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SimCity Returns to the Mac in 2013

SimCity returns to the Mac in February 2013, when EA releases the city builder as a digital download via Origin. Seeing as many of us first played Maxis’ storied franchise on an Apple system, this is grand news. “Whether you owned a Macintosh or a DOS PC, we all have memories of laying down zones…

Looks Like The Final Fantasy VII Re-Release Is Out Today In Europe [UPDATE: And The U.S. Too]

Final Fantasy VII, once released on PC in the 90s, then accidentally re-released a few weeks ago, has been re-re-released today. At least in Europe. Update: It’s also out in the U.S. today. Here’s Square Enix’s press release: In celebration of the Final Fantasy franchise’s 25th anniversary, Square Enix is offering Members exclusive access to…

Mad Catz Releases a Gaming Keyboard from the Future

It’s completely modular. It’s got an LCD touch panel with program controls and integrated TeamSpeak. It’s made of freaking metal. The S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 gaming keyboard is a technological marvel, and it can be yours for only *checks price* $300, dammit. I’ve spent a great deal of money attempting to find the perfect gaming keyboard over…

Spy Hunter Get Reborn For Vita and 3DS October 30th

Get ready to have the theme from Peter Gunn suck in your head all over again. Warner Bros. Games just divulged that the previously announced reboot of the car combat classic will be hitting shelves in portable form on October 30th. It’ll be playable at Gamescom for those attending. The rest of us can take…

Black Ops II Multiplayer Blowout: Scorestreaks Replace Killstreaks, Livestreaming Goes Big-Time, Leagues, and More

So much for Call of Duty being gaming’s safely predictable 800lb gorilla. The people making the new Black Ops II are changing multiplayer. A lot. Adios, Killstreaks Black Ops II is still a first-person shooter (set in the high-tech future of 2025, mind you) and players will still be able to spend endless hours virtually…

Tera‘s Player-Versus-Player Battlegrounds Open August 22

With August 22nd’s Argon Queen update for Tera I’ll finally be able to focus my adorable rage on other players without having to deal with that silly party fight system thing they were using. Hooray for battlegrounds! I am not a PVP player normally, but I make the odd exception. Prior to next week’s update,…

Valve’s Doug Lombardi confirms the developer will not be showing Half-Life3 at GamesCom. The listing was a mistake

Is There Anything More Beautiful than Okami HD?

Tricky question! The HD version for the PS3 looks pretty damn good. If you don’t believe me, have a look at this gameplay footage. The HD version was revealed earlier this summer and will be out this November in Japan, with an international release slated for this winter. Be sure to check out Kotaku‘s impressions…

This Resident Evil 6 Gameplay Footage Might Give You Cabin Fever

Here’s some Jake “Snow-Covered Mountain” gameplay footage, complete with inevitable snowmobile action. Resident Evil 6 will be out this October.

Lost Planet 3 Shows Off New Enemies in Its New Trailer

Upcoming sci-fi title Lost Planet 3 shows off some of the gear in this new trailer. As someone pointed out on YouTube: If it’s so cold, why don’t these characters have headgear to keep their noggins warm?

Vergil Looks Different in this DMC Trailer

Remember Dante’s twin brother, Vergil? Well, he used to look like this. Then, he showed up in DMC: Devil May Cry, and now, he looks like this. Dante used to look different, too, but who’s counting?

Here’s a rumor about Half-Life 3, via a game listing for this week’s Gamescom show. Here’s good reason to be skeptical

First Look at Resident Evil‘s New *Free* Online Service

It’s called ResidentEvil.net, and according to Capcom, it’s “massive”. Launching with Resident Evil 6, the free site tracks all your game data—such as enemy kills, which weapons you dominate with, and your Mercenaries score, among others—to compare with Resident Evil 6 players all over the world. Besides allowing players to see how they stack up,…

BioWare: There’s No “Single Right Time” for DLC

Day one downloadable content sucks, I think. Personally, it makes me feel like a chump. But there must be a reason for it in games like Mass Effect 3, right? BioWare’s Fernando Melo has an explanation. Earlier this year, Kotaku broke the news that Mass Effect 3 had day one DLC. At a recent developer’s…

Meet Capcom’s Remember Me, a Stunning “New” Game That Was Actually At Last Year’s GamesCom

Last year, my favourite “game” of GamesCom had the working title Adrift. Set in a desolate, bleak vision of a future Paris, it was all about the trading of memories and some very sexy concept art Sadly, that’s about all it was. Hence the “game” business. This year, it’s back, and it’s back as a…

Oh Man, This New Star Wars Game Looks Gorgeous

We have no idea how well the newest Star Wars game, 1313, plays. From what little of it we’ve seen, it appears to be your standard third-person, cover-based shooter. But boy does it look amazing. This trailer, the game’s first proper clip for public consumption, mixes footage we saw at E3 with some new stuff,…

2012’s Best RTS (So Far) Is Already Getting a Sequel

Wargame: European Escalation, released on PC earlier this year, was great. Developed by the team behind RUSE, and very much in the spirit of the just-as-excellent World in Conflict, W:EE took us back to the Cold War with a gorgeous, intimate look at fictional tussle between NATO and the Soviet Bloc. Next year, it’ll be…

For the second time this week, “SuperDae” is trying to offload an alleged Xbox “Durango” development kit

You Can Now Buy Nathan Drake’s Gun Holster

David Vigil, who is a master leathersmith, is taking orders for an item he’s called “UNCHARTED 3: Nathan Drake Inspired Gun Holster”. While appearing to be entirely unlicensed by Sony, official blessing seems to be the only thing it’s lacking. Because it looks incredible. Based on, obviously, Drake’s shoulder holster from the third game in…

How The Walking Dead Helped Win Olympic Gold

Nicola Adams, a boxer and freshly-minted Olympic gold medalist, is currently facing Britain’s media answering countless questions about her preparation, training, state of mind, reaction to winning, blah blah blah. I found one of her answers a little more interesting than the rest, though. Speaking with The Independent, Adams says that the night before her…