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All Your Gamescom 2011 Day One News Right Here. Diablo III. World of Warcraft. DMC. And an Absurd Amount of Other News.

Blockhead – Crecente shows his true face while working in the Gamescom press room. Video game news is being made right now in Germany, and we’re putting it all together here so you can keep up with the latest from Blizzard, Capcom, Sony and more…. What’s the biggest news coming out of Europe during one…

Diablo III Beta Will Begin by September, Still No Final Release Date

Diablo III‘s beta will hit by September, hopefully before, Blizzard game director Jay Wilson said during a Gamescom press conference today. When’s the game coming out? “When it’s ready.” Got it? Read more about Diablo III and its “inferno difficulty.”

The Latest Aliens: Colonial Marines Screens Are a Study in Sticky Situations

When dealing with an infestation of acid-blooded insectoid aliens, you’re bound to run into certain situations that require extra care and consideration on the part of you and your Aliens: Colonial Marines buddies. Let’s take a look at some of these. First off, there’s the alien popping out olf the floor and dragging your buddy…

Nathan Drake Has New Friends in Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Still Your Best-Looking Vita Game

This new trailer for the first portable Uncharted game, the PlayStation Vita’s Uncharted: Golden Abyss looks very nice. But the point of this one isn’t to ogle the graphics but to meet a new character, Marisa Chase, who joins Jason Dante as part of series hero Nathan Drake’s crew in the new adventure. Can’t Drake…

How Could One Sweet Little Cheerleader Ruin the Image of Females Everywhere?

In this back to school edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox me wants to know what the big deal is about a scantily-clad high school cheerleader flashing her panties while taking out zombies with a chainsaw. Kind of surprised that folks are upset about Lollipop Chainsaw. Well, not really surprised, but still. Sure,…

PS3 Bundles at New $299 Price Now Listed on Amazon

The new $299.99 pricing for the PS3’s 320GB configuration has already been spotted at Amazon. You can get the console bundled with inFamous 2 for $299.99, free shipping. NewEgg also is listing the bundle. [Dealzon]

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Comes Full Circle; Deathwing Is Going Down

Soon hardened World of Warcraft players will have a chance to take on Deathwing in a Cataclysm-shaking end fight. The Deathwing battle will come in a soon-to-be released patch for the Cataclysm expansion which includes three new five-player dungeons, a new raid and some cool new Ethereal-powered abilities. The biggest tweak coming with patch 4.3…

Just Pump it And Dance With The Ubisoft Girls

As seen at Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3 stage show. You can also get up there and try to dance with them. Something that I think will happen with much more frequency once the beer halls open later in they day. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Happy humpday. And Happy Talk Amongst Yourselves! Lots of great stuff coming out of Gamescom for you all to discuss with each other, just in case you don’t have any of your own gaming related exploits to share. Awful nice of those folks over in Germany, no? A round of applause for kyosen for today’s…

What if Devil May Cry Isn’t as Different as You Thought?

When DMC: Devil May Cry was first unveiled, all people could see (and react to, and shriek in horror at) was the lithe, sad-panda appearance of the series’ protagonist, Dante. And they haven’t reacted to much since. Perhaps it’s because we’re simply used to it now, but checking out DMC at Gamescom earlier today, I…

Gamescom Before the Storm

Here’s a quick look at some of the many booths crowding the halls of a Gamescom still free of its many passionate gaming fans. Today was press day. Tomorrow is when the doors open to the public. Click these images to see them in their full, glorious size in their original aspect ratio. You can…

Silent Hill: HD Collection Will Scare the Xbox 360, Too

Originally, announced for the PS3, the Silent Hill: HD Collection is also coming to the Xbox 360. It features HD versions of Silent Hill 2 and 3 with new voice acting and Achievements and Trophies. Slated for early 2012.

LittleBigPlanet Will Show Off Your Fancy New PlayStation Vita

Every new console or handheld needs that one game. That one title that you show first to friends, family and co-workers. The one that makes them go “ohhh, that’s neat”, and makes you feel better about spending all that money you’re already slightly regretting. LittleBigPlanet is that game for the PlayStation Vita. Why? Because it…

Will You Open Silent Hill: Book of Memories? (Hrm, Maybe Not)

And more importantly, will they be good memories? Or bad ones. Headed for the PS Vita, Silent Hill: Book of Memories isn’t your mother’s Silent Hill game. It’s multiplayer. It exits outside the main canon. And, well, it’s got an overhead isometric view, which doesn’t sound scary. And it’s multiplayer, which could be scary if…

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Takes Flight in November

It would have been a blue Christmas without a new Zelda title under our Christmas Wii, but Nintendo comes through in the nick of the time, announcing a November 20 release date for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword The largest Zelda adventure yet and the first designed solely for the Wii (Link’s Crossbow Training…

Diablo III Just Got Harder Than Hell With New ‘Inferno’ Difficulty

Diablo and his minions will dole out the most extreme player punishment in Diablo III, thanks to its fourth, harder than Hell difficulty level known as Inferno. Blizzard revealed the harsh, high-level difficulty gameplay feature at Gamescom today, explaining what it means for the most dedicated of Diablo III players. Blizzard Entertainment game director Jay…

NCSoft’s Newest Title: WildStar

Featuring a cartonny sci-fi art style, WildStar is the latest MMORPG from NCSoft. The game is being developed by Carbine. The debut trailer is pre-rendered, but that’s okay! This title, along with a new playable build of Guild Wars 2, is what NCSoft is showing at this year’s Gamescom. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the…

Borderlands 2, From the Angle You’ll Be Playing It

One of the four new Borderlands 2 images released for Gamescom shows what the game looks like in the first-person perspective. You know, the angle from which you’ll actually be playing the game. The other three show some lovely environments and character art. Enjoy. Our guys in Germany will be playing the game this week…

Tekken in 3D. For Your 3DS.

The Iron Fist Tournament is coming to the 3DS with Tekken 3D Prime Edition. But that’s not all. The 3DS cartridge will feature full-length CG movie, Tekken Blood Vengeance

New Diablo III Screen Shots from Gamescom 2011