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Shark Week, the brainchild of a stoned Discovery Channel employee that became a national holiday, starts officially tonight at 9PM. But you don't need no stinkin' designated week. Live every week like it's Shark Week with the help of Giz! More »
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The Sims 3 allows you to create your own Sims, create your own home, and now you can create your own world, courtesy of The Sims 3 Create A World tool, a free download now available on TheSims3.com. More »
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Often unsung heroes of the gaming world, physics simulation, content development, and digital media service provider Havok celebrates 10 years of their logo showing up all over the damn place. More »
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One thing about us here at Kotaku, we love a 3D Games Design Tool with a happy Atmosphere. More »
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BioWare has announced that they have licensed Perpetual Entertainment's online technology platform for use in their upcoming and as-of-yet unnamed MMO project. BioWare first announced the foundation of their Austin studios for creation of said MMO back in March of last year, and not much has been heard on the subject since. Perpetual Entertainment is the development studio behind Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising and Star Trek Online, and their online platform will serve as the backbone of BioWare's mysterious project. Adopting the platform basically shaves a great deal of development time off the project, incorporating tools for everything from player management to billing to load balancing. So BioWare has the online structure as well as the Simultronics HeroEngine as the 3D game engine. Perhaps now they can get around to telling us what the hell the game will be about before we go insane. More »
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Friendly neighborhood Sidebar Gadget designer Andy over at the Intelligroup put together this super cool Vista Gadget to help you obsessively track the latest posts on Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=231302&view=rss&microfeed=true If you're wondering whether or not you live within driving distance of one of the unscrupulous merchants who broke the DS Lite release date almost two weeks early, you should check out this Google Maps based tool for finding the closest on sale DS Lite near you. More »
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