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  Airport Security Ruins Video Games, Too

  The Transportation Security Administration isn’t making too many friends in American airports at the moment. It’ll make less friends if it starts holding up video games the way it holds up a departures line. If you’re thinking the people in this clip look familiar, that’s because it’s a collaborative effort between gaming comedy troupe Mega…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2010
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  New Sega Shooter Is Already Out Of Ammo

  The developers behind the Yakuza crime series are working on a sci-fi title called Binary Domain. It’s a pre-rendered trailer with robots, shooting and bad dialogue. But, hey, robots. Much of the trailer is filled either with stock third-person character design or characters nicked from movies or TV. While the game is supposed to appeal…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2010
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  Could Someone Actually Be Making A Decent Heist Game?

  Spooky. We were only lamenting the other day around the office water cooler about how there weren’t enough good heist games these days, and what do we get? A new heist game — and an interesting one to boot. This is Subversion, an upcoming PC game from Darwinia developers Introversion. We’ve actually seen it before,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2010
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  Watch Hundreds Of Japanese People Wait In Monster Lines

  Eagerly awaited PSP game Monster Hunter Portable 3rd went on sale in Japan earlier today. How was the launch? Madness. Long lines weren’t only at the game’s promotional countdown event, but loads of other locations across Tokyo — and the entire country. Gamers weren’t only buying Monster Hunter, but also buying the title’s PSP bundle.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2010
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  The Next Big Star Wars Game Is Still Far, Far Away

  The Old Republic, a new massively-multiplayer game set in the Star Wars universe, won’t be out this year, obviously. But what about early next year? Nope, it won’t be out then, either, with publisher Electronic Arts’ CFO Eric Brown, saying it won’t be out until at least EA’s 2012 fiscal year. Now, the 2012 fiscal…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2010
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  Giant Mechas Make The World A Better Place

  In late September, an incident involving a Chinese fishing vessel caused a strain in Sino-Japanese relations. Even as tensions still run high, one thing brings them together. That thing is Gundam. Recently, animator Yoshiyuki Tomino gave a speech at the elite Peking University, which was attended by over 500 Chinese students. It was just over…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 1, 2010
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  Review: Splatterhouse Is Just Bloody Offal

  Can Splatterhouse throw enough internal organs, flesh-ripping kills and liquid gore to keep players interested in a middling beat ’em up adventure that full of gristle and bloodshed, but little meat? Splatterhouse is a violent, excessively gory brawler, a mostly faithful retelling of Namco’s 1988 side-scrolling schlock horror game, that’s swimming in blood, guts and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published December 1, 2010
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  Xbox Live Rewards Gives You “Money” For Nothing

  Microsoft’s “Xbox Live Rewards” program, which began testing over a year ago, looks set to finally be about to open to the public, with a page turning up on Xbox.com devoted to the service. The program essentially rewards users for spending money on Xbox Live, giving out Microsoft Points and other freebies for doing things…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2010
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  Starcraft 2 Developers Initiate Ban Rush

  In September, thousands of cheaters were busted messing around with Starcraft II. This week, with many players obviously not having learnt from the last wave of action, developers Blizzard had to swing the hammer again “We recently issued a new round of account suspensions and bans to StarCraft II players who were in violation of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2010
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  This Stack Of PS3s Is The 33rd Biggest Computer In The World

  Remember how the US Air Force bought a ton of PlayStation 3 consoles then strung them together? Ever wonder just why the military would do a thing like that? Well, it’s not for playing Killzone on. Indeed, you couldn’t play it – or any other disc-based PS3 game – if you tried, as every PS3…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2010
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  Off Topic: The Next Generation

  What’s that, you say? Only Tuesday?! *grumble grumble* Let’s make this week pass by faster with a little off-topic conversation, the nightly post where we talk about music, news, movies, sci-fi and a potpourri of reader-generated subjects. We’ll leave you with a few items to stoke the fires of conversation, but I have a question…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010
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  Tour World Of Warcraft’s Post-Cataclysm Barrens

  Before the Cataclysm, The Barrens was one of the most important Horde zones in World of Warcraft. Now it’s two of them. Check out what’s new and different in the land of endless Chuck Norris references. Current World of Warcraft players and fans that participated in the Cataclysm beta test are already acquainted with the…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010
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  The Most WTF Box Art Of 2010?

  It may belong to the Nintendo DS game based on Japanese science program “Tobidase! Kagaku-kun,” starring the skinless Mr. Science, famous geek spokesperson Shoko Nakagawa and comedian Naoki Tanaka, who hunt animals for scientific purposes and make amazing box art.

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010
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  Kotaku’s 2010 Video Game Gift Guide Round-Up

  What video games should you give this year? What 2010 highlights should you bring to Santa’s attention in your harshly worded letter to him this year? Let Kotaku help you choose the best of the best video game gifts. Whether you’re a console gamer, a PC enthusiast or the type that prefers to game on…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010
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  Go Out Of Bounds With Halo: Reach’s Noble Map Pack

  Halo: Reach got a fresh injection of new maps earlier today courtesy of the Noble Map Pack. Why many of us are content to play within the confines of Bungie’s three new maps, others would prefer to explore. YouTube user and Halo: Reach superfan TheMightyPnut takes us on a trip beyond the bounds of normal…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010
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  These Are Kotaku Readers’ Least Desirable, Most Fruitcake-y Game Gifts

  Yesterday, we asked you, the Kotaku readership, to name the video games that might make the least thrilling gifts to find under the Christmas tree this season, metaphorically, the fruitcake or the Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge of gaming gifts. And while we couldn’t come to a consensus—nor could we agree whether fruitcake was a delicious…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010
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  Drinking Game

  To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Guess I Shouldn’t Drink This… By all means, drink that North Korean booze you’ve got. May I suggest you partake in a drinking game? Maybe a Kotaku Drinking Game! I’m sure the readers can suggest some rules (responsible rules). Stories you may have missed since you were last working unless…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2010
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  The Inception Video Game Is (Still) Happening

  Just a few months ago, the director of The Dark Knight and Memento, Christopher Nolan, said he was “looking at” developing a video game based in the world of blockbuster hit Inception. Now he sounds more serious about it. Nolan tells Entertainment Weekly that the layered universe of Inception is “a world where a lot…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010
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  The Tester 2: Episode 5: “Life’s A Pitch” Liveblog: McWhertor Brings The Hurt

  Kotaku’s reviews editor Michael McWhertor is the guest panelist on this week’s episode of The Tester 2. Surely he will get rid of Big Fazeek for us, won’t he? McWhertor’s appearance on Sony’s The Tester as a guest panelist is the reason I’m here today, liveblogging this damn television show instead of heading out to…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2010
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  PlayStation Store Update: Dead Nation Is Live

  The North American PlayStation Store is the one thing lighter this week after the Thanksgiving holiday, with Dead Nation leading the short pack of newly playable and downloadable games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. Joining Housemarque’s excellent top-down zombie shooter is Funky Lab Rat and a pair of PlayStation One imports. But the biggest…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 30, 2010