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The PlayStation Store To Start Selling Japanese Imports This Month
A press release from MonkeyPaw Games indicates that Imports on the PlayStation Store is starting up on the PlayStation Network next week, with shooters Cho Aniki and GaiaSeed acting as launch titles for the new service. We’ve heard a PlayStation Network import store talked about in rumors before, but this is the first concrete information…
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GameStop Is Working On Its Midnight Moves
The PlayStation Move goes on sale tomorrow, but select GameStop stores are staying open late to let customers get an early start on Sony’s new era of motion controlled gaming. We’ve seen midnight openings for games and midnight openings for consoles, but it’s quite rare a retailer open late to sell a new peripheral. GameStop…
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This PlayStation Move Ad Hits The Wii Right Where It Hurts
Only one thing can save you when a gargantuan Mii is chasing you down a deserted stretch of highway in the middle of nowhere. This new PlayStation Move spot from the content creators / Wolf breeders at Wolfbreeder doesn’t beat around the bush. It’s a direct attack on the Nintendo Wii. I mean, it doesn’t…
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Microsoft Responds To Halo: Reach Disc Read Errors
Yesterday we reached out to Microsoft regarding reports from many readers that their Halo: Reach discs were causing a disc read error, making the newly launched game unplayable. Today Microsoft responds. We mentioned the issue yesterday in our post about the inability of 4GB Xbox 360 consoles to play cooperative multiplayer in Halo: Reach and…
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New Catherine Trailer Is Horrifically Sexy
Following up on the game’s slighty NSFW debut trailer, Atlus’ Catherine continues to flaunt its combination of sex and scares in this new trailer for the upcoming HD role-playing game. While our Japanese contingent scores some much -needed rest, Atlus releases the stuff of sexy, sexy nightmares in this new trailer for Catherine, due to…
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Mortal Kombat Devs Add Fuel To The PSP2 Fire
Another offhand mention of the unannounced successor to Sony’s PlayStation Portable, as an executive producer with Mortal Kombat’s Netherrealm Studios tells Industry Gamer that they’ve got one, and it’s very nice. Speaking to Industry Gamer during PAX 2010, Netherrealms’ Shaun Himmerick said that while the developer didn’t have a Nintendo 3DS yet, it had the…
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Gameloft Shows Off Impressive New Grand Theft Auto And Diablo Clones
Gameloft is the master of iPhone and iPad video game clones, as proven by these screens for the Grand Theft Auto inspired Gangstar Miami Vindication and a trailer showing off the online multiplayer in Diablo-flavored Dungeon Hunter 2. The original Dungeon Hunter (if you could really call it original) is one of my favorite games…
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Activision Considers Selling Video Game Cutscenes
If Activision stripped all of the cutscenes from StarCraft II, pasted them together into one big movie and charged between 20 to 30 dollars for you to buy it, would you pay? Activision’s Bobby Kotick thinks you would. It’s an absolutely crazy idea. Take the cutscenes normally spread out over the course of an entire…
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APB Closes Its Doors After Less Than Three Months
The cops and robbers game from troubled Scottish developer Realtime Worlds might set the record for the shortest-lived MMO, as All Points Bulletin shuts down after a mere two and a half months in operation. APB officially launched in North America on June 29, welcoming Enforcers and Criminals alike to the dangerous streets of the…
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New PETA Games Give Power To The Pachyderms
PETA2 teaches children about the plight of circus-bound elephants with a pair of new flash games, giving the world’s largest land mammals a chance to strike back against the clowns, trainers, and circus CEOs that are keeping them down. PETA2 is the kid’s branch of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, so don’t…
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TGS Gets Struck By A Smooth Criminal, Ow
Michael Jackson has always been big in Japan, and Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson The Experience is no exception, hitting TGS hard with three newly revealed tracks and a new trailer, complete with creepy MJ stand-in. Will you be too mesmerized by the creepiness of the blurry-faced Michael Jackson dancer to care that “Smooth Criminal,” “Black or…
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Steel Battalion Triumphantly Returns With A Different Sort Of Custom Controller
During Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show press conference this morning, Capcom’s Keiji Inafune took the stage to introduce the world to Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor for Kinect, a new interpretation of the classic game with the extremely expensive controller. I can’t believe McWhertor was right, but there it is in our E3 2010 predictions post: “Steel…
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ReviewsKingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Review: Sleeper Hit
A decade before Sora faced off against his first Heartless, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus battled the Unversed across a multitude of Disney-themed worlds in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Kingdom Hearts fans have been eager to get their hands on Terra, Aqua, and Ventus since they first appeared in the secret trailer for Birth by…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Retail Rage, Halo Rage, Server Rage, And Muppets
In this week’s rage-fueled installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, Bharat Raghu, Jack2Pot, and Time Pilot AKA discuss retailer choices, Halo haters, and server downtime, while Darkboy1200 reminds us how awesome muppets are. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to…
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Know Who Your Friends Are In Fallout: New Vegas
You can’t expect to survive the harsh wastelands surrounding New Vegas without the help of a few friends. Check out the dogs, robots, humans, super mutants, and ghouls that’ll be helping you survive Fallout: New Vegas. Not only do Fallout: New Vegas’ companions keep you company, they deliver helpful perks to your character, just by…
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The Price Of Demon’s Souls Drops
One of the prime contenders for Kotaku’s 2009 Game of the Year Award, Atlus’ Demon’s Souls joins the PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits line today, with the new $29.99 price tag sure to spark a resurgence of online play. If you had told me a year ago that Atlus would have a game in the PS3…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Gets Its Own Limited Edition Jeep
In what could be part of the ultimate collector’s edition for Black Ops, Chrysler will soon be rolling out a limited Call of Duty edition of the Jeep Wrangler. Forget the Halo: Reach Legendary Edition, how legendary would it be if Activision bundled a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops together with a limited…
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Xbox Live Indie Clips: Prismatic Solid
In this week’s installment of Xbox Live Indie Clips, we take a look at Prismatic Solid, a colorful and stylish shooter that earned Japan’s Yoichi Hayashi $10,000 in Microsoft’s 2010 Dream.Build.Play contest. Prismatic Solid is a nifty little shooter that takes the player on a journey through six different colorful stages of bullet hell goodness.…
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Pinball FX 2’s Rome Table Likely Not Built In A Day
Six stately new screens for Zen Studio’s Pinball FX 2 arrived this morning, along with info on how the sequel’s scoring system will give players the choice to stand with their friends or against them. Zen promised a more involved social experience in Pinball FX 2 for Xbox Live Arcade, and it all starts with…
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