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Kotaku Reviews All Of This Year’s Biggest Games
This year has been chock full of games. With the holidays approaching we’ve rounded up some gift guides covering all sorts of bases for you. Price range, platform, etc. But what if you just want to refresh your memory of this year’s highlights? Here are all of our reviews of the biggest games this year.…
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ReviewsSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed: The Kotaku Review
In a year in which I reviewed demanding motorsports simulations like F1 2012, and NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, with Forza Horizon thrown in for good measure, I can guarantee the toughest racing game I’ll play is Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed That is no joke. It’s simply one of the least-accessible cart racers…
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Steelseries Free Mobile Controller: The Kotaku Review
Nothing this small should work as well as the SteelSeries Free Mobile Controller does. Years of development have resulted in a tiny, pocket-sized controller that had me overlooking its small stature the moment I started playing a compatible game. Finding a compatible game? Not nearly as enjoyable. My experience with the SteelSeries Free controller at…
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Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Is At Its Best When Players Break the Rules
Now that Halo 4 has been out in the wild for over a week, it’s proper timing to accurately assess its multiplayer prowess. I had a lot of fun messing around with the various modes during my review event, but how does being in a room full of gamers compare to lounging on my bed…
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Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!: The Kotaku Review
There are plenty of shows that apparently only certain groups of people can appreciate. Adventure Time? Scoff! That’s a kid’s show! Definitely heard that one before. Adventure Time—created by the lovable and witty Pen Ward—is a cartoon show on Cartoon Network. It features two adventurers, Jake and Finn, who are the best of friends. They…
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ReviewsPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale: The Kotaku Review
If you think about every major video game publisher whose games you ever played, certain staple characters may come to mind. Recalling those characters might even bring a smile to your face, and remind you of the fond memories you had playing as each of them. So let’s take all those memories and all those…
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Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage: The Kotaku Review
The newest Borderlands 2 DLC is an arena-based battle. It’s also a set of questlines in a campaign mission to become the biggest, baddest badass of the Badass Crater of Badassery. Still with me? Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage is all about proving you’re the baddest dude or dudette in Pandora, because only the baddliest…
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New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land: The Kotaku Reviews
Things are picking up pace here at Kotaku now that we have a Wii U in the office. Our own Stephen Totilo and Jason Schreier have been playing the heck out of the thing, and bring you two reviews today. Nintendo Land: The Kotaku Review Nintendo Land is no Wii Sports and it is no…
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ReviewsAverMedia Live Gamer HD: The Kotaku Review
Video capture devices confuse the hell out of me. For years I’ve wanted a hardware solution for PC video capture, perhaps something I could also hook a game console up to, but after a string of ill-informed purchases and a box full of cards that didn’t do what I wanted them to do, I settled…
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