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  Buy Prototype 2‘s RadNet Edition First, Get Exclusive Challenges

  Chances are, you’re already expecting some kind of exclusive DLC/boondoggle from Activision’s big releases. Prototype 2‘s not going to disappoint you, then. Radical Entertainment’s open-world action game will be getting something called a RadNet Edition. The twist here is that the RadNet Edition won’t cost you anything extra. (However, you will need an internet-connected platform…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 31, 2012
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  Let’s Get All Prettied Up for the SoulCalibur V Launch

  SoulCalibur V is in stores today across the U.S., where players are a lot less likely to dress up as a whip-wielding Ivy or Ezio Auditore de Firenze than the special gamers inhabiting the world of the SoulCalibur V launch trailer. Man, if I had to get dressed up as my favorite character every time…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2012
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  This Man’s Domain? Eating and Tanning.

  Binary | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sega game designer Toshihiro Nagoshi chows down for a Binary Domain restaurant promotion. (Photo: Famitsu) The Waitress Uniform That Started It All For a generation, Anna Miller’s was more than a coffee shop. For a generation, it inspired video games, anime, and countless cosplay. For a generation, it’s quickly becoming a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Black Rock Shooter Streaming in Eight Languages. Eight!

  On Feb. 3, anime Black Rock Shooter will be streaming on Nico Nico Douga subtitled in eight languages (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese) FOR FREE. [Nico Nico]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Checking Out the Sega Urine Game First Hand

  All around good guy Patrick Macias, voice actress Yuu Asakawa, and the Otaku Verse Zero crew visited Sega to check out Toylet—you know that Sega game you can tinkle on Apparently, testing for this game involved Sega employees taking leaks. The team working on this game have a really good sense of humor about the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Gundam Is Getting a Japanese Theme Park

  On April 19, a new theme park dedicated to Mobile Suit Gundam is opening in Japan called “Gundam Front”. The small theme park will offer exhibits that allow visitors to experience the famed mecha. Located at a shopping mall in Tokyo’s Odaiba, near the site of the giant Gundam, Gundam Front takes of 2,050 square…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Who the Hell Could Beat This iPhone Shooter?

  Next month, maniac shooter DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Cave’s shooters already make my brain hurt in arcades, and I cannot comprehend playing this on a tiny iPhone screen. Even with easier modes or settings, it seriously does not compute. At all. 怒首領蜂大往生 for iPhone / iPod touch【10周年】 [YouTube]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  So Will Other Game Studios Screw You on Wii U DLC?

  Nintendo is doing everything it can to make buying downloadable content on the Wii U easy as pie. Since the Kyoto-based game maker has said on numerous occasions that its DLC will add to the experience, I’m not so worried about Nintendo’s approach. It’s the other game makers that concern me. Fear not! Nintendo President…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  a2 + b2 = YOU DIE

  Silent Hill‘s resident bogeyman Pyramid Head ask the class to solve for X using the Pythagorean theorem. Known as “Sankaku Atama” (“Triangle Head”) in Japan, Pyramid Head first appeared in Silent Hill 2. And now he appears in a classroom. I love this picture more than life [swing low, sweet cherry, make it awful]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  These Gal Gun Screens Are All Hearts and Underpants

  Gal Gun, the on-rails shooter in which you fire pheromone at gals, is headed to the PlayStation 3. The game’s developer just released a slew of screenshots, which are pretty much what you’d expect: panties. The latest batch of screens show off the game’s new “Delusion Mode”, which allows players to view the female characters…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  This Persona Figure Has a Crazy Crotch, Part II Electric Boogaloo

  Last October, a Persona 4 figure featuring Izanagi and his crazy crotch surfaced. And now there’s another one. And it comes with a friend. Oh, and a crazy crotch! Part of a “Persona 4 Twin Pack DX”, Izanagi is packaged with Slipping Hablerie, the first boss in the game’s Twisted Shopping District. While the previous…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  How To Improve One of Nintendo’s Best Games? Like This.

  Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother‘s opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it’s this. Designed by Shigesato Itoi and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japan-only Mother was originally released in 1989 on the Nintendo Famicom. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Your First Look at the Persona Porno Isn’t Sexy

  Adult video star and singer Tsubomi recently uploaded this photo on her official blog, titling the post, “(To) All Otaku.” Guess that means you? Tsubomi just filmed an adult video from porn makers TMA, a studio notorious for its video game and anime inspired dirty movies. (Because if it exists, make a porn of it,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Why Mario’s Creator Is Always Threatening Retirement

  In Dec. 2011, a report surface claiming that Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said he was retiring. Nintendo quickly commented, saying the report was a “misunderstanding” and “absolutely not true.” See, Shigeru Miyamoto is apparently always saying he’s going to retire. “During one of the interviews he accepted abroad, Mr. Miyamoto commented that he always tells…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  “Plans” for Phoenix Wright Movie’s Worldwide Release

  Hitting Japanese theaters next month, the Phoenix Wright movie could get a global release. According to the movie’s director, there are plans for international versions with subs and dubs for each region. Court-Records Thanks, Robert!]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  The Waitress Uniform That Started It All

  For a generation, Anna Miller’s was more than a coffee shop. For a generation, it inspired video games, anime, and countless cosplay. For a generation, it’s quickly becoming a memory. This week, the second to last Anna Miller’s restaurant closed its doors in Yokohama, leaving one open in Tokyo’s Takanawa Wing. This is it, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012
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  Microsoft Exec Says No New Xbox In 2012

  According to Xbox France’s Marketing Director Cedrick Delmas, there’ll be no new Microsoft console released in 2012 to compete with Nintendo’s Wii. “What is certain is that there will be nothing new in 2012” Delmas told Le Point. “If we had to counter Nintendo, we would have to be capable of releasing something immediately, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  Oh Bury me Not, on the Lone Prairie…

  Some wonderful Red Dead Redemption fan art to kick your Tuesday morning off with. If it’s not the same for you without the song, here you go And if you didn’t know it’s actually an old Johnny Cash song, well, here’s that one too Bury Me Not [Lemmyleyra, via Rockstar]

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  Gravediggaz: Diary Of A Madman

  In 1992, four guys stopped all the other rapping and producing they were doing, got together and quietly released one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Gravediggaz consisted, at least initially, of the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, Prince Paul, Frukwan and the sadly-deceased Poetic. The group’s 1994 album 6 Feet Deep (which, outside the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012
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  An Argument Against Booth Babes

  You don’t see them as much at E3 these days, but events like the Tokyo Game Show or Germany’s GamesCom are full of young women (and sometimes men!) wearing very little clothing while trying to sell you video games. It may excite young male readers/visitors, but for the most part, it’s an awkward and occasionally…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012