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  The New Mortal Kombat Does More Than Just Gore In Its Killer Celebration Of The Franchise

  The ninth major Mortal Kombat does more than just offer a clean slate for the nearly 20-year-old series, famous for its over-the-top blood and gore. NetherRealm Studios’ reboot of the Mortal Kombat franchise sets a new bar for what a fighting game should offer its fans. The new Mortal Kombat returns the series to its…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 29, 2011
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  Australian Officials Investigating Sony As Man Loses $2000 To Fraudsters

  The latest international government body to begin investigating Sony’s PlayStation Network attack is Australia’s Privacy Commissioner, on the same day an Adelaide man lost over $2000 in fraudulent credit card charges this week. Rory Spreckley, from the South Australian capital, has lost over AUD$2000 this week after “carders” booked numerous domestic flights and hotel rooms…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  Princess Peach, The 16 Year-Old Fantasy

  Putting aside the fact this was drawn for “a lot of 16 year old geeks”, it’s a cute picture. I think I like the title even better, though. Barely Regal by Bjørnar Frøyse

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  Oh Good, We Now Know Something About the Marvel MMO

  Marvel Universe, the upcoming massively-multiplayer role-playing game based on the comics publisher’s roster of heroes and villains, will be free-to-play. That and many more details – the first for the game! – have been provided by PC Gamer. Most important aside from the fact it’ll be free-to-play (meaning it’ll charge you for upgrades and/or perks…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  The New FIFA Sounds A Lot Like The Old FIFA

  In 2009, EA Sports produced the single greatest soccer game – and maybe greatest sports game of all time – in FIFA 10. That kind of act is a tough one to follow, and it seems that, two years on, we’re back to tiny little bullet-point updates. According to translations of the latest issue of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  Don’t Worry, Your PS3 Trophies and Friends Lists Are Fine

  The thing most people have been worried about following the PSN attacks, and rightly so, are things like email addresses and credit card details. On a more trivial note, though, people have also been worried about their trophy data and friends lists. Well, don’t! Sony has come out today and said that both your trophy…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  If Only This Star Fox Limited Edition 3DS Were Real

  There’s a fancy, custom PSP for just about every game ever released on the system. It’s a shame Nintendo doesn’t follow suit. Especially when you see this fan mock-up of a tribute to the classic shooter. No crass logos, no ridiculous colour schemes…just a nice silver 3DS with a classy Star Fox graphic on the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  This Is What A Minecraft Tsunami Looks Like

  In the standard game, Minecraft’s water behaves like everything else in the game: like a block. DJoslin’s “FiniteLiquid” mod, however, turns it into actual water, which can have devastating results. The mod changes the behaviour of water in the game by giving oceans an “infinite” amount of the blue stuff. What this means is that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  There Are 2.2 Million PSN Member’s Credit Card Details up for Sale

  According to Kevin Stevens, an online security expert with TrendMicro, “low-level cybercriminals” are currently shopping around lists supposedly containing the credit card details of 2.2 million PlayStation Network members. While Sony says it has “no evidence credit card numbers were stolen” in the attacks on the PlayStation Network, it has still recommended people make necessary…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  Sony Hasn’t Always Hated Homebrew Development

  Sony’s recent run of legal and now technical issues with hackers can be traced back to a single decision: that of removing the ability to run the Linux operating system on the PlayStation 3. While Sony cut Linux out of piracy fears, fans were upset that it brought to an end over a decade of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2011
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  Sony Considering Make-Good for PSN Subscribers, Too

  Sony Online Entertainment has already said it plans a “make-good” for D.C. Universe Online and Free Realms subscribers on the PS3. What about the rest of the 77 million PSN account holders? Sony is “currently evaluating ways to show appreciation for your extraordinary patience as we work to get these services back online,” said Patrick…

  By Owen Good Published April 28, 2011
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  Avoid All Armadillos

  Ladies and gentlemen, let’s celebrate our ability to survive the vast majority of this week with some friendly, off-topic conversation. Talk about video games if you want, but just talk about something with your fellow Kotaku readers. I’m about to finally put this Mortal Kombat review up—a review delayed by my inability to bring the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2011
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  How an Imperfect Player Became the Perfect Madden Cover Pick

  He’s the first Madden cover star from a losing team. The first with no Pro Bowl appearances at the time of his selection. He led NFL running backs in one statistical category last year – fumbles. Peyton Hillis hardly carries the credentials that rate a career honor many great football players will never see. But…

  By Owen Good Published April 28, 2011
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  Viacom Got a Smidge More Than $49.99 for Selling Rock Band Studio

  When Viacom said vaya con dios to Rock Band and its studio, Harmonix, the price of sale was $49.99. Actual retail price of the tax writeoff they got to take? $115 million, with about half of that returned this year as a cash refund on past taxes. [Gamasutra]

  By Owen Good Published April 28, 2011
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  To-Do In New York: Watch A Portal 2 Writer Play Portal 2

  Portal 2 co-writer Erik Wolpaw is coming to New York University next month to present a “brief guided play-through of Portal 2“, according to the event’s organizers at NYU. He’ll also hopefully say smart things. I’d settle for funny things. Or things about Portal 2 DLC. Or… anything. NYU Game Lecture Series – Erik Wolpaw…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 28, 2011
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  The Entire Bit.Trip Saga Is Coming To Nintendo 3DS

  The adventures of Commander Video are served six ways in the new Bit.Trip Saga, the Nintendo 3DS compilation that will included every Bit.Trip game released by developer Gaijin Games. Not only do you get Bit. Trip Beat, you get Core, Void, Runner, Fate and Flux That’s more than two years worth of Bit.Trip releases on…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2011
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  Fold Paper Like a F***ing Badass With Duke Nukem Forever Papercraft

  Hey, chumps, if you’re not dropping the hundy on Duke Nukem Forever‘s “Balls of Steel” special edition, you can still get your hands on its macho-iest component, that being the papercraft. That there, what looks like a Minecraft skin of Duke, is the special papercraft you get if you buy the special edition. But there’s…

  By Owen Good Published April 28, 2011
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  Fruit Ninja Kinect Sneaks Out Via Korean Ratings Board

  Tap and slash mobile hit Fruit Ninja will make the leap from phone to Kinect, according to a Korean Game Rating Board approval. Siliconera spotted the rating, issued April 27, which heralds the arrival of Fruit Ninja Kinect. Maybe we’ll see this one at E3…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 28, 2011
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  This Ridiculously Easy Game Show Question was Good for $100,000 Today

  Ridiculously easy for us of course. I’m sure when some neckbeard gets to $100,000 on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and goes deer-in-the-headlights when asked “Which Pope commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling,” every snark on the art history blogs is all lolwut and SMFH and such. Yes, “I don’t think it’s…

  By Owen Good Published April 28, 2011
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  FBI Cybercrimes Joins 22 States In Sweeping PlayStation Network Investigation

  The Federal Bureau of Investigations today confirmed to Kotaku that it is looking into the security breach that brought the Playstation Network down and exposed millions of users’ personal data to cybercriminals. The FBI is joined by nearly two dozen state attorneys general and possibly the Federal Trade Commission who are looking into this month’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 28, 2011