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Rating for Aliens: Infestation Shows It’s Not Game Over for Aliens on DS

The Nintendo DS game based on the Aliens franchise that leaked more than two years ago looks like its finally going to happen. Proof? Aliens: Infestation for the DS, a side-scrolling, alien-shooting platformer, was just rated by the ESRB. The Entertainment Software Ratings Board’s description of the game sure sounds a lot like the one…

Why Video Games with Silent Heroes Had the Best Soundtracks

Over the years, I’ve asked many gamers about their favorite game soundtracks, and more often than not they respond by listing titles from the 80’s or 90’s. The Legend of Zelda, The Secret of Monkey Island 2, Chrono Trigger, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night; or maybe Mega Man 2, Final Fantasy VI, Sonic The Hedgehog,…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

I’ll catch up with the Kotaku Game Club this weekend by putting an end to Shadows of the Damned, the Suda51 joint that reportedly didn’t sell very well last month. Shame about that. But I’ll give it its due! The other game still on my list to finish is Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo…

Fake British Game Designer Is the Funniest Twitter You’re Not Reading

Peter Molyneux is a famed English game designer, member of the Order of the British Empire and a wonderful interview. His games (Black & White, Fable, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, The Movies to name a few) helped shape and continue to influence many facets of the blossoming video game industry. He’s also an iconic game designer…

The Faces Behind Gaming’s Blockbuster Voices

Today is unofficial voice-acting day here at Kotaku. We’ve considered how important voice actors are to video games. We’ll be listening to how their work would have impacted the classics. But right now: here’s a quick look and listen at some of the faces behind some of the biggest games of the current era. So,…

The Reich Camps of Metro Last Light’s Underground Warzones

Next year’s Metro Last Light will drop you back into the underground post-apocalyptic tunnels of Russia’s metro system. The developers say they want to take last year’s flawed masterpiece, Metro 2033, and make next year’s title simply a masterpiece. This video walks you through some of what I wrote about while checking out the game…

Captain America Does His Best Mirror’s Edge Impression on the iPhone

He’s not nearly as attractive as Mirror’s Edge heroine Faith, but Captain America certainly has her moves in Sentinel of Liberty, now available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Sentinel of Liberty grants Cap the same endless running, jumping, sliding, and swinging that made the iOS version of Mirror’s Edge such a treat, while…

You’re Gonna Lose Yourself in Prototype 2‘s Tendril Dismemberment

Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted and tear it apart with your writhing tendrils, would you capture it, or just let it slip? Are you ready to drop tendril bombs in Prototype 2? By the time I’m done with Prototype 2 the city will look like…

Sony Reborn!

Sony S1 and S2 Android Tablets These tablets, codenamed S1 and the S2, are why we need Sony—the Sony we love—in a world where almost every gadget of consequence is effectively a blank slate for software. Sony Vaio Z The new Vaio Z certainly outguns pretty much any other ultraportable out there. The question becomes:…

Arkham City‘s Two-Face Isn’t Half-Bad Once You Get to Know Him

Once upon a time district attorney Harvey Dent was an unwavering force of justice in Gotham City, but that’s nothing a face-full of acid couldn’t cure. Read all about Mr. Dent in his official bio from Batman: Arkham City Being a comic book and video game fan, I often take for granted the fact that…

Used Copies of Some of Ubisoft’s Upcoming Games Will Require a $10 “Passport” To Play Online

Ubisoft today confirmed rumors that they will begin locking out free online multiplayer modes to anyone who buys some of their newer games used. The new Uplay Passport program will begin in the “coming months and will be included in many of Ubisoft’s popular core games,” according to today’s official release. This backs up rumors…

Why Excellent Video Game Voice Actors Can’t—or Shouldn’t—Be Stars

I recently asked writer Tom Bissell whether voice actors might ever become celebrities in the video game world. I wondered whether they would ever be featured as headliners who could single-handedly amplify sales and excite major curiosity. “Unless every game uses the immensely expensive and complicated processes Team Bondi and Rockstar Games employed in L.A.…

The Calamitous Bastion Launch Trailer

Bastion is one damn pretty looking game. Fortunately, it’s also one damn fun game. The action role-playing game hits Xbox Live Arcade next week for 1,200 Microsoft Points and PC later this year.

A Lonely Solo Player in the Age of the Multiplayer Gaming

With hundreds of thousands of players online at any given moment, how can a gamer ever feel truly alone? Commenter Salari tells us in today’s very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. Hello, my name’s Salari, and I am a lonely gamer. Now before I continue, just to clarify, this isn’t a cry for…

The Two Worlds II Game of the Year Edition is Beautiful — What is That, Velvet?

I’m not sure what’s more surprising, that somewhere a publication gave Two Worlds II a game of the year award, or the fact that yes, that is indeed velvet. Before I get trampled by angry Two Worlds II fans, let me clarify that my surprise over said award is not because the game lacked quality.…

The Making of Tomb Raider’s Captivating E3 Trailer

Visual Works is the Square Enix team responsible for all of those amazing CGI Final Fantasy cut scenes. They’re also the folks behind those amazing Deus Ex trailers. Here’s a look at how they created the Tomb Raider trainer that stunned at E3.

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s Friday, and all I want to talk about is Harry Potter. But unless it’s video game related, I’m gonna have to fangirl somewhere else. You know the drill—keep on topic and no one gets avada-kedavraed. Or worse—expelled. Big thanks to Brian H. May, not only for today’s TAYPic, but also playing second fid—uh—guitar to…

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer Rises Above Other Deck-Building Games

Combining the graphic design of collectible card games with the fast pace and accessibility of a board game, the iOS version of Gary Games’ Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a godsend to fans of card-based gaming. Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a combination card / board game designed by a crack team of…

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Season Four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Begins Online in Clone Wars Adventures

While season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially kicks off this fall, players of Sony Online Entertainment’s free-to-play online game Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures will be able to play through an epic storyline leading directly to the first episode’s opening act. In an unprecedented collaboration between television…