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  The Fabled Unibear Is Going To Die Horribly

  Who could possibly want to hurt something as glorious as a cross between a unicorn and a plush teddy bear? Oh yeah, that guy. Naughty Bear finally hits store shelves next week, and for better or worse, I’ve got my copy preordered at GameStop, in order to secure an exclusive slasher bear skin, completely with…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 24, 2010
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  Dead Space 2 Is a Dark Journey Through Hell in Space

  Dead Space 2 is more of what you loved in the first game: More dismembering bodies, more freakishly frightening creatures, more zero-G. Most importantly, it looks like it will still walk a fine line between disturbing horror survival and the action of a third-person shooter. Dead Space 2 takes place in the expansive mining town…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 24, 2010
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  FarmVille Hits iTunes, Productivity Plummets

  As promised, FarmVille is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, dooming millions to endless mobile toil on virtual farms, unless the app’s slow speed and crashing save the day. FarmVille for the iPhone crashed on me four times before finally loading my farm, seen in the screenshot above. Once it did load my…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 24, 2010
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  Jimmy Fallon Feels The Need For Speed

  Next year we’re just going to wait until the week after E3 and let the publishers bring the games to us, like Jimmy Fallon has done with Kinect, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and now Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. There’s an interesting dichotomy of fashion going on in this clip. Fallon sports his normal…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 24, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Are you the controller? At the very least, you are the commenter. Care to comment about video games right here? Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 24, 2010
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  The Cars of E3

  Last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo wasn’t just about video games. There were also cars there! Sure not lots of cars, but what the show lacked in quantity it made up for in quality… and cost.

  By Brian Crecente Published June 24, 2010
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  About The Time The Car Got Stuck

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Dead PC And that time was today. Roads near where we live can get rather narrow. There are, of course, multi-lane roads, but if you want to take a shortcut to, say, get Mini-Bash to soccer practice, you can cut thru rice paddies like Mrs. Bashcraft did today. Until the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  Resident Evil 5 With Move Controls? Better Than You’d Think

  When Capcom showed survival horror game Resident Evil 5 being played with PS3 Move motion controls at last year’s Tokyo Game Show, I quietly snickered to myself. No, actually, it may have been audible. Boy, was I ever wrong. Let’s be honest, it’s easy to assume tacked on motion controls are a gimmick. Really easy.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  Heavy Rain Cosplay Becomes A Quick Time Event

  If only more cosplay involved characters and a user interface. As seen on DeviantArt. Thanks Alexis!

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2010
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  PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Free Games (Including LittleBigPlanet)

  Sony Europe has an effective way to convince people to sign up for its new PlayStation Plus service: give away free copies of one of the PS3’s best titles, LittleBigPlanet. Yes, anyone in PAL regions signing up for the premium 12-month subscription to Sony’s PlayStation Network between June 29 and August 3 will get a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2010
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  Vuvuzelas Can Even Ruin Doom

  While a lot of people – most of them casual observers of football at best – insist on complaining endlessly about the vuvuzelas at the World Cup, they’re not that bad. At least those ones can’t make you explode. These ones can! But it’s OK; they’re built to emit a frequency that only kills the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2010
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  Brink’s Customization Might Be Custom Made For Me

  I have a confession. I have always been put off by one thing: faces in Bethesda games. But that may change. Take Oblivion, the faces in that game actually freaked me out! I wanted to get into the game, explore the world, but I found myself getting hung up on the way the characters look.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  See The Trailer For Ghibli’s PS3 Game

  Famed animation company Studio Ghibli is collaborating with Fukoka-based game developer Level-5 on the upcoming Ni no Kuni. It is now coming to the PS3. We’ve posted screens of the game. Would you like to see it in motion? Just an FYI, around forty seconds in, there is a comparison between “animation” and “PS3 real…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  Akira Movie To Be PG-13?

  Well, The Dark Knight was PG-13. It has been confirmed that Albert Hughes of the Hughes Brothers directing fame will be helming the project without his brother. It was previously thought that Allen Hughes would be taking the lead on the project. According to the film’s producer Andrew Lazar, he is not, and Albert will…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  Turning A Movie Into An Actual Game

  If you want to make a game based on Transformers, you make a video game. That’s obvious. But if you want to make a game based on Gene Hackman’s 1974 film “The Conversation”, you have to think a little harder. That’s why New York artist Rivane Neuenschwander based a game last week at the New…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2010
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  Korea Actually Gets A Starcraft II Jumbo Jet

  Wait, no. That’s not right. Korea is getting two Starcraft II jumbo jets. To commemorate the impending release of the second Starcraft game, the first which is somewhat of a hit in South Korea, Korean Air has painted two of its Boeing 747 aircraft in Starcraft II livery. Classy! The move was unveiled at a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2010
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  Don’t You EVER Shave That Moustache, Mario

  Creepy. As spotted by reader Juan on an eBay consignment shop in Orlando, Florida.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2010
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  What Movies Did Mafia II Remind Me Of?

  Or maybe I should have asked what movies did it not remind me of? 2K’s Mafia games are often compared to Grand Theft Auto. The comparison is inevitable as Mafia I and II are sandbox games that feature crime, cars and dudes on missions. When I was checking out Mafia II last week at I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  Studio Ghibli’s PS3 Game Is Breath-Taking

  Ni no Kuni, the collaboration between famed anime company Studio Ghibli (My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service) and Professor Layton developer Level-5, is not only coming to the Nintendo DS, but also the PS3. It will knock your socks off. Level-5 showed off the game at an event in Tokyo, and Ni no Kuni on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010
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  First Final Fantasy Versus XIII Gameplay Images

  The first in-game Final Fantasy Versus XIII cutscene footage was shown at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show. It’s now 2010. Let’s see the first gameplay images. The latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu has details about the PS3 title’s gameplay. While the title is set in the same universe as Final Fantasy XIII, Final…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2010