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  A New, Five-Minute Look at Id’s Baby

  They made Doom. They made Quake. And next from the makers of mono-syllabic first-person shooters that always, at least, look great, is Rage. We’ve got a new trailer for the game today, a full five-minutes of gameplay, most of which occurs in the territory of The Shrouded, one of the game’s main enemy factions. Do…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2011
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  Destructopus! Brings Out the Rampaging Sea Monster In Your iPhone

  Take the destruction and human-crushing glee of classic mega-monster game Rampage, make it a side-scrolling iOS game, throw in some adorable animals in distress and you’ve got the highly entertaining Destructopus!, now available for iPhone and iPod touch. Destructopus! puts you in control of a massive sea beast, the titular Destructopus. Awoken from his centuries-long…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2011
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  Gamer Recreates Massive Replica of His Home in Minecraft

  Minecraft gamer Capp00 set out to recreate his real-world home inside the block virtuality of Minecraft He wanted to create a 1:1 model, but the Minecraft world isn’t big enough to handle that. It just wouldn’t do it, he says. So he decided to go with an 18:1 scale. Capp00 also made a couple of…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2011
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  Super Meat World Delivers Meaty Level Editor to Super Meat Boy Gamers

  Super hard, super gibby platformer Super Meat Boy gets its own level editor on Steam today. “We always wanted to release a basic level editor, but the idea started to balloon when we decided to buy servers and program a fully automated level portal (Super Meat World) to support these levels as a bonus chapter…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2011
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  3DS Saints Row Status in Question

  THQ may no longer be making a 3DS version of their Grand-Theft-Auto-like Saints Row for Nintendo’s 3DS. Saints Row: Drive By was apparently canceled by the publisher, according to a report by Joystiq. The Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network spinoff was also destined for a 3DS remake. It now seems unlikely that will happen.…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2011
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  One of These LEGO Is Far Superior… You Know Who You Are Orange

  Portal 2‘s Atlas and P-Body in all of their LEGO glory (Flickr, thanks James)

  By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2011
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  Report: New York State Subpoenas Sony Over Breach

  The New York Attorney General subpoenaed Sony over the data breach of its Playstation and Sony Online Entertainment networks, Bloomberg reports. Citing a person familiar with the probe, Bloomberg reports that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is looking into the data breach and seeking information on what Sony told customers about the security of…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 5, 2011
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  Whenever I Smell Asphalt…

  …I Think Of Maureen | I now own the most badass, one-of-a-kind controller bin in the world, courtesy of Kotaku reader vidhagans. (Photo: Luke Plunkett) There Will Be No Rock Band 4 This Year, But There Will Be More Lady Gaga and Ozzy Guitar Hero publisher Activision has already announced its intentions to take a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Aperture Science is Decorating This Man’s Home

  Reader Sean is moving into “an industrial-style condo” in the coming weeks, and felt like tailoring his home decor to match. So he’s built himself a Portal 2-themed end table Cave Johnson himself would be happy to hurl lemons at. Built from plywood with a masonite trim, the box is both a table and a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Yo, I Heard You Like Wiis In (and On) Your Car…

  It’s not the same car used in the classic 2006 commercials – that’s a Smart Car – but this Toyota Scion would still be a sweet ride for any cashed-up Wii fans out there. Built originally for a competition, the car includes five monitors, two DVD players and a Wii. The console branding all over…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  It’s Portal 2’s Circle of Life. And it Moves us all.

  One of the unsung heroes of Portal 2 is the “Animal King”. See here for reference. Here, artist Burton Durand gives us a look at the regal turret’s beginnings. Birth of the Animal King by Burton Durand

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Rock Of Ages Just Keeps On Rolling

  Rock of Ages, from Zeno Clash developers ACE Team, is a strange one. It’s like Monty Python played a game of Odama. Which is in no way a bad thing. It’s a game where you guide a giant ball as you smash stuff across levels based on classical art styles, and will be out on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  The Most Amazing StarCraft II Tribute You’ll Ever See

  Koreans are notorious for their passion for StarCraft. Thing is, passion alone can’t account for these StarCraft II models. There’s genius at work here, because believe it or not, these models are made out of paper A guy going by the name Constable makes these and posts them on his blog, sometimes with wireframes and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  The Thor Game you can Play For Free (And Which is Pretty Great)

  There’s a new Thor movie. It’s not bad! And neither is this promotional flash game, featuring old-school 2D platforming and some adorable sprite art. A separate being from the “proper” games based on the new flick, this is a promo game, and being a flash title playable in your browser, it’s free! It’s even got…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Rock Band has Sold a Ridiculous Amount of Songs

  The key to Rock Band’s lasting appeal hasn’t been the core games. It’s been the ton of downloadable content released for the titles, which just hit a significant sales milestone. Harmonix’s Chris Rigopulos says that, having recently passed a “significant milestone”, over 100 million Rock Band songs have been downloaded from the game’s online marketplace.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Build Your Own Dead Space Laser (That Can Actually Burn Stuff)

  If you bought the fancy edition of Dead Space 2, you would have got yourself a little replica plasma cutter, one of the game’s more memorable weapons. As is, it’s useless, but this guy will show you how to turn it into a laser gun. That can set stuff on fire. You can see the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  These Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Aren’t Saving The Human Race

  If you picked up the latest issue of Game Informer, you will have seen these Mass Effect 3 images, albeit at a smaller size. If you haven’t, well, enjoy them as nature intended, on the internet! It’s a little strange that, for a game that’s all about saving humanity and Earth from an alien invasion,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  You’re Not the Only Victim: Criminal Hackers May Also Suffer from PSN Breach

  The massive breach of Sony’s PSN service has resulted in the possible theft of an unprecedented amount of sensitive information. The ramifications have been felt not only by consumers, but banks, credit card issuers, and other tributary industries. But here are some victims you probably haven’t considered: other hackers. According to the NYTimes blog Bits…

  By Drew Cohen Published May 5, 2011
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  Thank You, Star Wars, For All These Awesome Games

  May 4 is Star Wars Day, in honour of, well, the fact “May the 4th” sounds a bit like “May the force…”. Silly, I know, but it also gives us a chance to look back on the amazing video games the sci-fi franchise has given us over the years. And by years, I should really…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  You Best Get to Killin’ if You Want the Next Game Mode in Section 8: Prejudice

  Section 8: Prejudice, the $15 shooter available on Xbox Live and, as of today, PC, will deploy a new online game mode – once the number of in-game kills surpasses 10 million. Developer TimeGate Studios posted the 10 million bodycount bounty on Prejudice yesterday, but don’t worry; in-game kills for all platforms figure into its…

  By Owen Good Published May 4, 2011