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  Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review

  The PlayStation Vita has two analog sticks and can run some of the same games that are on the PlayStation 3. That’s good news for Sony’s wonderful handheld hardware and bad news for Resistance: Burning Skies a mediocre new first-person shooter that has no excuses for underachieving. Burning Skies is the fifth game in a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 29, 2012
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  Donkey Kong’s King Extends His Reign With a New World Record High Score

  1,110,100 points. That’s the new Donkey Kong high score and it was set by the guy who’s dominated Nintendo’s arcade classic for two years straight. And he could’ve gone even higher. As reported by The Examiner‘s Patrick Scott Patterson, Hank Chien notched his latest achievement two levels before the game’s infamous kill-screen, the programming roadblock…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 29, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Watch out, Samus! Angry…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 29, 2012
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  Harley Quinn’s Revenge is Batman: Arkham City‘s Bad New Ending

  Harley Quinn’s Revenge has had the opposite effect on me than whatever its creators likely intended. The linear, two-hour $10 PS3/Xbox 360 epilogue to last October’s excellent Batman: Arkham City has diminished my desire to return to that game and give me new worries about this Batman series’ future. This add-on is as delicious a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 29, 2012
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  Zone of the Enders HD Hits Japan October 25 with a Highly Importable Collector’s Edition

  While the Western world continues to wait for clarification of the ‘fall’ release date for the Zone of the Enders HD Collection, Konami’s mechsperts have nailed down an October 25 release date for Japan, along with a special edition that’ll have U.S. PlayStation 3 players pondering preorder. It’s times like these that the import-savvy Westerner…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2012
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  This Skyrim-Inspired Trials Evolution Track Lets You Vroom Through Tamriel

  The latest physics-intensive racer from RedLynx features a killer track editing system that lets users build ridiculously intricate environments. As seen on YouTube, one Trials Evo creator paid homage to Bethesda’s hit action RPG with a medieval race course. The only thing it’s missing are Jarls and Hold Guards. I personally will be logging on…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 29, 2012
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  $30 Prototype 2 Kicks Off a Day of Amazon Video Game Deals

  Prototype 2 for a mere $29.99 is the Deal of the Day at Amazon.com, the anchor for a series of time-sensitive Lightning Deals that includes games, hardware, and game-flavored accessories. Sit and stare all day. [Amazon.com]

  By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2012
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  The PlayStation Network Unleashes Ultimate Editions for One Week Only

  Proving once again that it pays to wait when it comes to the hottest PlayStation 3 games, today Sony is launching Ultimate Editions, a selection of hit PS3 titles bundled with all of their downloadable content for one low price. How much would you pay for complete editions of Red Dead Redemption, BioShock 2, or…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 29, 2012
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  Kotaku East

  Traditional Japanese Art Makes For Beautiful Games

  While playing the remake of classic JRPG Walk Over My Corpse on the PSP, I couldn’t help but be dazzled by its traditional Japanese “Sumi-e” art style. Sumi-e, for those of you who don’t know, is a kind of painting where an artist uses nothing but black ink, brush, and rice paper to create a…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 29, 2012
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  Europe Getting a New PSP Color. It’s Ice White.

  This July, Sony is releasing a new Ice White PlayStation Portable in Europe. It’s priced at £89.99 or €99.99. The Ice White PSP is the budget, Europe-only PSP-E1000 model that features a mono speaker and doesn’t have WiFi capablities. Read more how it stacks up to the other models here Cool Summer Gaming [PlayStation.com via…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  PlayStation All-Stars Might Beat Up Your PS Vita

  There’s speculation that PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale is Vita bound, because Sony registered a Vita domain for it. This could just be cyber squatting. [Gaming Everything via Inside Games]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  Is Gaming Grounds For A Divorce? Japanese Survey Says, “Yes!”

  What do adultery, wasting money, not doing housework, and video games have in common? All are grounds for a divorce in the eyes of Japanese women. According to a recent online survey of 721 Japanese women by goo Ranking, “playing video games all day” came in as the fourth most cited reason for splitting up…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 29, 2012
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  Death Blog Lady Strikes Again. Even Disneyland Is Not Safe.

  This weekend, a Tokyo Disney Sea visitor suffered quite a scare. While riding the Raging Spirits rollercoaster, the safety bar raised while in motion. The 34 year-old man tried to get out of the car and injured his leg. Thankfully, the man had only minor injuries. That same day, a Japanese celebrity posted a Disney…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  Classic Japan-Only RPG Remaster Looks Beautiful on the PSP

  Walk Over My Corpse (Ore no Shikabane wo Koeteyuke) is one of the great Japanese RPGs of the PS1 era that was never released outside of Japan. With its Sumi-e style graphics, complex class-based battle system, and in-depth breeding mechanic, missing out on it is truly a loss for RPG fans the world over. Luckily,…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published May 29, 2012
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  How China Neuralyzed Men in Black 3

  The Chinese government sure doesn’t like when China or Chinese people look bad. That’s apparently the motivation for cutting scenes from Hollywood flick Men in Black 3. Spoilers below. Three scenes were cut that showed aliens disguised as Chinese folks and people in Chinatown getting their memories neuralyzed Online in China, people noted that the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  Why Drink Booze When You Can Play Diablo III?

  In South Korea, like elsewhere, Diablo III is out. And boy, are people ever playing it. Korean paper The Hankyoreh recently did a report on how Diablo III is impacting Korean nightlife. While much of the information is anecdotal, it does provide a good window in. For example, one businessman told the paper that instead…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  Pikachu Will Destroy You with a Big Yellow Sword

  In my time, I’ve seen a lot of Pikachu cosplay, but I’ve never seen anything as bizarre (or wonderful) as this. If Nintendo ever does a Pokémon reboot (I doubt it will), it should give the Pocket Monsters battle gear and giant swords. So they can beat the crap outta each other. This was spotted…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  She’s Obviously a TV Crew Member. You Can Tell from Her Clothes

  Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nippon Ichi Software, a teaser site for a new game on the PS Vita has opened. It’s a PS Vita adventure game by the name of Special News Department, and will be released on August 23rd in Japan. As a TV staff crew, you work to uncover the mysteries of…

  By Toshitaka Tachibana Published May 29, 2012
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  A Year After Fukushima, This Japanese Cell Phone Will Detect Radiation

  It’s been over a year since the Fukushima meltdown. There have been radiation fears and fear mongering. Both have certainly impacted the lives and psyche of those living in Fukushima as well as people elsewhere. And now here’s a cell phone that might make things better—or worse. Sharp’s upcoming Pantone 5 mobile phone comes with…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012
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  In China, Diablo III Is Sold Online as, um, “Big Pineapple”

  Soon it will be summer. Time for summer fruit: watermelons, pineapples, and Diablo III? In China, online vendors are trying to skirt the law by masking Diablo III as “big pineapple”. If you thought Hawaiian pineapples were delicious, have you tried “Big Pineapple 3 Asian Servers Edition Official Version All Language Support?” Didn’t think so.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 29, 2012