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Transformers: War For Cybertron Preview: A World Without Michael Bay’s Robots

No humans. No Michael Bay. Two campaigns. Three-player online (only) drop-in/drop-out co-op Transformers with a link to the past and a Gears of War amount of gunfire. Happier? Last week, the developers of Transformers: War For Cybertron began the live demo of their summer game with an audacious claim. “The goal was not to make…

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Despite how former Sega mascot Alex Kidd looks in Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing—a little off, in my opinion—I’ll be racing my hardest to unlock the paper-rock-scissors expert in the game this weekend. Somehow, Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing has taken hold of me, presumably because of its well-distributed Achievements and its appeal to the…

Jay Electronica Made This Track With Beaterator

Just in case you forgot how amazingly versitile Rockstar’s Beaterator is, the developer passed us a clip created by unconventional rapper and producer Jay Electronica to remind you. Beaterator is the PSP and iPhone music creation software from Rockstar that was said to be so easy that even a 12-year-old could produce good music in…

This Week In Comics

The “This Week In Comics” effort here at Kotaku weathers a rough February. But here’s a second installment (late!), showcasing a couple of gaming comic books, a couple of others, in shops in the U.S., this week. Mega Man Megamix Vol.1 Written and drawn by Hitoshi Ariga. Summary Via Udon Entertainment: Written and drawn by…

A Million Players Flock To Dungeons & Dragons Online, Seeking Freedom

Proving once again that people really enjoy free games, Turbine announces that more than a million new players have joined Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited since its re-launch as a free-to-play game last September. Having just experienced the joys of IHOP’s free pancake day, I can personally attest to the fact that things taste…

Tree Plus Chainsaw Equals BioShock 2 Big Daddy

I don’t believe I’ve seen anything quite as beautiful as a man dressed as Jason from Friday the 13th carving the Big Daddy from BioShock 2 out of a tree using a chainsaw. I’d imagine it’s hard to find a tree in the underwater city of Rapture, which is probably why Japanese chainsaw artist “Jason”…

Mile Marker 13: Miegakure

Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Miegakure. In A Sentence It’s a puzzle game in four dimensions — really, they swear it — and it’ll make your head hurt…

Just Cause 2 Demo Gives You 35 Square Miles To Explore, Explode

A demo for Just Cause 2 is coming to the PlayStation Network, Steam, and Xbox Live next week, giving players 35 square miles of the Lautan Lama Desert, packed with plenty of things to do, see, and blow-up. Just Cause 2 isn’t due out in North America until March 23, but Avalanche Studios and Square…

Free! Even More Secret Armory of General Knoxx Codes!! (ALL CODES GONE)

Here’s that promised second batch of Xbox 360 download codes for The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. The expansion pack includes new weapons, vehicles, story line and 30 new villain types. It also increases the level cap to to 61. Oh, and some good news, while these dozen codes are only for the Xbox 360,…

Arc Rise Fantasia Is As Pretty As Eight New Pictures

Ignition Entertainment is gearing up to release “the definitive JRPG for the Wii” this summer, and eight new screenshots show us how much that looks like a Namco Bandai Tales of Something title. That’s not a bad thing, of course. In truth, Luminous Arc developer Imageepoch’s first console title is looking quite lovely. Plus the…

The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game

Evocative and provocative, a game born of the anxiety about George W. Bush’s polices abroad would have included a Chinese invasion of the U.S. and the emotional journey of a soldier struggling over whether to flee military service. But the game was killed, not by politics but the popularity of the other game that developer…

FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow

The Nintendo representative demoing upcoming Wii title FlingSmash, kept describing the game as an “active sidescroller.” While I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of that genre tag, I did find myself recalling Super Breakout and Boom Blox while playing this fun, frenzied, sorta-pinball game. Playing as Zip, a cross between Pac-Man and a fuse-topped…

Shoot 1Up

Mommy’s Best Games Shoot 1UP explores the idea of taking a traditional shooter and having the player control a whole fleet instead of a single craft. You control the fleet by expanding or collapsing the group formation. When you expand the group, you charge and unleash a super laser but at the expense of making…

Free! Get Your Secret Armory of General Knoxx Here!!! (ALL CODES GONE)

First-person, role-playing shooter Borderlands’ latest expansion pack hit the PC, Playstation Network and Xbox 360 this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx includes new weapons, vehicles, story line and 30 new villain types. It also increases the level cap to to 61. Now for some good news, bad news. We’ve got two dozen codes…

Aion: The Official Magazine Packed WIth In-Game Goodies

NCsoft reveals Aion: The Official Magazine, a monthly online publication that delivers the latest news, player guides, and community tips to Aion players to the tune of $3.99 an issue, with exclusive in-game items coming every month. The first issue of Aion: The Official Magazine hits the game’s official website next month, with 100 pages…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Aside from weekend TAY, this month’s Talk Amongst Yourselves image is done. So comment here about video games, but — also — please submit image suggestions for March. Good paintings with name and artist included, please. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Disney Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun…Really.

Wii owners who have suffered through countless me-too mini-game collections and lame party games often consider the term “family-friendly” the kiss of death. But Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie), the studio recently acquired by Disney Interactive, is aiming to erase that stigma with Disney’s Guilty Party. The new, er, family-friendly entry is a who-done-it mystery…

It’s Friday…

To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Libraries vs. Zombies You got plans? What you missed last night God of War III Blow Out Itagaki And Tecmo Settle Legal Brouhaha First Look At Transformers: War For Cybertron Gameplay Footage How Many Gigabytes Is FFXIII’s Xbox 360 Install? The Tester: Episode 2: The “Communication Breakdown” Liveblog: Barmy of…

This Week’s Creepiest Birthday Celebration

No, make that this month’s. No, this year’s. Virtual idol Chihaya Kisaragi from Namco Bandai’s popstar sim franchise THE iDOLM@STER had her birthday on February 25. People on the Japanese internet celebrated. “Creepy” is a relative term, and these celebrations are not entirely serious — however, they do provide an opportunity for diehard collectors to…