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You’ll Soon Be Able To Use XCOM Soldiers In Civilization V [UPDATE: Now with video]
Today Firaxis—the makers of both XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Civilization V—announced that you can research something called the XCOM Project in your game of Civ V What that does is replace what would normally be paratrooper units with actual XCOM soldiers that drop from the Skyranger. Check out what that looks like in the screenshot…
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Is Coming To The iPhone And iPad This Summer [Update: Now With More Info]
Firaxis’ summer is going to be quite busy. They just announced today at their PAX East panel that they’ll be bringing the fantastic strategy game from the PC/consoles over to the iOS platform. They showed off a quick demo of what the game will look like on your palm-friendly device, but we’re told that it’s…
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This Is What The First Playable Version Of XCOM: Enemy Unknown Looked Like
Today at Firaxis’ panel at PAX East, the developers showed off the first version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown before it was scrapped for what you played last year. They worked on what you see above for about a year before ditching it.
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Now Homeless, the Retro Games Podcast Retronauts Wants Your Kickstarter Money
After the tragic shuttering of 1UP alongside a few other publications last month, the retro games podcast Retronauts found itself without a home. Naturally its hosts, former and slightly-less-recently-former, have turned to Kickstarter to fund its revival. Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt and Jeremy Parish are asking for $12,000 for equipment and recording space, and in…
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If You’re Still Mad About SimCity, At Least You Can Sign This Petition
Their message is clear: What happened with SimCity is not okay. Their demands are simple: Remove the always-online requirement from SimCity and future games. And they are legion. Their change.org petition has almost 75,000 signatures. Who knows if it will have any real-world effects, but at least it’s keeping the dialogue up. That’s what we’re…
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Dust: An Elysian Tail is Headed to Steam, Possibly as Early as April [UPDATE: Now With More Info]
Dust: An Elysian Tail developers Dean “Noogy” Dodrill and Alex Kain announced during their PAX East panel today that the indie platformer, previously exclusive to Xbox Live Arcade, is on its way to Steam, with a release date possibly as soon as April. The duo also teased Dust 2, though they offered nothing concrete. Dodrill…
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This Keeps Getting Better: DuckTales: Remastered Has All the Voice Actors from the Show
As if the news that Capcom is bringing DuckTales back in remastered form wasn’t enough by itself, the publisher revealed on Friday that the entire cast of voice actors from the original show will lend their talent to the new version of the classic platformer. Reads a post by Christian Svensson, Capcom corporate officer and…
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Canned Food Super Mario Looks Better in 3D
Forgive me for another Super Mario 64 post, but I just had to point out how the career path of Canned Food Super Mario has so closely mirrored that of the real thing. After a couple iterations with minimal graphical improvements, Canned Food Super Mario has finally made the leap to 3D. I think he…
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Highlights From PAX East, Including More Super Mario 64 Speed Runs, Are Streaming Live This Weekend
Day one of PAX East is behind us, but don’t fret—there’s still Saturday and Sunday remaining. And even if you’re not in Boston you can watch some of the highlights thanks to Twitch.tv’s two simultaneous streams. In one corner, they’ve got panels, starting with Penny Arcade “Make a Strip” right now. In the other is…
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The Best Of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Up above, we see a cosplay of Katamari Damacy, which comes from PAX East. Now let’s move on to reading this week’s best content, courtesy of us. Video Games Gave Him the Chance to Prove He Is American Owen…
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The Little Week in Gaming Apps That Probably Couldn’t
As I mentioned in last week’s installment of the Week in Gaming Apps, I spent the better part of this week moving all of my stuff from one place to another place. I figured the rest of the team might step up Monday through Wednesday, which is why there are only app reviews for Thursday…
By Mike Fahey
