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  Kotaku Originals: On Topic

  This week saw the debut of Kotaku’s overnight off-topic discussion, aka Our Excuse to Talk About S—t Like the A-Team. Crecente and McWhertor in Vegas still helped keep the rest of the site on-topic for original coverage this past week. Kotaku Talk Radio Reviews, Previews, Hands On and Impressions Super Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament…

  By Owen Good Published January 9, 2010
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  The Average PC Gamer’s Rig, As Of December 2009

  Earlier this week, Valve released the latest set of data from their regular hardware survey, revealing just what kind of hardware the average PC gamer is packing these days. Here are the major findings: you prefer Intel systems to AMD, you prefer NVIDIA graphics cards to ATI, and the majority of you now have at…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2010
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  What Is The Longest You’ve Left A Game On Pause?

  Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles about us – more than you even want to, we’re sure. But, hey,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2010
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  FIFA 10 Gives Modern Warfare 2 A Run For Its Money

  While Modern Warfare 2 emerged as 2009’s biggest-selling game globally, in Europe, it was a close-run thing, Activision’s blockbuster shooter only just edging out EA’s FIFA 10. Granted, this information comes from…Electronic Arts, the game’s developers, but seeing as they get access to complete, accurate sales figures (something the general public does not when it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2010
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  Death by Cube Ready To Kill Xbox LIVE

  One of the bloodiest titles at last year’s Tokyo Game Show (if not the bloodiest!) has been dated. Death by Cube, an Xbox LIVE Arcade game developed by a studio called Premium Agency, is a twin stick shooter that takes place on a minimalist battlefield that looks like graph paper. Graph paper covered in blood,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: (._. )

  Instead of focusing on the past, wondering what may have happened to yesterday’s Kotaku Off Topic open thread, in which anything can be discussed video game related or not, let’s focus on the future! I mean, really, who’s all that interested in placing blame about the lack of Kotaku Off Topic yesterday? Certainly not me!…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010
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  Super Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition S Hands-on

  A new year, a new Street Fighter and a new update to Mad Catz’s tournament edition fight stick. We went hands-on with the newer, slimmer Super Street Fighter IV branded model at CES. Is it worth the upgrade? Like our hands-on time with the original Street Fighter IV licensed sticks, the controller impressed mostly for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010
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  And a Sackboy Made of Snow …

  Snowboy? Sackman? As seen on PlayStation.Blog. Thanks Jonathan S.

  By Owen Good Published January 8, 2010
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  Playing Super Stardust HD At CES… In 3D!!!

  Surprisingly, it was the 3D rejiggering of a PlayStation Network game, not Gran Turismo 5, that made me think “Hey, this 3D display gimmick might not be so bad after all.” That game was Housemarque’s excellent Super Stardust HD. Where Super Stardust HD in 3D succeeded was adding to the dazzling lightshow that a few…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010
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  Sony’s Wireless Dash Can Play Games, Maybe Interact with PS3

  Unveiled at Sony’s CES keynote earlier this week, the Dash is a "personal Internet viewer" that includes some pretty nifty technology. The little wireless device can run a bunch of different apps on its touch screen, letting you check weather, traffic, email, browse the net, all sorts of things. It also lets you play games…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 8, 2010
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  2K Boston (formerly Irrational Games) now Irrational Games (formerly 2K Boston)

  Game Informer confirms a poorly kept secret – that 2K Boston is returning to its original name, Irrational Games, by which it was known before 2K Games acquired. The name change provoked something of an identity crisis, with the parenthetical “(formerly Irrational Games)” trailing many references to the studio, so people would remember its history…

  By Owen Good Published January 8, 2010
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  What Did The Simpsons Ever Do For Video Games?

  Since the Simpsons’ TV showed launched in 1989, more video games have been made about them than just about any non-game franchise this side of Star Wars and Dragonball Z. Unfortunately, the medium doesn’t have much to show for it. On Sunday FOX TV will air a 20th anniversary celebration of The Simpsons TV show…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 8, 2010
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  Alleged Unfair Work Conditions At Rockstar San Diego

  An anonymous blogger filing under the heading “Rockstar Spouse” has penned a letter of complaint about working conditions at Red Dead Redemption development studio Rockstar San Diego. The lengthy posting appeared yesterday on a user blog on the game development site Gamasutra and was signed by “Determined Devoted Wives of Rockstar San Diego employees.” The…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 8, 2010
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  MLB 10 The Show Offers the First Look at Target Field

  Gametrailers snagged this hunk of gameplay footage from MLB 10 The Show, featuring New York and Minnesota at the Twins’ brand-new home, Target Field. This is video of video, so the quality isn’t the best for judging graphics, but given Sony San Diego’s reputation here, they should continue to be excellent, with broadcast quality presentation.…

  By Owen Good Published January 8, 2010
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  Left 4 Dead 2 Gets Free Xbox Live Weekend

  I know, I know – how could there be enough people with Left 4 Dead 2 and without multiplayer access to rate a free weekend on Xbox Live? Well, they’re getting one anyway, on Jan. 15. The free multiplayer begins Friday, Jan. 15 at noon U.S. Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific and will continue until Monday…

  By Owen Good Published January 8, 2010
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  Wii Continues Hot Hardware Streak In Japan, PSPgo Not So Much

  Japanese gamers rang in the New Year by buying more Wiis than any other console, giving Nintendo the biggest slice of the pie this past week. But the PlayStation family wasn’t too far behind. The PSP and PlayStation 3 were behind the Wii, but sales were better than healthy for Sony, with the PlayStation maker…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010
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  Stolen Video Games Help Catch a Predator

  A Delaware man is looking at some time in the slammer for failing to register himself as a sex offender, and he would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling video games. The games, or his alleged desire to steal and then pawn them. Cops say Patrick Monceaux, 35, stole some…

  By Owen Good Published January 8, 2010
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  Playing Gran Turismo 5 At CES… In 3D!!!

  Sony’s CES booth was heavy on 3D content, the current fancy of consumer electronics makers, including a playable 3D version of Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3. Does the Real Driving Simulator become even real-er when played in 3D? Well, it certainly ups the challenge, as adjusting to a 3D display while coming to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 8, 2010
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  Hands-On Intel’s Room-Sized Multi-Touch Screen

  Man, imagine playing an iPhone game on this bad boy.

  By Brian Crecente Published January 8, 2010
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  Separated At Birth: Borderlands And CodeHunters

  A post on reddit.com has fans pondering the connection between Borderlands, a comic-shaded video game that begins with a bus trip through the wasteland, and CodeHunters, a comic-shaded animated short that begins with a bus trip through the wasteland. The argument began yesterday via a post by reddit user Stupidname (thanks Tom!), who asked, “Did…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2010