Dante's Inferno Dark Forest Micro-Review: Much Power, Little Point #review #dantesinfernodarkf

Apple Bans Game, Days After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store #apple #zitsgiggles

First Impressions Of The Kane & Lynch Movie Script #hollywood #movies

FarmVille How To: The Tips and Tricks of The Farming Masters #strategy #farmville

Kotaku Census 2010: You, Gamer #research #census2010

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Dante's Inferno Dark Forest Micro-Review: Much Power, Little Point

For five bucks, a Dante's Inferno player can have the most powerful Dante in the video games. More »

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By Stephen Totilo

#kotakutalkradio

Is Kotaku In Your MP3 Player Of Choice Yet?

Each week we record a live audio call-in show, modeled off of all those drive-time talk radio shows on the radio. We do this, in part, so you can listen to Kotaku while obeying the speed limit. More »

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By Stephen Totilo

#sony

PlayStation Prez Promises Killzone 3, Eventually

Sure, a third entry in the Guerrilla Games' Killzone series seems like an inevitability, an obvious sequel as assured as Gears of War 3 or Resistance 3. PlayStation president Jack Tretton promises it will happen, as close to confirmation as well get. More »

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By Michael McWhertor

#paxeast

Get Your PlayStation Move On At PAX East

Our PAX East party might be the convention's must-attend Friday night event, but what can you do on Thursday night? Why not get some hands-on time with the PlayStation move at Sony's PlayStation Blog meet-up? More »

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By Mike Fahey

#valve

One Left 4 Dead Character Won't Survive The Passing

Valve's poster for Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing downloadable content finally gets a tagline: Nobody Survives Forever. And while the original survivors will be showing up at the beginning of The Passing, only three make it to the end. More »

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By Mike Fahey

#visionstatements

What The People Behind Mass Effect And Dragon Age Are Trying To Do

I spoke to the men running the studio behind many of the world's biggest role-playing games a couple of weeks ago, to discuss a variety of things. I left with a bonus: The BioWare Vision Statement. More »

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By Stephen Totilo

#officialkotakuforum

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

On the weekend, you can talk about video games right here. This is Weekend TAY, which is just like Weekday TAY, except, because this goes live Saturday morning, the Smurfs might appear. More »

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#clips

Naughty Bear Does His Chest Burster Impression

Rather than tiptoe around our nightmares, the fine folks at Artificial Mind and Movement have decided to just tear through our darkest childhood fears like so much tissue paper with their latest Naughty Bear video vignette. More »

09:00 AM

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By Mike Fahey

#screengrab

Sometimes Camping Is OK

As seen on Halolz.

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By Brian Crecente

#research

Kotaku Census 2010: You, Gamer

OK, we are done with the tangible stuff. The machines you own, the games you play. To finish off our census, we're going to dig a little deeper. More »

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Yesterday - March 19, 2010

#pennyarcadeexpoeast

Announcing our PAX East Party: Come Drink AND Eat

So all of the neat things you find out when reading Kotaku on a Friday night? Take for instance news that we'll be hosting our own open-bar party at Penny Arcade Expo East in Boston next week. More »

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By Brian Crecente

#clips

Pole Dancing at the Game Developers Conference

As we mentioned earlier this week, GDC got some class this year with some pole-dancing, clothes-on erotic dancers. More »

10:00 PM

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By Brian Crecente

#hollywood

First Impressions Of The Kane & Lynch Movie Script

I've been slowly reading through a draft of the big screen adaptation of IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch today, the movie set to star Bruce Willis as Kane, Jamie Foxx as Lynch. Screenwriter Kyle Ward has done some... interesting things. More »

09:00 PM

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By Michael McWhertor

#howisthisnews

Kotaku Off Topic: Raw Thrills

It's Friday night and we're feeling a little "off topic" right now, so let's take a sharp turn from our regularly scheduled video game conversation and discuss other nerdy delights: film, music, comics, science, food, whatever you choose. More »

08:00 PM

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By Michael McWhertor

#consoletaisen

PSP Still Winning The War In Japan

The PlayStation Portable may not have had another stellar performance on par with its showing in Japan last week, but the PSP is still resting comfortably atop the country's hardware chart. More »

07:30 PM

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By Michael McWhertor

#syndicated

Game Developers Conference 2010, As Told To Twitter

What was everybody (on Twitter) talking about during this year's GDC? Game researcher Jesper Juul offers his annual look at the most tweeted highlights from the week of GDC, during which "pocket protector" was a surprisingly hot topic. More »

07:00 PM

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#sega

Beyond Sonic The Hedgehog: These May Be The New Sega All-Stars

Sonic the Hedgehog may be Sega's most recognizable cash cow—those Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games titles are huge—but the successes of Bayonetta, Total War and Football Manager may represent the new wave of Sega's key franchises. More »

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#note

Everybody Loves The Panda

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#wii

Pikmin 3 "Well Underway" Says Miyamoto

Nintendo designer and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto was in London today to pick up his BAFTA fellowship award, an honor he reciprocated by delivering his acceptance speech in pure English. What did Miyamoto have to say, specifically about Pikmin? More »

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By Michael McWhertor

#blazblue

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Keeps 2D Fighting Alive This Summer

North American fans of the two-dimensional fighting game will get their fisticuffs fix with the release of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer, the follow up to last year's BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. More »

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#lazysundays

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

What else? God of War III was released this week and, despite my initial apathy toward playing through another God of War game, I'm excited. That's why I'll be trading in a bunch of games this weekend. More »

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#list

Review Round-Up: Yakuza Greed, Street Fighter Max

With the use of some red ink and some blue ink, we reviewed some video games this week. Links to the results are below. How'd we do? More »

04:00 PM

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By Stephen Totilo

#events

To Do In Atlanta: Momocon - Anime, Comics, Gaming, And Kotaku

If you're in the Atlanta area this weekend, you'd be remiss if you didn't stop by MomoCon, the largest free admission fan convention in North America, featuring anime, manga, gaming, comics, and a special Sunday panel session with yours truly. More »

03:30 PM

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By Mike Fahey

#innovation

PixelJunk Expansion Channels Demon's Souls, Of All Things

The stylish, HD-retro PixelJunk games are among the highlights on the PlayStation platform. But another cult favorite, Demon's Souls, beat the series to its latest clever innovation. More »

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#advertisement

Click here to read <i>Repo Men</i>—Now Playing Everywhere

Repo Men—Now Playing Everywhere

In this futuristic action-thriller, Jude Law and Forest Whitaker star as repossession experts for The Union who collect artificial organs from their past due recipients. In theaters now! More »

02:59 PM

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#strategy

FarmVille How To: The Tips and Tricks of The Farming Masters

With around 82 million players worldwide, odds are at some point you're going to be playing the hit Facebook game, FarmVille. Kotaku went directly to Zynga's FarmVille team for tips and tricks on harvesting your way to the top. More »

02:30 PM

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By Mike Fahey

#preview

ModNation Racers Was My Favorite Low-Expectation Game Of The Show

I care little for kart-racing games and seldom generate any user-generated content. So, to be honest, I did not rush at the chance I was given last week to play ModNation Racers at Game Developer's Conference 2010. My mistake. More »

02:00 PM

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#paxeast

Puzzle Quest 2 Playable At PAX East, And So Are We

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the game that launched the puzzle-RPG genre, Puzzle Quest, will be playable at PAX East next weekend, if you can manage to pry us away from the controls. More »

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#apple

Apple Bans Game, Days After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store

Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple's app store "awful" and "horrible." This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. More »

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#betawatch

Now Everyone Can Be A Lord Of Ultima

EA's web-based strategy revival of classic RPG series Ultima has entered open beta, with thousands of players fortifying their towns for the inevitable invasion by everyone imaginable. Will you join the fray? More »

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#review

Street Fighter IV iPhone Review: A Party For One

Street Fighter IV was an exuberant return to the days of classic arcade fighters. It was a game designed specifically to reel back in aging gamers who once dropped pounds of quarters on virtual tournament in arcades around the world. More »

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#broken

God of War Smites Human Hand (X-Ray)

Generally speaking, videogames don't cause real bodily harm. But this X-ray, sent to us by a physician, proves that God of War III can break actual bones. [Gizmodo]

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#screengrab

The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Flow Chart

Will you die now, or survive to die in the sequel? The suspense (and zombies) is killing us, as seen on Game Informer.

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#clips

The Spectacular Downhill Chair Racing of Slider in Motion

I had a chance to virtually chair-run my way through the downhill streets of a virtual city last week using the Playstation Move controller. More »

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#sega

The Splash Hills Of Sonic The Hedgehog 4

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 website updated yesterday, with new screens showing off the verdant Splash Hills Zone, Dr. Eggman's character profile, and a little free music to whet your appetite for some old school hedgehog action. More »

10:30 AM

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#godofwariii

The God of War Needs to Do Laundry Too

Turns out Kratos wasn't acting out against innocent Best Buy employees because he wanted a copy of God of War III. He was just sick of hanging out in the story reading books, using the restroom, doing... laundry? More »

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#ps3

God of War III Mystery Website Promises Nothing

Attaining a platinum medal in the PlayStation 3's God of War III rewards players with the address to mystery web page Spartans Stand Tall, according to multiple Kotaku readers who must have excellent God of War skills. What's it mean? More »

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#boardgames

Electronic-Free Gaming

It's snowing right now, very hard actually, blizzard-like in fact. And I'm off. Yes, I know I'm writing this, but I am in fact off. But first, I need your help. More »

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#officialkotakuforum

Talk Amongst Yourselves

More button-pressing is needed. Please press some here to discuss video games. More »

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#clips

The Will Wright Tapes: Infant Borg, M&M Death Match and Drug Dealers

Will Wright popped up on the last talk of the last day of the Game Developers Conference to deliver a classic Wright mind-blowing talk on, well, everything. More »