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  The Fancy PC Cases of Gamescom

  Germany being mad for the PC like it is, there are a ton of PC accessories, peripherals and other pieces of kit available at Gamescom. Easiest on the eye are these, the PC cases. These are some of the nicer ones we saw during the show. Note that these aren’t custom or handmade ones; they’re…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  “Rise of the Cakeling,” LittleBigPlanet 2‘s Move-Enabled DLC, Arrives Sept. 14

  LittleBigPlanet 2 will roll a PlayStation Move-enabled DLC pack on Sept. 14. Pricing isn’t set yet, but with the ability to create Move-enabled Sackboy games, as that video shows, this could be the most useful application of that controller’s features of any PS3 game out there. There’s all sorts of other stuff include in the…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Minecraft-Inspired Shoes to Help a PC That Went SSSSS-Bang [Update]

  KyozoKicks, a custom shoe designer featured recently in Official PlayStation Magazine (and before on Kotaku), intended to wear these Creeper Vans to Gamescom this week. Instead, as his PC up and died, he’ll be selling them to raise money toward a new one. Only one pair exists, and KyozoKicks doesn’t plan on making more. They…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Has Become Bomberman

  When we first started playing Assassin’s Creed, all the way back at the beginning of the first one, if you wanted to kill a man you usually had to stab him somewhere. As the series has progressed, though, we’ve slowly been given more and more ways to kill a man from a distance. Knives, pistols…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  EA Confirms Launch Copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Be Limited

  In an effort to manage capacity on the day the MMO launches, Electronic Arts has capped the number of physical and digital copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The actual figure is unknown, but once it’s reached, no more will be sold until EA can add server capacity to accommodate more players. Gamasutra yesterday…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Wait ‘Til You See This Hawaiian Wrestler’s Shoryuken

  Gymnasium/ballroom/armory pro wrestling is a beautiful thing. A beautifully cheesy thing. This combatant from Hawaii, “Kenryu Takadoki”, has shed all pretense of trying to become noticed and promoted to a bigger circuit because, hey, they’re way out in Hawaii. So why not go with a repertoire based on Street Fighter moves? E. Honda’s hundred-hand slap…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  World’s Biggest Video Game Show Locked Down Over Crushing Crowds

  Gamescom, the biggest video game show in the world, just got too big. Saturday morning the convention had to temporarily stop letting people in after the massive Cologne’s Koelnmesse, the fourth largest convention center in the world, neared the show’s 62,000 person capacity. A Gamescom official told Kotaku that the center started regulating the show’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  How to Check Your 3DS Ambassadorship Status

  I’ve never been named an ambassador. I was once, like the Philadelphia Eagles’ Hugh Douglas, a badassador, but that is altogether a different thing. Anyway, this free-games 3DS Ambassador program, rewarding suckers early adopters like yours truly, required North American customers to log into the Nintendo eShop before Aug. 11. I was curious whether in…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s Zambia

  Despite simplifying the heads-up and on-screen information displayed in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft’s upcoming third-person shooter still has a lot of things to tell you on screen. Here’s a look at the subtler, slightly refined intelligence gathering of the shooter. These shots also give you a look at the game’s Zambia level You can…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  Let Off Some Steam, Bennett

  Listen, loyalty is very touching. But it is not the most important thing in your life right now! But what is important is gravity! I have to remind you Sully, this is my weak arm! Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? I lied. Ah, Commando. Somehow I managed to watch this when…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Armored Core V Knows Not Everyone Wants to Drive a Giant Mech

  As appealing as the idea may sound, not everyone wants to drive a giant mech in a video game. Some people just want to watch other people drive them and tell them what to do. At least, that’s what From Software is hoping for with Armored Core V The latest entry in the long-running mech…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  This Is What Battlefield 3 Will Look Like on an iPhone

  EA and DICE’s Battlefield 3 is drawing huge crowds at Gamescom this week, with waits of up to three hours to get hands-on time with the first-person shooter’s multiplayer mode. If only the iPhone version were out to help the Germans pass that time. This Battlefield 3: Aftershock, the version of the military shooter bound…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2011
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  They Want to Blend Lemmings with The Lost Vikings

  They’re not sure what to call their budding creation yet, but they know what they want it to be: The love child of puzzle games Lemmings and The Lost Vikings The game, which at one point they were calling Troopies, has players taking command of five soldiers as they puzzle-solve their way through the game’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  Only at Gamescom Would (NSFW) Dark Souls Bodypainting Exist

  Models wearing little more than a thong and thin layer of paint is not unheard of at German video game conventions, but the choice of hardcore action role-playing game Dark Souls as promotion-by-nearly naked woman candidate is sure… surprising. Dark Souls publisher Namco Bandai has been spraypainting barely dressed women to promote its Gamescom line-up,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2011
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  Adrift Makes a Dirty Future Look Beautiful

  Look out! It’s a special Gamescom edition of Fine Art! And when we’re talking about Dontnod’s Adrift, fine is the optimal word. As we saw in the game’s debut trailer, all that’s been released so far of Adrift’s vision of a future Paris is concept art. Which for a feature about concept art is fine…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  This is Probably a Gameplay Clip From I Am Alive

  First announced three years ago, Ubisoft’s I Am Alive has barely been seen or heard of since. It’s widely assumed to have been canned (or at least be in a very deep sleep), but if you feel like checking out what it looks like (or once looked like) anyway, here’s a brief look. Given the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  Watch This Epic Guild Wars 2 Dragon Fight

  We published some footage of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot off several television screens earlier this week. Wartower.de does one better, capturing a direct feed straight off a rig. In the video you see a fight against Tequatl the Sunless, a giant dragon boss of Guild Wars 2 You can contact Brian Crecente, the author…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  Germany Loves PC Gaming

  Gamescom is held in a massive convention center that sits aside the Rhine. Inside there are towering halls of concrete and steel, each filled with massive booths, games and people. Hall 9 is dedicated almost exclusively to computer games. It’s in here that you will find the likes of Nexon, NCSoft, World of Tanks, competitive…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  New GoldenEye: Reloaded Screens Classified For All Eyes Only

  How many times can we remind you that GoldenEye: Reloaded is not just GoldenEye 007 for the Wii? It’s GoldenEye 007 for the Wii with better graphics, as this fresh batch of 16 screengrabs from nearly all of the game’s stages illustrates. The real difference in the two games is the “MI6 Operations” mode, more…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  All Your Gamescom 2011 Day Three News Right Here. Borderlands 2. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Sonic Generations. And Lots More.

  The giant Gamescom show in Germany continues and we’re awash with impressions, screenshots and videos about the biggest console and PC games (not much for handhelds there). Which games do you care about? Take a look through this round-up to get the latest from Gamescom Day 3. This story will be updated throughout the day.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2011