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Retail-Exclusive Enslaved Goodies Include Ninja Monkey And Sexy Robot
Ninja Monkey and Sexy Robot? Those two word combinations alone are enough to get many onboard for Namco Bandai’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West when it ships this September, but which power-granting outfits you get depends on where you preorder. Not only are Enslaved’s three premium preorder costumes stunning to look at, they’ll also enhance…
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The Nintendo Download: Cream Of The Crap
Can the release of the Nintendo 64’s Mario Tennis on the Virtual Console save a Nintendo Download littered with beer pong and virtual dating titles? It might not all be crap this week, but there’s a strong crap aftertaste that lingers on anything posted around the same time as Pong Toss Pro – Frat Party…
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The Fastest Switch To Free-To-Play In The History Of MMOs
Dungeons & Dragons Online did it. Lord of the Rings Online is doing it. More and more massively multiplayer online games are switching to a free-to-play model, but none quite as fast as Hi-Rez Studios’ online shooter Global Agenda. Launched in February of this year, Global Agenda was to have two different pricing tiers. Players…
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For Now The Bionic Cat Just Walks, But Could Laser Feet Be That Far Off?
After losing his back feet to a combine harvester, Oscar the cat thought he would never walk again, but we can rebuild him. We have the technology. Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon based in Surrey, England, is the subject of a BBC documentary titled The Bionic Vet, and for good reason. Working in tandem with…
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The Art Of Darksiders Debuts At Comic Con
While Darksiders fans won’t see a sequel until 2012, that doesn’t stop THQ from rolling out the tie-in merchandise, starting with a 288-page art book coming from UDON Entertainment, debuting as a limited hardcover edition at the San Diego Comic-Con. Before he made video games, Darksiders creative director Joe Madureira was a prolific comic book…
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Chimpanzees Take Us Beyond Good And Evil
Annexing territory, sending out scouting groups, beating enemies to death, and eating babies. It may sound like a plot to a particularly violent video game, but it’s really just chimpanzees, giving us some serious insight into human nature. Chimpanzees have been known to kill, but a study performed over the course of ten years on…
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Steam Saves Us From Sharks With Massive Sale
Steam kicks off its massive “Perils of Summer” sale today, with daily sales, ridiculous discounts on game bundles, and slashed prices in every genre, all aimed at making sure you don’t go to the beach and get eaten by sharks. There have been more than 2,251 unprovoked shark attacks reported worldwide, none of which have…
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The Plants Vs. Zombies Theme Song Is Even Better Live
Laura Shigihara, the writer and performer of the adorable “Zombies on your Lawn” song sends us this live rendition of the tune, complete with undead noises courtesy of game designer George Fan. I didn’t make it to the end of Plants Vs. Zombies until it came out on the iPhone, and to be completely honest,…
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Why Sony’s Sorcery Moved Us
Shown exclusively during the Sony E3 2010 press conference, SCEA’s Sorcery made enough of an impression on us to score a Best of E3 nomination for Best New Game. How’d that happen? Your PlayStation Move controller is a magic wand. Okay, you might need a more in-depth explanation. Your PlayStation Move is a freaking sweet…
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Buy Yourself A Better City Of Heroes Mutant
If you’ve ever wished your City of Heroes mutant character could mutate just a little bit more, now’s your chance, as Paragon Studios unleashes Super Booster V: Mutant on the NCsoft online store. For those of you who’ve not been paying attention lately, like myself, NCsoft and Paragon Studios have been slowly releasing new paid…
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Turn Off The Lights And Super Sonic Glows
Why spend $140 on a regular 15-inch-tall Super Sonic the Hedgehog statue when you can spend $160 on one that glows? First4Figures extends their Sonic license with the powered-up version of Sega’s mascot. Back in 2008, First4Figures put their first Sonic the Hedgehog statue up for sale for $99. It was lovely and all, but…
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The Fabled Unibear Is Going To Die Horribly
Who could possibly want to hurt something as glorious as a cross between a unicorn and a plush teddy bear? Oh yeah, that guy. Naughty Bear finally hits store shelves next week, and for better or worse, I’ve got my copy preordered at GameStop, in order to secure an exclusive slasher bear skin, completely with…
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FarmVille Hits iTunes, Productivity Plummets
As promised, FarmVille is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, dooming millions to endless mobile toil on virtual farms, unless the app’s slow speed and crashing save the day. FarmVille for the iPhone crashed on me four times before finally loading my farm, seen in the screenshot above. Once it did load my…
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Jimmy Fallon Feels The Need For Speed
Next year we’re just going to wait until the week after E3 and let the publishers bring the games to us, like Jimmy Fallon has done with Kinect, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and now Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. There’s an interesting dichotomy of fashion going on in this clip. Fallon sports his normal…
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Plants Vs. Zombies Vs. Cake
Liam Brockwood had a much better birthday than you did, thanks to this lovingly crafted and entirely edible Plants Vs. Zombies cake. I haven’t been this jealous of a seven-year-old since 1981. Liam’s father, Ted, sent us to his Flickr page in order to foster jealousy over his child’s birthday cake. At least I think…
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Kotaku Off Topic: So About This World Cup Thing…
I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but I’m beginning to feel the stirrings of second-hand excitement. Is this warranted? Should I be afraid? Should I call my doctor? I came into Kotaku Tower this morning like I do any other morning, rolling out of bed and crawling down the hallway. Just as I am preparing…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: F-Zero, Argentina Woes, Mushroom Art, And The Good Old 60GB
The post E3 2010 episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku is here, with Linfosoma, Dracosummoner, Richardsim7, and Mayonaisetim sounding off on dead 60GB PlayStation 3 consoles, mushroom art, the F-Zero series, and the trouble with games in Argentina. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our…
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Create Your Own Scott Pilgrim Avatar
Ever wonder what you’d look like as a character from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series? Probably much better than you do in real life, if my picture from the Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator is any indication. The video game reference riddled Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie is coming in August, and the official…
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New World Of Warcraft Patch Enables Cross-Game Chat
Blizzard’s 3.3.5 patch for World of Warcraft went live yesterday, enabling the new Battle.net Real ID feature, allowing for cross-faction, cross-server, and when StarCraft II comes out, cross-game chat. Real ID is a layer of friends list on top of the one World of Warcraft players are used to. Instead of tagging another character name…
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