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  Darksiders Preview: The War of God

  I first saw Darksiders a year ago in the events leading up to E3 2008. At the time the game didn’t impress me. Darksiders: Wrath of War seemed an amalgam of action titles painted with such broad strokes that it rendered the game undeniably generic. But what I saw this year of the game, renamed…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009
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  How Badly Do You Want The King of Fighters XII Japanese Box Art?

  The King of Fighters XII fans, your demands for the Japanese version of the game’s box art have not fallen on deaf ears at U.S. publisher Ignition Entertainment. You could still get it. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions are due to ship stateside in less than two months, but Ignition hasn’t firmly decided…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009
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  Zeno Clash 2 To Be Even Zeno Clashier Than The Original

  ACE Team‘s original beautiful and bizarre first-person brawler Zeno Clash has been out for just shy of a month, but the Chilean developer is already hard at work on a sequel. According to the official ACE Team blog, consider Zeno Clash 2 officially official, with the second entry currently in the planning stages. ACE Team…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009
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  Nintendo’s E3 Promises, One Year Later

  Nintendo promised to keep the world smiling at last year’s E3. The company made a few other predictions too, emphasis on “a few”… What good is E3 hype if none of it comes true? To get you ready for this E3, we’ve subjected ourselves to re-living the major press conferences of last year’s big show.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009
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  Meet The Spy’s New Hand Cannon

  Say hello to the Ambassador, the newest addition to the Team Fortress 2 Spy class’ arsenal. What’s unique about this new, unlockable pistol? It’s big. The Spy’s third and final addition to his back of tricks “has the ammo count of a revolver and the pinpoint accuracy of a sniper rifle, even at long range”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009
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  Hi-Rez Studios Bringing Global Agenda To E3

  Hi-Rez Studios is heading to E3 2009, yanking their action-oriented massively multiplayer game Global Agenda away from alpha testers long enough to give the convention going public a little taste. E3 2009 will mark the first major public showing of the game, which has until now been shown off at the odd public charity event…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009
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  Scribblenauts Stumpability Update

  The claim behind fall DS puzzle-action title Scribblenauts is that the game will render any kid-safe concrete noun that a player types into it. Today, we got our second crack at stumping it. When last Kotaku tried Scribblenauts, it was editor-in-chief Brian Crecente trying to stump the game. But with each word he typed into…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009
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  Punch-Out!! Review: Call It A Comeback

  Nintendo revitalizes Punch-Out!! after a 15-year-long break with the Wii re-imagining of the NES original. Little Mac and Doc Louis return, as does the original Punch-Out!! cast, for a decidedly old-school, but carefully updated homage. Punch-Out!! for the Wii pits Bronx-born pugilistic protagonist Little Mac and his trainer Doc Louis against a bizarre cast of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009
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  Gears of War Comic Preview: Tai’s Story

  Heavily-tattooed Cog soldier Tai Kaliso had a rough time in Gears of War 2. We’ve got a preview of the new comic, in stores tomorrow, that will reveal his back-story. Courtesy of DC Comics and Wildstorm, here are the first seven pages of Gears of War #7. Written by Joshua Ortega and illustrated by Simon…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009
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  Last chance to enter the City of Heroes®: Architect Edition contest!

  Just answer this ridiculously simple question: What is the name of the metropolis in City of Heroes? Email your answer to [email protected] along with your name, address and phone number by midnight EST. One entry with the correct response will be picked at random to win a copy. Standard contest rules apply.

  By Chrissie Lamond Published May 19, 2009
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  What Went Wrong With Demigod

  Stardock CEO Brad Wardell exhaustively details the whys and hows behind Demigod’s crippling networking issues in a blog post aptly titled “Demigod: So what the hell happened?” The early release and subsequent rampant piracy of Gas Powered Games‘ action real-time strategy title were just the beginning of the networking problems that Demigod has been plagued…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009
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  Who’s Hand Modeling For Boom Blox Bash Party?

  Oscar winning filmmaker and budding game designer Steven Spielberg is! The idea man behind Boom Blox and the newly released sequel Boom Blox Bash Party shows what a lifetime of directing does to one’s extremities. Normally a job reserved for Japanese idols, voice actors and bikini models, EA has tapped Mr. Spielberg to hold aloft…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009
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  When Robot Chicken And Spore Collide

  Witness the Robot Chicken creative team using the Spore Galactic Adventures editor to create their own fanciful tales of poo-flinging. Hot on the heels of this morning’s announcement that the Robot Chicken team was providing downloadable adventures for Spore’s Galactic Adventure’s expansion comes this video, proving the fact. It features one hell of a Spore…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009
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  Raven Squad Blends RTS and FPS

  This batch of new screens shows off SouthPeak and Evolved’s upcoming tactical action game, Raven Squad. Raven Squad hopes to blend the first-person shooter experience with the command and overview elements of a real-time strategy game in battles that take place in the jungles of the Amazon. The game will let players switch between the…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009
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  Gears Of War Movie Maker Getting Into Game-Making Game

  Legendary Pictures, the studio responsible for The Dark Knight, 300 and Watchmen, is getting into the video game production business, with a new internal digital development arm headed by former Electronic Arts exec Kathy Vrabeck. The production company has plans to development games and other interactive entertainment based on the films it backs, according to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 19, 2009
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  Is your job cool enough to win you a brand new computer??

  Submit photos of the crazy grind that is your job to [email protected]. Show us that you’ve got the wackiest, most unique job out there and we’ll send YOU a brand new Dell XPS M1730 ( pictured below ), with a retail value of $1400! Standard contest rules apply. Standard contest rules apply. Brought to you…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published May 19, 2009
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  These Are Your Kotaku Trip To E3 Finalists

  This morning we picked through the thousand or so entries for our win a trip to E3 contest. Using Random.org, we selected a dozen finalists out of those who answered our questions correctly. The finalists, listed below, will have to turn in a story to us for final judging so we can determine which of…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 19, 2009
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  Drum King Is Now Rolling Stone: Drum King

  The fact that all of Drum King’s musical selections are covers now makes sense, as 505 Games teams with the world’s foremost music magazine, transforming the title into Rolling Stone: Drum King. Rolling Stone is famous for its covers, and perhaps Rolling Stone Drum King will be as well. Developed by Arc System Works and…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009
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  Resident Evil 5 Producer Meets His Chief Critic

  Reporter N’Gai Croal sparked a debate when he commented a year ago about his gut reactions to the racial dynamics of the first Resident Evil 5 trailer. Recently, he and the game’s producer met. Ex-Newsweek reporter Croal wrote about his meeting with RE5 producer Jun Takeuchi in the June 2009 issue of Edge. The column…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2009
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  APB Putting In Appearance At E3

  Crackdown developers Realtime Worlds aren’t keen to miss another chance to show off their upcoming massively multiplayer online crime fest, announcing that APB will definitely be making this year’s E3 Expo. While the timing just wasn’t right last year, this year Realtime Worlds seems to be on point, announcing their E3 2009 presence via the…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 19, 2009