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Meet Fiesta, The Undead Skylander With His Own Mariachi Band
With attacks that spawn adorable skeletal bandmates and a ride that was once his coffin-shaped kids bed, Skylanders: Superchargers Fiesta is an unliving, unbreathing example of why I love this stupid series. The creativity of the toy designs is one of the key reasons I keep coming back to Skylanders year after year, and second-greatest…
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Platinum Shows Off Its Fancy New Transformers Game
Leaked this weekend via website and retail listing, Platinum Games’ Transformers: Devastation is officially a real thing, and it looks just prime. A single-player beat-em up featuring five first generation Autobots versus some 30-plus Decepticon enemies, including the game’s massive namesake, Devastation will be coming to Xboxes, PlayStations and PCs later this year. It’s no…
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E3 Leak Or Not, These Are Some Cool Transformers Screens [Update]
Over at Pure Xbox they’ve secured what they say are leaked screenshots for a soon-to-be-announced Transformers brawler from Activision. Maybe, maybe not—all I know for certain is the shots depict a game I’d love to play. Update: A Best Buy Canada listing for the game for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One has surfaced,…
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Vehicles Make A Massive Difference In Skylanders: Superchargers
Adding land, sea and air vehicles to the mix gives this fall’s Skylanders game an exciting new twist. More importantly, it gives children toys they can actually play with. This is Hot Streak. It’s one of the 20 vehicles being introduced in Skylanders: Superchargers this September. Like previous Skylanders figures, Hot Streak will be placed…
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Esports
The top 32 Call of Duty teams in the world are squaring off this weekend in Los Angeles for part of a million dollar prize pool. Catch all the action from the 2015 Call of Duty Championship liveover at MajorLeagueGaming.com. It’s a refreshing change from watching teams of five fight over three lanes.
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Call of Duty‘s Star-Studded Co-Op DLC Is Off To A Fine Start
Call of Duty‘s first downloadable content has hit the Xbox One today, bringing with it some maps the competitive folks should enjoy and a chance to soak in the sound bytes of four prominent actors while shooting mechanically-pulled zombies. That’s my jam. Warning: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare story spoilers ahead. First off, I just…
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Kotaku East
How To Join Call of Duty Online
Don’t you hate it when a game that you’re dying for is in private Beta? It sucks being locked out of the fun, even if it is in the name of testing. Well if you’re one the many people who commented that they wanted to try out Call of Duty Online, Kotaku‘s got the guide…
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Advanced Warfare Cracks Down On Players Killing Themselves On Purpose
In a fireside chat over the weekend, Sledgehammer Games’ studio head Michael Condrey discussed ongoing matchmaking optimization for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and cracking down on players who spend entire matches sitting in a corner killing themselves. It may be hard to get into a match with players you can actually kill — Condrey…
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Kotaku EastCall of Duty Online is a Big Surprise
Forget everything you saw and experienced in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, forget Jack Mitchell and harken back to the days of Soap, Ghost and Price. Remember those good ol’ days with them boys? Well, you can relive that whole experience again and then some in the China-only Call of Duty: Online That’s right, CoDOL…
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Skylanders: Trap Team Introduces Two New Elements: Light And Dark
There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? The dark side… and the light… of Skylanders. Having teased players since the game’s October release, Activision finally reveals the two new elements being added to the Skylanders universe starting December 21. Since October 2 players have been banging their heads against the unknown element gates…
By Mike Fahey
