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  No Level Cap Increase In Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution

  Borderlands players might be disappointed to learn that next month’s new downloadable content will not include a level cap increase. Perhaps two screens from Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution will help ease the pain? We noticed many of our readers pondering the possibilities of an increase to the current level 61 cap when we posted about…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2010
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  At Last, A Different Kind Of Retro Game, An Intelligently Childish One

  Costume Quest, a game with a dull name and a colorful pedigree is not just a trick-or-treating role-playing game coming to the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 this fall. I saw it in action. It has modern smarts. The game comes from the creators of Brutal Legend, chiefly from a Double Fine Productions team led…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Let us discuss video games right here. Thanks to reader My Little Metroid for the Ouendan/Elite-Beat submission. Submit your TAY pic to #TAYpics Want to know more about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010
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  Fewer Major Games For PSP This Fall, A Sign Of Decline

  Fall is usually the busy season for video games, when most games — and many of the year’s biggest — are released for each gaming console. But the fall of 2010 may leave American PSP fans feeling like they’re getting the short shrift. There will be no Need For Speed for PSP this fall, no…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 11, 2010
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  What Do You Do When You Forget Someone’s Name?

  To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: Quakecon Cometh Okay! I’m not good with names. I forget them pretty quickly and even when I am being introduced to people (and my brain is saying, “Remember this person’s name!), I forget. 🙁 I never forget a face, though. Never There is this dude that lives near me. I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  Latest Borderlands DLC Revealed And Detailed

  The latest downloadable installment for sci-fi shooter Borderlands has been made official. The fourth Borderlands DLC is dubbed “Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution”. In Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution, players must put down a deadly mechanical uprising. A civil war has broken out between an armada lead by Hyperion Corporation and the Claptraps lead by the Ninja…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  Atari Founder Was “Stupid” To Sell The Company

  In 1972, Nolan Bushnell founded Atari. The company would go on to define video games during the 1970s. And just when things were getting good, Bushnell sold the company in 1976 to Time Warner — a move he now regrets. “I was stupid,” Bushnell said at a conference this week. “I sold completely because I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  If Only Ultra Magnus Was In War For Cybertron

  For one of the most useless and short-lived Autobot leaders of all time, Ultra Magnus sure has a following, as evidenced by this custom toy showing what he’d have looked like had he turned up in War For Cybertron. (Well, turned up in the console version, as he does appear in the DS edition) There…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  Toy Story 4 Looks Incredible

  I’m amazed it’s taken this long for someone to think of it. By Simon Chong

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  Stalker Found Guilty Of…Stalking

  A verdict has been reached in the court against against Hiroshi Sasaki, the man accused of stalking voice actress Haruna Ikezawa. Ikezawa, who voices Athena in The King of Fighters games and Momoka in Sgt. Frog, wrote on her blog in February that she had a restraining order against a stalker who was following her…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  GoldenEye On Wii Gets A Golden Controller

  Sensing perhaps that there was room in the market for an official peripheral for the upcoming GoldenEye, Activision and Nintendo have teamed up to release this gold-coloured Classic Controller Pro. The limited edition controller – which looks more “pimp” than “bond” – will be available as part of a bundle including GoldenEye itself, which will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  Dead Rising 2 PAL Release Date Moved Up

  Good news, everyone (in Europe and Australasia)! Dead Rising 2’s release date in these regions has been brought forward to September 24.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  A Look At How Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Was Pitched

  Graphic novel Scott Pilgrim is not only getting a movie this week, but also a video game. This is an early pitch vid for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game. Like the graphic novel, Scott Pilgrim: The Game wears its gaming references on its 8-bit sleeve. The pitch video is even more retro than…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  The US Video Game Industry, By The Numbers

  Ever Wondered how much money the video game industry contributes to the US economy? Or how many people it employs? Or where all those employees live? The Entertainment Software Association has released a new report that answers all those questions and then some. There are, for example, 32,000 people working in the video game industry…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  Dragon Quest’s Slime, So Pink And So Girly

  This month, Shibuya retailer Parco is holding “Dragon Quest For Girls + Artist”, which features Dragon Quest goods and threads aimed at Japanese females. As seen on 4Gamer.net

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  “Cutesy Graphics”? Hard Sell, Apparently

  Xseed Games, the California-based game publisher and distributor, brings Japanese titles to the North American market. Easier said than done. Over on the Xseed Facebook page, action role-playing game Zwei!! was requested for U.S. location and release. Zwei!! was originally developed for the PC, but later ported to the PS2. “Zwei is a well-made charming…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  Like SimCity, Only With Pencils & Imagination

  Like the millions of people who have ever sat down for a game of SimCity, Gilles Tréhin has designed the metropolis of his dreams. Thing is, Tréhin isn’t your average SimCity player. He’s a savant. An autistic savant. Over the past twenty years, Tréhin has built the fictional city of Urville using nothing but pencils…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  Doom Creator Helping Bring Rockets To Racing

  You may know John Carmack, co-founder of id Software and lead programmer of Doom, keeps busy building space rockets with his Armadillo Aerospace team. But rockets aren’t all they do. They also do rocket planes The last you’ve probably heard of a rocket plane was a pair of German fighters from the Second World War,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010
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  Epic Mickey Designer “Drooled Over” Mario Creator

  At this year’s E3 gaming expo, Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector got the chance to meet Shigeru Miyamoto. And he was totally gobsmacked. Figurative drool was involved! “I basically drooled on the guy at E3 when I met him,” Spector tells the Official Nintendo Magazine. “I couldn’t ask a single question. I carry his business…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2010
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  Kinect Downgraded To Save Money, Can’t Read Sign Language

  The patent for Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera Kinect suggested that the device could understand American Sign Language. Well, it can’t. At least, the version going on sale in November can’t. Responding to the claims made in the patent, Microsoft has told Kotaku “We are excited about the potential of Kinect and its potential to impact gaming…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2010