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UncategorizedBackbreaker 2’s Vengeance Is A Dish Served Hot
Backbreaker’s addictive Tackle Alley minigame put you on the field as a ballcarrier juking and spinning his way through 100-yard touchdown runs. Backbreaker 2: Vengeance puts you in the game on defense, blasting those showboats out of the water. Backbreaker 2: Vengeance, the iPhone (and iPod Touch)-only sequel to Backbreaker: Tackle Alley, hit the iTunes…
By Owen Good Published December 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedEdible Wreaths
Re: Bob Feller Rest in Peace The sad thing? I got exactly zero of them! What you missed Magic The Gathering Tactics Adds Depth To Classic Strategy Game Kotaku’s Guide to Kotaku’s Gift Guides Memories of a Forgotten Street Fighter Tournament Killzone 3 And One Very Large Flea The Fastest Way To Make Six Mass…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Max Payne 3? It’s Still On
Rockstar Games’ delayed Max Payne 3 was curiously absent from publisher Take-Two’s 2011-2012 release schedule today, but reps assure Kotaku “We’re still working hard on Max, and we’ll have more news in the coming months.”
By Michael McWhertor Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
PS3 Seamheads Get A Custom Controller When MLB 11 Arrives
To go with its new analog controls, MLB 11 The Show is going on a new controller – this baseball-themed DualShock, timed to release with the game on March 8. Further, SCEA is saying that if you reserve and buy your copy of MLB 11 The Show, you’ll be entitled to 30 days of MLB…
By Owen Good Published December 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedGet A Longer, “Director’s Cut” Look At Resistance 3
This past weekend’s Spike TV VGAs offered a first-look glimpse at Resistance 3 gameplay. Today, a new, longer “director’s cut” version of that trailer gives us more insight into the PlayStation 3 exclusive. Insomniac Games’ James Stevenson writes on the official PlayStation blog that this version “features a lot of the extra live-action that Prologue…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Run, Snake, Run!
Darts, boxes, porno…Snake’s bag of tricks won’t work on this guy. By hokunin
By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Look at Darkspore’s Competitive Arena Matches
Kotaku got an early look at upcoming PC action role-playing game Darkspore’s cooperative multiplayer a couple of weeks back, but this latest video we get a look at the player-versus-player action. In this producer diary, Maxis Gameplay Engineer Michael Arsers walks us through what it takes for a team to win in the game’s player-versus-player…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedGet Your Fill Of Shogun 2: Total War
Sega and the Creative Assembly’s sharp-looking Shogun 2: Total War—or Total War: Shogun 2, depending on who you ask—will get a limited edition release next year, but today it gets a beefy video preview of deep tactical gameplay. When you’re done watching 16 minutes’ worth of Shogun 2 gameplay, you might want to put in…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 16, 2010 -
UncategorizedWe’re Giving Away Codes For the iPhone and iPad’s Dungeon Defenders
I kinda love Dungeon Defenders and it’s blending of role-playing game with tower defense. The developers just shot over five codes for the game, so now some of you can check it out for free too. These codes will work on the iPhone or the iPad. You can either enter them directly into your device…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sweep Away Bullet Hell With This Figure
Laser-shooting magician Marisa Kirisame from doujin shmup Touhou Project is once again getting immortalized in resin. Bullet hell or not, this figure is heavenly. Due out next April in Japan, the statue is from famed Japanese figure company Kotobukiya and will set you back ¥6,800 (US$81). That’s a small price to pay for a small…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Jazz Jackrabbit Returns (Sort Of) With iPhone Game Demo
Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski once made video games about green rabbits fighting turtles, a series known as Jazz Jackrabbit. Epic Games’ former mascot returns after a long hiatus, only this time as a proof-of-concept twin-stick shooter. The latest version of Epic’s Unreal Engine development kit has been released, adding support for iOS devices—recently…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
You can’t imagine how flattered we were today to discover that the Daily Mail doesn’t just read our little gaming site, they even like to sometimes “repurpose” our news. Take for instance their story this evening headlined: Jewish groups slam violent ‘blast-the-Nazis’ Auschwitz uprising video game Under the tantalizing headline we found a surprisingly familiar…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Watch the Eyes, See Them Lie in L.A. Noire
The art of lying is the most fascinating thing. Some people do it well, others are just plain bad. But it’s rare that someone trained to detect an untruth can be completely fooled. That’s because no matter how good a liar a person is, they almost always have a tell of some sort. That’s what…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Designer Makes An American Fighting Stick For An American Fighting Game
Much to our surprise, the recently discovered Mortal Kombat fighting stick doesn’t come from MadCatz, the company behind the official sticks for a slew of Capcom fighting games. Instead they come from PDP, and the design firm says there’s a very American reason for that. “PDP has been working with WB and the dev team…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Shift 2 Unleashed Is Perfect Complement for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Despite the roaring success of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, a racing game that managed to yank me forcibly back into a genre a long lost interest in, I still don’t anticipate the release of Shift 2 Unleashed. The game sounds to me like a return to all of the things that pushed me away…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Very Space Invaders Holiday Card
Turtle Entertainment’s holiday card has some excellent taste.
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Fastest Way To Make Six Mass Effect Decisions, On The PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 gets Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 in 2011. Getting Mass Effect 1 as well would just be too ridiculous. But PS3 gamers will be able to speed through a short version of the 2007 game. The January-launching PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will include an interactive comic called Mass…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 16, 2010 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Bad Company 2, Mortal Kombat Hit iTunes
Yes, iPhone and iPad versions of both Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Mortal Kombat are now on sale from EA Mobile. Better still Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is part of EA Games massive holiday iTunes sale, knocking the game’s price down to a penny shy of a buck. Here’s a full list of all of…
By Brian Crecente Published December 16, 2010
