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  What’s New In The Incident 1.2?

  Big Bucket Software’s The Incident—one of my favorite iPhone games of 2010—has graduated to version 1.2, adding dozens of new items and features, like the option to turn your iPhone into a dedicated controller for the iPad version. The newly updated The Incident also adds retina display and Game Center support, for anyone with an…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  Report: FarmVille ‘Breaks’ Facebook Privacy Rules, Sends Personal Info To Ad Firms

  Dozens of Facebook applications, including Zynga’s wildly popular casual games FarmVille, Mafia Wars and FrontierVille, transmit user data in violation of the social network’s privacy settings, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ‘s investigation finds that apps like FarmVille have been transmitting identifying information to “dozens of advertising and Internet…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  The LEGO Metal Slug Hauls Some Serious Ass

  This LEGO-fied version of the infamous Metal Slug from SNK’s series of the same name is more than just a rad brick-based recreation of the tank. It features amazing handling. Peer “mahjqa” Kreuger, the creator of the Metal Slug inspired “Metal Grudge,” calls it “pretty much a sportscar tank.” He’s not kidding. Watch how well…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  Eight Minutes Of Yakuza Vs. Zombies (And *So* Much More)

  Sega’s next entry in its popular Yakuza (nee Ryu ga Gotoku) series pits its cast of Japanese gangsters—and hostesses!—against the living dead, resulting in total madness. Want proof? Here’s eight minutes’ worth of Yakuza: Of The End. In addition to ridiculous amounts of zombie slaying, the requisite Yakuza mini-games appear to be intact. There’s ping-pong,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  Shooting

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Is US$23 A Lot For A Pumpkin? I spent a big chunk of today playing light games on the Playstation Move. Kinda fun, but also kinda not as reactive as I had hoped they would be. Here’s what you missed: MicroBots Is Like Space Invaders Inside Your Guts Here’s How…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010
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  Command & Conquer Lives On As One Of EA’s Visceral Games

  The studio best known for making Dead Space and Dante’s Inferno is expanding, welcoming more developers—and more than just action adventure games—into its fold, including EA’s venerable Command & Conquer strategy game series. Electronic Arts senior VP and group general manager Nick Earl tells Gamasutra that more games, including the Command & Conquer title that’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  Japanese Sales Charts Are Pokemon Black & White & Red Dead All Over

  Nintendo’s Pokemon Black and Pokemon White enjoy another first place showing in Japan this week, nearly another quarter million copies sold to Nintendo DS owners overseas. The monster hunting game easily takes down newcomer Red Dead Redemption in Japan. But Rockstar Games’ wild west adventure moved a very respectable 97,000 copies in Japan this past…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  Trine 2 Coming To A Trio Of Platforms

  Atlus releases a new gameplay trailer to celebrate the big reveal of the three platforms Frozenbyte’s Trine 2 is coming to next spring: PC, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade. The original Trine is a gorgeous physics platformer in which the player switches between three different character classes: knight, wizard, and thief. Trine 2 is…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010
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  Win Some Amazing Fable III Shirts and Books

  Here’s a fun one day contest: Tomorrow we will be selecting ten random winners to receive a neat Fable III t-shirt and a copy of the book Fable: The Balverine Order. The LevelUpWear-designed shirt will be a randomly selected Fable III design, size medium. The book comes with a special code to unlock an exclusive…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010
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  How To Beat Demon’s Souls In Under An Hour

  It took me more than forty hours to play through From Software’s dark dungeon crawler Demon’s Souls, which now seems rather foolish, after having watched someone sprint through the role-playing game in less than an hour. Japanese Demon’s Souls player “alternalw” puts the run into speed run with this ultra fast completion of the PlayStation…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  It’s A Beautiful Day For New Vegas

  The Guild’s Felicia Day struts her stuff at this weekend’s launch party for Fallout: New Vegas held, appropriately enough, in Las Vegas. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010
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  Civilization V Gets Free Mongols, But The Babylonians Will Cost You

  Two more mighty empires rise in Civilization V come October 25, when 2K Games releases the once Digital Deluxe-exclusive Babylonians for $4.99 and unleashes the Mongolian hordes for free. Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonia’s were originally released as bonus content for players that purchased the Digital Deluxe edition of Civilization V through Direct2Drive or Steam, but like the…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010
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  What Did You Play This Weekend?

  Normally, we let Kotaku readers sound off on their weekend gaming plans on Friday with a speculative “What are you playing this weekend?” open thread. Let’s instead take stock of what you actually did play this weekend. For kicks. Coming off a week-long vacation, my weekend was spent playing older games like Mass Effect 2…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010
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  Brazilian Court Forbids The Sale Of Episodes From Liberty City Worldwide

  Kotaku Brazil editor Renato Bueno reports on a Brazilian court order that seeks to remove Rockstar’s Episodes from Liberty City from retail and digital distribution worldwide, due to the unauthorized use of music from an eight-year-old DJ’s dad. We all remember The Ballad of Gay Tony, don’t we? Explosions, girls, night clubs and… a little…

  Renato Bueno Published October 18, 2010
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  Here are Your DJ Hero 2 Party Pack Winners

  Last week we kicked off a contest to give away a copy of the DJ Hero 2 Party Pack to four people when the game hits later this month? Here are your winners. Congratulations go out to: Phil Hinojosa Bob Conlon Abbey D Rory Lu Bu’ Anthony The DJ Hero 2 Party Bundle includes a…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010
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  Fallout: New Vegas’ Voice Actors Speak

  No matter how many times I see the names together, seeing Matthew Perry alongside Ron Perlman, Wayne Newton, William Sadler, and Kris Kristofferson still feels weird. I suppose it’s because Ron Perlman has always been the narrator, Wayne Newton is nearly synonymous with Vegas, and Kristofferson is the go-to-guy for grizzly older men. Matthew Perry…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010
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  Review: Invizimals

  People compare Invizimals to Pokémon. People may also compare it to the sadly-still-fictional Star Wars chess, last played by Chewbacca and R2D2. Try one more comparison: This game is like a flying contraption made prior to the Wright Brothers’. Invizimals is an augmented reality video game, one of the few games you can buy that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2010
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  Medal of Honor Single Player Graphics & CPU Performance

  In this detailed graphic and CPU performance write-up, Tech Spot takes a look at how Medal of Honor‘s single player handles on your computer. It’s hard to believe three years have passed since Medal of Honor: Airborne was released for the PC, and even harder to accept that the original MoH: Allied Assault debuted way…

  Steven Walton Published October 18, 2010
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  A Visual Guide To Invizimals

  Invizimals Trailer, in which the augmented reality tech works so smoothly. This trailer features scenes from Invizimals’ many live-action cut-scenes. Flashbacks to the glory days of CD-ROM games. This is a time capsule, kids! Sony’s other recent attempt with augmented reality gaming, Start The Party for the PlayStation 3, as shot by me for a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2010
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  PlayStation 3 Netflix Loses The Disc As Well

  Just like the Nintendo Wii, the North American PlayStation 3 no longer needs a disc to stream Netflix. The Netflix icon is located in the video section of the XMB, just select it to download the application.

  By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010