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  New Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Trailer Is Full of Clones

  Click to viewWith just a few weeks to go until Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC, you might be wondering what’s up with Starkiller and his master, Darth Vader, these days. Lots of complicated cloning problems, is what, a sensitive area which the new trailer for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010
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  There’s A Hidden Meaning In Here Somewhere

  Although she’s reprising Mary from the Pietà, the secret is not “Pitgirl is a virgin.” Having trouble divining the message inside this Monday Night Combat wallpaper? Think bigger picture. Seen via Uber Entertainment.

  By Owen Good Published October 6, 2010
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  Let The Call of Duty: Black Ops Ad Blitz Begin

  Brace yourself for the Black Ops invasion. Billboards for Activision and Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game are already taking over Times Square, just the beginning of the publisher’s “biggest investment” ever made in the launch of a title, according to big boss Bobby Kotick.

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010
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  Final Fantasy Meets The Jersey Shore: We Got A Situation

  Click to viewGrenades, GTL, The Situation, Snooki, pickles… who knew these Jersey Shore memes and mainstays could be transformed so magically into a role-playing game? College Humor, apparently, creators of The Jersey Shore RPG. Even if you’re not intimately familiar with the inner workings of MTV’s reality trainwreck, almost any fan of the Final Fantasy…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010
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  See NBA Elite 11, Streaming Live [Update: Nope]

  The guy who won an eBay auction for a bona fide retail copy of the indefinitely-postponed NBA Elite 11 will be playing the game and streaming it live in about 40 minutes. Update: The LiveStream has ended, apparently on a copyright infringement claim made by EA Sports. Original post follows. So if you want to…

  By Owen Good Published October 6, 2010
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  Logitech Revue Google TV Box Full Details: $299 This Month With HD Video Calling

  Logitech’s Revue Google TV box is now available for pre-order for $299, revealing a host of new features—HD calling, a wide array of controls, myriad apps, and—if you order today, it’ll arrive by the end of the month. How You’ll Control It Logitech worked closely with Google to make the keyboard a definitive means of…

  Sam Biddle & matt buchanan Published October 6, 2010
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  Podcast

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Time To Get A Jump On Halloween We recorded our podcast today, no live calls, no live lines. It was strange, but I think it was an interesting conversation between myself, Totilo and a special guest… not a developer or anything. But great stuff. I’m hoping to post the podcast…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010
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  Review: NBA 2K11

  Michael Jordan returned to the NBA in 1995 with a famous two-word statement. He returns to video games with NBA 2K11, a deeply compelling narrative of both the league in present day and the feats of its greatest player ever. NBA 2K11 is this year’s edition of gaming’s premiere pro basketball simulation. It offers a…

  By Owen Good Published October 6, 2010
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  This Weekend, Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find

  Comic-Con comes to New York this weekend, and as the comic books and the video games stick together like Baron Zemo’s face and Adhesive X, we’ll be there. If you’re also in New York City, the get together will feature tons of gaming stuff, notably playable D.C. Universe Online, and Red Dead Redemption’s Undead Nightmare.…

  By Owen Good Published October 6, 2010
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  Report: Halo Movie Might Happen With Spielberg, But In An Unexpected Way

  Microsoft’s “on hold” plans for a Halo film series may be back on again, with Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Pictures “renewing its efforts to obtain the rights and revive the project,” according to a new report. NY Mag’s entertainment column, Vulture, cites “insiders” in a report that claims DreamWorks is “focusing on using novelizations of the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010
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  The PlayStation 3 Is Prepared To Pillage Your Facebook Profile

  Imagine seeing your Facebook friends’ pictures on wanted posters in Red Dead Redemption, or plastered across billboards in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. A recent Facebook integration update for the PlayStation 3 could make such features a reality. The 3.50 PlayStation 3 firmware update enabled 3D Blu-ray movie playback, but it also opened up a…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010
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  Sonic 4 Ends On A Cliffhanger, Has That Minecart Action

  Big-time Sonic gamers will reach the end of Sonic The Hedgehog 4, which launches on iPhone on Thursday, and know exactly where the game’s second episode is going, a Sega representative teased to Kotaku this week. Sonic The Hedgehog 4 has four main zones, each with a few levels and bosses and plenty of content…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010
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  Dæmon Babies and Fire-Breathing Beasts (and Breasts) Await

  Living in NYC can make you feel like you’re surrounded by mythological beasts, sci-fi freaks and fantasy faeries. Take a look into the TV mirror tonight for the season premiere of Comedy Central’s animated horror-comedy series, Ugly Americans Ugly Americans follows Mark Lilly (voiced by Matt Oberg), a social worker at the “Department of Integration,”…

  By Gawkercreative Published October 6, 2010
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  Before Mario, Before Jumpman, There Was ‘Ossan’

  You know Mario. Everyone knows Mario. Perhaps you even knew him once as Jumpman, the hero of Donkey Kong, before he was properly named. Maybe you even knew him as Mr. Video. But Mario was once known by another name. Ossan was the original name of Nintendo’s famous mascot, says Hiroshi Imanishi, former director and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010
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  Vanquish Mounts An Arsenal On Your Arm

  When players aren’t busy punching giant robots in the face in Shinji Mikami’s Vanquish, they’ll be blasting them to hell with every weapon they have at hand. The transforming hand jokes never stop coming, and while I’m primed to crack wise at Vanquish’s weaponized arm mechanic, I have to admire the design. Having your armor…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010
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  Best Paradox Of The Day

  Medal of Honor error message as Tweeted by @Hellchick and as screencapped by @Rydog. [Update: Thanks to those who pointed out this appeared earlier on Reddit.]

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010
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  What Do You Want To Know About Castlevania: Lords of Shadow?

  Konami’s new take on the Castlevania franchise has arrived. We’re now in the process of reviewing developer Mercury Steam and Kojima Productions’ new action-adventure game and want to know what you want to know about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. In an effort to ensure that Kotaku’s reviews are better informing you about the content, the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010
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  DJ Hero 2 Preorder Bonuses Abound

  Who wants a Puma-branded DJ Hero 2 carrying bag? How about a hard shell turntable case stand, or a copy of the original DJ Hero? Where you pay decides what you’ll be playing with when DJ Hero launches October 19. If you’re planning on sticking with the original DJ Hero deck and just picking up…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010
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  Review: Dead Rising 2

  Wife dead, daughter infected, motocross superstar Chuck Greene is forced to compete on nationally televised zombie killing show Terror is Reality to earn the cash to help keep his daughter from turning. But then things go sideways. Dead Rising 2 is the Canadian-developed sequel to 2006’s incredibly popular, though slightly flawed, action survivor horror game…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010
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  There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Adam Sessler

  This ad for Gunnar’s Retweet to Win-This Giveaway has me wondering if Gunnar’s gaming eyewear comes in an opaque variant. I’d rather not see anything anymore. That Sessler is a far braver man than I. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010