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  PS3-Exclusive Starhawk Drops on May 8

  The PlayStation 3-only Starhawk, a game about large-scale futuristic combat that lets players drop buildings from the sky to support them—will be out on May 8, says Sony. The public beta starts today. We’re excited about this one

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 17, 2012
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  Let’s Figure Out How to Make the Perfect Superman Video Game

  With assets recently surfacing from a sadly cancelled Superman game, commenter Uncle Jesse wonders how anyone could make a game that does justice to the Man of Steel. Let’s figure it out in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. How do you even make a Superman game? The last Superman game I enjoyed was The Death…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012
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  Xbox Live Gold Members Can Demo The Darkness II Right Now

  2K Games has unleashed a playable demo for The Darkness II, aka the further adventures of Jackie Estacado, exclusively for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. PlayStation 3 and PC players will get a taste come January 24.

  By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012
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  Just Talk Amongst Yourselves

  What’s the name of this club? Oh yeah, the official Kotaku forum. Just talk amongst yourselves, it’ll be okay. Just talk about video games, baby. Thanks to lemonmanlemonman for today’s colorful TAYpic, proving once more that everyone that is anyone is playing Just Dance, dammit. Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012
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  CNN Thought Gamer Chopped Off His Arm, Missed ‘Joke’

  “Boy Severs Arms After Playing Video Game” read the headline of a story that ran on CNN‘s iReport site earlier this morning. It’s the stuff of nightmares for video game advocates, another chance for those who demonize games’ effects on human behavior to crucify the medium. But, here’s the problem with unscreened crowd-sourced news, which…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 17, 2012
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  Little Empire is a Massively Multiplayer Backstabbing Simulator

  Camel Games’ high-polished “massively multiplayer online” empire building game Little Empires neatly demonstrates why we should never open ourselves up to the inevitable pain that friendship brings. Pretty heavy for a game with cartoon elves, right? While it may be one of the cutest little empire building games I’ve come across on my Android phone,…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012
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  New Prototype 2 Digital Comics from Dark Horse Explain Why New York’s Such a Hellhole

  At the end of the first Prototype, the island of Manhattan suffered tons of property damage after hoodie-wearing protagonist Alex Mercer completed his quest to dish out viral justice. From what we’ve seen of Prototype 2, the city’s become NYZ, a massive hot zone seething with poor, Blacklight virus-infected citizens that new hero James Heller…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 17, 2012
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  Nintendo’s Creepy 3DS Fatal Frame Spin-Off Gets an Equally Creepy April Release Date

  If you thought the Fatal Frame series was terrifying, wait until you hold it in the palm of your hand. You’ll get your chance on April 13, when Nintendo releases the augmented reality-powered Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir for the Nintendo 3DS. Spirit Camera takes all the creepiness of Tecmo Koei’s terrifying horror series and…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2012
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  When the PSP Was a Fashion Statement

  Portable | LOS ANGELES: A “Pret a PSP” fashion show marked the console’s 2005 launch. (Photo: Chris Pizzello | AP) More Triangles in Games! Love-Triangles, That Is I was disappointed with Uncharted 3 for a number of reasons. Certainly one of those reasons was that the game had bizarre difficulty spikes and could be kind…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Japan’s Ten Biggest Games of 2011 Were…

  2011 is over. So let’s look back at last year and suss out what the ten biggest games in Japan were. Japanese sales tracker Media Create tracked the sales for the period between Jan. 3, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. Here goes: 10. Wii Sports Resort Wii: 579,220 9. Dragon Quest Mosnters: Joker 2 Professional…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Max Payne 3 Delayed Until May

  Originally planned for a March 2012, Rockstar Games revealed this morning that the game will get a new launch window. In Max Payne 3, players go to São Paulo, Brazil, where the game is set Remedy Entertainment, creators of the original Max Payne, recently said what Rockstar Games has done with Max Payne 3 is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Dine on These Resident Evil Cosplay Photos.

  Cosplay superstar Omi Gibson once again amazes the internet with her ability to bring game characters to life. Here, she’s Jill Valentine from Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse There’s smoking, a gun, and Omi as well as some fine photography from Omi cohort Taka. The end result is better than a Jill sandwich! BIOHAZARD２ Apocalypse [Omi…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Goodbye Hudson. It’s Been Fun.

  On Mar. 1, Konami’s takeover of Hudson will go into effect. The merger will mean that Hudson ceases to exist and is dissolved into Konami. Best known for Bomberman, Hudson became a fully-owned Konami subsidiary in last year. [Infoseek]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Dress Up Your Bikini-Wearing Cowgirl Killer!

  Onechanbara, that bikini cowgirl game that’s spawned several low-budget flicks, is getting a new installment, Onechanbara Z: Kagura And that latest Onechanbara installment is getting downloadable content. There are several packs, such as a Soul Afro one for 240 Microsoft Points, a Sailor Uniform set for 320 Microsoft, and a Demon Decoration set for 240…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  This Creepy Chinese Gundam Copy Will Blow Your Mind [Update]

  　Holy crap! China reworked Gundam Seed, and a bunch of other things, into this mind melting cartoon extravaganza. This brings back memories of the Chinese Gundam! Dubbed Xu You Ji, it is populated with creepy Uncanny Valley children in Evangelion style plugsuits and creatures from Monsters vs. Aliens. The cartoon even has music from anime…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Man Gets in Kid’s Face over the PlayStation Portable. Police Alerted.

  On Jan. 12 in Osaka, a grade schooler and a friend were playing video games outside. It was 5:30 and getting dark when a middle-aged male approached. Man, he seemed pissed. “Why you own a PSP?” he said to the grade schooler, grabbing the child by both shoulders. The man, dressed in a navy boy…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Indian Brides Are Angry about Illegal Marriage Dowries

  While the notion that Indian brides are so cheesed off about dowries that there’s a Angry Birds sounding clone Angry Brides might sound humorous, the backstory is anything but. Five decades ago, marriage dowries—giving money or jewels—were outlawed in India. The custom still exists, and, according to Reuters is still so widespread that many grooms…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  Real BloodRayne Arm Blades. Real Awesome User Comments.

  Believe it or not, you can actually buy this terrifying “replica” of the arm blade from BloodRayne. I say “replica” because it doesn’t look much like the one from the series, not because it doesn’t look like it could cut my face off. We’re not here for the blade itself, though. Sorry, fans of vampires…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 17, 2012
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  Thank this Japanese Porn Star for Edgy Cosplay

  The lines between Japanese cosplay and adult videos are becoming increasingly blurred. Porno actresses are doing cosplay. Cosplayers are doing blue movies. Japanese adult video studios churn out cosplay themed flicks. Everybody’s dressing up and taking off their clothes! But the lines weren’t always blurred. Ask Ran Asakawa. This article contains some NSFW imagery. Now…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012
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  It’s Like Skyrim‘s Guardian Stones for Real

  In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Guardian Stones give players special abilities. One stone can be activated at a time, and if you’ve played the game, you will be familiar with them. These powers these stone offer exist only in Skyrim. The stones themselves seem to have a real-life counterpart. Kotaku reader Brian, spotted this…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012