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Come Chat with Sid Meier, Father of Computer Strategy

OK, maybe Sid Meier isn’t the father of strategy games, but he’s most certainly the father of Civilization and he’s here now to answer your questions on Kotaku Talk Radio. Meier will be our guest for the hour, talking about Civilizations past, present and, if we’re lucky, future. And he’ll be taking your calls live.…

Female Robots Represent In The War For Cybertron Multiplayer Trailer

Is that Arcee I see in this trailer for the online multiplayer modes in Transformers: War for Cybertron? Even if it’s not Arcee and just some generic female Autobot, it’s nice to see female representation among the ranks of robots in disguise. The Transformers have a ridiculous amount of female fans out there, and they’ve…

Relief In Sight For PlayStation 3 Dragon Age: Origins Crashing Issues

A patch to fix the frequent crashing issue that’s plagued PlayStation 3 players of Dragon Age: Origins since the release of firmware 3.3 is currently being tested by BioWare, though an actual release date is still up in the air. According to a posting on the official BioWare forums by online producer Fernando Melo, the…

The Agency Opens On Facebook

Fans waiting patiently for Sony Online Entertainment to get The Agency together can get a small taste of the spy game via The Agency: Covert Ops, one of the deepest Facebook games I’ve ever seen. Performing missions with your friends is nothing new for a Facebook game, but SOE’s The Agency: Covert Ops takes things…

The F.E.A.R. 3 Box Art Has Its Eyes On You

I’d say evil little psychotic girl Alma is almost looking hot on this official box art for F.E.A.R. 3, but her kids are watching. The box art is really quite lovely and striking, capturing the spirit of the new unholy trinity of Alma Wade and her two sons quite nicely. Hopefully the folks at Day…

Perfect Game Scores MLB 2K10 Player A Million Dollars

In January, 2K Sports put up a $1 million prize for the first person to pitch a perfect game in MLB 2K10. Today an Alabama man is $1 million richer. Pitching a perfect baseball game is no easy feat. It’s only happened 16 times since 1900, but of course in real life baseball they only…

The Mechs, Battleships & Sleeveless Shirts Of Gears Of War 3

Those details from Gears of War 3 were just the start. There are pictures to go with the info, too, of robots, lady soldiers and even some hot nautical action. Here they are! I know, I made a Waterworld gag, but in all honesty I like the premise of that movie, and I like the…

Make Your Own Ico Sackboy

YouTube user GoldenJellyBean dropped me a line to show that she’s now teaching folks how to crochet their own LittleBigPlanet dolls, dressed in the style of PlayStation 2 classic Ico. Looks good! If you don’t have a handmade Sackboy to start with, then take lessons from these clips first:

Talk Amongst Yourselves

You never know where and when the next Assassin’s Creed will be set. But you can always expect the next Talk Amongst Yourselves to be set here at Kotaku. Please set your comments about video games beneath this post. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

I Am Afraid Of Angry Things That Live Under The Water

To: Crecente From: Luke Playing, and only mildly enjoying Alan Wake today got me thinking: how many other people have quirky tastes in games that stop them enjoying otherwise enjoyable titles? Me, I can’t stand the dark. In real life, I’m fine, but in games, I can’t stand it. It’s not fear, more…frustration, that the…

Red Dead Redemption To Get Free Co-Op Mission Pack

Outlaws to the End, a cooperative multiplayer mission pack for Red Dead Redemption, will be hitting the Xbox Live and Playstation Network this June for free. The pack, Rockstar Games says, will add a co-op mode and an “entirely new dimension” to Red Dead Redemption’s game play. “Multiplayer in Red Dead Redemption offers players a…

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There’ll Be No Barrel Rolls For This Star Fox

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Medal of Honor Kicks Your Door Down This October

Electronic Arts’ reboot of the Medal of Honor series will be out this October, the publisher announced this morning. The game, set in Afghanistan and with a realistic slant, will be out in the US on October 12. And Europe? October 15. The game will be available on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Medal…

Star Wars, In Two Minutes, With LEGO

So yesterday was “Star Wars Day”? Well that’s stupid. Every day should be Star Wars day. To punish you for your shoe-horning, you must now watch this clip, which tells the original trilogy’s story in 2 minutes. With LEGO. I wish the LEGO Star Wars game had been this canonical and to the point. And…

Classic NES Game Gets Its Action Figure Dues

River City Ransom, one of the more fondly-remembered side-scrollers on the Nintendo Entertainment System, isn’t the most obvious choice when it comes to commemorative action figures. Which is probably what makes River City Ransom action figures so great. Shown off at the Treasure Festa show going on in Japan at the moment, this custom kit…

The Prettiest Gaming Magazine This Month

This is EXP., a new magazine that smartly rejects “the idea that a video game magazine has to be be comprised of reviews and previews of the latest games”. What’s it do instead? Look pretty, and be interesting. Not to be confused with exp magazine, it’s far from the first publication to walk this path,…

Where Does GameStop Make Its Money?

It makes it selling video games. Used video games, especially. But if you’ve ever wanted to break that question down a little more, and see where it makes its money both in the US and overseas, here’s your chance. Gamasutra’s Matt Matthews has broken down the multinational retailer’s latest fiscal year results and translated them…

The Best Nintendo Games That Never Were

Is it that time of year already? Time flies when you’re waiting for the latest instalment of Famicase (fake-Famicom-cartridges-as-art), an annual treat hosted by Japanese game store Meteor. Here are the pick of 2010’s crop. The deal with Famicase is that artists come up with a cartridge for a game that doesn’t exist. That’s basically…

George Lucas Said No To A Wookiee Superhero Game

The story propelling Lucasart’s Force Unleashed is one of apprenticeship, Imperial cleavage, good and evil. It could have been about a Wookiee superhero, which would have been awesome, but no, George Lucas nixed that idea. In the latest issue of GamePro, developers Haden Blackman and Julio Torres remember the heady days of 2005, when the…