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  The Incident Review: It’s A Happening & It Freaks Me Out

  The sky—and everything else—is falling in The Incident, an iPhone and iPad game that combines the randomized chaos of piling trash, a la Katamari Damacy, with the retro, one-button gameplay of platformers of old. The Incident presents a more charming apocalypse than we’re used to. Inexplicably, objects begin falling from the sky. As a high-jumping…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 30, 2010
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  Wonder Woman Is Looking Fine In DC Universe Online

  It wouldn’t be the DC Universe, online or offline, without Princess Diana of Themyscira, and while she isn’t sporting the late-80’s short jacket look she has in the comics, she’s still looking great for a woman in her late 60’s. It looks like they’ve worked up two different looks for Wonder Woman in DC Universe…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  Dead Rising 2 Prequel On Track In U.S., Europe

  Despite suffering a delay in Japan, downloadable Xbox 360-exclusive prequel Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will still be released on time this week in the U.S. and Europe, Capcom told us today. Case Zero reaches the U.S. tomorrow.

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010
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  Gunfusion: They Gave Sonic The Hedgehog A Handgun, Sort Of

  Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. During Gun Week, we celebrate such acts of “gunfusion.” Let us lament the existence of Shadow The Hedgehog, the game starring Sonic’s gun-toting … brother/cousin/whoknows. Shadow, put the gun down. [PIC]

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010
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  PAX Visitors Can Have A Ball With Dead Rising 2’s Chuck Green

  Dead Rising 2’s protagonist has never looked so adorable. The Chuck Greene Bobble Budd will be on sale at Capcom’s Store during the Penny Arcade Expo this weekend.

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  Ubisoft Is Bringing Something New To PAX

  Are you going to this year’s PAX convention in lovely Seattle, Washington this weekend? Kotaku is. Ubisoft is too, giving many attendees their first look at games like Rez spiritual sequel Child of Eden, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and something new. That “something new” is a game known as Outland, “one of Ubisoft’s digital games for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 30, 2010
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  There’s A Light Cycle In Every Collector’s Edition Of Tron: Evolution

  Fans willing to shell out $129.99 on the newly-revealed December 7 release date of Disney Interactive’s Tron: Evolution will find themselves in the receiving end of one incredibly sexy light cycle model. Tron: Evolution takes place before Tron: Legacy, so it makes sense that the game comes out a full ten days before the movie…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  Want To Repair Your Own Game Consoles?

  Do-it-yourself electronics repair website iFixit is putting repair power in the hands of players, with the release of more than 200 different crowd-sourced repair manuals for twenty-four game consoles, with parts available to get the job done mostly right. iFixit’s mission is to enable and encourage to self-repair electronics community. Up until now that’s mainly…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  And the Award for Worst iPhone Accessory Goes To….

  Pinball Magic, complete with bells, lights, a little plunger and its own game.

  By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010
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  Xbox Live Price Increase Coming November 1

  Xbox Live Gold subscribers might want to renew before November 1, when the price of a yearly subscription to the service jumps $10 in North America. According to a post on Major Nelson’s blog, after eight years’ of Xbox Live at the $50 a year price point, the service is finally seeing a price hike.…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  The Nintendo Download: Elastic Boy Saves The Day

  In a week with only four downloadable Nintendo titles, two of which aren’t technically games, one small blob carries the weight of the Nintendo Download on his shoulders. THat’s right folks, there are only four downloadable titles this week across WiiWare and DSiWare, and one of them is a virtual notebook. Another is a DSiWare…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Jaws

  Angry Birds is flocking on the top spot for both the iPhone and iPad. I was just replying it on my iPhone this weekend, great phone with those smarmy, smiling pigs. Jaws seems to be clinging to the list too. Is it worth picking up? I’m still on the line about it. Here’s the full…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010
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  Tanya Jessen Talks Us Through The Gamescom Bulletstorm Demo

  Remember the on-stage Bulletstorm demo we described while liveblogging EA’s Gamescom 2010 press conference? It’s much more entertaining with commentary from Epic Games producer Tanya Jessen. My favorite part of the demo Epic showed off at Gamescom was the running dialogue between the two main characters, which you pretty much completely lose once Jessen starts…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Put on your 3D glasses and talk here about some video games, please. Today’s terrific Talk Amongst Yourselves image comes from reader Mutton-Chops. Think you can do better? We’ll only be using the source Norman Rockwell image for one more day and then we move on. Take your final try at it over at #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010
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  The History of Headshots, Gaming’s Favorite Act Of Unreal Violence

  It may seem ghoulish to the outsider. It will seem essential to the gamer. One of the most popular things to do in video games is to aim for the head with a gun and fire. Who thought of that? And why do people like doing it so much? Why Headshots Make Some People Happy…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010
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  Welcome To Gun Week

  Gamers and the people who make games are crazy about guns. Visit a gaming shop and you’ll see walls of boxes that feature, somewhere on them, guns. Have the last five video games you’ve played included guns? Most of them, probably yes. When we see a new game, we’re often being told about guns. We…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010
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  So, I Saw Departures

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Monday! It’s Monday! I watched Departures over the weekend. I hadn’t seen it. But it was a great, great movie. Fun fact: the guy who directed it spend most of the 1980s directing soft core movies in a series of movies called “Train Pervert”. That’s not uncommon, though, as many of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2010
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  DSi And DSi XL Get Price Drops

  Starting Sept. 12 Nintendo will be dropping the price of the DSi to $150 and the price of the DSi XL to $170. The DS Lite will remain $130. The price drops lower the two systems by $20 each, down from $170 and $190 respectively. “We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010
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  Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Hits on Nov. 29

  Looks like we can stop wondering what’s going on with Nintendo DS role-playing game Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Nintendo this morning said that the game will be hitting North American stores on Nov. 29. Taking place 30 years after the events of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age for the Game Boy Advance…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2010
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  Which Computer Does Final Fantasy XIV Recommend?

  Online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV is coming out this month. If you don’t have a PC, you might want to get one. But which one? This is computer that Final Fantasy XIV is recommending in Japan. It is packed with an Intel Core i7-980X 3.33GHz chip, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, 12GB triple channel DDR3-SDRAM…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2010