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  Sony’s Reality Show Ready To Test This February

  Sony’s venture into reality TV, The Tester, will be keeping it real this February on the PlayStation Network. Available for free download starting February 18, the series follows 11 hopefuls as they, the Sony releases tells us, “compete in grueling physical and mental challenges to win a position as a game tester at SCEA and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  British Sales Charts: Let’s Mass Effect

  Just Dance’s reign of terror has finally come to an end, BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 cruising straight into the top spot on the British charts. Ubisoft’s dancing title sits sandwiched between Mass Effect 2 and another impressive debut, Sony’s MAG, which came in at third. Third! For a multiplayer-only game that’s had a lot less…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  Capcom Turns A Profit!

  It’s been a bad year for video game companies. Big losses, big layoffs. But one company, Capcom, appears to have sailed right on through, announcing today that over the past nine months things are looking just fine. Compared to the same period last year, net sales at the Japanese publisher were up 5.9%, operating income…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  NSFW: Resonance of Fate? More Like Resonance of Underpants

  Whenever a new video game is released in Japan, gamers band together to check something: Character underpants. The ability to see up female character skirts in-game is certainly fan service, and depending on the developer, there might be some of this fan service (see Super Smash Bros. Brawl) or there might not be much at…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  New Diablo III Screens

  Blizzard released some new screenshots for Diablo III over the weekend. With the game not due until 2011 at the earliest, those with short attention spans have been warned. [via Big Download]

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  Sony To Eliminate Half of WipEout Developer?

  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has confirmed to Kotaku that “a number of projects” at Sony’s Liverpool studio have halted. However, rumors are swirling that the restructuring goes further than that. Originally known as Psygnosis, the studio was founded in 1984 and is best known for the anti-gravity WipEout racing games. During the 1980s, the studio…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  Age Of Empires Godfather Working On…Settlers 7

  Living legend Bruce Shelley, with Civilization and Age of Empires as notches on his belt, has been out of the limelight since his studio, Ensemble, went bust last year. So, Bruce, been keeping busy? You bet he has. Ubisoft has begun marketing Settlers 7 in the West, and to help boost awareness of the series…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  FFXIII On PS2 Cost Square Enix A Year-and-a-Half

  Not only was Final Fantasy XIII originally planned for the PlayStation 2, senior producer Yoshinori Kitase says that switching the title to the PS3 cost Square Enix “a year-and-a-half”. Late last week Kotaku posted pictures of the PS2 version of the game. The game, which was released on the PS3 last December in Japan, was…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  Flotilla, For All The Homeworld Fans Out There

  Tired of waiting for Relic to release another Homeworld game? Try waiting for the release of Flotilla instead. An upcoming strategy title by indie outfit Blendo Games, Flotilla will look familiar to anyone who’s played 1999 game Homeworld, as its action takes place using an interface that’s very similar to that used in Relic’s classic…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  Xbox 360 Controller/Game Bundle, 250GB Drive Hit Japan

  A black Xbox 360 controller bundled with Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, Lumines Live!, Bomberman Live and Ms. Pac-Man will go on sale in Japan on March 11. But that’s not all. The controller bundle is priced at ¥5,775 (US$64). It has been out in other regions for some time now. That same day, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  Final Fantasy VII & Rap Deals 9999 Damage

  The same guys behind the brilliant Ocarina of Rhyme, Team Teamwork, have just released another mix of hip-hop and game soundtrack in the form of “Vinyl Fantasy VII”. Just like Ocarina, it takes the original music from the game and overlays it with the tracks from rappers like Murs, Ghostface and MF Doom. Was never…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  No Asia, You Still Won’t Get FFXIII On Xbox 360

  In summer 2008, Xbox Taiwan announced that Final Fantasy XIII would be getting an Xbox 360 “Asia” version. Microsoft clarified that “announcement”, and then further clarified that clarification. So in 2008, Final Fantasy XIII wasn’t getting an Asia version, and a new report confirms that it won’t be getting one in 2010, too. Localized Asia…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  Pikachu Shrieks Like The Sirens Of Hades

  Japanese circuit bender Kaseo loves taking Pikachu toys and doing wonderful things with them. We’ve seen his stuff before, with the legion of singing Pokemon, but his latest work is well worth a look. Witness the Pikatron, a handheld distortion device that’s basically a guitar-looking synthesiser that uses Pikachu as a medium to channel the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2 Came Out, People Got Excited

  What. A. Week. Well, last week. Mass Effect 2 came out, and some of gaming’s Twitterati became very excited. What about you? Honest from Meteos developer Q Entertainment. Brutal honestly? Duncan Jones, director of sci-fi flick Moon, NEEDS Mass Effect 2. The Sims folks are jazzed about Mass Effect 2, too. Prince of Persia creator…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2010
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  Coaching and Encouragement

  To: Luke From: Owen My friends here invited me to their 6-year-old daughter’s basketball game on Saturday. Her team is in fact coached by Bev Smith, the former head coach of the University of Oregon’s women’s team, who carries one hell of a resume for anyone who’s ever coached in a middle school gym. Smith…

  By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010
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  Woman Loses 112 lbs., Thanks Wii Fit

  A 38-year-old British woman, once so large she was afraid to have sex with her husband, now parades about her home in sexy lingerie after losing 112 pounds, a dramatic change in physique she credits to a Wii Fit regimen. Lara Roberts specifically thanked the Wii for allowing her to work out in her home,…

  By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010
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  Kojima Apologizes; Says ‘No Greater Crime’ than a Delay

  Hideo Kojima is taking the delay (in Japan) of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker very seriously, and has posted a personal mea culpa asking for fans’ forgiveness and their continued trust. “I always preach to the staff, ‘You must not have a delay after a release date has been announced. There is no greater crime…

  By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010
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  Week in Games: Imagine: Regret

  OMFG, they’ve made a game called Imagine: Reporter. Christ, I bought the $40,000 version of that 10 years ago at Columbia. I really have nothing to say after that. My career is officially a piece of DS shovelware. This week’s count: Seven for PC, two for Wii, one for DS, PS3, PSP and Xbox 360.…

  By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010
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  Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists

  Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •7 Games of the Past Decade That Have Aged Well [The Kartel] This seriously has me jonesing for some Knights of the Old Republic but…

  By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010
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  Gears of War 2 Sends Us a Bloody Valentine

  Epic took more than 20 suggestions for experience bonuses in a Valentine’s event and Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson chose three. Epic’s Valentine’s Day “date” with Gears of War 2 will run between Feb. 8 and Feb. 14. For at least three days in that span (and maybe the whole week; they haven’t decided yet),…

  By Owen Good Published January 31, 2010