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  New Tomb Raider Game Drops Tomb Raider Name

  Not surprisingly, Square Enix announced today that developer Crystal Dynamics is at work on a new Tomb Raider game. Except, this one isn’t called Tomb Raider, the famous words nowhere to be found in the game’s title. Instead, the game is called “Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light”. Strange to forgo such a recognised…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Don’t Throw Up, Xbox Japan Man!

  The guys from “Xbox Mission Department” have returned and are securing titles for the Xbox 360. The guy with the Xbox 360 logo for a noggin is named Sanrokumaru, or literally three-six-o. He speaks only through the Xbox 360’s “X” noise. In one of the ads below, there is a teaser for the next Xbox…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Get A Good Look At Those Mass Effect 2 Figures

  While they were first revealed in January, courtesy of a blurry magazine scan, that was no way to get a good look at DC Direct’s line of Mass Effect 2 figures. This is. The first line will feature four characters: Commander Shepard (male), Tali, Thane and Grunt. Shepard is a little…off, not just because my…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Red Ring of Death In Robot Sculpture Form

  Things break. And this generation, the Xbox 360 has broken more than any other console. Some gamers might simply become resigned. Jasper Steven is not one of those people. When his Xbox 360 croaked, he decided that he’d had enough so he gutted the machine and made this Xbox 360 sculpture. It is not held…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Nintendo, Don’t Be Ashamed Of A Girl’s Behind

  Glory of Heracles is a DS game that, while out in Japan since 2008, was only just released in the US, and won’t be out in Europe for weeks. So Nintendo is still advertising. Advertising, and covering up butts. In an email for the Paon-developed game, changes have been made to the original artwork. As…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Deus Ex 3, Smoke If You’ve Got ‘Em

  To promote the upcoming cyberpunk game Deus Ex, game Eidos Montreal posted an image of a lighter. Wow. That’s so exciting! Eidos Montreal community guy René blogs, “I can’t say a darn thing about this other than people who like to go into details will shortly have some new material to dissect.” While the image…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Bill Murray Talks Ghostbusters, Wears Sequins

  Bill Murray was on Letterman the other night and got talking Ghostbusters. Then he got talking the recent Ghostbusters game. I had to watch it four times to catch it all, so dazzled was I by that shirt. Watch the clip and you’ll hear how much he loved the experience of getting back into the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Ghost In the Shell Live-Action Script Draft Incoming!

  Steven Spielberg, filmmaker and part-time game designer, plans to make a live action version of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell futuristic cop manga. Scribe Laeta Kalogridis is hard at work on the screenplay. At a recent Q&A for Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island (she wrote the script), Kalogridis revealed that she’ll “turn in a draft…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Ubisoft Making Emergency Changes To PC DRM

  With Ubisoft’s new digital rights management regime for the PC proving both easy to circumvent and wildly unpopular, the publisher has been rushing to make changes to the system in an attempt to appease consumers. Example: Assassin’s Creed II isn’t even out yet on PC, yet Ubisoft has already upgraded the game to v1.01, the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  This Is A Fist of The North Star Trailer For Your Eyes

  This month, Koei is bringing anime/manga series Fist of the North Star to the PS3 and Xbox 360. The company is best known for its Dynasty Warriors hack-and-slash action games. Let’s hope it doesn’t screw this up. The company has roped in popstar Nana Tanimura (pictured) to sing the title’s “image song” Far Away. It…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Describe Sony In One Word

  Can you sum up your feelings towards Sony in one word? These people did. Well, most of them did. Others needed a few more. Gizmodo hit the streets of New York the other day to poll Average Joe on their feelings towards the Japanese super company, manufacturers of the PlayStation. They had to reply in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  BioShock Designer Wrote Movie Script For Amy Grant

  Long before game designer Ken Levine created games like BioShock and System Shock 2, he was keen to get into the movie business. So keen that he penned a script for a movie starring Amy Grant. Christian music singer Amy Grant is best known for her hits Every Heartbeat and Baby Baby Hollywood hired Levine…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Hello, World’s Fastest Graphics Card

  This is the Sapphire Radeon HD 5970, and it’s apparently the world’s fastest production video card. Which it had want to be, with a price tag hovering around the $700 mark. It’s got an overclocked ATI GPU that’s running at 850mhz, three large (and surely cosmetic) fans and, as you can see in the middle…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Video Game Blogger Has The World’s Largest Schlong

  At 13.5 inches, Jonah Falcon may apparently have the biggest penis in the world, but he doesn’t have a full-time job. Funny, that. The Daily Show tries to convince him to enter the obvious profession: pornography. But Falcon isn’t just, you know, a huge dick. Of course not! He also enjoys acting and blogging about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Infinity Ward Founders Suing Activision Over Unpaid Royalties

  Jason West and Vince Zampella, the men at the centre of this week’s drama at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward, have filed suit against Activision over claims they are owed “substantial royalty payments”. “Activision has refused to honor the terms of its agreements and is intentionally flouting the fundamental public policy of this State…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Rockstar: Red Dead Needs A Little More Polish

  While speaking to investors, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder said Red Dead Redemption had been delayed because of “optimal” release schedules. Developers Rockstar say something a little different. “We at Rockstar have always prided ourselves on the uncompromising quality of our games – and will always opt to take a bit longer to polish and fine-tune…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Someday, We’ll All Look This Goofy Playing Games

  As seen at the ceBIT Technology Fair on io9 [Image by Sean Gallup/Getty Images]

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic, M.D.

  Greetings, people who have interests that are not solely centered on video games. Thanks for sticking with us during our previous 32 video game related posts. Here’s that Kotaku Off Topic opportunity you’ve been waiting for. I was thinking about Doogie Howser, M.D. earlier today, a show that I may have religiously watched from pilot…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  Revisiting The Great Class Dash: TF2’s Side-Scroller

  Yesterday we were tipped to a video of Team Fortress 2, imagined as a side-scrolling platformer. Today I checked back with the creator for more details on this game and was assured he’s serious about completing the project. Dylan “Steaky” Loney (that’s “Steak-y,” as in the cut of meat), says his 2.5D Team Fortress 2…

  By Owen Good Published March 3, 2010
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  Will Take-Two Follow EA In Its Pursuit Of “Original Purchasers”?

  Electronic Arts has recently upped its efforts to dissuade gamers from purchasing used copies of games in the form of rewards for “original purchasers” of games like The Saboteur, Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. Who’s next? You, Take-Two? In an industry starved for original ideas on par with EA’s “Cerberus Network” and other…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010