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  This Move Shooting Game Ad Is A Bit Much

  But that’s okay! Here is a promotional video for an upcoming “Big 3 Gun Shooting” bundle for Japan. Stick with the clip. It gets comic book crazy.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2010
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  Xbox 360 Commercial Busted For Using PS3 Footage

  A commercial for Final Fantasy XIII has been reprimanded by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority for using PlayStation 3 footage in an advertisement for the Xbox 360 version of the game. All it took was one viewer to complain to the advertising watchdog that the 360 ad was using PS3 footage for the ASA to sit…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2010
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  360 Avatars Being Redesigned

  Microsoft’s 360 avatars are looking a little on the portly side, because come the release of Kinect in November, they’re in for a little redesign. Why? It’s because of Kinect. Rare, the developers behind the avatars, say the motion-sensing camera has been causing problems for users when playing a game where their actions were replicated…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2010
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  Gran Turismo 5 Gets Blue PS3 In Japan

  Upcoming driving simulator Gran Turismo 5 will be roaring into Japanese retailers come November 3. The game is getting a PS3 bundle, which is priced at ¥35,980 (US$421). The bundle comes with a Titanium Blue 160GB PlayStation 3, a DualShock 3 controller and a “first run” copy of the game. The first run edition includes…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2010
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  I’d Buy That For A Dollar [Update]

  Get it while you can. It apparently works. Thanks everyone who sent this in! Update: And it looks like it’s gone.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2010
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  A Week In Comments

  Crysis 2 Nano Edition Is Big, Official, For ‘The Ultimate Crysis Fan’ Comment by: Taggart451 Nomination by: http://kotaku.com/people/ I don’t think even Crysis 2 could run Crysis 1. Hey – Why Aren’t There Any Ladders In Fallout? Comment by: SG-17 Nomination by: D-K Shoot, no ladders Aeris Is Dead, Get Over It Already Comment by:…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2010
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  Steam Performance On Macs Improved By 15-120%

  It’s great news that Steam is now available on Mac, but some users have been upset that performance isn’t quite as smooth as it is on PC. Maybe this latest update will help! Since the service launched on Mac earlier this year, Valve has been working with Apple to “close the performance gap” between games…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2010
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  Retro City Rampage Is The GTA The 80s Never Had

  If Grand Theft Auto had been released in 1988, it would have looked a lot like, well, this. Designed as an 8-bit parody of not just GTA’s open-world gameplay, but of 80s culture itself, Retro City Rampage looks great. Fast, and something that’ll give me a headache, but great. It’ll be playable at PAX10 in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2010
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  Dawn Of War II Finally Lets You Play As Some Aliens

  Dawn of War II has featured a few of Warhammer 40K’s alien races, but they’ve never been playable in the game’s singleplayer campaigns. That’s about to change. In early 2011, Relic and THQ will release Dawn of War II: Retribution, a new expansion for Dawn of War II that features a story-driven campaign letting you…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2010
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  Bulletstorm Unleashes Hail Of New Media

  People Can Fly, Epic Games and EA showcased new gameplay of the hyperviolent alien world shooter Bulletstorm at Gamescom today, illustrating what a quad-barreled shotgun can do to flesh and bone. If that trailer was too loud and brash for you, enjoy nine new Bulletstorm screens in quiet serenity in our gallery. They’re thick and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 17, 2010
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  Losing His Voice In Red Dead Redemption

  Voice actor Colin Nissan got the role as Marshall Leigh Johnson in Red Dead Redemption. Or so he thought. Nissan, writing for the blog of The Paris Review (a rather heavy literary magazine based in New York), spins a gem of a tale about his first voice work for a video game. Over the course…

  By Owen Good Published August 17, 2010
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  How Virtua Tennis 4 Plays In Move Motion Controlled 3D

  Sega offers a new perspective on the Virtua Tennis series for its next outing, a new title that touts two key PlayStation 3-specific features, stereoscopic 3D visuals and PlayStation Move motion controls. So, how’s that work? A lot like Wii Tennis, actually. Going hands-on with Virtua Tennis 4 for the PS3 at Gamescom today, I…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 17, 2010
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  Infamous 2 Hero Looks Like Himself Again In His Newest Trailer

  Undoing a planned re-design for lead character Cole, Sucker Punch has a new trailer for 2011 PlayStation 3 game Infamous 2 for Gamescom this week. Cole looks good, so does the unusual style of this trailer — frozen gameplay. Neat. Click to view

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2010
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  How To Beat Your Friends In The Next Need For Speed While They’re Asleep

  I like playing games with asynchronous multiplayer, but outside of Facebook, there aren’t many ways to compete against gaming friends in a non-simultaneous way. Thankfully, Criterion includes that sort of thing in their racing games. The video here shows the asynchronous multiplayer feature in the next Need For Speed, the first from Criterion. It was…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2010
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  Light Heavyweights Add Another Dozen Fighters to EA Sports MMA Roster

  EA Sports MMA is revealing its roster of fighters week by week, beginning with the heavyweights last week. This week, a 17-fighter light heavyweight roster was unveiled. Randy Couture, Muhammed Lawal, Ken Shamrock, Kevin Randleman, and Alistair Overeem were announced as heavyweights last week. They will also fight at light heavyweight, joining Jason Miller, Bas…

  By Owen Good Published August 17, 2010
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  Golden Sun Missing In Action For 2010?

  Nintendo revealed the releases dates this morning for its big Wii and DS games that will be out in North America this fall. Missing among them was one for Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Is the game slipping? We’re not sure. We’ve had a request in to Nintendo today to find out, and will let you…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2010
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  PlayStation Store Update: You May Feel A Slight Need For Speed

  Budding Mavericks, Geese and Icemen will want to re-fund the wallet this week, as Top Gun leads the list of new PlayStation Store games for North American PS3 owners. Three new PS3 demos also provide high speed thrills. Demos for Joe Danger, H.A.W.X 2 and NHL 11 will give everyone a taste of something to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 17, 2010
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  APB’s Studio Is Nearly DOA

  After cutting 60 jobs last week, U.K.-based studio Realtime Worlds, the maker of the cops-and-robbers MMO APB, entered administration today, a process somewhat analagous to Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the United States. Though not definitively the end of the business, many are treating it as such. All 200 jobs remaining are believed to be…

  By Owen Good Published August 17, 2010
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  Blogger Needs Food

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: So I Saw Five Ferrari Enzos This Weekend Today was a day of press conferences and failed Internet connections. Tomorrow will be jam packed with game playing and booth walking. There’s also the Konami press conference to look forward to and our meeting with Blizzard to discuss Diablo III: DIABLO…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2010
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  Racing Through Halo: Reach’s Corvette

  Bungie is showing off a new Halo: Reach multiplayer map at Gamescom this week. In this video you can see players slugging their way through the firefight map Corvette, which takes place aboard a Covenant drop ship.

  By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2010