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UncategorizedThis High-Flying Uncharted 3 Footage Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat
Even those of us in Kotaku Tower relatively unenthused by the Uncharted franchise sat up and took notice of the Uncharted 3 gameplay demo at Sony’s Gamescom 2011 press conference. Witness action movie cliché at its finest! The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception gameplay you’re seeing here is the same segment our own Stephen Totilo saw…
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Preorder Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PC) for $34
Never having ordered from Greenman Gaming before, I can’t tell you if you’ll have to pay shipping (or if that shipping will get you release-day delivery), but for $34 you can probably stand to wait a day or two after launch. Just be sure to use coupon code “20SUM-MERSA-VINGS”. Update: It uses Steam somehow?! This…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
Meet Lil and Laarg, the Stars of the New PS Vita Game Escape Plan
Sony announced a new PS Vita title at their press conference today named Escape Plan. The player controls Lil and Laarg, two leather-suited characters who look like extras from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The goal of the game is to escape from a black-and-white world, but there are plenty of traps to rip…
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UncategorizedYour First Look at Resistance: Burning Skies on the PlayStation Vita
The announcement of Resistance: Burning Skies for the PlayStation Vita at Sony’s Gamescom 2011 press conference today was immediately followed by a live demonstration of the game in action. This is that demonstration. It’s not looking too shabby. I like that the Vita makes up for the original PSP’s lack of sufficient controls by adding…
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Sony Launching a New Wi-Fi-less PSP for €99 [Update: Europe Only!]
Apparently unwilling to give up the older PSP platform despite launching the PS Vita successor next year, Sony has just announced a new regular PSP that doesn’t use discs, but only supports downloads. [Update: I misheard the announcement. I’m hearing now the new model doesn’t have Wi-Fi, which would certainly imply it doesn’t have downloads.…
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“Soul of Toys”, a Gallery of Ugly Mugs atop the Shoulders of our Favorite Action Figures
Jeremy Schultz loves taking photos of action figures. No posing, no irony. Just unadorned portraits of aging, flaking action figures, which for those of a certain age will evoke quite a bit of memory. (And no small bit of “God, was that thing really that ugly?”) He’s working on a coffee table book called “Soul…
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UncategorizedThis Video Gets Up Close and Personal With UFC Undisputed 3‘s Combat System
THQ has already announced its intention of making UFC Undisputed 3 a tournament ready fighter. In this video they show off how that combat system will look. After watching this video, I’m not going to argue with any of these guys.
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UncategorizedYou Sell Those Kingdoms of Amalur, Ken Rolston
Legendary The Elder Scrolls designer Ken Rolston proves himself one amazing combination thespian and salesman during his Gamescom presentation of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It’s “an enemy-pounding fun-fest!” You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
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Imagine a World of Battleships (Minus Kevin Costner)
From the maker of World of Tanks comes World of Battleships, a free-to-play PC game that will allow players to smack each other around using giant action battleships. Although there are few details on release dates, my gut is telling me we’ll see this sooner than later with the same sort of approachable gameplay that…
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UncategorizedThe Secret World Steps Into the Light Next Spring
Funcom’s massively multiplayer supernatural conspiracy game for the PC gets an April 2012 target today at Gamescom, along with a new trailer and news about how you can sign up to participate in beta testing events. Intriguied? I passed intruiged long ago when it comes to The Secret World. Now I’m bordering on obsessed, and…
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UncategorizedForza Motorsport 4 Shows Off Classic German Track
The people over at Turn 10 Studios give us another sneak peak into how and why Forza Motorsport 4‘s tracks are chosen and created. In this video, they show off the historic Hockenheim track in Germany. The location seems appropriate considering our continuing coverage of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Check out the high-tech gadgets Turn…
By Max Abrams - Uncategorized
Ninja Gaiden 3 Could Be the Hardest PlayStation Move Game Ever
Today at Gamescom in Germany, Tecmo’s Team Ninja revealed that Ninja Gaiden 3 was getting physical with the PlayStation Move, finally allowing the player and Ryu to commiserate over how difficult it is to slash at enemies for hours on end. Sword combat isn’t easy, and historically neither is Ninja Gaiden. Combine the two and…
By Mike Fahey
