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  Catch Dante’s Inferno’s New Trailer Without Having To Watch The Super Bowl

  Having sorted out some problems over the use of the word “Hell”, EA and Super Bowl broadcaster CBS have agreed that a trailer for Dante’s Inferno can run during the game. This is that trailer. Click to view

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2010
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  EB Games Pushing For Changes To Aussie Game Ratings

  At the moment, Australia’s classification laws are stuck in the stone age. There’s support for changes from gamers, of course, but hardcore gamers don’t have much in the way of political clout. Multinational companies, however, do. EB Games Australia announced today that it’s throwing its weight behind the push for an R18+ classification (ie adults…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2010
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  Dante’s Inferno Producer Ponders Macbeth: The Game

  Marc Ecko isn’t the only one taken with the idea of making a video game based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Dante’s Inferno executive producer Jonathan Knight also sees gaming possibilities in the Scottish tragedy. Knight tells IndustryGamers that, if he were to focus on another classical piece of literature turned game, the Bard’s play would…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: We Are The Children

  Tonight’s edition of Kotaku Off Topic might be heading to Web MD to see what that aggravating lingering pain might be in relation to. But not every discussion needs to be about self-diagnosis. While I look in fear for confirmation that this is a possible kidney stone waiting to painfully work its way out of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  That Must Be One Big Ass Update

  Graffiti in a Berkeley, Calif. restaurant, as seen on Boing Boing.

  By Owen Good Published February 2, 2010
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  The Best Team Fortress 2 Propaganda That Didn’t Win The War

  They may not have had the chops to secure a top three showing in the Team Fortress 2 Soldier Vs. Demo propaganda challenge, but the contest’s runners-up are unquestionably a credit to team. Valve has picked through the 11,000 submissions—another possible reason Half-Life 2: Episode Three is running late!—and highlighted some of the best of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Warcraft App: Block This Application, or Block This Friend?

  As if we don’t see enough lost sad cows and free poker chips spamming us on Facebook, now The Armory has put out a Warcraft Facebook app that will publish a constant feed of everyone’s heroic deeds. The Armory says the app supports up to five characters and will publish accomplishments like level gains, achievements…

  By Owen Good Published February 2, 2010
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  Glory of Heracles Review: A Forgetful Adventure

  Ancient Greece’s immortal amnesiacs want answers, damn it, and they intend to get them in Nintendo’s role-playing game Glory of Heracles for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo gives North American gamers their first taste of the long-running Glory of Heracles series with the franchise’s DS debut. The traditional, perhaps to a fault, Japanese RPG follows the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Activist Investor Picks Up Another Million Shares of Take-Two

  Carl Icahn, whose 11 percent ownership of Take-Two Interactive was by itself enough to restart buyout chatter, has grabbed another one million shares of the publisher according to a securities filing last week. Icahn’s enlarged stake, to 12 percent, comes a week after “shareholder pressure” forced a shakeup in the Take-Two board, notes GamesIndustry.biz. Although…

  By Owen Good Published February 2, 2010
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  BioShock 2 Special Edition Unboxing Goes Horribly Wrong

  With BioShock 2 just a week away from launch, what better way to convince you to spend the extra $40 on the Limited Edition version than a 4-minute-long unboxing video? Watching cubicle and office distraction is what! If you’ve not already pre-ordered or become intimately familiar BioShock 2’s big box version and its ample goodies,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Get Titan Quest Gold For Copper Prices

  While waiting for Blizzard to get Diablo III done, why not play the capable clone Titan Quest on the cheap, now just $4.99 USD, including the Immortal Throne expansion, on Steam. Iron Lore would’ve wanted it that way. [Steam]

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Here’s A Trauma Team Video; By The Way, It’s Delayed

  Atlus sent out a news release touting its third walkthrough for upcoming Wii-mergency room sim Trauma Team, then casually mentioned it’s getting delayed a month. New release date: May 18. It had been due for launch on April 18. Meantime, enjoy some bone-sawin’ as we learn how Dr. Freebird does orthopedic surgery.

  By Owen Good Published February 2, 2010
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  Events

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Electric Toothbrushes Are Great Man, gaming travel starts earlier and earlier each year. We’ve already been to Vegas for CES and now I’ll be taking a trip to Microsoft’s X10 in San Fran next week and later in the month Totilo will be heading out to DICE in Vegas. And…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2010
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  New BioShock 2 Trailer Debuts Tonight On NBC

  BioShock fans will want to tune into NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this evening, as 2K will be debuting a new 3 minute, 15 second trailer during tonight’s broadcast. The bad news is you’re going to have to stay up late, though if you’re anything like me, 11:30PM falls well before bedtime. The good…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2010
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  Meet The New Guitar Hero Boss, Not The Old Guitar Hero Boss

  Say goodbye to the old Guitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig. He’s leaving the position at Activision after less than a year, a year in which the Guitar Hero (and DJ Hero and Band Hero) franchise didn’t do so well. And please welcome the new Guitar Hero boss, David Haddad, formerly the COO of the Guitar…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Star Trek MMO Log, Stardate 2010.02

  Welcome to the first weekly installment of the Star Trek Online MMO Log, a four-part weekly series, leading up to our review. In this first installment, I take my first steps, and lose a great deal of sleep. Star Trek Online is the first MMO title to be a part of Kotaku’s new MMO review…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2010
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  Sony Turns PSP Into Instant Replay Device At UK Stadium

  The PlayStation Portable will get a brilliant new feature for visitors to London’s Emirates Stadium, as the Arsenal Football Club will offer sports fans instant replays of action streamed wirelessly to their PSPs over the stadium’s WiFi network. Sony and Arsenal have partnered to offer streaming video of upcoming Barclays Premier League games via a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Sometimes The Addicting Game Is Portable

  We know all about people who sit at home, hooked on a game they don’t want to stop playing. We know some of these folks well. But what if the game you’re hooked on can travel with you? The iPhone game Drop 7 has its hooks on Ariane Sherine, author of The Atheist’s Guide To…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 2, 2010
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  PlayStation VP Says “PS1 And PS2 Classics” A Terrific Opportunity

  The long-rumored, recently leaked existence of PlayStation 2 games joining the “PS One Classics” line comes a bit closer to reality, at least in the mind of PlayStation senior VP Peter Dille who calls the digital re-issues a “terrific opportunity.” In an interview with IGN, Dille says that the PlayStation folks are “working really hard…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2010
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  Dragon Age: Origins Awakens With Anders

  Dragon Age players, meet Anders, the freedom-craving, magic-using, troublemaking new companion who’ll be joining your party in the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakenings expansion pack. Most mages get sent to the Circle Tower at a young age, never really knowing much about the outside world before being confined under the watchful eye of the Chantry.…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2010