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Gravity-Defying Xbox Live Shooter Hybrid Is Back And Better Than Ever

5:00AM February 1, 2012 | Mike Fahey

After making a big splash during its first showing at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, 5th Cell’s dizzying cover-centric 3D shooter Hybrid was dragged back behind closed doors in May in order to make sure it was the “highest quality title possible”. Let’s see what changed the past eight months have wrought. More »


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Street Fighter X Tekken Spawns The World’s First Fighting Game-Centric Reality Show

9:30AM January 24, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Not content with merely streaming live matches leading up to the March release of the Street Fighter X Tekken fighting game crossover, Capcom has teamed with iPlayWinner and Team Spooky to create Cross Assault, a live week-long $US25,000 tournament masquerading as an internet reality show. More »


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Grab Final Fantasy XIII-2′s Playable Demo Today

9:15AM January 11, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

If you’re wanting to see just how different Final Fantasy XIII-2 is from its predecessor, you finally be able to check out a demo today. More »


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Call Of Duty Elite Is Now Open For Business

6:07AM November 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Unless you’re one of the several thousand people playing early, you’ll have to wait until midnight to get your hands on Modern Warfare 3, but Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service is now live, ready to keep you occupied until then.


In Real Life

Watch Them Play Valve’s DOTA 2

8:00PM August 17, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The International, Valve’s live DOTA 2 championship is happening now at Gamescom. That means that a select group of dedicated gamers are currently vying to be the champion in a game that hasn’t yet released. More »


PC

Why You Need To Play Age Of Empire Online… And Believe My Lies

10:00AM August 13, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Be warned: I am a strident fan of classic computer real-time strategy series Age of Empires and when finally given the opportunity to play a new take on the game I will go to great lengths to make sure it sticks around. More »


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Live At Comic-Con’s Kinect Star Wars Panel

3:00AM July 22, 2011 | Brian Crecente

LucasArts’ Craig Derrick and Kinect’s Jorg Neumann sit down with USA Today’s Mike Snider to discuss new gameplay from the Kinect-enabled Star Wars game. The panel is said to include new details about the game include an all-new mode. The duo are also supposed to be “unveiling an exciting announcement,” according to the official panel description. More »


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Liveblogging Al Gore’s Games For Change Keynote

3:00AM June 21, 2011 | Kotaku US Edition

Former vice president Al Gore addresses the Games for Change summit today, kicking off three days of discussion about making games for social impact. More »


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Discovery’s Final Launch Is PlayStation Home’s First Live Broadcast

9:00AM February 24, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled for tomorrow, and PlayStation space exploration fans can tune in directly from Sony’s console-embedded virtual world, provided they know someone with a digital yacht. More »


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Live At BlizzCon’s World Of Warcraft Live Raid

10:20AM October 23, 2010 | Mike Fahey

We’re coming to you live from BlizzCon’s World of Warcraft Live Raid, where Blizzard promises they’re doing something new and fun. Join us! More »