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Multiyear Pact Puts Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC on Xbox 360 First
Microsoft struck a deal with Activision guaranteeing all map packs and game add-ons for Call of Duty: Black Ops will release first for the Xbox 360. The agreement, just announced at Microsoft’s E3 news conference, runs from 2010 to 2012. “When you want to play Call of Duty over the next few years, you’ll want…
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Hey, Maybe Eminem is Appearing for Call of Duty
Eminem tweeted he’d appear in Activision’s event at E3, and yesterday I joked “I don’t think he’s appearing on behalf of Call of Duty: Black Ops.” Maybe he is. A track from his new album will be in the game. Most would think of DJ Hero 2 first, but in a news release touting the…
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Transformers: War For Cybertron Demo Coming Tomorrow
Revealed exclusively during our Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, Xbox 360 owners can slip into the boots of the big bots tomorrow in the online multiplayer demo for Transformers: War for Cybertron. According to our podcast guest, developer Matt Tieger, the 360 will be the only platform scoring a demo for the game.
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Your War For Cybertron Questions Transformed Into Answers LIVE
Now is your chance to ask Transformers: War for Cybertron developer Matt Tieger questions about the game, or just test his knowledge of the robots in disguise live on Kotaku Talk Radio! Mr. Tieger joins our own Stephen Totilo (Totilotron) live for the next hour, covering all things even vaguely related to Activision’s upcoming G1…
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Spider-Man 2099 Makes His Official Shattered Dimensions Debut
Those Spider-Man 2099 images we posted last week were definitely from Activision’s upcoming game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, as evidenced by these official E3 screenshots and trailer starring the futuristic arachnid. We were pretty sure the images we posted last week were legit, but we had to be sure. Now we are. These screens and the…
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Hold It There Soldier, That Tattoo’s Not Serviceable
This might sound nitpicky, but it’s not to veterans who game. And those who served in Vietnam might wonder why Call of Duty: Black Ops personnel in “denied” areas would want to advertise an American military unit on their forearm. That’s the point behind Aaron Schol’s interesting research into the unit insignia tattooed on the…
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Latest Transformers Game Reboots the Robots of Your Youth
Man, have I lost touch with the Transformers. I never knew they had an evil dinosaur that could transform into a city. When the hell did they start doing that? That’s Trypticon, at least, it’s how he appeared on Cybertron in Transformers: War for Cybertron, due out June 22. Here’s the game’s E3 trailer. My…
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The Curtain Rises On Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock
Activision reveals the next entry in the Guitar Hero franchise, Warriors of Rock, featuring more than 90 tracks, a Gene Simmons-powered quest mode, and new challenges for every track in the Guitar Hero catalog. Check out the first 35 tracks! The biggest change coming to the Guitar Hero franchise in Warriors of Rock is the…
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Is This Shattered Dimensions’ Spider-Man 2099?
A series of screenshots has slipped onto the web, showing off what looks like confirmation of Spider-Man’s 2099 alter-ego Miguel O’Hara’s appearance in Activision’s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. While we were expecting a big reveal of the third of four dimensions featured in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, it looks like someone might have jumped the gun. All…
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Three Spider-Man Villains’ Shattered Dimension Makeovers
Take a look at how classic Spider-Man villains Hammerhead, Kraven the Hunter, and the Goblin fare in the transition to the continuity-crossing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. The shattering of the Tablet of Order and Chaos did a number on the Green Goblin, but left Hammerhead and Kraven mostly intact, which makes sense, I suppose. Kraven hunts…
By Mike Fahey
