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American Icons Gallery Show Recognizes Classic Gaming Consoles For the Works of Art They Are

We live in an age of gaming gorgeousness. Gamers’ lives nowadays are filled with fancy normal mapping and illumination engines, powered by slickly encased hardware that outputs onto super-sharp screens. More »

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Sony Conjures Up Magical Harry Potter PS3 Bundle

The latest hardware/software configuration of Sony’s game console will be themed around the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s mega-popular boy wizard. More »

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Man in Tanooki Suit, Giant Bullet Spotted in Manhattan

Nintendo’s promotional stunt for Super Mario 3D Land turned part of Times Square into a version of the Mushroom Kingdom. That brought out paid and unpaid people decked out in Mario gear. More »

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Watch Skyrim‘s Amazing Flying Fossil Dragon Fight to Its Death

Yesterday, we had human faces disappearing in Bethesda’s hit action RPG. Today, in glitch-or-feature news, it’s dragon skin and sinew that’s nowhere to be seen. More »

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Before You Start… Tips for Playing Assassin’s Creed: Revelations The Best Way

Whether you’re new to the Assassin’s Creed series or a seasoned acolyte, there are some things you can do as you prepare to play the new Assassin’s Creed: More »

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How Do Game Reviewers Feel About Playing Halo: Combat Evolved All Over Again?

Before the folks at 343 Industries can prove to us they are a worthy successor to the Halo development throne, they must first show us that they respect the franchise’s roots. More »

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: The Kotaku Review

Liquid fast, meticulously polished, wickedly consuming: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t deliver stories or engender emotion in its players, but rather deals in raw adrenaline. More »

Xbox Almost as Old as the Assholes on Xbox Live

Happy birthday, Xbox! You turn 10 today. Microsoft is celebrating your birthday by selling people a much prettier version of Halo: Combat Evolved

They did not get you a bicycle.

Honestly, they barely talk about you anymore. More »

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Mobile Gaming’s Diablo Gets a Threequel with Dungeon Hunter III

While PC and potentially console gamers wait patiently for the biggest name in hack-and-slash dungeon crawlers to deliver its number three, Gameloft announces the third installment of one of the smallest: More »

True Tales of Skyrim Adventure: A Dragon Raid and Gauntlets Unmade

Our week-long celebration of the stories The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim hatches in our heads continues today with a bawdy tale of blacksmithing and berserker rage, courtesy of commenter Isangrim More »

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Elite Update: Blah, Blah, Blah, It’s Still Broken

A week after the tremendously successful release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a game that more than 6.5 million people picked up on the first day, the massive community-driven, stat-tracking element of the game remains unstable at best.

Call of Duty: More »

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Should You Buy Kinect Disneyland Adventures? Yes.

Despite the fact that they released high-profile games like Pure, Split/Second and Epic Mickey, The House of Mouse’s console output’s dwindled significantly. More »

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