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  Free Realms Does The Mac, What About The PlayStation 3?

  As Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans to release the free-to-play MMO Free Realms on the Mac later this fall, fans are still wondering what happened to the PlayStation 3 version. We tapped SOE for an update on the console port. Back in 2008 Sony Online Entertainment let the world know that MMOs The Agency, DC…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010
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  Where Are You On The 2010 Map Of Online Communities?

  Randall Monroe from the webcomic XKCD just released his massive 2010 Map of Online Communities. Can you find Kotaku? Hint: Look for the fish. We had to add the fish ourselves, but since Kotaku is an island nation in the blogosphere, one can assume there would be plenty of fish there anyway. This map is…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010
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  N.O.V.A. 2 Looks Amazing

  Here a look at upcoming iPhone game N.O.V.A. 2 in action. The graphics look unbelievable, but I wonder if they’ve tweaked the controls at all. I’m starting to think the auto-fire method is the best way to go on iPhone shooters.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010
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  Blizzcon 2010 Schedule Has Diablo III, No New StarCraft

  You can now stare at the Blizzcon 2010 schedule and dream. What will they reveal at the keynote if we got Cataclysm revealed last year? What’s with the Diablo III panels? Where is StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm? This is the official Blizzcon schedule, revealed today for anyone attending the annual convention for all…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  This is your place to talk about video games. Don’t mind the fish. Thanks to reader KindaGamey who is on a roll with these images. You too can have your work featured in Talk Amongst Yourselves. Submit your image to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010
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  Dead Rising is coming to the iPhone

  Dead Rising is headed to the iPhone for the holidays, bringing with it the ability to beat up zombies with a wide assortment of objects, but not, it seems, the ability to separate zombie limb from zombie body. Slide to Play says the game won’t have boss fights, escort missions, photography, costumes or driving vehicles.…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010
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  Dead Rising 2 Visual History

  Dead Rising: Case Zero introduced gamers not only protagonist Chuck Greene and his cute-as-a-zombie-button daughter, but also the game’s love of alcohol, vomit and funny, but crass humor. Case Zero also gave Xbox 360 owners a chance to check out the new gunplay mechanic for the game. Dead Rising 2 isn’t just about wading through…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010
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  Time To Get A Jump On Halloween

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: I Should Read That Today was Halloween costume fitting day at chez Ashcraft. Micro-Bash is going to be a pirate. We didn’t ask him what he wanted to be. He’s one! Pirate is fine. Mini-Bash wants to be a racing driver on the McLaren Mercedes team. Anyone is okay, he…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  The Most Delayed Game Of 2010 Must Be…

  “Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi” (“The Bridge over the Starry Sky”) was originally slated for release on December 11, 2009. Then it was delayed. A whole bunch. The next release date for the 18-years-old-and-up adult adventure game was penciled in for February 26, 2010. The release slipped to April 23. And that turned to May 28,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  Hey Video Game Industry, You Are Not Hollywood’s Junior Varsity!

  Does the game industry have a Hollywood complex? BioShock designer Ken Levine seems to think so. “I think there’s a sense in the entertainment fields that video games are seen as the junior varsity,” Levine tells Develop. “There’s this feeling of ‘oh one day you can come up to our league’.” Back in the late…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  What Boos Are Made Of

  You probably never stopped to look at one too closely, but if you had, you’d have noticed the Boos of the Mushroom Kingdom are made of thousands of tiny, individual horrors. As seen on Teefury

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010
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  Starcraft II Becomes Survival Horror In This Incredible Mod

  Granted, this mod – turning Starcraft II into what’s essentially Dead Space in the Blizzard universe – may never see the light of the day. But its creators deserve credit just for this demonstration video. The basic goal of the mod, called Project Vector, is to turn Starcraft II – a real-time strategy game –…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010
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  Watch A Pac-Man Moleskine Gobble Stuff Up

  As previously posted, the Italian notebook maker is marking Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary with notebooks that white people everywhere should love. And if you don’t like the Moleskine journals, perhaps you like stop motion photography? Moleskine Pac-Man – Moleskine ® English [Moleskine via Technabob]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  Turn Off The Lights On This Dreamcast Mod

  Ryan recently modified this Dreamcast as a commission piece, giving it this amazing Skies of Arcadia theme. He e-mailed us saying “People said I should email your website as you might enjoy it”. People were right It may not look like much at first, but that detailing on the case is some beautiful work (it’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010
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  Yes, There’s Another Pokemon Movie

  There have been new Pokemon movies every summer since 1998. And in 2011, there will be a new Pokemon movie. The anime will be out next summer and tied into Pokemon: Best Wish!, the current Pokemon anime running on Japanese television. The embedded link below has some footage of the upcoming flick. Last year’s Pokemon…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  Auto-Aim, Coming Soon To A Real Army Near You

  To compensate for the stickiness of control pads and the low resolution of televisions, video games that involve shooting have long employed the use of automatic aiming. It’s a luxury about to be enjoyed by real soldiers in the field. Last week, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $6.9 million…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010
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  Rolling A Fiat In GT5, Second Time’s A Charm

  A young woman named Yurina Takiguchi wearing a siren on her head is about to test drive a Fiat in Gran Turismo 5. She has never driven a car before and doesn’t have a license. Yep, this is Japanese television. Takiguchi is from the television program Sakiccho. She’s a student at the University of Tokyo,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  A Man Chooses, And This BioShock Plush Obeys

  The crafty Michele Legendre, whose work you’ve seen before, has been a busy bee in the months since, coming up with fantastic video game felt toys like this Andrew Ryan, from 2K’s BioShock. For a whackjob megalomaniac, he’s looking downirght adorable, right down to his cute little golf club. He’s a commission piece, so this…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010
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  Homefront Multiplayer Impressions: Let’s Go Shopping!

  I get on my belly and inched forward. Looking through my scope, I could see several Greater Korean Republic troops making their way down a ridge. They were totally exposed. I fired. Pop, pop. Time to buy a drone. It was September during the Tokyo Game Show, and a group of the gaming press had…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010
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  A Visual Guide To NBA 2K11

  NBA 2K11’s debut trailer. Snoop Dogg supplies the beats and is a playable celebrity in the blacktop pickup games. Answering the Jordan Challenges unlocks footage of his iconic highlights in-game.

  By Owen Good Published October 6, 2010