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Should You Buy Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3? Yes.
Didn’t we just buy this game back in February? No sir and / or ma’am, this is Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, a re-release of the recent release packed with a dozen new fighters from both sides of the battle and enough gameplay tweaks and extras to keep fans fighting until Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom…
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These The King of Fighters XIII Combos Go Great With Your Opponent’s Entire Health Bar
Due out November 22 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the console version of The King of Fighters XIII seeks to address many concerns fans have voiced about the franchise. Concerns like lengthy matches, addressed in the video by massive combos that take out an entire life bar. Yes, it does take a great…
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Assassin’s Creed Revelations Stealthily Kills a String of Perfect Review Scores
With everybody from Mario to Saints Row scoring perfect 100s from game reviewers this season it’s good to see a big-name title that bucks the trend. I suppose that doesn’t apply if you’re Ubisoft. The Ezio saga finally comes to a close in Assassin’s Creed Revelations, the third and final chapter of the series that…
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Intimidation Played No Part in These Saints Row: The Third Review Scores
Here comes Saints Row the Third, walking down the street without a care in the world, waving its giant purple schlong about for the whole wide world to see. Why is it in such a good mood? Perhaps the assembled game reviewers have the answer. Okay folks, it’s getting old now. As Kotaku‘s resident Frankenreview…
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Five Disappointing Things About The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
You’ve heard the buzz, read the reviews, and consulted the stars; all signs point to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim being the second coming of Oblivion, only bigger, better, and bolder than its beloved predecessor. And for the most part it is, but there are some definite flaws on this shiny dragon-clutched diamond. Now keep…
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Has Game Reviewers Shouting Its Name
The launch of a new entry in The Elder Scrolls series isn’t just a game release, it’s the beginning of countless adventures; the origin point for millions of tales waiting to be told. Let’s hear what stories of Skyrim the assembled game reviewers have to share. From imagination-powered origins rises the Dovahkiin, the fabled hero…
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A Moon Knight Pinball Table? I’m Mailing Zen Studios My Babies
A year and a month ago I sat in a hotel room in Anaheim, California, telling the folks from Zen Studios how much their Marvel Pinball series for Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network needed a healthy dose of the fist of Khonshu. I don’t recall making a pact for my firstborn, but if I…
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Crafting My Dragonborn Identity in Skyrim, Now Pronounced “Skrim”
Gather round, boys and girls, and I’ll tell you the heroic tale of the Dragonborn, the legendary Wood Elf, Redguard, or possibly Khajiit man or maybe woman…I suppose we’d better clear up the particulars before moving into the main story. Let’s make us a hero! A warning for those trying to avoid Skyrim coverage today:…
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Should You Buy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? Yes.
Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series has been catering to gamers’ open-world fantasy fantasies since 1994, each new title dragging players deeper into the world of Nirn and its thick and hearty fiction. Now the fifth age of The Elder Scrolls is dawning, and Tamriel’s need for heroes has never been greater. Should you heed the…
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A Very Beginner’s Guide to The King of Fighters XIII
Charming, talented, and highly susceptible to flattery Atlus PR manager Aram Jabbari is joined by Dream Cancel community member Metaphysics in the first in a series of tutorial videos aimed at getting new warriors up-to-speed with the upcoming The King of Fighters XIII While I doubt the series will touch on my special method of…
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Take the Black in the First Screens from the Game of Thrones Action RPG
Winter is coming. A Lannister always pays his debts. Incest kills the little children. Whichever Game of Thrones catchphrases you prefer, it’s hard to not get excited about Cyanide Studios’ upcoming action role-playing game, especially after seeing the first screens. In development for years at Cyanide and due to be published in early 2012 by…
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This is the World You’ll Be Fighting to Save in Skyrim
There’s so much I want to show you folks in The Elder Scrolls V, but I can’t; not yet, at least. In the meantime, here’s an official Bethesda look at the people and places of Skyrim I also wish I was curled up on the couch playing the game right now instead of typing about…
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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: The Kotaku Review
Why didn’t Gandalf have his giant eagle friends drop the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom and be done with it? This is a question I’ve jokingly put forth to fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy over the years, endlessly amused by the (often angry) responses it generates. “The…
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My How Marvel’s Mightiest Have Changed in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 isn’t just an additional twelve characters and a few new game modes, it’s a chance for Capcom to tweak the mechanics and balance of the original game in such a way that it requires four videos to detail the changes to just the Marvel side of the cast. Remember a…
By Mike Fahey