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Lets Talk About The Gears of War 3 Finale Right Now
Welcome back everyone! During today’s meeting of the Kotaku Game Club, we’ll be discussing the later three acts of the Gears of War 3 campaign. Warning: For all you Gears players who haven’t finished the campaign yet, there will definitely be spoilers below. Last week, the KGC spent a lot of time discussing the plot…
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Dungeons & Dragons‘ Heroes of Neverwinter Venture Forth on Facebook
The city-state of Neverwinter has never been quite as social as it is in Atari’s new turn-based tactical Facebook role-playing game, Heroes of Neverwinter Wizards of the Coast and Atari are pushing the Forgotten Realms Neverwinter brand big time this year, with a new series of books by bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, a full-fledged co-op…
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I Am Alive Lives Up To Its Name Once Again, Winter Release Imminent
Having survived numerous delays and a total re-engineering, Ubisoft’s post-apocalyptic survival adventure I Am Alive is heading to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network this winter, unless it doesn’t. Considering the game’s history, I can’t help but be skeptical when Ubisoft announces a release window. Hopefully this time around they’re really, really serious, and…
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Twenty-Three Blissfully Lag-Free Minutes in Battlefield 3‘s Caspian Border
Yesterday I showed you all what Battlefield 3’s massive Caspian Border map looked like through the haze of server lag. Now YouTube user jeffriseden gives us a lengthy lag-free look at the gorgeous contested landscape. I’m a bit jealous, to be honest. I’ve managed to hop on a couple of speedier Caspian severs, but nothing…
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Zelda and Mario in One Nintendo Download? Is It Our Birthday?
After several weeks of completely forgettable downloadable game offerings, Nintendo drops a free Zelda game, a Super Mario sequel, and a particularly intriguing WiiWare title, all at once. I might faint! Technically the free Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition dropped yesterday, but I’m feeling charitable today, so we’ll accept its inclusion in the…
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He’s Getting Too Old For This First-Person Shooter Shit
In today’s rapidly aging edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, old man commenter AcornPop hangs up his first-person shooter guns, unless a loose cannon of a young partner can drag him back in. The Murtaugh Effect: I am now 40 years old. Been playing games since even before the Atari 2600 days. All types of…
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