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  Gamers Discover Two New Planets by Playing a Browser Game

  It’s been a banner week for gamers and “doing things that count in the real world.” First, they solve a decades-old scientific AIDS stumper using Foldit, and now, they’ve discovered two new possibly Earth-like planets. For a couple years now, NASA has been running the Kepler Mission, which gives “citizen scientists” access to photographs taken…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 27, 2011
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  Code Veronica HD, Castlevania HD and Mercury Hg Are New on the PlayStation Store

  North American PlayStation Store shoppers may have some difficult decisions ahead of them. Tap into Dreamcast nostalgia with some Resident Evil Code Veronica X HD? Experience Castlevania multiplayer with Harmony of Despair? Or buy the interesting looking Rochard? You’ll have to take a look at everything that’s new on the PlayStation Store below before making…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2011
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  World’s Best Battlefield 3 Players to Fight for $1.6 Million In Cash

  Brush up on your Battlefield skills, folks, because being really really good at video games may score you a cut of the $1.6 million that will be paid out to skilled players who compete in Virgin Gaming’s upcoming Battlefield 3 tournament. EA, DICE and Virgin are buddying up for the Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2011
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  Rochard Makes You a Space Miner, With the Best Kind of Gravity Gun

  I wonder what playing Shadow Complex would have been like if you had a gravity gun the entire time. Thankfully it looks like the people behind Rochard were thinking the same thing. A 2-D platform game from Recoil Games, Rochard makes you jump into the oversized boots, and XXL overalls of John Rochard, leader of…

  By Chris Carolan Published September 27, 2011
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  Ace Combat: Remote Assault

  Assault Horizon –Namco Bandai sent us this remote control helicopter to help prepare us for the coming of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Felicia Day Steals The Show in Dragon Age II‘s Mark Of The Assassin Let’s start with my love of the Dragon Age universe, as well as Dragon Age: Origins. Man, I loved that…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2011
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  Battlefield 3‘s Oddly Browser-Based PC Beta

  Perhaps I hadn’t been keeping close enough watch on the chatter surrounding the PC beta test for Battlefield 3, but the last thing I expected upon launching the game through EA’s Origin was to wind up on a web page. But that’s where I wound up. EA’s Battlelog web page is what pops up once…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011
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  Bring A Friend Along for Shank 2‘s Brand of Shooting, Stabbing and Slicing

  Last year’s side-scrolling slice ’em up Shank is getting a sequel, EA and Klei Entertainment announced today. They’re calling it Shank 2 and it’s coming to PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC early next year. Shank 2 will add online co-op play—”multiplayer co-op survival” actually—and a revamped combat system. New weapons, new dudes to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2011
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  Homeland Security Detains Pro-Gaming Caster, Seizes Hardware

  Homeland Security officers detailed pro-gaming web broadcaster Victor “Spooky” Fontanez and seized his equipment Monday as he reentered the country following a fighting game championship in Toronto, Canada. Team Sp00ky’s laptop, cell phone and two camcorders were seized, according to the Detention Notice and Custody Receipt for Detained Property issued by the Department of Homeland…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2011
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  What Would Make Facebook Games Great?

  Whenever someone I know mentions Facebook games in front of someone else, a few lines of conversation transpire, during which they agree to agree to that Facebook games are not cool. Maybe this means I hang out with a lot of people who love going to the theater, or else would rather play Left 4…

  Tim Rogers Published September 27, 2011
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  See All-New Ways to Die in Dark Souls Totally Boss Trailer

  Here’s the downside to watching any footage of Dark Souls—or even looking at its collector’s edition art book. You’re going to see some of the game’s impressive and imposing enemies. But our latest look at Dark Souls, leading up to the game’s release next week, is still a must-see. I’m well into the Dark Souls…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2011
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  With Great Power Comes Great Value, City of Heroes Now Free-to-Play

  After more than seven years as the most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online superhero role-playing game, Paragon Studios flips the switch on City of Heroes Freedom, potentially the most popular free-to-play superhero MMO. Superhero and super villain hopefuls need only sign up for a free account to begin their 50 level journey to fame or…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011
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  How To Spell Mario’s Jump (And Other Famous Video Game Sound Effects)

  Video games have so many iconic sound effects—hearing the simple “ga-ling!” of the Nintendo coin can invoke a nostalgia as powerful as any memory of actually playing a game. From the Mario’s three-note warp-pipe descent to Simon Belmont’s famous whip, all games feature sounds that players will hear over and over and over again until…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 27, 2011
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  Meet Skullgirls‘ Parasoul (Oh, and Skullgirls Has Been Delayed)

  See the newest cast member of the (currently) all-female 2D fighter Skullgirls in action. This is Parasoul, part-time princess, part-time commander of an elite squad of commandos. Sure, maybe she should dress more sensibly for the fight, but maybe some risque girl-on-girl brawling will help ease the pain of Skullgirls‘ delay to 2012. Reverge Labs,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2011
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  JESUS APPEARS ON MIRACLE NINTENDO, SAYS MARYLAND WOMAN

  A Maryland woman said she was surprised to find what appears to be an image of Jesus Christ on the top of a used Nintendo Entertainment System she purchased on eBay for $31 this week. Brittany Wampler, 24, tells Kotaku she noticed the image shortly after unpacking two NES consoles, she purchased from an eBay…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2011
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  Even House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut‘s 3D is Adorably Retro

  Dig those red-and-blue 3D glasses out of your junk drawer and feast your eyes on these sexy anaglyphic 3D screenshots of House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut for the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 HD remake of House of the Dead: Overkill builds on the game’s 70’s exploitation film vibe with the addition of…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011
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  You are Changing. Three out of Ten Xbox 360 Gamers Are Now Also Zynga Gamers

  Do Halo fanatics secretly want to farm? Or do CityVille architects just want to get on the Kinect? Somehow, some-way, the number of people who play both Xbox 360 and Zynga games is rising sharply, according to research group Raptr, which claims to track more than 10 million gamers across multiple machines. They say that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2011
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  This Week’s Witcher 2 Update Changes Everything

  PC gamers that didn’t enjoy The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings as much as I did should check back in on Thursday, when the massive 2.0 update adds a full tutorial, arena combat, the insanely difficult dark mode, and much, much more. Wanna see a full list? While some game developers release a game and…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011
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  Can a Pair of Swimsuit Models Get You Excited About Need For Speed: The Run?

  With so many highly anticipated titles coming out in November, the next entry in the Need for Speed franchise isn’t getting nearly as much attention as it should, so EA plays its T&A card. Ah, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the last barrier between the good people of America and a looming wave of internet…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011
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  Lionsgate is Making a Movie Based On the Dead Island Trailer

  It doesn’t get any more official than an announcement from Lionsgate motion picture group president Joe Drake; there will be a Dead Island movie, and it sounds like it will be the first major motion picture based on a video game trailer We’ve been hearing rumblings about a Dead Island movie since that damned trailer…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011
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  These Are the Distinguished Voices of Skyrim

  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the sort of game that requires top-tier voice talent to work, so Bethesda Softworks has pulled out all the stops, recruiting a cast comprised of three Academy Award nominees, several highly recognizable science fiction actors, and the wife of ZeniMax Media CEO Robert A. Altman. Bethesda sure knows how…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2011