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The Most Beautiful Place in My Skyrim
While it only takes a half hour to run from one end to another, Bethesda has packed an extraordinary world inside Skyrim‘s tiny space, filled with visuals sure to strike a chord in anyone that’s ever contemplated the majesty of nature. Here’s my favorite spot. What’s yours? I was wandering about aimlessly in an attempt…
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True Tales of Skyrim Adventure: A Dragon Raid and Gauntlets Unmade
Our week-long celebration of the stories The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim hatches in our heads continues today with a bawdy tale of blacksmithing and berserker rage, courtesy of commenter Isangrim. Stay awhile and listen! “Thrice damn this bastard Orcish steel!!” I cursed as the hot sweat dripped down from my brow to sting my eyes…
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Mobile Gaming’s Diablo Gets a Threequel with Dungeon Hunter III
While PC and potentially console gamers wait patiently for the biggest name in hack-and-slash dungeon crawlers to deliver its number three, Gameloft announces the third installment of one of the smallest: Dungeon Hunter III Some of my fondest gaming moments on the iPhone have been spent with Gameloft’s Dungeon Hunter series, and now that my…
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These The King of Fighters XIII Combos Go Great With Your Opponent’s Entire Health Bar
Due out November 22 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the console version of The King of Fighters XIII seeks to address many concerns fans have voiced about the franchise. Concerns like lengthy matches, addressed in the video by massive combos that take out an entire life bar. Yes, it does take a great…
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How Do Game Reviewers Feel About Playing Halo: Combat Evolved All Over Again?
Before the folks at 343 Industries can prove to us they are a worthy successor to the Halo development throne, they must first show us that they respect the franchise’s roots. This has been accomplished by dying those roots to make them a little less gray. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary has just hit store shelves,…
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Just When You Thought Sly Cooper Couldn’t Get Any Better — Playable Ninja Raccoon
In the original Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sucker Punch’s masked bandit hunts for pages from a special book that teach him the techniques of his ancestors. In the upcoming Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time you’ll get to play those ancestors, including master ninja Rioichi Cooper. The inventor of sushi who uses his famous…
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Only One Character Could Possibly Pull Off Space Golf
Our daily Speak Up on Kotaku feature does not have to be a long-winded essay on some vaguely game-related topic. Sometimes it’s just a really great idea, like the one commenter Deuxhero had regarding everyone’s favorite plumber. Mario Golf+Mario Galaxy WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN DONE!? About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a…
By Mike Fahey