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I'm one of the biggest Zelda fanatics around. So imagine my excitement when my Lords and Masters here at Kotaku said it would be a good idea for me to visit the 25th Anniversary display celebrating The Legend of Zelda that Nintendo World recently set up. More »
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Is this the best summer for video game-themed socks... ever? It's looking that way, now that J!NX has released officially licensed Portal 2 knee socks, footwear based on the Aperture Science Long Fall Boots from Valve's first-person puzzler. More »
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Assassin's Creed has never been a game series short on backstory. But now Ubisoft is taking all that backstory and putting it in one glorious place. More »
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We thought we had seen the ultimate street brawling crossover when Street Fighter X Tekken hit the scene. We were wrong. In fall 2012, Street Fighter and Hello Kitty will finally be one, at least from a merchandising perspective. More »
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Minecraft just started down the road toward becoming a real live video game over the weekend, when it got a beta date, but it's already raking in the cash and now it even has official t-shirts. More »
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While fans begin lining up outside the Anaheim Convention Center for the official launch of BlizzCon 2010, let's check out what sort of Blizzard merchandise they'll be lining up for once they're inside! More »
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Reader Brett must have known our adolescent selves were in need of entertainment, otherwise he wouldn't have pointed us towards this motherload of vintage Nintendo merchandise catalogues. More »
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This October, God of War die hards will be able to get their hands on the United Cutlery replica Blades of Chaos and the first of six issues of the new comic series from DC Comics. More »
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Creative Minx Marketing and Electronic Arts penned a deal today to turn a slew of EA games into t-shirts, collectibles, peripherals and accessories. More »
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I've really been enjoying the posts over at the Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection blog, even though it has one of the worst titles I've ever seen. Up recently was a look back at some of the licensed goods in the collection, including this box of the 'Nintendo Cereal System.' And yes, they tried some of the 20 year old cereal before gutting the box to save it for posterity. Eric Kaltman mentions some of the challenges that come along with attempting to preserve these bits of game culture: More »
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The National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) continue their almost single handed quest to collect all the dust in the northern hemisphere with their range of shelf-filling collectibles. More »
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I never thought that our own commander and chief Brian Crecente resembled Kenji Harima from the anime series School Rumble (granted, I'd never seen the show before this post), but at least one patch-maker feels differently. Because this "School Rumble Harima Patch" from Great Eastern Entertainment might as well be renamed "Offical Badge of the Crecenteteers" and come along with quarterly newsletters with updates on the big BC himself (what are his dreams, tastes in music and biggest pet peeves on a first date?) More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=337770&view=rss&microfeed=true After an appointment in a nearby hotel, I came back into convention center and after seeing a door that said "re-entry only", slipped inside. As I got down to the bottom of the stairs I noticed things that looked a little different. This certainly wasn't the show floor I had left a half an hour before. Upon looking around I realized I had been dumped off into the merchandise room and snce I am rather fond of that sort of thing I figured I'd stick around and take some pictures. I mainly stuck to the Capcom and Square booths, both of which were filled to the brim with things to make my bank account shrink. Check out the gallery below for a bountiful bevy of action figures, statuettes, jewelery and t-shirts. I think I'm going to become the official Kotaku merchandise photographer after this trip. now if I can only figure our how to get them to let me expense my toy purchases... More »
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PAX goers were treated to a whole raft of new exclusive Halo 3 merchandise that will soon be available on Bungiestore.com (if there's any left) for those of you who weren't able to attend the conference. There was a little something for everyone including calendars, man purses, keepsake photos, back packs, four styles of T-shirt and even a fancy bedazzled Halo 3 logo T-shirt for the ladies or you few daring gentlemen. make the jump to peruse some more pics and start making your shopping lists. More »
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Snuck in at the bottom of their E3 line-up announcement was this little gem: Square Enix is opening an official online store for North America. More »
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