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Hey Big Daddies…BioShock 2 Is Here

Craving a slice of the BioShock universe filled with breathtaking action set against the backdrop of a decaying underwater Utopia? Well, click through for the trailer and be reborn…BioShock 2 is out NOW!

Square Enix Puts A Price On Cuteness

Now available at the North American Square Enix store, these adorable Tarutaru Play Arts figures represent the best thing to come out of Final Fantasy XI. That is unless you are reading this sometime after the next MMO comes out, in which case these adorable Lalafell represent the best thing to come out of Final…

Your First Look At Fable III In Action

The first episode of the second season of Lionhead’s video diaries gives us our first look at Fable III in motion, showing off the combat, the weapons, and the extreme morals it takes to be a king. Peter Molyneux sure gets excited about his creations, doesn’t he? Look at him talking about the wing-sprouting expression…

Mile Marker 27: Super Meat Boy!

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, Super Meat Boy! In A Sentence An old-school platformer starring cast of indie lead characters, but initially played through with a smiling chunk…

Those Who Play Video Game Tic-Tac-Toe Will Be Judged

Can we who play great video games not cast judgment on those who dabble with lesser games? I saw a man playing Tic-Tac-Toe on his iPhone on the subway yesterday. Did I sneer? Had this man done something wrong? I’ve been involved in debates before about whether something like computer solitaire should even be considered…

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New Left 4 Dead 2 Poster Needs A Tagline

Valve recently detailed the new downloadable Left 4 Dead 2 campaign, The Passing. It will reunite the heroes of the first game and the sequel. There’s an official poster for it. But without the expected witty tagline. Suggest one, please.

Excited About Valentine’s Day? Chocolate Beer, Incoming!

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: This Post Was Written… With your rough schedule, sounds like yer working like a dog in San Francisco. Bet yer looking forward to being back at home with the fam. This weekend is Valentine’s Day. This year, I think I am getting CHOCOLATE BEER. I saw a package and somehow…

New Splinter Cell Conviction Screens

Sam Fisher may be missing his fancy green goggles in these screens, but you know what? He doesn’t need them. That lovely sweater more than makes up for it.

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand People

Sony say the company received “thousands” of applications for its new reality series, “The Tester”. Uh, it’s not thousands when you cut and paste the same dozen people over and over and over again.

Learn English From Angolina Jolie

This is Angelina Jolie. She is a major Hollywood actress, star of the Tomb Raider series. That’s A-N-G-E-L-I-N-A Jolie. This is Angolina Jolie. She teaches English in a South Korean DS game. That’s A-N-G-O-L-I-N-A Jolie. The game has players earn cash by finishing lessons and playing English mini-games in which players hit each other with…

Mega Man 10 Out Next Month, Hits Wii First

Capcom’s Mega Man 10, the second in their attempts to go back in time and develop “new” NES-style games, will be out in March, the publisher announced today. It’ll arrive on WiiWare first, on March 1, followed by the PlayStation Network on March 11 and then Xbox Live Arcade on March 31. Not that I…

Some Good News, And Bad News, For Mac Users

Which do you want first, Mac users? Bad news? OK, bad news first: the upcoming Starcraft II beta won’t be gracing the Mac later this month. For now, it’s PC only. Sorry. Now for the good news! The good news is, Telltale – developers of the episodic adventure series based on Sam & Max, Monkey…

Hey Schoolgirls! Giving You Chocolate!

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Konami thought a good way to promote its Nintendo DS title Love Plus would be to have girls in school uniforms hand out chocolate snacks to random men. Wrapped bags with the Pocky snack were distributed today, and the snacks come with a card that can be used…

PC Sales Charts: Probing Uranus

Space and laser guns feature prominently in this week’s PC sales charts, last week’s consumers opting for aliens and bright-coloured uniforms over olive-grey outfits and the real world. Least, they did on the whole. You have to overlook Bad Company 2 at the #1 spot on Steam if you want to think sci-fi games dominated…

Left 4 Dead 2 Body Count Is In The BILLIONS

Valve released a statistic today. Not the boring type, like “sales are up 156% compared to this time last year”. The awesome type, like “this is how many zombies have been killed in Left 4 Dead 2”. Since the game was released late last year, players have wiped out 28,981,249,043 (and counting) card-carrying members of…

Three Bayonettas, One In Athletic Gear, And Dueling Pikachu Girls

Whenever people think of Bayonetta, they typically think of her black hair suit. That’s not her only outfit, though, and cosplayers know it. Kotaku Japan spotted these three Bayonetta cosplayers at the recent Wonder Festival in Tokyo, as well as Pikachu girls and a hoard of fellow cosplayers. Wonderful Festival is a bi-annual event that…

This Cutest Thing You Will See Today, Promise

Namco Bandai’s Banpresto turns up cute to full blast for this ad in which the characters like Rei Ayami and Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion make a cup of coffee for some sleepyhead. Ichiban Kuji Evangelion New Theatrical Ver. CM & New Images [Ngee Khiong via alafista]

Sony Whips Out New God of War III Trailer

Ready for more chaos? Because this new God of War III trailer is telling me it will rise again. So if you don’t like chaos, you’re screwed. Video Games | God of War III | Exclusive Chaos Will Rise Trailer HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Developed by Sony’s Santa Monica studio,…