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BlizzCon 2009: Kotaku Has Landed
Anaheim, California has been invaded by and army of Blizzard fans, and only one man can take pictures of a sign while they mill about. I have my badge. I have my swag bag. I have a cloudy idea of tomorrow’s schedule. I’d say we’re all set for BlizzCon 2009! Festivities kick off tomorrow morning…
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Kotaku At BlizzCon 2009
It’s time for Blizzard fans’ annual pilgrimage to Anaheim, California for BlizzCon 2009, and Kotaku will be there! Well, I will be there representing Kotaku, but judging by my height and girth I am worth any two of them on the human meat aftermarket. Last year I shattered the very world, so what trouble could…
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Tripwire Self-Publishes Killing Floor At Retail
Tripwire Interactive is making the leap from independent PC developer to self-publishing independent developer, starting with a retail release of their smash hit co-op survival horror FPS, Killing Floor. The Roswell Georgia based developer took Steam by storm back in May when it released Killing Floor, a full game based on the survival horror total…
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Put Yourself In The Free Realms Card Game
Sony Online Entertainment has teamed up with trading card company Topps to let players create their own official personalized cards for the Free Realms collectible card game. The Duelist on Demand Program allows players to turn their Free Realms character into a personalized card for use in the physical version of the tie-in trading card…
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1000 Rock Band Songs By The End Of The Year
With more than 800 songs already available in the Rock Band Music Store, Harmonix and MTV Games foresee that number reaching 1000 by the time 2010 rolls in. Speaking at Gamescom 2009 today, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos flaunted his franchise’s massive library of music, citing it as just one of the reasons for Rock Band’s…
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$40 For That Old Thing? How Used Games Are Priced
Not content to pay any old price for a used game, Kotaku recently attempted to figure out how big stores decide what to charge for old games. The idea to research the subject of how game resellers priced their titles came after a visit to a local GameStop store. Browsing the used PlayStation 2 section,…
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Fat Princess Teases Pirates And Ninjas
What could possibly be missing from Titan Studios’ multiplayer online PlayStation Network game, Fat Princess? Oh yeah…those. No details and no teasing words. Just a simple image popping up on Titan’s website. Subtle. Classy. Pirates. Ninjas. New job classes for the game, or does someone over there just really love pirates and ninjas? The world…
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Watch BlizzCon 2009 Online, Get Grunty
DIRECTV’s coverage of BlizzCon 2009 goes beyond the television this year, with non-subscribers able to purchase a streaming internet package that includes the exclusive Grunty the Murloc Space Marine pet. Last year DIRECTV broadcast BlizzCon 2008 as a pay per view event, giving those who purchased the programming a code for the show-exclusive polar bear…
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Namco Bandai Picks Up Clash Of The Titans By Severed, Snake-Covered Head
Legends never die, and that holds true for games based on movies base on those legends, as Namco Bandai picks up publishing duties from now-defunct Brash Entertainment for Clash of the Titans: The Video Game. Clash of the Titans, based on the 2010 remake of the classic Harry Hamlin vehicle, has been in development at…
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LEGO Rock Band Rains Destruction
Behold the Rock Power Challenge in LEGO Rock Band, a game mode in which you use the power of rock to demolish a building. Maybe this isn’t exciting for you, but damn if it doesn’t do just the trick for me. Why the hell do we need a LEGO Rock Band? This right here. Take…
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Age Of Conan Expands With Rise Of The Godslayer
Funcom continues to show utter faithfulness to the works of Robert E. Howard with the announcement of Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer, and expansion based off Howard’s “The Tower of the Elephant.” The new expansion is sure to be a real treat for fans of the original Conan stories. Rise of the Godslayer…
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Sega Restarts Genesis Poll, Removes Earthworm Jim
Sega’s attempt to have fans choose the next Genesis classic to grace Xbox Live Arcade ran into a snag yesterday, when Gameloft announced vote-leader Earthworm Jim for Xbox Live Arcade. Earthworm Jim was winning the voting for the next Sega Genesis classic by a wide margin yesterday, when Interplay and Gameloft made their big announcement:…
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PSP Minis: Bite-Sized Fun At Bite-Sized Prices
Today at Sony’s Gamescom 2009 press conference the company introduced PSP Minis, a range of smaller, cheaper downloadable games for the PSP and PSP Go. Minis, which we touched on briefly last week, will be showing up in their own special section of the PlayStation Store come October 1st, giving PSP owners smaller-sized games at…
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PSP-3000 Goes Blossom Pink, Turquoise Green
Showing continued support for the older model despite the impending release of the PSP Go, Sony has announced two new colors for the PSP-3000: Blossom Pink and Turquoise Green. Behold their beauty. The two new models of the PSP-3000 are due out in November, a month after the release of the PSP Go. It should…
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PS3 Slims Pics And Specs
Sony’s official press release for the PlayStation 3 Slim reveals a few updated features and a whole slew of sexy product shots of the PS3’s skinny little brother. The new model heralds a slew of changes for the PlayStation 3 brand, include a change in the official all-caps PLAYSTATION 3 brand to the PlayStation 3…
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Surprise! PlayStation 3 Price Drops $100
In a move that no one could have possibly anticipated, Sony announces a price drop along with the news of the PlayStation 3 Slim, with the current 80GB system dropping to $299 until replaced. It almost doesn’t seem worth it, really. The PlayStation 3 slim is right around the corner, selling for $299 with a…
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PS3 Firmware 3.0 Adds New XMB, Dynamic Themes, Avatars
PlayStation 3 firmware 3.0 is coming soon, bringing with it new XMB functionality, a status indicator, a friends list redesign, dynamic themes, avatars, and much more. Announced during Gamescom and highlighted at the PlayStation blog, firmware 3.0 doesn’t revolutionalize the way we navigate the PlayStation 3, but it does bring some welcome changes. The most…
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LittleBigPlanet Gets All Wet
You’ll soon be able to fully realize your LittleBigPlanet BioShock level, as Media Molecule announces the addition of water to the game in a future update. How has the LittleBigPlanet community survived this long without real water? Sure, we’ve had cardboard water, but that isn’t quite the same. Now the Super Mario Bros. levels can…
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