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Own The Art Of Alice: Madness Returns Before The Game
We won’t be able to get our hands on Alice: Madness returns the game until June 14. Luckily Dark Horse’s gorgeous 184 page hardcover art book for the game will be here in May to tide us over. Due for publication on May 11, The Art of Alice offers fans an unprecedented look at the…
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UncategorizedBatman Doesn’t Just Let Random Superheroes Wander Into The Batcave
Even a comic book-based video game requires a little suspension of disbelief. Take the Batcave Inner Sanctum group combat raid from DC Universe Online, in which Batman enlists a group of newbie heroes to protect his most sacred of places. “Wow, Batman. Your inner sanctum is directly under Wayne Manor? How weird is that?” Right,…
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Microsoft Reanimates Dead Xbox Live Gamertags
Was your original choice for an Xbox Live gamertag unavailable? Well check again! Microsoft has started reviving previously used and unavailable gamertags, so now’s the time to recapture your former glory. Some bastard is still hogging the Fahey gamertag, but you might have better luck. According to Xbox Live’s Major Nelson, Microsoft is slowly reactivating…
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UncategorizedIt’s Not A Game Developers Conference Without Capoeira
While preparing for the 2011 Game Developers Conference to kick into full gear tomorrow, our Stephen Totilo takes a moment to soak up the not-so-local flavor outside San Francisco’s Moscone Center. McWhertor, Totilo, and Crecente are all getting ready for the non-stop pace of GDC 2011, so I’m left alone in Kotaku Tower, forced to…
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The Best Game Design Schools In North America
Looking to embark on a wondrous career in game design? GamePro Media and The Princeton Review have teamed up for a second year to list the 10 best graduate and undergraduate schools for video game design in North America. With video games becoming an increasingly important part of our culture every year, more and more…
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Sins Of A Solar Empire Spurs A Rebellious Expansion
The intergalactic war of Ironclad Games’ real-time strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire has gone on too long, prompting the game’s third expansion, Rebellion, packed with new tech and ships capable of destroying entire fleets all by their lonesome. Diplomacy is no longer an option in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Sub-factions have…
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A Video Game, Violence, And Depression Study That Looks At The Big Picture
Over the past decade countless studies have arisen supposedly proving a causal link between video games, violent behavior, and depression. A new study conducted by Christopher J. Ferguson pinpoints why all of the others may have gotten it wrong. Video games cause violent behavior. Video games don’t cause violent behavior. Video games cause depression. Video…
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UncategorizedThe Most Surprising Fantasy Game Expansion Pack Ever Created
Yes, the first expansion pack to Arrowhead Studios’ runaway PC role-playing hit Magicka is titled Magicka: Vietnam. It’s okay to be a little speechless here. We’re right there with you. Magicka is an action role-playing game that’s won the hearts of PC gamers around the world with its combination of intelligent action and tongue-in-cheek humor.…
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UncategorizedMod Men Shows You How PC Modding Is Done
Want to enter the magical world of PC modding but have no clue where to start? Mod Men is a new five-episode web series that will show how the experts turn boring old PCs into works of high-performance art. Modder-extraordinaire Bill Owen of Mnpctech stars in Mod Men, a web television series for both PC…
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