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Behind The Music Of Transformers And BioShock Infinites’ Moving VGA Trailers

4:40AM December 13, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Ever since Epic’s Gears of War plucked heartstrings with a cover of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” game creators have been attempting to recreate that magic, forging an emotional bond between gamers and game through evocative music. Let’s see how good a job Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and BioShock Infinite did of it with their respective Spike VGA Awards debut trailers. More »

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Blink And You’ll Miss The First Footage From The Next Big BioWare Franchise

4:30AM November 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Earlier this month Game Informer gave us the first dust-filled image from BioWare’s mysterious new franchise. Now Spike delivers the first footage from the title, nearly three whole seconds that tell us absolutely nothing. More »

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There Is An Uncharted 3 Reality TV Show

5:30PM August 31, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

There’s a reality TV special to be broadcast on Spike later this year that’ll be all about Uncharted 3. Think Survivor, only it’s a single episode. Or, more aptly, The Tester with half-tucks. It’s called Uncharted 3: Race to the Ring. More »

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Kotaku And Spike/GameTrailers Team Up At E3

7:40AM June 4, 2011 | Joel Johnson

I’m excited to announce that starting Noon ET, 9AM PT Monday, Kotaku editors will appear during Spike and GameTrailers‘s 20-plus hours of live coverage of E3 2011. Stephen Totilo, Brian Crecente, Michael McWhertor, and Joel Johnson will all be appearing live on Spike and GameTrailers.com to provide expert analysis and share breaking news with Geoff Keighley between all the major press conferences. More »

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Japan Cannot Pretend Kim Jung-il Is Dead

12:00AM February 19, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Earlier this month, it was revealed that first-person shooter Homefront was going to be changed for Japan. Today, the game’s Japanese publisher finally explained why. More »

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North Korea May Be Japan’s Forbidden Bad Guys

6:00PM February 8, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

One of the last year’s most uncomfortable experiences was sitting in a room full of Japanese press and watching as North Koreaand South Korea united and then overran Japan. That experience, however, is now lost to time, and the game, first person shooter Homefront, is all the less interesting because of it. More »

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Why Do The Spike VGAs Even Bother With ‘Awards’ Part?

7:30PM December 13, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The Spike Video Game Awards were a great piece of entertainment, weren’t they? We got a Mass Effect 3 trailer, an Elder Scrolls V reveal, an amazing Batman trailer and awards for… hrm… More »

Activision Teases ‘Murder Your Maker’ For Spike TV VGAs

2:00PM November 26, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

December’s Spike TV Video Game Awards gets a little more murderous with the help of Activision. The Call of Duty and Guitar Hero publisher has launched a teaser site for Murder Your Maker, a… well, we don’t know what it is yet. More »

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15-Second Schoolgirl Spot Gets Making-Of Documentary

10:00PM November 5, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Seventeen-year-old idol Karin Aiba is promoting PSP game Dangan-Ronpa in 15-second TV ads. The making-of documentary is 20 times longer and has added curry eating. Mmm curry! More »

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Fire Pro Wrestling Is All Avatars, No Beefy Men

5:20AM September 18, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Fire Pro Wrestling is returning, but this time it’s coming to Xbox Live Arcade, and it’s way cuter. But does that mean the buff Fire Pro Wrestling of days gone by have been passed over in favour of Xbox 360 Avatars? More »