Tokyo Game Show ā There was a time when patches werenāt just to fix broken things.
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Holding Out Against a Hero
You see the icon, you read the name, you boot it up, you think Tiny Heroes is about deploying a diminutive unit to plunder the gold from the dungeon laying out there before it. MoreĀ Ā»
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Tokyo Game Explosion Day 1: Final Fantasy XIII-2, Gold Vitas andā¦ Good 3DS News!
Weāve got a guy who speaks Japanese and one who speaks Australian tearing through Tokyo Game Show, eyeballing Hideo Kojima, playing the prettiest PlayStation 3 game theyāve ever seen, and soaking in all the news from Tokyo Game Show 2011. MoreĀ Ā»
Dead Island Devs Push Back DLC, Refocus Energy on Bug Squashing
Dead Islandās expansion packs, both announced and not, may be hitting later than planned as developers refocus their energy on fixing the game, Deep Silver tells Kotaku. MoreĀ Ā»
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Ignoring iPhone, 3DS and Vita Hype, Valve Doesnāt Want to Make Portable Games
Nintendo is catching a lot of heat these days for refusing to make games for the iPhone, but one of the other elite video game companies, the forward-thinking makers of Portal, Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2, Valve Software isnāt just shunning iPhone. MoreĀ Ā»
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How Do You Clean Your Horribly Filthy Gaming Equipment?
In todayās disgustingly dirty edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders what everyone does to keep their controllers and portable game devices from cultivating new forms of bacterial life. MoreĀ Ā»
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Stab Giant Animals In the Face In Dragonās Dogma
Capcomās swing at a Western-themed RPG, Dragonās Dogma, has a new trailer. That headline up there? Itās not lying. MoreĀ Ā»
These AR Games Are the PS Vitaās Holy Shit Moment
AR is the Nintendo 3DSās holy shit moment. Ditto for the PS Vita. Sony is offering a new spin on AR with markerless AR play. Itās impressive to see in action, and certainly something to show the friends if you want to wow them with your new hardware. MoreĀ Ā»
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Japanās Deadliest Developer Tells The Next Generation To Grow A Pair
I got the chance to sit down with Dead or Alive creator and former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki yesterday, ostensibly to talk about his studioās upcoming action game Devilās Third. Since that game made a late pullout from the Tokyo Game Show, however, there wasnāt much to talk about. MoreĀ Ā»
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Gears of Wars 3 Decimates the Game Reviewing Hordes
Go ahead. Look the grizzled, battle-scarred Marcus Michael Fenix in the face and tell him his third game sucks. You canāt do it, but donāt feel bad. Even the most battle-hardened video game critics are humbled by his majesty. MoreĀ Ā»
Sonyās Sexiest PS3 Consoles Look Even Better In the Flesh
As youāve seen already with the coloured Vitas, Sony has a range of fancy gear on show at the back wall of its Tokyo Game Show booth. Like the newly-announced FFXIII-2 PlayStation 3 console, its sibling, the Ni No Kuni PS3 and the entire range of DualShock 3s. MoreĀ Ā»
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WWE Great Shawn Michaels Shows Us Some Hunting Games, Justifies His Love of Hunting
In the middle of New York City, in the back of one crazy truck, pro wrestling icon Shawn Michaels promised me he could show me the newest Cabelaās hunting video games in one take. MoreĀ Ā»
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This Is Not One of the Six PS Vita AR Cards
It is an AR card. Itās made by Sony. Itās for the PS Vita. And itās not the final design. Sony showed off the AR features tonight at an event in Tokyo Bay. MoreĀ Ā»
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Quiet Little Moments Make Battlefield 3 Stunning
The first thing I notice when I maneuver Sgt. Henry Blackburn, 1st Recon Marine, through the smoking door frame of the Tehran apartment complex isnāt the smoldering bodies lying on the ground nearby, itās the piece of paper drifting through the room. MoreĀ Ā»
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WipeOut 2048 Only Needs One Vita Thumbstick, Thanks Very Much
Line up each version of Wipeout against a wall and, in all honesty, the only major difference is the platform itās appearing on. So what differentiates WipeOut 2048 on the PlayStation Vita? MoreĀ Ā»
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This Fall on PlayStation Moveā¦
Remember that PlayStation Move controller you bought last year? Well, theyāre still making games for it! Resistance 3, for example, is fully playable with PlayStation Move and that just came out. MoreĀ Ā»
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Last Night, Kotaku Was on a Boat
Day one of the Tokyo Game Show is done and dusted. Our day, however, wasnāt finished. Sony invited a group of the gaming press onto a boat to eat traditional Japanese food and demo PS Vita games. MoreĀ Ā»
Let These Gangster Hostesses Welcome You to Segaās TGS Booth
Segaās booth is busier and better this year than it has been in years. Part of that is because thereās a Yakuzapalooza going down, with the franchiseās PSP sequel drawing crowds, but itās also because this year Electronic Arts doesnāt have a booth of its own. MoreĀ Ā»
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