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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…

By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2011

Trine 2’s an Explosion of Co-Operative Colour

It’s said, sometimes unfairly, that most modern games are little but varying shades of brown and grey. That’s an accusation that could never, ever be levelled against upcoming co-op game Trine 2 Like the first, it’s an explosion of colours and lavish art design, which these new screenshots for the game show off to great…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 9, 2011

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…

By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011

Waiting for a Crash Bandicoot Comeback

Spyro the Dragon made a comeback this year, co-starring in Activision’s ambitious Skylanders series, but what about Spyro’s PlayStation contemporary, that loud-mouthed anti-Mario called Crash Bandicoot? Crash hasn’t had a new console game since 2008. He’s fallen off the map, and he’s probably not going to come back as a Skylander. We asked Activision CEO…

By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2011

Reviews

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…

By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011

Mass Effect 3’s Story Leaks Online UPDATE

The accidental release of a beta for Mass Effect 3 over the weekend is the least of BioWare’s problems at the moment. More worrying is the fact the game’s story has leaked online. We’re not talking a few clips or scraps of info. We’re talking big chunks of the game’s plot, packed to the rafters…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2011

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 Published November 7, 2011

Over 13 Minutes of Mass Effect 3 Gameplay Footage

Someone was bright enough over the weekend to not only download the accidentally-leaked Mass Effect 3 beta, but film themselves playing it. What we’ve got here, then, is over 13 minutes of gameplay footage from the singleplayer portion of the game. The first half deals with the Reaper invasion of Earth, the second a mission…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2011

Rainbow 6: Patriots‘ Tough Choices Brought to Life in this Proof-of-Concept Video

We’ve been telling you about the hard choices being put on the players of Rainbow 6: Patriots since June, now see for yourself in Ubisoft’s proof-of-concept video. Happy birthday to you. While the footage differs slightly from what was leaked to Kotaku earlier this year, it certainly demonstrates the ideas we’ve been discussing since yesterday’s…

By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2011

Playstation Network Cuts Down on Game Sharing Starting This Month

Later this month Sony will begin limiting the number of PS3s and PSPs that can share a game purchased through the Playstation Network, the UK and U.S. Playstation blogs said this morning. This appears to impact all regions. Starting with game content purchased after Nov. 18 a new policy will apply that limits the number…

By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2011

This Little Girl is the Key to Surviving the Horror of Amy

When the world’s population has been transformed into rampaging flesh-hungry monsters and the infection is spreading through your system a little psychic girl can make all the difference. Surviving the Horror of Amy: Salvation is Within Reach [PlayStation Blog] You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find…