Angeles, as rendered in Team Bondi and Rockstar Games’ L.A. Noire are fleet of fun. It is hard to run them down, as we’ve made clear in video before. But it can be done. I had thought, originally, that L.A. Noire‘s pedestrians were unkillable, that their reflexive repulsion from the approaching…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Games Would You Suggest To a New Dreamcast Owner?
Commenter Gigawings is taking the first steps on the wondrous journey we call first time Dreamcast ownership, and wants to know what games he should play first in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So I finally got my Dreamcast, get a step down converter, and play my first game that comes with it, deSPIRIA. The…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
99Bullets Should Help Us Survive This Week’s Nintendo Download
In a couple of weeks Nintendo will finally open up its eShop, ushering in a new era of old games remade for the 3DS. In this calm before the storm, 99Bullets is the only sound we hear. 99Bullets is the best and brightest of this week’s Nintendo Download, an easy task considering the competition. We’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bumpy Road is a Sweet Trip, Just Not a Smooth One
Bumpy Road is one of those games I’d like to play with someone looking over my shoulder. It’s a delight to look at and to listen to, and its very sweet-natured purpose-follow an aging couple down memory lane-makes it a feel-good story you’d want to share. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it a game I really…
By Owen Good Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hey Look, Japanese People Playing Kinect!
Connected | TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft held a meeting for developers in Japan. (Photo: Famitsu.com) Resident Evil’s Milla Jovovich, Now Yours to Buy Milla Jovovich, star of the Resident Evil series of films, is now the star of an exquisite Resident Evil action figure, with Hong Kong company Hot Toys recreating her in this 28cm piece.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Combing Through Modern Warfare 3 Launch Site
Twitter user @Haakontje shifted through CallofDuty.com’s Modern Warfare 3 site, finding images in the cache and the game’s release date in the site’s source code. None of this is new to those who’ve read Kotaku‘s exclusive details on the game, which Kotaku first broke earlier this month.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
There’s More Pokémon Incoming, and It’s Kinda Meh
In late April, blurry Japanese magazine scans showed a new Pokémon title. It’s late May, and that new Pokémon title is… A new Pokémon Battrio—you know, those kiddy Pokémon arcade games that children play with “pucks”. The latest iteration features characters from Pokémon: Black and White. Not terribly exciting—unless you’re seven or eight. Even then.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Hacked… Yet Again (Though Not Likely PSN-Related)
As Sony gets its PlayStation Network back online in the West, subsidiary So-net, Sony’s internet provider, was hacked earlier last week. Intruders entered So-net’s customer rewards site and made off with USD$1,225 worth of customers’ redeemable gift points. “Although we can’t completely rule out the possibility that there is a connection with the PSN issue,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2011
