Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Page 2
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Left 4 Dead Premium Theme Infecting New Official Xbox Mag

I’m kicking myself for not having subscribed to the Official Xbox Magazine, as subscribers are due to get a free Left 4 Dead premium theme to zombify their Xbox 360s. Wait, do I subscribe to OXM? I can never remember.


Tales Of Monkey Island Chapter 1 Preview: Guybrush Sails Again

Telltale Games aims to bring the comedy, adventure and swashbuckling of the classic Monkey Island games to a whole new audience – and to that end, they just drop you right into the action with Launch of the Screaming Narwhal.


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Warner Bros. Wins Bid For Midway For A Very Simple Reason

Looks like the new home of Mortal Kombat, Joust, Spy Hunter and other well-known Midway properties will be Warner Bros. after all. The media conglomerate looks to have won bidding rights to the publisher and developer by default.


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It’s Officially Game Over, Man For Aliens RPG

The rumours were true. Sega’s Aliens role-playing game, previously in development at Obsidian Entertainment, is as dead as games can get. The title’s developer and publisher both confirmed today that development on Aliens RPG has ceased.


Notebook Dump: Layton, Samurai Showdown, RE5 3D

There comes a time in the week when it’s time to reflect on what got into my notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we?


What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

I’ve got two RPGs and a couple of older games to keep me entertained this weekend.


Madballs In Babo Invasion Preview: A Game With Balls

The old tagline for the Madballs collectible toys of the 1980s was “Obnoxious And Gross!” which should tell you a lot about both the 80s and what to expect from squishy balls with disgusting faces.


Playing As Insurgents: Volition Reflects On Red Faction Guerrilla

There are rebellions that were and weren’t intended to be part of Red Faction: Guerrilla, Volition and THQ’s well-reviewed destroy-everything open-world game. Kotaku talked to the game’s designers about the possibilities and politics of what they made.


Bethesda’s Big Move

When Oblivion and Doom meet, the Fallout is bound to yield surprises; and perhaps offer some insight into the future of the video game industry.


Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Has Really Big Guns

Ninja Gaiden publisher Tecmo and Dynasty Warriors factory Koei were officially merged in April. But today, the two Japanese powerhouses spawned a European subsidiary. So we though we’d celebrate the good news with screen shots of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.