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  Is This The Frilliest Plastic Figure Ever?

  It very well could be! Here’s Clalaclan Philias from SEGA’s Japanese action role-playing game Shining Wind in what may look like a doily, but actually is not! She’s actually wearing armor and carrying a shield. She’ll kick your ass. The figurine retails for ¥10,290 (US$114) and will be out this July. Frilly ain’t cheap, buster!…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010
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  Report: Silent Hunter V Recalled In Germany Over Nazi Symbols

  Silent Hunter V is a game in which Nazi submarines feature prominently. Oh, sorry. German submarines. Nazi submarines are still a taboo subject, which explains why the collector’s edition of the game has just been pulled from German shelves. See, it’s illegal to graphically depict the swastika, the most well-known symbol of the Nazi party,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010
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  Yakuza 3 Players Say A Lot More Was Cut Than Hostess Bars

  Sega has made cuts to the Western version of gangland brawler Yakuza 3. The publisher says that hostess bars are gone. People playing the game say a lot more than that is missing. Sega’s official message board for the site is home to complaints from early-bird purchasers of the game, who say that along with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010
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  Rumor: Why Call of Duty Developers Are Sticking Around

  With studio heads at Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its sequel, no longer employed, you’d think all those remaining at the company would be leaving in mass exodus. They’re not, apparently, and here’s why. Sources tell Kotaku that Modern Warfare publisher Activision is delaying paying Infinity Ward employees their…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010
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  Small Differences Between Japanese Final Fantasy XIII and International FFXIII

  Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 are different. But that’s not all. According to website Final Fantasy-XIII.net, there are several slight differences between the Japanese version of the FFXIII and the International version: • Vibration: “However, how powerful the vibration is has been changed dramatically,” writes the site. “You seldom feel…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010
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  Portal 2 Hijacks Blue Screen of Death At GDC Awards

  Valve played it cute at tonight’s Game Developers Choice Awards, rigging up a fake Blue Screen Of Death during boss Gabe Newell’s time on stage. Course, it wasn’t just a BSOD. It also contained some cryptic Portal 2 marketing. A poster over on Penny Arcade has cracked the code contained within the message (pictured above),…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010
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  Dragon Age’s Architect Looks Smug Enough For A Punch

  Dragon Age’s big expansion, Awakenings, is out next week. It’ll feature new dimly-lit areas to kill things in, and new bad guys – like the Architect here – to take a swing at. Awakenings will be released on March 16 for the PS3, PC and Xbox 360 (or March 18 if you live in Europe).…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010
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  More No More Heroes Sexy Time!

  Honestly. If there was any other time than sexy time. Wii action game No More Heroes is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 with the subtitle Heroes’ Paradise, and it’s bringing saucy character portraits with it. The “erotic portraits” are a pre-order bonus. Previously, Kotaku featured the mango and cherry portraits of game character…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010
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  PlayStation Store Update: Testing Mega Man

  This week, on the North American PlayStation Store: Mega Man 10, some new duds for MAG players and a big bundle of Resident Evil 5 zombie dirtbike goodness. This is the first American update I’ve done in a while, and I have to ask: do you get this many Rock Band songs every week? If…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010
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  Deus Ex: Human Revolution Trailer Reveals Little

  It looks like those leaked screen shots were real, showing stills from a trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution premiered tonight at the Game Developers Choice Awards. The short trailer, which opened with both Square Enix and Eidos Montreal logos, appeared to be entirely CGI. The video opened with a single quote: “Who we are…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2010
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  First Deus Ex 3 “Screens”

  We just were sent a load of images from what we’re told are screens a Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010
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  LIVE at the Game Developers Choice Awards

  The 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards kicks off now. Stay tuned to see if your favorite games, publishers and developers win the big awards.

  By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2010
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  LIVE: The Independent Game Festival Awards *Explosion Sound*

  Yes! The IGF Awards are happening right now at this year’s Game Developers Conference, a chance for indie developers to be handed awards under bright lights and for those indie developers to give short, awkward speeches. Let’s do this!!! While the show is focused on indie, often quirky games—ones that eventually work their way to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2010
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  This Motorized Video Game Outruns All Comprehension

  So, this guy gutted an Outrun arcade cabinet, jammed it on a go-kart and, in the name of university research, assembled a contraption that drives 15 mph in the real world while displaying it as an 8-bit virtual one. “In terms of getting a video game cabinet to roll down the street, I haven’t seen…

  By Owen Good Published March 11, 2010
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  Oh Good, A Pokemon Game Is Selling Well In Japan

  It’s been almost four months since a Pokemon game was the bestselling game on Japan’s software chart, but Nintendo’s newest Pokemon Ranger title for the Nintendo DS ends that dark period for the franchise. Whew! Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki outsold everything else the Japnaese video game market had to offer this past week, according…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2010
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  Downhill Office Chair Racing Gets Extreme Motion

  We saw a peek of Slider yesterday when he trailer was released, but today I got a chance to zip down a paved street on an office chair with the help of the PS3 Move controller first-hand. At first blush Slider looks an awful lot like the Playstation Network’s physics-heavy downloadable title Pain. But Sony…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2010
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  Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes Goes HD For XBLA, PSN

  Just as it did with its colorful puzzle game Critter Crunch, Capybara Games’ Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes is getting the high-definition once-over, making the jump from Nintendo DS to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Ubisoft and Capy’s high-res port of 2009’s best puzzle-RPG looks to maintain the same solid…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2010
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  Bit.Trip Runner: Like Super Mario Bros, But Musical And Maybe Weirder

  Here is Bit.Trip Runner, the first sidescrolling game in the Bit.Trip series of downloadable games for the Wii. Two videos of the game played by G4’s Patrick Klepek. Shot by me. Keep the guy running, synced to the music. Play these videos with sound, and hopefully you’ll be able to filter out noisy Game Developers…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2010
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  Why One Of Nintendo’s Smash Hits May Never Leave Japan

  Yoshio Sakamoto is visiting San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference to talk up the latest, he says greatest, take on Metroid. But that’s not the game he’s carrying around with him to show off at dinner. Instead of talking up Metroid Other M, Sakamoto is showing off Tomodachi Korekushon, or Friend Collection, to his dinning companions.…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2010
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  BioShock 2 is Entitled to February’s Top Spot for U.S. Sales

  BioShock 2 ended New Super Mario Bros. Wii‘s two-month hold atop the U.S. console sales charts, edging the Nintendo platformer by 7,000 units to take February’s top honors. Both sold more than 500,000 copies – BioShock 2‘s 562,900 to New Super Mario Bros. Wii‘s 555,600. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 came in third with…

  By Owen Good Published March 11, 2010