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Lightning Blanka Aids Haiti
SOTA Toys is giving Street Fighter fans a chance to snag a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Blanka statue, while providing much-needed relief to the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti. Behold Lightning Blanka, one of the most attractive renditions of the electrified mutant Street Fighter ever created. SOTA Toys made one of these while working on the more traditional…
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Tricell CEO Goes Mercenary In Resident Evil 5: Gold
Tricell CEO Excella Gionne is so elegant she doesn’t bother changing out of her evening wear to battle Majini as a new playable character in Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition’s Mercenaries Reunion. Capcom revealed the beautiful but merciless Ms. Gionne as a playable character in Mercenaries Reunion today, with a set of screens showing off…
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It’s Xbox 360 Day In The Amazon Gold Box
Amazon.com is doling out 360 deals all day long, discounting titles Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Assassin’s Creed II, and more. Left 4 Dead 2 is the Deal of the Day on Amazon, with Xbox 360 and PC versions $34.99 and $27.99 respectively. While that deal runs all day long, the Gold Box…
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The Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer Has It All
Action, adventure, drama, and even a little romance, the launch trailer for Mass Effect 2 covers all the bases. BioWare sure knows how to put together a trailer, don’t they? This Mass Effect 2 launch trailer looks like more of a movie trailer than anything from a video game, which is completely appropriate when you…
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BioWare’s Greg Zeschuk Has A Massive Effect On Kotaku Talk Radio
Our second studio episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is in the can! Listen now to hear one of Canada’s finest, BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk, discussing Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and beyond. Dr. Gregory P. Zeschuk kicks off this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio by mocking Totilo’s winter wear, and it only gets better…
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Supreme Commander 2 Gets A Proper Trailer
Gas Powered Games‘ Supreme Commander 2 finally gets itself a proper trailer, with lovely CGI and bombastic music appropriate for a real-time strategy game of its stature. For a while there the only video we had of Supreme Commander 2 was the one that came out with the North American release date announcement, which featured…
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How Does World Of Warcraft Threaten The Porn Industry?
According to an article by The Daily Beast’s Richard Abowitz, online games like World of Warcraft are one of the top five reasons porn-for-profit is dying, and it all comes down to staying power. Most of the reasons presented in the article make perfect sense. Fans paying more for sex with porn stars than film…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: 404 Errors, Campaigns, PC Cowboys, And Goodwill Towards Tony Hawk
This week in Speak-Up on Kotaku, our readers question the use of the word “campaign”, ponder BioWare’s 404 error, discover where Tony Hawk Ride games go to die, and head out on the dusty trail of PC gaming. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku:…
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Getting Started With Global Agenda: A Visual Tour
Hi-Rez Studios’ massively-multiplayer shooter Global Agenda launches next month, so I’ve spent the past couple of days tooling about in the beta to see what’s what. Let’s take a tour, shall we? Recovering from a global disaster in the 22nd century, Earth has fallen under the rule of the tyrannical Commonwealth. As advanced technology opens…
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Persona 3 Gets Even Better On The PSP
Atlus sends more Persona love to the PSP, announcing Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable for July release in North America, complete with dozens of hours of additional gameplay and a new player-controlled female protagonist. Porting Persona 3, one of the highest-rated role-playing games of all time, to the PSP, would have been enough for…
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Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack 2 On Sale Next Month
Remember the three exclusive Halo 3 multiplayer maps included in Halo 3: ODST? They’re finally going up for sale on Xbox Live next month as the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack 2. Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for Halo fans to pick up ODST was the three exclusive multiplayer maps, Citadel, Longshore, and Heretic.…
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Fat Princess Map Selection Grows Fatter With Next Update
Titan Studios expresses its gratitude to the Fat Princess community, sharing some cosplay and slipping fans a free map along with the bug fixes coming in Patch 1.04. The cosplay comes by way of Asian School Boy, linked in the PlayStation Blog post as part of Titan’s outpouring of love for fans of the mutliplayer…
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The Rock Band Network’s Very Naughty Words
The Rock Band Network jumps into beta, with a comprehensive guide to offensive content featuring a list of “very naughty words,” including “Anusdrill,” “Paedophile,” and “God.” Be warned – this post is extremely NSFW. The offensive content guidelines at Creators.Rockband.com is quite an interesting read, giving examples of what words and references would give a…
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Front Mission Evolved Trailer Evolves
Square Enix announced a spring European release for third-person giant-robot shooter Front Mission Evolved, releasing a new trailer that adds some personality to the teaser seen at last year’s Tokyo Game Show. Front Mission Evolved, developed for Square Enix by Double Helix Games, is a new take on the traditionally turn-based strategy series, serving up…
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Super SFIV’s Juri Looks Lovely In Resin
If you love Super Street Fighter IV’s Juri as much as Crecente did, then you’ll be pleased to know that SOTA toys is working on a kickin’ resin statue of the character to help free you of your excess money. SOTA has done a lovely job capturing the likenesses of the boys, girls, and green-skinned…
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Super Monkey Ball And The Most Appropriate Cross Promotion Ever
When you have a game like Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, which centers on collecting bananas, you couldn’t pick a better cross-promoting partner than the leading distributor of bananas in the United States, Chiquita. Starting next month, more than 180 million Chiquita bananas will feature stickers promoting Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll for…
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The Brink Character Customization Video That Almost Wasn’t
Bethesda passed me a package containing a pair of posters and this character customization trailer for its upcoming first-person shooter, Brink. Now that I realize the video exists, I shall share it with you, along with the story of how I nearly missed it. The package consisted of a long, skinny box, packed with foam.…
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Fans Localize Fatal Frame 4
Nintendo’s decision to withhold Fatal Frame 4 from Western release didn’t sit well with fans, so a group of them has produced an English patch that translates the game for players in North America and Europe. Fatal Frame 4, known in Japan as Zero: Tsukihami no Kame, won’t see a U.S. retail release any time…
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Section 8 Makes With The DLC
The first downloadable content for Section 8 is now live, bringing three new maps and 10 new achievements to TimeGate’s first-person shooter in the Seek and Destroy Map Pack. Four months and change after SouthPeak Games released it, and Section 8 is finally getting a dose of downloadable content. The Seek and Destroy Map Pack…
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3D Dot Heroes Does Not Need More Dots
Atlus has dropped off the first localized screens for Silicon Studio’s 3D Dot Heroes for the PlayStation 3, and I’d be remiss in my duties if I didn’t point out how blocky the graphics are. Then again, I suppose that is the point. Call it a Zelda ripoff, or call it a tribute to retro…
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