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Xbox Live Indie Clips: Gravitron360

Today on Kotaku’s Xbox Indie Clips, we’ve randomly selected Gravitron360 by Ron Bunce, a gravity-based vector graphic shooter amidst a sea of vector graphic shooters. Sure it’s a clone of countless other games involving landing on strange planets, rescuing scientists, and battling with gravity, but at least it’s colorful, and it’s got amazing planet names.…

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Looking Like Some PlayStation Greats

Earlier today we told you that the next big Castlevania game might remind you, from time to time, of Shadow of the Colossus or Uncharted. These screens show why: Here is the game looking like Shadow of the Colossus: Here is the game looking like Uncharted: And here is the rest of the new shots…

Castlevania As Shadow of the Colossus

Castlevania As Uncharted

Rest of Castlevania Shots

Target Is Taking Game Trade-Ins Too

After telling you about Best Buy’s new trade-in program this morning, Target dropped us a line to let us know that their new electronics trade-in program will handle game trade-ins as well. Is anyone not offering game trade-ins? Where Best Buy is offering trade-in for your used video games, systems, and accessories, Target’s new electronics…

Layoffs At Tom Clancy-Founded Red Storm Entertainment

Thirty-eight people were laid off today from Red Storm Entertainment, the Ubisoft-owned studio co-founded by Tom Clancy and best known for the Ghost Recon franchise. The publisher confirmed the layoffs at the North Carolina-based stdio with Kotaku. A spokesperson for the company said the cuts were due to “a realignment of production priorities” and noted…

Co-Oping in The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

In this vignette from Warner Bros Interactive we see the “awesome co-op action” available in the Wii and PS3 versions of The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest. The video features the Wii version, with some hot Gandolf action.

Mario Has Never Felt This Way Before

Deviant artists Michele Legendre captures the spirit of the Tanooki Suit in her adorable plush Mario. See the whole series at her Deviant Art page

Death And Education: Learning In Limbo

By setting its action in a literal out-of-body experience, Limbo changes our perception in two major ways that make it essentially and marvelously different than its peers. Playing any video game is, in itself, a sort of out-of-body experience. Largely inert on our couches, we travel far and wide, have thrilling adventures in exotic locales,…

Hands Cramping On with Call of Duty: Black Ops DS

The developer behind the portable version of gaming titan Call of Duty: Black Ops doesn’t have an enviable task. Developers N-Space have to find a way to deliver the Call of Duty experience, a game driven by bleeding-edge graphics, immersion and subtly-balanced controls, on a platform that isn’t just lacking the muscle power, but has…

Learn To Shred While You Sleep

A new Canadian sleep study had students Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, used the power of video game rock to determine the effects of a good night’s sleep on motor learning. Video games have long been touted for promoting strong motor skills in players, so what better what to determine how sleeping effects motor learning…

What If Call Of Duty Was A Pokemon Game?

Who needs Bulbasaur when you can fight with Ghost? Who needs pocket monsters in your Pokemon game when you can have the heroes of Call of Duty take turns slashing and poisoning? One amazing video depicts the unreal Pokémon: Modern Warfare. (Video includes text-based profanity, so be mindful before sharing with Pokémon-loving kids.) The video…

This Could Be The Most Adorable Murloc Shirt Ever

The gaming t-shirt people at Jinx have released their fall World of Warcraft clothing line, and fans of the game’s most popular aquatic enemies really have something to gurgle over. While the new “Fear Hogger” tee brings particularly fond memories, the star of Jinx’s latest line of World of Warcraft-branded apparel is definitely the Murloc…

Examining the Screens and Stache of Bionic Commando Rearmed 2

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 comes to us with some pretty nifty upgrades, namely a mustache and the ability to jump. Now here’s a chance to check out that glorious stache up close and a few new screen shots from the upcoming Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade game due out next year from Capcom.

Super-Skrull and Amaterasu Get Hyper In The Latest Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Clips

The Fantastic Four-infused Skrull and Capcom’s painting wolf show off their level 3 Hypers in two new clips from Capcom’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, also starring Dormammu, Thor, and Viewtiful Joe. None of the new characters were available to play at Gamescom, but Capcom makes up for it with two new clips showing off what…

Best Buy Launches Nationwide Video Game Trade-Ins – Update

Electronics retailer Best Buy has rolled out its new video game trade-in program nationwide, offering a $20 gift card with select titles to help offset the fact that GameStop gives more credit on average. Update: Forget the extra gift card. Best Buy’s new trade-in program goes wide this week, launching in nearly 600 locations around…

Most Unbelievable Game Tattoo I’ve Ever Seen, In Motion

Devin from Michigan sat in a chair for 26 hours over several days to get this masterpiece injected into his skin. The artist, Halo Jankowski of Naked Art Tattoos, said the gaming sleeve took six hours of planning. The sleeve includes: Toejam form ToeJam and Earl, Scout from Team Fortess, Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, Vault Boy…

Detectives Explore Video Game Fantasy As Motive For Brutal Teen Murder

Detectives in Seattle look to Dungeons and Dragons Online for answers to why, according to police, an 18-year-old high school student choked a 16-year-old developmentally disabled teen girl to death last Tuesday. Warning, the details of the crime are disturbing. Police say Tyler Wolfegang Savage admitted to authorities that he lured Kimberly “Kimmie” Daily to…

All 105 DJ Hero 2 Songs

DJ Hero 2, set for an Oct. 19 release, will include 105 songs remixed into 80 different mixes, Activision said today. “The individual songs that have been mixed into the DJ Hero 2 soundtrack have been viewed online more than 1.5 billion times, which really speaks volumes to both the size and scope of our…